PIGEON SHOOTING
N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.* CHRISTCHURCH, August 11. The New Zealand live pigeon championship was fired to-day in dull weather, but an absence of wind was welcomed by the shooters. There were 81 entries. The championship was won by M. Pratt (Hamilton), with E. F> Stead (Christ:huiTch) as runner-up. In the first shoot eight killed twenty birds, viz., E. P. Graham, H. Grenfell, It. McElwick, M. Pratt, R. S. Taylor, E. F. Stead,' H. M. Wright, and W. G. Gerard. These divided the prize money. In the slioot-off, Pratt shot 19 straight. Stead failed at the 19th, Wright at the 16tli, Taylor at the 11th, Gerard and Grenfell at the 6th, Graham at the fifth, and McElwick missed the first bird.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1930, Page 7
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