SHOOTING SHIELD

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31247, 20 December 1966, Page 33

SHOOTING SHIELD

Nelson College Success For the thirteenth year In succession a Nelson College cadet unit has won “The Press” South Island Challenge Shield for shooting, with a score of 97.2 points. The North Island Shield was won by King’s College with a score of 93.2. Fourteen teams in the Southern Military District competed for the shield and eight of them gained 80 points or more. Five teams in the Central Military District competed and three gained 80 or more points, and in the Northern Military District nine teams competed and five gained 80 or more points. The Nelson College unit also gets a cash award of £lO. The team was D. Ward, T. M. Reynolds, R. H. V. Donald, T. D. Ashworth, B. Woollcombe, N. A. Wall, D. Maddever, R. L. Hudson, J. A. Gawlth, and A. S. Brown.

The King’s College team was E. M. Thompson, B. F. Dingle, R. G. Prestage, R. R. Anderson, M. K. Garnett, E. M. Ellett, P. L. Sanford, N. J. Simich, M. J. Dodd, H. A. Rogers. The honours list (teams which gained 80 or more points) is as follows: Nelson College (97.2) 1. Bayfield High School (Ml) 2. Tapatrera District High School (M.S) 3 Kings College (93.2) 4, Otahuhii College (tl.l) 5, St. Augustine's College (88) #, Waimea College (88.1) 7. Rotorua Boys' High School (87.8) 8. Marlborough Boys' College (87.8) 9, John McGlashan College (87.8) 10. Christchurch Boys' High School (87.5) 11, De La Salle College <87.2) 12. Tauranga Boys' College (88.5) 13. New Plymouth Boys' High School Team No. 1 (85.8) 14. St. Bede a College (84.1) 15, St. Stephen's School (82.4) 18.