SHOOT FOR FIELD SHIELD

Chronicle (Levin), 15 May 1947, Page 2

SHOOT FOR FIELD SHIELD

■' " 1 1 ■ ' " ✓ UPPER HUTT WIN WITH RECORD SCORE Five teams competed for the Field Shield on , the Hautere rifle range last Saturday. A brillia'ntly. frne day. led to high scores, and uhe winners ' were Upper Hutt. Their total of 790 was a record, being 13 points! higher than the previous best over -the 38 years that this annual competition has been fired. Possibles were ' scored at 300 yards by O. L. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) and , A. J. • Brown (Ngatiawa) , at 500 yards by R. H. and O. L. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) and L. E. Monk (Hautere) a'nd at 600 yards by J. A. Monk (Ngatiawa) . The Levin A team had five scores of 100 or over. The following are the individual scores of the five teams which competed: — Upper Hutt: O. L. Whiteman 103, R. H. Whiteman 102, M. H. Reid 100, A. W. Marryatt 99, R. A. Tomlin 99, A. Linney 97, E. J. Taylor 97 and A. Scott 93; total, 790. Hautere: L. E. Monk 102, T. Empson 100, F. H. Monk 100, H. A. Lumsden 99, C. Cobb 99, B. F. Monk 98, F. Freeman 96 and R. L. Monk 95;- total, 789. Levin A: S. Lumsden 101, R. Rolston 101, P. R. Catley 100, M. Fletcher 100, F. Graham 100, S. Aanensen 98, J. Horn, Ju'nr. 98, J. G. Horn, Senr. 91; total, 789. Levin B: V. Hunter 96, P. Humphrey 96, A. L. Lumsden 94, J. L. Graham 91, H. Geange 92, C. Greig 90, E. McLeavey 88 and F. J. Bryce 82; total, 729. Ngatiawa: A. J. Brown 100, J. A. Mo'nk 97, J. Hooper 96, N. Best 96, N. W- Monk 91, R. J. Carter 87, A. K. Monk 84 and R. H. Monk 80; . total, 721.