HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.IS5BOXING.AT the same time a boxing competition was held·<strong>The</strong> preliminary contests were c.arried out on three·evenings, and the finals on the mght of 19th August.'<strong>The</strong> number of competitors was rather small, and thestandard of fighting not of National Sporting C~ubquality; but several of the men showed great promllle,.and with a little training a future is predicted for them.<strong>The</strong> following is the result of the competitionFeathere.-lst Round.-Pte. Wren, " H " Company,beat Pte. Clarke, H -" Company; Pte. O'Noil, "F"Company, beat Pte. Priggin, H G "Company. ByesPtes. Moore (H E "), Rattray (H G "), Creak (H C "),.Armstrong (Band), Knock (H B "), Nullis (H B ").2nd Round.-Rattray beat Moore; Creak beatWren; Armstrong beat O'Neil; Nullis beat Knock.Semi-Final.-Rattray beat Creak; ArmstrongI!Cratched.Final.-Rattray beat Nullis. <strong>The</strong> final was a poorfight. Nullis, retiring without attempting to fight, was-disqualified.Light Weights.-lst Round.-Pte. O'Donnel beatPta. Black (H C "); Pte. Saunders (H D") beat Pte.Duncan (" D "). Byes.-Pte. Paterson (H C "), L .•·Corpl. Nicholson (H E "), L.-CorpI. Reilly (H H ").2nd Round.-Saunders beat O'Donnel; Nicholsonbeat Reilly.Semi-Final.-L.-Corpl. Nicholson beat PatersonSaunders a bye.Final.-Saunders beat Nicholson.Middle Weigh/s.-lst Round.-Pte. Reid (" G")beat CorpI. Andrews (H C "); Pte. Cammell (H H ")beat CorpI. Bloomfie1d (" A"); Pte. Anderson (H A ")beat Pte. Wright (H D "). Byes-Pte;. 'Y,illiams(Band), Pte. Selby (Band), CorpI. Grubb ( E'), Pte.Clarke (Band).2nd Round.-Reid beat Cammell; Selby beatWilliams; Anderson and Clarke scratched.3rd Round.-Grubb beat Selby; Reid a bye.Final.-Reid beat Grubb.This is the first competition held for several years,and it is hoped that we shall see more of this excellentsppr:;,. Donnelly of the King's, and Driver Griffiths ofthe A.S.C. gave us a very good exhibition in a six-roundcontest, which was won by Donnelly, who was toostrong and heavy for his opponent.<strong>The</strong> following showed great promiRe :-Pte. Saunders,who, with a little practice, would be sure to do wellin any competition; L.-CorpI. Nicholson, who wasrather wild, and would do better if he kept cooler.Pte. Rattray shows great promise, and has a very longreach; Pte. Reid appears to have" been at the gamebefore"; Corpls. Grubb, Bloomfield, and Andrewswould do well with a little practice.Lieut. Parker, 1st R.W.F., acted as referee; andLieuts. Leckie.Ewing and Brodie. 2nd H.L.I., acted asjudges on the final night.--~. .\1USKETR Y,£NOTES.t: .. __IF I remember rightly, last yeJl.r I opened my WappenschawNotes by declaring that Fort George was ~hebest station in the United KinO'dom for shootmgacoommodation, and that declaration, I am sure, isheartily endorsed in the opinion of the whole Battali~n ;l10nd I think that they will supplement that by statmgthat our present station is, if not the worst-well, oneof the worst-3.S regards shooting accommodation.Kilworth our nearest range, is 28 miles from Cork,and Yough~l (a four· section range) is 32 miles. <strong>The</strong>seranges are taxed to their utmos~ limits .du:ing theshooting season, and the troops m the ~llltTlct havelittle or no chance for Regimental prll.ctlce. It wasowin/Z to thiR reason that our uiilJal annultl rifle meeting(one of the most popular events of the yel\r in theRntt.. lion) was cltncelkd, despite the fact that theprogramme hlld been 1'1'ep!tred, prin!ed. "nd published •During nur st!IY at !\i('(ll'epark, With a little t.roublewe Immaged to 8e('ure a range on the 17th .AUg!ISt,an.l "h0t-off for the Inter.Cmnpan,V Chal!en/Ze ShIeld!>no. the ever·popular Chattie competitirm.fL W'l.S decided that the beet, individnal "('ore madein the Comoanv Shield competitinn xhonid win theHi!J'hland :s,ociei.v of London prize of £2: al~o, the8c';!eant (lIlA.Tksman) making tbe highest 8('(lre ofiSel'l!eant~ 8houl
136 HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.on ground till target appeared. H.P 8.-20 points.1:'00 Yards.-Rapid Firing.-Tal'get. 1st cla~8 figure,appearing for forty seconds. Number of rnunds, \();rifle unloaded till tl1rget appears H.P.S.-iO points.600 Yards.-·'l'imed 810w.--T»rg
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