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Archery: New Zealand defeat Australia at Whangarei's Mt Tiger club

By Andrew Johnsen
Sports editor·Northern Advocate·
10 Oct, 2017 02:26 AM2 mins to read

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May Zeng from Auckland (front) and Codie Cairns from Franklin compete at the IFAA Pacific Region Field Archery Championships. Photo / Michael Cunningham

May Zeng from Auckland (front) and Codie Cairns from Franklin compete at the IFAA Pacific Region Field Archery Championships. Photo / Michael Cunningham

New Zealand claimed another transtasman title after beating their Aussie rivals during the IFAA Pacific Region Field Archery Championship hosted by Mt Tiger Archers.

It was an impressive performance from the New Zealanders with 24 pending Pacific records reached over the three-day competition.

Mt Tiger Archers' Lisa Ferris said it was a successfully run event.

"It was a fantastic three-day event enjoyed by all. The Australian contingent have also taken time to visit Whangarei Falls, Whangarei Heads, Tutukaka and The Bay of Islands," he said.

"They have loved their stay, saying everything is so beautiful. A large group from Auckland have stayed out at Tutukaka and have woken to breathtaking sea views every day.

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"For us it has been a great opportunity to showcase our place in Northland."

John Cook, Sophia Redgrove and Gerry Newman all potentially clinched a trio of records in top showings.

Cook was in great form in the freestyle limited recurve, hitting pending records of 322 in the field round, 314 in the hunter round and 402 in the animal round on the third day.

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The field, hunter and animal rounds were competed in by everyone across the three days.

The field round involved four arrows at each of 28 targets at varying distances up to 80 yards.

The hunter targets again had four arrows shot at each of 28 targets up to 70 yards.

In the animal round, archers were tasked with hitting each target in a maximum of three shots. More points were given if only one shot was needed to hit the target.

Redgrove, firing in the freestyle unlimited competition, picked up totals of 532, 530 and 560 in the respective rounds.

Newman was similarly dominant in the bowhunter unlimited contest with scores of 514m 527 and 560 across the three different events.

Linda Lainchbury (543 field and 546 hunter) and Christine Finnigan (291 field and 299 hunter) reached Pacific record marks in their respective freestyle unlimited and bowhunter recurve competitions.

There were 95 archers from New Zealand and Australia across the divisions.

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