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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 20, No. 3. April 12, 1956

Shooting

Shooting

Winning two of the shooting matches, the Victoria reflemen performed very creditably in the NZU Shooting tournament held at the Collin's Range, Trentham. I. V. Newton shot particularly well, finishing third in the individual competition and winning himself an NZU Shoot-Blue. Auckland were the winners of the Haslam Shield for inter-university competition with Victoria second.

The outstanding rifleman at the meeting was Roy Larsen, winner of this year's Services' Fifty and one of the best shots in the country, who won the NZU individual shooting, championship. He headed a strong Auckland team which carried off the top honours for 1956.

Tournament Shield photo

"This is becoming a bit of a habit," said Graham Kerr, OU delegate, receiving the Tournament Shield on behalf of the Otago team at the Tournament Ball