Fifty years of shooting rivalry between Horowhenua Hunting Club and the Kapiti branch of the NZ Deer Stalkers Association was marked at the weekend with the two teams competing for the K. Aanensen Trophy.
Hosting the annual competition this year was Horowhenua which had the added triumph of taking home the trophy, won by Kapiti for the past couple of years.
During the morning, the two teams of selected club members competed using centrefire (high powered) rifles fired over 100 metres, firing five rounds from the prone, sitting, kneeling and finally off hand positions.
Rifles were swapped for Rimfire (.22) in the afternoon, increasing to 10 firing rounds per position over 50 metres.
After 660 rounds, the combined scores for each club team were divided by the number of competitors - Horowhenua had six competitors to Kapiti's five - to gain the average team score with Horowhenua winning by a combined average of just four points.