Ballinger discarded
New Zealand’s top smallbore shooter for the last decade, lan Ballinger, was good enough -to win the South Pacific championship in Christchurch last year and gain one of the two smallbore nominations for the Moscow Olympics after extensive regional (and national trials. - 4 z -sLess than a year later, the national selectors have seen fit .to discard him from, a national ' '.bf-43 which has been -chosehLto prepare for the SputH'Racific championships inL/Brisbane in October and •rtfie;isWB2 Brisbane Commonwealth Games. Ballinger declined an opportunity to complete in an international competition in Mexico this month because of' business and-?? personal reasons but the:Christchurch sports goods, dealer has no idea whether that/; decision influenced the selectors. Jack Scott’ (Timaru), who was nominated for the Moscow Olympics along with Ballinger, . accepted) the invitation to shoot'tfin Mexico and he has been sretained in the national squad.
The full, squad Is: Scott. Davies, Mdfoliell, Leon G-riebel (Blenheim), Stuart. McFarlane, Chris Botes,'. Ivan' 'Ncwten,'. Nan Barlow. (Wellington), Bob Trav-' ers, Liure-nce Moodie (Wanganui), . Noel Mann (Napier), Mai-, colm Barth (Dunedin) and Stepfees Petterson, - • y ‘
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Press, 25 March 1981, Page 36
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