CADET RIFLE SHOOTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17220, 11 December 1923, Page 6

CADET RIFLE SHOOTING.

IMPERIAL CHALLENGESHIELD. NEW ZEALAND RESULTS. *T Tei®*r«pH— Prtam Aiaeriatien—OopjrvirM Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 11. 9-50 a.id.) LONDON, December 10. In the Imperial Challenge Shield competition, 1911 teams competed, of which 609 were from South Africa. 574 from New Zealand, 380 from Great Britain. 277 from Australia, and 134 from Canada. Ninety-three prizes went to South Africa, thirty-eight to Britain, thirtysix to New Zealand, thirty-two to Australia. and thirty-two to Canada. The shields are now awarded to the organisations showing the highest all-round efficiency. Hilton College, Natal, wins the senior shield. The following Australian teams are among the prize winners—Claremont, West Australia, eighth; Royal Australian Naval Reserve Cadets, Geelong, nineteenth, thirty-second, forty-third, fiftieth and fifty-fourth; Unley, South Australia, thirty-fourth and forty-first. The trophy was awarded to K Company, Unley, which had 394 competitors. The New Zealand prize winners include—New Plymouth High School, fourteenth, twenty-fifth * fortieth; A Company. Sixth Cadet Battalion, Otago, sixteenth; '■ Nelson College, seventeenth. The Governor-General*s trophy was awarded to New Plymouth High School, which had 316 competitors. The Kmmasdale Cadets. Heidelberg, South Africa, won the junior shield. There were no Australian competitors in this division, owing to the raising of the age limit, for the force. The Now Zealand prize winners include—New Plymouth, thirty-second, fortieth and fifty-third, and the Sacred Heart College, fifty-second. The King sent a message noting the satisfactory increase in the number of entries and the efficiency shown. He also expressed the none that a still further impetus would be given to the popularity of these competitions throughout the Empire by the new conditions, the object of which is to encourage mass efficiency on the broadest lines.