Smallbore Rifles

Runners-Up in tournament shooting, the relatively inexperienced Victoria team fulfilled Salient's prediction. Norm Robieson, Roger Smith and Roger Dewhurst were the lop shooters in the Vic team, finishing fourth, fifth equal, and tenth equal, respectively.

Early indications were that Robieson could qualify for an NZU blue, but tournament strain began to tell in the North-South match. Points were also lost at that stage by Smith and Dewhurst.

Robieson did qualify for a Victoria blue by totalling 986 points. The Victoria standard is 981; he was the only shcoter to reach this.

The whole team w.nt on to shoot in the North v. South match, narrowly won by South. The three top Victoria shooters went on to shoot for NZU.