Archery SOUTH ISLAND TOURNEY

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28259, 23 April 1957, Page 15

Archery SOUTH ISLAND TOURNEY

Intermediate Takes Top Honours (New Zealand Press Association) NELSON, April 22. An intermediate archer, N. Booth, of Dunedin, took top honours in the South Island District Archery Association's fifth annual tournament which ended at Nelson today. Booth won all the intermediate events as well as collecting the R. V. Phillips Cup for the highest individual aggregate of the tournament. Second highest aggregate was attained by another intermediate, W. Beck, of Greymouth. In the Ohio round for the team shoot and in the field round, 18-year-old Neville Booth competed on the same terms as the senior archers and scored the highest total in each event. Jack Brunning, of Westport, secured the men’s target championship with an aggregate of 1426. Results:— Teams’ Shoot.—Sherwood Club, Nelson (R. Merritt, J. Marshall, I. Cooke, and Mrs C. Merritt), 1908 points, 1. Clout Shoot.—Men: B. Revelly (Christchurch), 257 points, 1; F. Martin (Christchurch), 228, 2; P. Kellett (Invercargill) and J. Richards (Christchurch), 216 (equal) 3. Women: Mrs M. Reid (Christchurch), 188, 1; Miss R. McGorman (Timaru), 188, 2; Miss P. Anglem (Argyle, Bluff), 180, 3. Intermediate: N. Booth (Dunedin), 280, 1; W. Beck (Greymouth), 236. 2. Junior: A. Reid (Christchurch), 221, 1; B. Jones (Blenheim), 98, 2. Target Championship.—Men: J. Brunning (Westport), 1426 points, 1: K. Hildebrand (Argyle, Bluff), 1388, 2; B. Revelly (Christchurch), 1337, 3. Women: Mrs C. Merritt (Sherwood Club, Nelson), 1297, 1; Miss P. Anglem (Argyle, Bluff), 1286, 2; Mrs M. Reid (Christchurch), 1152, 3. Intermediate: N. Booth (Dunedin), 1468, 1; W. Beck (Greymouth), 1423, 2. Junior: A. Reid (Christchurch), 672, 1; J. Anglem (Argyle, Bluff), 628, 2. Field Round.—Men: W. Pringle (Timaru), 105 points. 1; D. Campbell (Christchurch), 103, 2: F. Martin (Christchurch), 98, 3. Women: Miss P. Angland (Argyle, Bluff), 41, 1; Mrs McLean (Dunedin), 33, 2; Mrs C. Merritt (Sherwood, Nelson), 27, 3. Intermediate: N. Booth (Dunedin), 125 (highest score of round), 1; M. Smith (Christchurch), 105. 2; J. Wilson (Otago), 89, 3. Junior: A. Reid (Christchurch), 37, 1; J. Angland (Argyle), 22, 2. Highest Individual Aggregate of the Tournament (for the R. V. Phillips Cup).—N. Booth (Dunedin), 1873 points, 1; W. Beck (Greymouth), 1731, 2; B. Revelly (Christchurch), 1671, 3. Women’s championship: Mrs C. Merritt (Sherwood, Nelson), 1484 points. Highest Individual Score in the Team Shoot.—Men: N. Booth (Dunedin), 609, 1; J. Brunning (Westport). 588, 2. Women: Miss Angland (Argyle), 459, 1; Miss C. Goulding (Timaru). 436, 2.