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ALBERTA
G. MOORE |
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1988 - MARKSMANSHIP |
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Alberta G. (Bertie) Moore will be
inducted into the hall for expert marksmanship.
Mrs. Moore, who resides at R.D. 1, Claysville, formed a .22 rifle team
with a group of other women shooters in 1936. The team was opened to men
the following year and formed the nucleus for the Frazier-Simplex Rifle
Club.
She participated in smallbore rifle shooting for 40 years both in indoor
gallery position and outdoor prone shooting.
Her achievements include a natlonal women's record, 200 shots at 50
yards any sights with a score of 200-18x in July, 1946; a metallic
sights score of 1590-97x with the Frazier-Simplex four-shooter team
Dewar Course, August, 1947; a national record score of 1,506 for 50
feet, any sights, four positions with the Waynesburg Sportsmen
Associatlon four-woman team, May, 1953; a national record score of
1,132, 120 shots, three positions, 50 feet, any sights with
Frazier-Simplex four-woman team; April, 1955.
In August, 1967, she was national smallbore prone rifle women's champion
at Camp Perry, OH. with a score of 6,370-434x; set a national record for
women 40 shots prone, 100 yards, any sights with a score of 400-38x and
was a member of the 20-woman international Randle team at Camp Perry. |
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