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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 11 (February 1, 1937)

Rifle Shooting at Trentham

Rifle Shooting at Trentham.

Only a few miles past Silverstream, is Trentham, the training camp for thousands of New Zealand soldiers who won fame in the Great War.

It is also the venue of the National Rifle Association's big championship meeting. If you haven't attended one of these gatherings, your sporting education has not been complete!

It may not seem to be a very exciting way of spending a day, but this writer, who went for an hour, remained for a day and will go again!

All manner of “uniforms” are worn at this great gathering and the oldest and most tattered uniform is invariably worn by a high-ranking officer! It's a soldiers' holiday and a reunion of riflemen from all over New Zealand.

Which brings about the realisation that New Zealand's representative riflemen have long enjoyed a reputation for accuracy and that shooting is on the list of events at the Olympic Games. Would it not be possible for a New Zealand team to compete at the Olympic Games at Tokyo in 1940? If the competitors who won the Earl Roberts trophy for Silverstream College were kept in view it might be possible to send a young team.