Waipukurau smallbore ace Chris Harrison is making a name for himself on the national scene but, with his sport excluded from the next Commonwealth Games, he's pondering his shooting future.
"I like to shoot and aim for the top," Harrison, 34, told the Dannevirke News after he came second to Commonwealth Games and Olympics shooter Ryan Taylor, of Levin, at the recent North Island teams of 10 competition, one of the biggest events of the year.
Competing in the Southern Hawke's Bay team, which came a credible eighth in the event, Harrison was shooting with a rifle he had been using for just two weeks.
"I shot 397, with 27 inners (in the bullseye circle), so I'm pleased," Harrison said.
Now aiming for the North Island team, Harrison, who made the New Zealand team last year, wants to achieve the same result this year. But with his sport not part of the next Commonwealth Games, Harrison is disappointed.