Man With Gun Who Cannot Miss

Chronicle (Levin), 14 July 1949, Page 8

Man With Gun Who Cannot Miss

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. ^ "HAMILTON, Jnly 13. History was .made at the New Zea-lanfi.-vtrap-shooting tournament jat Melville foday wh'em.the' Whangarei repre-* 'S'entative, j>. P.- North, was snccessfui 'in winnin'g. .the.. -Nfew Zealand' 21 , ya-rd ■ i'rise championship: . The tliree titles ' wMe'h so' f ar have heen decided at- the •toha'nament, have •" .been ,won by North ( and as he is the present holder of the ( New. Zealand 2-8 yard rise championAhip; h'aViUg- won the event lagt year, "lfe" ha's tlie uniqne distinetion of hold- ■ ing four Dominion shooting champion- j sliips ,toi-d'ay.> The 28 yard rise event iWi-1-1 ibe'gi'n; tomoxrow and greaf.interest iwill be attaehed to Nortli 's endeavou-r . -to reteci'U this title and thns set another . ■new record. ; f . , » . f •'In fhe tlii-ee titles so far decided',* the ; Whangarei shooter has had a -phen'oTn- , !enal run, havi'ng scored with every shot ; ;in the single- elay championship in . which h'e" wa's reqfiired to slloof 71, ! jciays in succession. Runner-Up in th'e . 2'i rise'^ event was T; Wrigley (Huft . ValTey). V. A. D'elacey. (Hamilton), E..( Bpgun (.Hamilton) ; and J. Stmthefs , •(HaWke % %y)' •shared th'ird- priae. Fiye of a field of 135 shot the- possible (14 : •birds) / aUd ih the shoot-offi over fi«e!i birds, North was all on. . Wrigley had: ,o'ffie miss W'hile De Lacey," Bogun and Struthers all had two mi-sses. ^ ' The improvement itf weather conditipps which was experiefteed to-day was appreeiated by the shooters as sinee the j tournament opehed last Wednesday, ] competitors- have had to eontend with Vefy nnpleasant conditions in the form ; of f requent rain squalls and gusty ' winds.