Flight Sergeant A. W. ..chiskha (Woodbourne, left), who won the Royal New Zealand Air Force Queen’s Medal shoot by 12 points at the West Melton range yesterday.
The competition was restricted to the top 21 airmen in New Zealand selected on their annual musketry scores. Competitors drew for rifles — the 7.62 mm SLR standard
service model — and were permitted 20 practice rounds before the first match.
Flight Sergeant Schiskha scored 351 points
over the three days of competition, well clear of the runner-up, Wing Commander M. W. Hodge (Wellington, middle), with 339. Corporal G. W. Bates (Woodbourne, right) was
1 < f third with 337 points. Sergeant G- E. Cuthbert (Wigram) failed in his at- J tempt to gain a record fourth successive win in the competition, ii
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