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Arm Chat* eral S Arc w ’ % *- - t A * Wh on o r. n beh the i;- ■ wo o n they we r a due work Ray Opotiki Club i 'ey had given in *-.<? /vaMß* 7 J Mr B. C jflp; r and con- A gratulated. „ : ,jjflr „ i on their advancement Organisation. He also prodv pf. e handsome Silver Cup Trop. f'fb. 3ay of Plenty competition. " ill be for a team shoot con ‘ ’ .ng three women and three men’rad will be shot for the v first time in November at Opotiki. Exhibition shoots were given by the Opotiki archers with their steel bows and alloy arrows. The former, though • small and insignificant in appearance, have a very powerful cast. Three Club shoots held, showed' Very even scoring. The closest single arrows each time was A. Wiggins. ' He tried to split the flag and later the stick. . Whakatane members • performed very creditably against the more,' experienced Opotiki archers when Shooting -36 arrows at 40 yards, a new distance for locals. Scores were as follows (Opotiki O): S. Gordon (O) 252, B. Chatfield (O) 221, B. Chatfield (O) 200, J. Hunter 196, A. Wiggins 171, T. . Coprie (O) 163, J. Scott (O) 162, R. Hunter 161, J. Lynds 115, J. Wilson 108, Mrs Bennett (O) 91, J. Chatfield (O) 54. ‘
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 50, 12 October 1949, Page 5
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