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NATIONAL RIFLE MEETING A WOMAN COMPETITOR, FIRST TIME IN HISTORY OF ASSOCIATION. By Telegraph- Preus Association. Trantham, March 8. Marksmen from all parts of the Dominion are competing at the annual four-day, meeting of the National Rifle Association, which opened at Trentham in fine weather this moruing. The entry of 188 competitors is better than had been anticipated, the programme having been based on an attendance of 150 competitors. For the first time in the history of the association a woman, Mrs J. T. Lovell, of Blenheim, is competing. Mrs Lovell has competed at many district meetings with considerable success. Her husband is also a keen rifleman and, although not competing, is visiting ' Trentham to watch his wife’s progress. . Fourteen ex-bolt winners, including last year's winner of the King’s Prize, R. H. Nichol], Petone, are competing. The Compulsory Service matches were completed early this afternoon and a start was then made with the first match of the Belt Series.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 73, 8 March 1933, Page 7
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