RIFLE SHOOTING.
IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD. SUCCESS OF N.P. HIGH SCIIOOL. The results of the Imperial Challenge Shield competitions, which are competed for by the cadets of the British Empire, are to hand, and it is pleasing to note once again the successes gained by the cadets of the New Plymouth Bays’ High School. The number of teams that, competed for 1921 was 820 for the senior and 592 for the junior. In the senior competition New Plymouth entered five teams, the first four of which gained places on the prize list. In the junior three teams were entered, and all gained prizes. The detailed results are as follows:
The local boys gained the distinction of being specially mentioned for entering a large number of teams successfully, as they obtained the best average for New Zealand and scored best for the Empire. The leading New Zealand units specially mentioned in the report are: —? No. of boys No. Average of shoot- of per ing age. teams, team. N.Pi High School .. 195 8 84;92 Gisborne High School 155 8 75195 Waitakl High School 120 5 62 The success in miniature range shooting, combined with their success in winning the Devenish Shield for he best New Zealand school in long range shooting, makes New Plymouth High School the premier shooting school of the Dominion for 1921. Other New Zealand units to gain prizes ore as follows: — Place In Empire. Score. SENIOR. Port Chalmers 15 90.4 Hamilton High School . . 48 54.3 Mt. Eden Senior Cadets 50 84.1 Gisborne High School .. . si> 83.5 Otago Boys’ High School 82.2 Wellington College 72; 80.8 JUNIOR. Motueka Senior Cadets .. 45 78.3 Otago Boys’ High School 49 77.3 Oamaru South Cadets .. 54 7.68 The senior competition was wdn by A Company Senior Naval Cadets-, Birkenhead, Australia, with an average score Fof 96.62 per cent., and the junior by No. 1 Platoon Newtown School Cadets, Johannesburg, South Africa, with an average score of 91.3 ]per 'cent.
SENIOR. Order of PerMerit. centage. Prize. No. 24 Company ... 22 88.2 £2 No. 24 Company ... 35 86.7 £2 No. 24 Company ... 51 84 £2 No. 24 Company ... 62 82.3 £2 No. 24 Company ... 82 79.5 — JUNIOR. No. 110 Company .. 8 87.5 £3 No. 110 Company .. 9 87.1 £3 No. 110 Company .. 23 83.5 £2
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1921, Page 8
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379RIFLE SHOOTING. Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1921, Page 8
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