Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 22. September 10 1979
Shooting — Winter Tournament 1979
Shooting — Winter Tournament 1979
Mathew Civil shot extremely well and got Into the 10 man NZU team as No 2 Chris Mansell scraped In as second reserve The NZU team shot a postal match against Australia and also shot against the Otago Association team, winning by 1 point 1972 143 to 1971 144 — the first time in living memory an NZU team has beaten the local rep team.
All 4 Vic shooters were in the North Island team which lost to the South by 6 points
Shooting is a sport that puts a premium on experience (most top shooters are in their 40s ) None of us shot really consistently under pressure and although our averages were fair, as a team we had no show against the strong Massey and Canterbury teams.
Canterbury | 2668.176 |
Massey | 2362.177 |
Otago | 2346.151 |
Victoria | 2342.139 |
Auckland | 2308.112 |
Lincoln | 2300.117 |
Mathew Civil got a Victoria Blue with 990 71 ex 1000. 100.
Vic Team David lies (captain) Alan Sutherland, Mathew Civil, and Chris Mansell.