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Hong Kong sharpshooters are army's best
In their final year of competition, locally enlisted Chinese soldiers of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps (HKMSC) have won the reputation for the territory by becoming the best pistol shots in the British Army.
They beat every other unit to take the title at the prestigious annual British Regular Army Skill at Arms Meeting, held at the famous Bisley Ranges in England. The HKMSC will disband later this year.
The pistol team came home as winners of the Pistol Team Match while the HKMSC's second team came third in the Army Pistol Match (Other Arms and Services) and was awarded the Duke of Connaught Cup.
It was almost a clean sweep for the Hong Kong soldiers, who were competing against the best shots in the British Army. After nine days of hard-fought and intense competition, the six-man shooting team emerged as winners of the Rifle Match and the Light Support Weapon Match in the Army Rifle Association Non-Central Service Weapons Competition (Other Arms and Services) and were presented with the Artillery Cup and the Hopton Cup. The results saw the team crowned as winners of the Minor Unit Championship and the award of the King Edward VII Cup and Army Rifle Association Shield.
The HKMSC's success at Bisley comes only weeks after the unit won the annual Tickle Trophy Competition, an event in which every unit in the Army must compete by shooting on their own ranges, wherever they are based in the world. The results are then compared centrally in Britain before a winner is announced victory this year going to the HKMSC.
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