CLAY BIRD SHOOTING
I HIM I XTION f’lfA ,\I l’l OXisdl IP (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ■cintTSTicinTtßicrr, Aug. 5. The twenty-ninth sweeps,take clay pigeon match for the championship of Xew Zealand was held under lhe auspices of the North Can tor bury Gun Club at- Rn-n-giora to-day. The winner was 8. Anderson (Mothvon). There were .'l7 entries, ; mdi the prize money was divided among six competitors, who lied. Anderson' won on a slioot>jft'. The six qualifying wen' -8. Anderson. D. Davidson (lOulverrlen), T. Wrigley (.Lovian), .1. Winchester (Ellesmere), IT. Dr on noli (‘Christchurch) and G. Bdddon (Hamilton).
The- conditions were 21 birds off .18 yards. 'The match uvas fired in a dull light with a heavy south-west wind and ceaseless rain. Andersen and the other five shot 'all 21 birds, and in the shoot-off Anderson beat Winchester at the 20th bird, so that the winner shot 41 birds straight.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 6 August 1930, Page 10
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148CLAY BIRD SHOOTING Hawera Star, Volume L, 6 August 1930, Page 10
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