Diane Collings Explained

Diane Collings
Birth Name:Diane Rosalind Blaymires
Birth Date:5 June 1959
Spouse:Mike Collings
Country:New Zealand
Sport:Shooting
Club:Te Puke Rifle Club
Nationals:Ballinger Belt winner (1981, 1987, 2014)
Show-Medals:yes

Diane Rosalind Collings (née Blaymires; born 5 June 1959) is a New Zealand sport shooter.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won the bronze medal in the fullbore open singles and finished seventh in the fullbore rifle open pairs.[1]

Collings has won the Ballinger Belt three times at the New Zealand rifle shooting championships, in 1981, 1987 and 2014. In 1992 she was top New Zealander and sixth overall.[2] She is married to sport shooter Mike Collings.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diane Collings . 2013 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 18 April 2014.
  2. Web site: New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners . National Rifle Association of New Zealand . 18 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150125012900/http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt . 25 January 2015 .
  3. News: Collings destined to be on target . 15 January 2009 . Dominion Post . 18 April 2014.