ASSOCIATION, The committee of this Association has accepted an invitation to compete in an " Over-Seas Inter-Colonial Empire-Day Shooting Competition." The event will take place on May 24 next, Empire Day. The scores of the eight highest competitors in the Association monthly cap competition, which will be held on that day, will stand for this competition, the winners receiving a silver spoon to commemorate the event.
New rules have also been made relating to the monthly cups and spoons. If the attendance be insufficient in any class (less than six) to make s monthly cup competition, the highest scorer will be awarded a spoon, but such sward will not count as a win on a cup. One competitor in each class will, in future, be snificient to make a spoon competition.
The institation of an annual aggregate cup has been decided on. A cup of the value of the usual monthly cup will be presented to the member of each class making the highest aggregate score in the monthly cup competitions during the year and under the following condi-io Members to qualify must compete in at least eight monthly cup competitions.
These eight monthly cap competitions must each include six competitions of two or more deliberate practices at ranges when Bisley targets and marking are employed and two comus of two or more quick-firing practices each when either regimental, kneeling-figure or head-and-shoulder targeta are used. The scoring for quick-firing practices when either the kneeling-figure- or head-and-shoulder targets are used will be four points for each hit on the figure and two points for Ceti on the remainder of the target; but when the regimental ta used, the usual regimental ered will be employed. The best scores of each practice or range and not necessarily of the whole practices or ranges of each monthly cup competition throughout the year to count and will include the best twelve deliberate and four quick-firing practices only.
Quite © new departure occurs in this month's competitions, which will take place on the 24th and 26th. The Bisley target tradition has been departed from in favour of short range quick-firing competitions at head-and-shoulder targets.
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