Chch shooter blasts way to win
PA Hamilton The Christchurch hotshot, Geoff Foster, aged 17, blasted his way to the New Zealand single barrel title at the national clay target shooting championships at Eureka, near Hamilton, yesterday. Foster, a national junior team member, scored the only possible in weather ranging from driving rain to bright sunlight. He held off the formidable Australianbased, American shooter, Mike Fisher who missed his first target to shoot 49 from
50. Earlier this week, Fisher became the only American to win the New Zealand single rise title. Foster is now in contention for the best overall high gun title after scoring a magnificent 300/100 in the New Zealand team shoot on Wednesday.
Results:— Highest over all: Geoff Foster (Mead-Te Pirita). A grade: Gavin Brears (Taumarunui) 1, Robbie Nixon (Auckland Met) 2, Dave Kirk (Rangitikei) 3. B grade: Lester Donaldson
(Chatham Islands) 1, John Williams (Matamata) 2, Rex Adams (Thunderbird) 3. C grade: Terry Litt (Waikato) 1, Sue GoldwynArcher (Waitemata), 2, Peter Christian (Norfolk Island) 3. Women: Janice Pickett (Nightcaps). Team shoot: New Zealand (Geoff Foster, Gavin Brears, Robbie Nixon, Dave Kirk, Graham Cheer, Dave Weir) 334 1, Australia (B. Kable, S. Atkins, A. Bradshaw, N. Berry, M. Briggs, A. Kenny) 321 2.
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