SPLENDiD RIFLE SHOOTING.
A TEAM'S RECORD. [United Pksss Association.] WAIMATfi, Saturday. The Wairnate Rides, shooting for the South Canterbury Battalion Shield here on Thursday, put up a score for a team of 12 m-.nt that probably constitutes a record for thi-. Dominion, if not for Austral.-.. ia. The i-.-_ii.nes were "00, 500, and 600 yards, and the maximum ohtniuab!. was 103. Four men stored 100 or over, the average for the tenin being almo.t 97, and the total points being 1160. The Timaru Port Guards, who had held thc shield for two years, veers beaten by 103 points, though they stood next highest in thc five teams competing.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 8 February 1909, Page 3
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108SPLENDiD RIFLE SHOOTING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 8 February 1909, Page 3
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