SURPRISE SERVICE TARGET MATCH.
Tho targets in this event were placed at unknown distances, and the order in which they appeared was varied. Targets were ■exposed for 40 seconds and then lowered, there being an interval of about 20 seconds between their appearances.1 Teams of ( six men were taken a point where they opened fire as if in a defensive position. Following is the result:— ■■'■ • Hits £s—Wangsnui Rifles / ... 13 £3—Sounds Rifle Club .12 £2—Opaki Riflo Club, No. 3 ... 12 | SERVICE MATCH AGGREGATE. For prizes awarded to the "competitors whose aggregates: in the Snapshooting, Special Service, Attack, Moving Target, Loophole-cover and Running Man matches are the highest: £s—Corp. Given, Wellington ... 106 £4—Rifleman W. N. Masefield, Sounds ... ... ... ... ;.. 106 £3—Pvt. R. Smith, Geraldine ... 99 £2—Pvt'Laking, Blenheim ... 95 £2-—Sergt Melhuish, Kaikoura 92 £2—Pvt. Woolley. Auckland ... 91 £I—Rifleman C. Williams, Ohura 90 10s—Corp. A. J. Eden, Waimea ' 87 10s—Sergt. H. Plimmer, Wellington 87
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 60, 11 March 1911, Page 8
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148SURPRISE SERVICE TARGET MATCH. Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 60, 11 March 1911, Page 8
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