North wins shooting title
The North Island smallbore rifle shooting team beat the South by 11 points in the annual contest at the I Burnett range on Saturday [ morning, and retained the title it took from the South (last year. However, the South did provide the top scorers. John Fleming (Ashburton), | who captained the team, had an excellent 396 from a pos-[ sible 400 and lan Ballinger (Christchurch) was only one point behind.
The 1966 Commonwealth Games representative, Brian [Lacey (Levin) and Nan Bari low (Hutt Valley), who 1 shared the Canterbury championship on Friday, led
North's scoring with 394 s — a score equalled by the Canterbury marksman, Roy , Taylor, for the South. Individual scores were:— . North Island 7767 (B* E. Lacey 394, Mrs N. Barlow 394, L. Moodie 393, W. Ken- [ ney 392, J. Powell 391, R. G. , Weston 391, B. Kemps 390, IN. Mann 390, S. MacFarlane 389, C. Bates 389, J. Withers 1389, R. Travers 389, L. Arthur 387, L. Stewart 387, M. P. Watt 387, J. Olsen 386, 1.1 V. Newton 386, G. Richards! 385, L. Watson 380, J. Bella-! ney 378). South Island 7756 (J. A., Fleming 396, I. R. Ballinger 395, R. E. Gaylor 394, D. H.l Thomson 393, R. Davies 392,
R. L. Mitchell 391, J. A. Neale 390. W. Sterritt 390, I. Pottinger 389, L. Tavlor 388, W. J. Drayton 387, B. Blackie 385. L. Griebel 385, J. Irving 385, Mrs H. Galletly 384, B. McHugh 383, N. Overton 383, Mrs M. Queale 383, R. J. Queale 383, S. Beams 380). The New Zealand team, selected after the national 50-metre championship, returned the following scores in the Canadian English | international postal shoot: [Fleming 591, Lacey 591, Ballinger 591, Newton 589, Mitchell 589, Watt 588, Moodie 588, Arthur 588, Mrs Barlow; 583, Travers 583. Total 5881. Reserves: Thomson 577, Griebel 590. _ |
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