Maurie Gordon

Maurice George Gordon (2 April 1926 – 29 June 2016) was a New Zealand competitive rifle shooter who won a gold medal representing his country at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch.

[1] He also represented his country at three Commonwealth Games in the individual fullbore rifle competition.

[3] Gordon represented New Zealand in the Kolapore Match at the NRA Imperial Meeting in 1953, and as a coach in 1960, 1967 and 1976.

[4] In 1976, he won the St George's Vase at the Imperial Meeting at Bisley, the first New Zealander to do so.

[1][5] Gordon was a mentor to John Hastie when the latter began long-range target shooting at the Okawa Rifle Club in the 1960s.