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Volunteer Marksmen at Conway.

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Volunteer Marksmen at Conway. TijE AN 1*?UAL RIFLE CONTEST ON Th uTHE NIORFA RANGE. exe,elierit so ewhat fresh winds blew at times, duri weather was on the. whole experienced 119 riday and Saturday, when the annual rifle coll, t Shisc,Onneictlon with the Carn,axvon- Soclatioll gle a and Merionethshire Rifle As- Composed of m-embers,of the 3rd V.B., 'as held on Conway Morfa. taptai,, A. Tuxford the energetic Seere,- hagain for this y",ear prepared a most Itl restlrlg P. rDgra--e of events, and the ar- W ieb 4cle by tb,e executive committee, I)arb- licluded the names of Lieu?t.-Col. C. H. 14 'shire c -ajor ii 0-rnanding the 3rd V.B., R.W.F., tallt N17 GJon,es-Robert,s and Capt. and Adju- sir,ea'The, Braithwaite3 left nothing to be do- ill band numerous' events were taken whtu With military regularity, and, the IlOtbin mirlirn9untoward happened, with 811$ uril waste of t., -"wait" of ime. Only one' irf1portance to chronicle occured dur- "19 the t sio WO days, proceedings. This was ccca- 'led b which t e passing of a small schooner, get 'cl took abou,t three-quarters of an hour to Wind !ar of th? Course on the Friday. Were the rupt. 111 any C)tfler quarter even this short inter- ex l?rl of t e proceeding's need not have been riellelld The f,- COI,T rst day's Pro,,ramme consisted of team t ests for sorja,e, ver"? valuable and handsome "Ipbies gell.tl,resented to the Battalion by various tea ell for competition year by year, and s re senting most of ?the Companies of the attalio oiltests tered the lists to try conclusions. COearranged for teams of eight no-n- Isa, 0'ce S Ind men firing first in voll!evs, at e 'nI III tar ttargets, then independently at slid- hilst I all a ain whilst skirmishii-g and corl;tests rl In .n interesting feature of the lltlnlb.e s t e aar for the highest aggregat,e fi,r,rl rOf 01 ts scored by a team of eight, whilg I- s ots st at 20o and 7 shots at 500 yards warfarep uliarl ovel, as approaching actual I .q,er, as tt orlal for the William-s-Ellis it n, alleng,e u, the aY be of interest to refer to the history of Clips Off :d be 'V ere, for co etition. s rit t aynal ilver alleng,e Cup, a rr?agnifi- rO h il,ers ?Ophy a b -MIth's d a veritable, triumph of the sil- tY NtrTwas presented to the. Battalion all As,sh?eton-Smit,h V,aynol Park, Pallgo'7' It wa-9 first won by a ?arnarvon Com- tb, (?orarnarid,ed br- by Cy -apt. Harwood, in '8c)7 a'Pt. IVil?liams', Company from Car-- CEtpt 'rid subsequently by Portmadoc (unde?r I"i'hard), Penmaenmawr in igo2, and Ornpany T'he C(Portmadoc) in, 1903. ?'erlted b 'Ilrlt"es Silver Challenge Cup was pre,- y silc gentle,rner, from both the counties sll o?Shir:el and Angl,esea, and has been eces 'vely by Carnarvonshir)e, with Capt. captain Angles,ea, with Capt. Ire r s as seni?r captain, Carnarvon- I'va Nvit, Y ill a t. Sarson as senior captain, Con- Th 1902,a if e Pla, n, again by Conway in 1903. c C, the late lewydd Challenge? Bowl was the gift Ilwa?, ? arquis of An-,Ie!s,ea. It was won by ( afterbany, under' 10pCapt. SaTson, in 1897, art, e,i, won by Cemrnaes, in 1898, and III IOn in CO,9']'O, by C1899, it wa:s won back for Conway Wav -aPt. Tuxford's men. 'It again left WaS W 'rl 1902, in favour of Portmadoc, but Th Orl back crice more by Conway- in igo3. ?arl ee (;W-vdvr Chall,env?e Cup, presented by tea,, arrirlg -0 tilldel. ts n, was carried off by a Carnarvon 99 bergt. S. W. Parnham, in 1898, and a4ld w y a team under Coll.-S,ergt. D. G. Wilson, ond 'Vonrn b er jw ain 1898, by a team y Crlce.Se Coy iant oh? Jones. It was held vorl. Igo?, and by Po.rtmadoc in 1).. ol. -"eUte?na,nt's Cup, presented bi E* Greaves, ,111 18 Bron Eifi,on, Criecieth, arwoc,d 97 won by Carnarvon, under Capt. G. "1 1898, byConway, under Capt. A. jobil In 1899, by Carnarvon, under Capt. e'apt ?Villiarns; in igoo by Conway, under IgoA- Tilxfod, ?and' also by Conway, in arid The 1,, '91)3. ?"'tL'd b'as Ccch Silver Challenge, Bowl, pre- ?Tlgles,e Y Col. 'Charles, Hunter. D.L., Plas Coch, 8ree 'I, Wa p le ps, ill 1897, won by Capt. J. E. arllh, ortrnadoe., in 1898, by Capt. S. W. P. L?'ll, Car arvor, in i8gg, by Col.-Sergt. T. Po,t Itheriall n rnad"c d, Car?arvon going in igoo to III-rflarksrn;en. fr?t, 'go-2, A,, ell Iprep arld!Mrs Williams-Ellis, of GI-as- IIIL,RP tO be'ltcld the Glasf,yn Memorial Challenge a') e C() nII3'ete?d for. This Cup is given in Rog Ty Of thi er iA7,111,a r sOn, the late Second Lieut. 0's-El Vaal killed -li's'ist Batt. R. W. Fusiliers, C Oil th in action at Dwarsvlei, Trans- i.arriar,vo, gth ()Ctobe,r igoo and was- won by 1903. but wrested 'fro?m 'them by Conway, The R'ZE INNERS. "g at ay'ol Silver Challenge Cup, volley fir- 11011. cc, disappeariig targets, by teams of eight Prisiti nl' officers arid men, single rank, pr?on,e Car, On, seve arx- n volleys at 2CO yards:-i, "A" way '()'I, 67,p up a.d',63; 2, "'E" Con- 42 3, "F" Penmaenmawr, 36 'asfryr, lq fv'em,orial Challen,e Cup, pre,- l?,.iand Mrs William s'-Elli s, Glas- Ite ()rY of their son, the late Second Sili,, Williar,-E i raL rs, 11 s, ist Batt., R. W. 81'aal was killed in action at Dwarsvl,ei, ed f ,On the gth October, igoo, to be com- ,,nell f or by teams of six non. com. officers and lar, POsit-rom ?ach Company. Each team took up 8r,iall b?efore? a row of targets consisting of PIP,T plates L, bef, about 7 inches in diameter, the C()Trt re e,aeb -a- being the target for the tar SPOTI,(ii an ill the opposite team. The bvg'-ts ro e fallen leri it, the man repres,en?ted or ta tar et. e f all, e-inv then considered dead. the an tar et a-Mari was put out of ac- tea 2Lte ulliti,)n ?eing left to, his comrades. s oot. )N,as to be ,eventually won by the Ikest 1119 down its () be fi,, Sp-ac Dponents'targe,ts in the Y, ed t 'B. Of time. Twenty rounds were to to s, both tdistatice-s varyin from 400 to 200 th ret're ba9 ,earri,s being dvanc,e,d or compelled o?'vrledjultarit and having to adjust Ild 'g ts for ri?ng:-i, "E" Conway, .;21"11 Ian.. arnarvon, cup -and 62 las lsi cup and .f I. P,rl 'etle for dd Silver Challenge Bowl, to be stteams of 8 non. com. officers ev,ell e,r skirmishing practice conditions, fri) ro 11 13- 600 tos to be fired at distances varying s200 yards Do' ts, CIIP and ccF?, "E" Conway, 46 ;63 2 Penmaenmawr, 41 3 "K"'I)' Pl?6tie Gwyd 19'ell'e'Y 33 points, Ci. ?r Silver oChall,ein'g,e Cup for com- Q()tll oll ill riirini "er 0ng practice by teams of 8 non. SieNle cers and men Irid,er'a section command- dista,rlc roillid?; to be fired fiv point e of e mi.,aute?s at a Clip 200 yards -11 "E" Conway, 29 81 and /,3; 2, "F" Penmaenmawr, 21 T'2 ;31 "A" C'arnarvon, 9 T)oints, til P't 01,1,ties, Silver Cba,ilen'ge Cup. To be d rfle for by teams of 8 ro non. com. officers e,ach Company, the whole of thf-

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Volunteer Marksmen at Conway.