On February 18th, the Heartz Trophy rules committee reported to the membership that the competitions for the new award would be conducted over a period of eight weeks, shooting every second week-— four matches of twelve targets each. The twelve targets of each match would be divided into three equal segments of four...four straightaway targets, four crossing shots, and two pair of doubles. Also, they decreed that number 10 bore guns would not be allowed in the competition. Following the meeting, members expressed an interest in trying some of the targets required for the upcoming competition. They shot at 20 targets on this day, 16 of them the tough crossing shots...when it was over Eardley Hyndman proved the best, breaking 13 of the 20. Runner-up was Major Charlie Leigh with 12.

At the meeting preceding the shoot, Fred E. Dench, who had recently arrived in the city as Assistant Manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, was proposed, and accepted, as a member. As mentioned earlier, the Newstead Gun Club was extremely selective in its choice of new members. The method of voting adopted was the unique procedure from Belvidere days...the bean ballot. Three black beans meant rejection, and, although there is no record of anyone actually being rejected, it was used through the life of the Newstead Club. The lack of rejections, no doubt, reflected on the fact that proposed members were extremely well screened, and selected prior to being subjected to the unique bean test.

On the 25th of February, the first match of the Heartz Trophy was held with thirteen members participating. Interestingly, all members did not want to enter the Heartz matches, but twelve of them would compete in every event. When the day's shooting was over, and the target dust had settled, it was Major William Weeks who led the field, breaking nine of the twelve clay targets. The following is a complete summary of the first Heartz Trophy match held.

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