recast (6-5) Div. $52.70. $9.00; 2nd $15.
Event 12/15 (3-6) Div. $16.70. 14—69 yd..flat—1. Glenapp; 2. Chilly Seventy-six members of thes Portuguese Company, S.V.C., paraded on the morning of inst Easter Monday at the Rifle Range, for the Annual Rifle Meeting and Classification (fired concurrently); the weather was very unfavourable, with dull tight and a strong breeze from the right, but the generc! standard of shooting was fairly satisfactory under sud poor conditions for these two annual events; firing commenced at 8.15 a.m. and ferminated at 1145 a.m.
Of the 76 members present, 57 competed in the A.R.M. competitions, of Div. which 19 vere in the "A-1 in the Class, 12 in the and 10 in the "C" Class, and 9 recruits tool: part in a special competition for their class.
Pte. Oscar Costa (606), in the "A"
Class, was the Company Champion, with his excellent score of 149 points oüt of the highest possible score of 160 points; Pte. Bernardo Marques (297), last year's Company Champion, was second with 140 points and L/Cpl. Henrique Aquino (497) was third with 139 points; Pte. Oscar Costa (606) also won the coveted "Soochow Cup," an annual trophy presented by an uncle of his, Mr. C. A. da Costa.
Winners of the various prizes were Gmwo Acomcare:—H.PS. 100
A Class—Pte.
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