G.P. Perry DeFino Trophy

The Junior Pistol Trophy was presented to the high individual junior shooter in the National Trophy Individual Pistol Match beginning in 1984. From then until 2002, juniors were required to fire the .45 cal. or 9 mm service pistol. Due to extremely low junior participation, the pistol that juniors fire in the National Trophy Individual Pistol match was, beginning in 2003, changed to a .22 cal. standard smallbore pistol. After that change, junior participation increased significantly. The Junior Pistol Trophy, which was a simple, undistinguished trophy, was retired in 2010 and replaced with the DeFino Trophy. The TMCSS G. P. “Perry” DeFino Trophy was donated by Ron Krelstein of Germantown, Tennessee. Krelstein is a Double Distinguished shooter. He donated the trophy to honor a long-time U. S. Navy pistol shooter whom he described as “my friend and mentor for 50 years.” DeFino was the very first Interservice Pistol Champion, Double Distinguished (1955 Pistol, 1959 Rifle) and a 2650 three-gun pistol shooter. He passed away in the summer of 2008.

JUNIOR TROPHY WINNERS
AWARDED TO: HIGHEST SCORING JUNIOR IN THE NATIONAL TROPHY INDIVIDUAL .22 PISTOL MATCH

NATIONAL MATCHES JUNIOR RECORD: Glenn Zimmerman, Waterville, OH, 292-12X, 2016