NOT THE BEST
.Shooting Team's Strength PREMATURE CHOICE (From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington .• ' . •..■ , Rep:) .. ..' . - -. ;• Considerable feeling exists m rifle circles, throughout the, D - .' , minion over the selection of the •\- N.Z. Rifle .team' which is now m Australia for the rifle championships.; • . TN spite of defections through business and other reasons, it is, considered, the -; team is many removes from the Dominion's £iill strength. For : - some inexplicable; reason, the team was chosen last September, even' ■'-though the Australian championships were set down for March, "six months later. Such a selection seemed- premature, having been .based' on , last year's form. The team naturally contains some, of the • pominion's best shots, but. also some ' Whose form this year ftaj: been, inconsistent. , ; V '' It was a- candid "admission of the premature-ness of the selection when the' executive of the 'N.R.A.': decided to grant '"£ 30- to the expenses of -the Belt winner to 1 Sydri'ey next Au--1 gust should-, he not have been' a ■member of. the team picked for Australia.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1212, 21 February 1929, Page 16
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165NOT THE BEST NZ Truth, Issue 1212, 21 February 1929, Page 16
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