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TitleEllesmere Gun Club, 1930
Description1930 was a big year for the Ellesmere Gun Club, originally based at Lakeside. The club purchased a new shooting ground of 3 acres on Beetham's Road, Leeston, from Mr. G. W. R. Osborne. At this time, the club held annual clay shoots, pigeon shoots as well a holiday shoot, a duck dinner, and an annual club ball where awards were presented.
In its opening event for the season of 1930, held at their Lakeside shooting grounds in April, three clay sweeps were held, one of six birds and two of nine.
For the 1930 season, Mr. Parkin was the president of the club, and Mr. F. Alexander the honorary secretary.
In this photo, a group of men belonging to the Ellesmere Gun Club sit and stand in a group, holding guns. One man sits on the edge of a table on which there is a trophy.
The man who took this photo was Christchurch photographer Henry Herbert Clifford (1 May 1872 – 19 February 1949).Date1930SourceCanterbury Museum 1980.175.92776PhotographerH. H. Clifford
Description1930 was a big year for the Ellesmere Gun Club, originally based at Lakeside. The club purchased a new shooting ground of 3 acres on Beetham's Road, Leeston, from Mr. G. W. R. Osborne. At this time, the club held annual clay shoots, pigeon shoots as well a holiday shoot, a duck dinner, and an annual club ball where awards were presented.In its opening event for the season of 1930, held at their Lakeside shooting grounds in April, three clay sweeps were held, one of six birds and two of nine.
For the 1930 season, Mr. Parkin was the president of the club, and Mr. F. Alexander the honorary secretary.
In this photo, a group of men belonging to the Ellesmere Gun Club sit and stand in a group, holding guns. One man sits on the edge of a table on which there is a trophy.
The man who took this photo was Christchurch photographer Henry Herbert Clifford (1 May 1872 – 19 February 1949).
Date1930SourceCanterbury Museum 1980.175.92776PhotographerH. H. CliffordConnections
CollectionShooting sports in EllesmereMore InformationRead the original catalogue entry at Canterbury MuseumRead about the Ellesmere Gun Club clay championship shoot in November 1930Read about the Ellesmere Gun Club's annual pigeon shoot, May 1930Read about the opening of the Ellesmere Gun Club season of 1930An advertisement for the annual Duck Dinner and live pigeon shoot at the Ellesmere Gun ClubRead about the annual Duck Dinner of Ellesmere Gun Club
More InformationRead the original catalogue entry at Canterbury MuseumRead about the Ellesmere Gun Club clay championship shoot in November 1930Read about the Ellesmere Gun Club's annual pigeon shoot, May 1930Read about the opening of the Ellesmere Gun Club season of 1930An advertisement for the annual Duck Dinner and live pigeon shoot at the Ellesmere Gun ClubRead about the annual Duck Dinner of Ellesmere Gun ClubAttribution
Researched BySarah Davy
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Ellesmere Gun Club, 1930 (1930). Selwyn Stories, accessed 07/03/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6204
