RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3623, 9 November 1920, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

EMPIRE COMPETITIONS. Received 9.40 a.xxn ~ LONDON, Nov. 8. In the rifle shooting competition for the Imperial Challenge Shields, "820 teams were entered in the senior division and 569 in the junior. Australia wins 52 prizes, Great Britain 37, South Africa 15, New Zealand 9, Canada 6. Australia has fourteen out of the first twenty prizes in the senior competition and New Zealand four. The Royal Australian Naval Brigade of Cairns was first with an average of 93.2; A Company Naval Cadets, Birkenhead (South Australia) was second with 92.2; New Plymouth (N.Z.) Boys’ High School was third with 92.1, The Naval Boys’ Brigade, Devonport (England wins the Junior Shield with an average of 91.8; 12th Company Naval Cadets, Birkenhead (South Australia) were second with 91.2; and New Plymouth Boys’ High School third with 91.1. Special prizes were awarded to the three following out of twentyseven: Australian Infantry, who entered 23 teams and won 12 prizes; Royal Australian Naval Brigade (Sydney) and New Plymouth Boys’ High School, which each entered ten teams, all of whom were prize-winners. The conditions for the competitions in 1921 will be the same as for 1920.