Thread: International Ballinger Belt Kings match

Originally Posted by 6x47

Here is Mike after winning the Belt two years ago. He was about to be chaired off the range with a piper leading as is the custom

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No more 303? Certainly long way from an old smle.

Originally Posted by Woody

Yes.

Cool I was C grade at Trentham. Shooting in the Army team in 81 and watched her, win, I think. I still struggle with reading the wind. Fine If I'm being coached. Good memories

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

No more 303? Certainly long way from an old smle.

.303 was shot on the Saturday prior as an additional match. Mike won that as well. Those are my dots on his target, it is an interpretation but none the less he held good waterline. You only have so long to peer through the spotting scope get the position of the marker and stick it on the board. Then it disapears and is replaced with the next shot. He was shooting quite quickly, I think he laid them down in about 6 minutes.
We had 10 representatives from the Te Puke club, about a 30% attendance rate. Not bad for our size. We picked up prizes and close 2nds in a number of other events as well.

It was Mike's 4th win of the Ballinger Belt.

He's one 3 Queens #1 badges & now his 1st Kings #1 badge.
He's also one 3 Queens #1 badges in Australia.

Top shooter and top person.
Almost always has time for a chat and is willing to help people out with their (rifle) issues.

He & Di are a top couple.

The full set of results for the 2024 NRANZ Nationals can be found on the NRANZ website.
http://https://www.nranz.org.nz/resu...kings-meeting/

That URL needs correcting at the start


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That’s very impressive stuff indeed….bullet holes dont lie ….well done and congrats!!!

Try this:

https//www.nranz.org.nz/results-2/event-reports/2024-national-kings-meeting/

Originally Posted by johnd

.303 was shot on the Saturday prior as an additional match. Mike won that as well. Those are my dots on his target, it is an interpretation but none the less he held good waterline. You only have so long to peer through the spotting scope get the position of the marker and stick it on the board. Then it disapears and is replaced with the next shot. He was shooting quite quickly, I think he laid them down in about 6 minutes.

Watching that match and seeing the scoring dots as you placed them was amazing. Never shot on a range that had wind directions and let-offs happen as fast as Trentham. There was a lot of WTF moments!

How many times did Din win it ?

Of course Ian Ballinger was the first to win it 3 times which is why it has his name in it.

Dinny won it once- 1977