Team List

* New Cap

David Richards GM, SC (Captain)

David is team captain. He first visited Canada as an Atheling in 1976 and since has toured with GB many times returning to Canada on 3 occasions. David has won HM the Queens' Prize and been runner up in the Grand Aggregate at Bisley. He has shot and been reserve in all the "Big 5" matches as well as coaching in 4 of them (just the Australia to coach for a unique record).

David has his own company, Capreolus Fine Foods, which he describes as "Artisan Charcuterie" - he smokes meat and supplies many of the leading restaurants in the South of England. His catalogue does not yet include Moose.

John Warburton GC, CGC, CSM2, CSC (Vice Captain)

As vice-captain John's role within the team is to ensure that the captain is happy at all times. John has toured with GB teams to most countries shooting TR but this will be his first time back in Canada since 1992. John has enjoyed some individual success along the way, notably winning the Grand Aggregates at Bisley and Ottawa. He is somewhat of a bridesmaid having been runner up twice in both HM The Queens and Governor General's Prizes. John particularly enjoys team shooting and one of his best memories to date was being a member of the 1992 GB that won the Palma in the US.

Away from the ranges John enjoys watching rugby, particularly Harlequins, and cricket, a game that he coaches and still plays a little. He also enjoys game shooting during the winter months.

Ian Shaw CSM (Adjutant)

Ian is the team adjutant, a position he is ideally suited to as his organisation skills are well known. Ian is a marksman of considerable pedigree and experience having toured extensively with GB and Scotland. He has represented Scotland at four Commonwealth Games, winning silver in the pairs in Delhi in 2010. Individually Ian has won the Ballinger Belt in New Zealand and is one of the many members of this team to have been runner up in the Governor General's Prize in Ottawa.

After a career in the London insurance markets Ian now works in consultancy. Not surprisingly having run the bar at the "Surrey" Ian is quite adept at making cocktails, particularly one called a "dustbin" - consume with caution.

Charles Brooks (Coach)

This is Charles' fifth visit to Canada, four times with GB teams and once as an Atheling.

He has also visited the Channel Islands with the NRA team and the West Indies with GB and will be returning to the Caribbean in 2013 as vice-captain with that year's GB team. Charles is one of team's wind coaches and brings a wealth of experience gained coaching Hampshire and England teams over the years. Individually Charles has won a number of trophies at Bisley and has a good collection of HM Queens Prize and St Georges badges to show for his efforts.

Professionally Charles is a solicitor and a partner in a UK law firm. Having practised in Paris for some years he is a qualified French lawyer (Avocat à la Cour). He also is the Hon legal adviser to the British Biathlon Union - although has never set foot on a biathlon ski course. When not shooting or working Charles likes watching all sports, particularly rugby (London Irish & England), cricket and football (Manchester United) and also finds time for a little golf and game shooting.

Sarah Jane Binder

Sarah Jane is one of the new caps on the tour. She started shooting at the age of 14 with Huddersfield then joined the Derbyshire ACF where she continued to shoot and toured to Canada with the ACF team in 1999. She quickly became a regular shooter for Yorkshire and was selected to tour South Africa with the GB U19 team. She has represented England in the National Match and in 2009 won the second stage of the St George's.

Sarah Jane is trained in law and criminology and works as a paralegal in South Yorkshire. She is an avid follower of criminal dramas such as CSI and everything else of that genre. Her other great love is her horses which she keeps at her parent's livery stables and when not shooting can be found with her four legged friends.

Daniel Blake

This is Dan's first GB cap. He has visited the Channel Islands with the NRA team and Canada in 2007 with the very successful GB U25 team that won the U25 World Long Range Championships. This last visit to Connaught was a memorable one as he won a number of trophies including the Otter, Coulter and Harrison. Dan has gained considerable team shooting experience with the County of London team, one of the strongest county teams in the last 10 years and also with the GB U25 team. At home Dan has a number of St George’s, and HM Queens Final appearances, represented England in the National Match as a reserve and shot the European Long Range Championships.  

Dan works for the Wessex Group as a “senior” Information Communication Technology Technician where he keeps their IT running smoothly. Dan is a keen repairer of old rifles specialising in Lee Enfield’s which he restores back to shooting condition - once was the time he could have earned good money making the old "steam gun" shoot on Stickledown.

Danny Coleman  GM, CGM, SM, SC2

Danny lives in London and is a barrister specializing in immigration and human rights law. He has represented England and Great Britain regularly since the age of 18 both at home and abroad. When not at Bisley or on tour Danny spends his time fishing and hunting big game in Southern Africa. He is especially looking forward to fishing in Nova Scotia where he will be accompanied by his gorgeous and long suffering girlfriend Victoria.

David Crispin

This is David's second GB tour after New Zealand last year. He's been to Canada twice before with the England team in 1995 and 1999. He spends a lot of time at Bisley as Chairman of the Surrey Rifle Association and is very proud of the recent work done by a very active committee. He is really looking forward to going back to Canada to meet old shooting friends. When he lived in Rochester, NY for six years he regularly went across the border to Canada to shoot with the Ontario Rifle Association. He undoubtedly will provide a boost to the share price of Dairy Queen through milk shake consumption during the tour.  

David works for an American IT company as a Technical Account Manager specialising in Network Attached Storage His other interest is flying light aircraft. David has a private pilot’s licence and flies a single engine Piper Archer from Fairoaks airport in Surrey on hamburger runs to the Isle of Wight.

Henry Day

Henry has just graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in chemistry. Although the "youngster" on the team at 21, this will be his fourth tour of Canada, having previously visited with the ACF team, the Athelings and as a member of the very successful 2010 team when he finished strongly in both the Governor General's prize and Grand Aggregate winning the Otter for the highest placed U25 and topped off the tour in style shooting in the winning America Match team. Henry will be travelling to Australia later in the year as a member of the GB U25 team shooting in the world long range championships.

Henry is a committee member of the Hawk's club, a gentleman’s club for university sportsmen at Cambridge and was recently featured in an article on the club in the Field Magazine. Henry clearly enjoys academic life and will be starting work for a PhD in medicinal chemistry at the University of East Anglia later in the year.

David Dyson

This will be David's sixth visit to Ottawa, the fourth as a member of a GB team and more recently twice as an individual competitor, which was terrific fun, especially in the NRAA. David retired from the emergency services in West Yorkshire a few years ago and is another one of the Yorkshire contingent in the team. This is his first visit to Nova Scotia and he is the only member of the team to have lived in Halifax - the Yorkshire version.

Outside of shooting one of his main interests is travel. He has set himself a challenge to have visited more countries than his age, so far he is ahead of target as the list exceeds his age (57), but still needs a few more on the list to stay in front. In fact if the Falkland Islands are considered part of the Antarctic David can claim to have shot competitively on 6 continents.

Jonathan Kent

Jonathan is very excited to be returning to Canada for his first full GB cap having toured to Canada twice before: first with the Athelings  in 2003, where he was the top scoring cadet in the Grand; and next in 2007 as part of the winning U25 GB World Championship team. Jonathan comes for a family of shooters and so has been brought up with rifles and competition (mostly from his father) from a young age.  Jonathan still argues that F-class is cheating.  

Jonathan currently works as a paralegal in London dealing with overseas companies starting up in the UK. When he is not in work or on the range, he spends his time learning how the internet works and trying to be the biggest geek he can be. He has a great love of classic cars, even though he sold his classic Ford for a modern Mercedes.

Jeremy Langley CSM, CGC, CSC

Jeremy is no stranger to Connaught as this will be his 8th tour to Canada and his 14th GB tour which have taken him pretty much everywhere that shoots TR. He has also shot the DCRA meeting as an individual or as part of Atheling teams on three other occasions. On previous visits Jeremy has had his fair share of success winning and finishing second in the Grand Aggregate and in the Governor General's prize after tie shoots.

Jeremy is also travelling to Australia with the GB team in October this year, competing in the World Long Range championships, and will return to Canada next year as the captain of the 2012 GB team to Canada & USA. Three tours in 13 months - Jeremy has a very understanding wife: Thanks Judy!

When not shooting Jeremy is a team leader and antenna engineer with SELEX Galileo. He also enjoys "tinkering" with old cars and is the proud owner of a 1974 Corvette Stingray, much beloved by his young son Ben, which is a common sight and especially sound around Bisley.

Andrew Lothian

Andrew is the second captain in the team, in his case of a Virgin Atlantic 747. Amazingly this is Andrew's first trip to Canada since he was an Atheling in 1973 and although he has toured with GB and England teams more recently this will be his first GB tour in the northern hemisphere. Andrew is an experienced team shot having shot Palma and Australia matches and represented a very strong Surrey team for many years.

Interestingly he lists his non-shooting interests as ironing and helping his two sons to wind up their mother. As a consequence of his occupation Andrew has an endless supply of jokes many of which are not suitable for print and it was said of him on a recent trip to South Africa that whenever he started a sentence it could be guaranteed to end with something inappropriate.

Emma Nuttall

This is Emma’s first full GB cap having visited Canada twice before with the ACF and the Athelings, she has also toured South Africa with the GB U19s, Australia with the U25s and in 2008 shot in Raton with the England team. Emma shoots for Lancashire (much to the distress of the vice-captain) and in the last few years has won 4 HM Queens Final badges and represented England in the National match twice. She has also has had a spell as the shooting coach at Cheltenham College.

Emma has recently become a Police Officer with the Surrey Constabulary currently based in Guildford, though Bisley remains off her beat, for the time being – much to the relief of some no doubt. Away from shooting and law enforcement her interests include running, wildlife, fancy dress, museums, soap operas and films.

Stephen Penrose

A veterinary surgeon by profession makes Stephen the ideal choice as one of the team medics. He has been a member of many GB and England teams and has shot extensively around the world. Not surprisingly in the process has shot just about every match there is including Kolapore, Palma, Australia, New Zealand and Americas matches. Stephen is one of the small band of non South Africans to win the SA State President’s prize which he did in 1999.

When not shooting Stephen enjoys skiing, travelling and spending time in a safari lodge in Botswana in which he has a part share. To the Yorkshire contingent in the team Stephen is known simply as “veterinary” a term used in the Yorkshire dales for the vet.

Kelvin Ramsey

This is Kelvin's first visit to Canada as a member of a GB team. He has previously toured with GB to the West Indies and is particularly looking forward to the palm fringed white sandy beaches of Nova Scotia. He has toured with GB U25 and was a member of the first England team to visit Raton in 2008.

As consultant surgeon working in London Kelvin is the medical officer on the team and will deal with any cases referred to him by the "veterinary". Kelvin's sporting prowess and intelligence were on show at an early age when, aged 12, he was a contestant on the TV show "Junior Krypton Factor".

David Rose

David is one of the Old Epsomians in the team, having starting shooting at Epsom College in the 1990's. He won his first GB cap on the 2010 tour to New Zealand and clearly enjoyed the experience as he then went on to tour Canada later that year and now returns again for a second time. He has also toured to Australia and the Channel Islands with the GBU25 and NRA teams. DAvid will be Adjutant to the Great Britain Team to the West Indies in 2013.

David works as a “talent manager” for his company in London and away from shooting enjoys travelling and cars and can often be seen cruising around Bisley with the top down of his convertible - in all weathers. David has trekked in the mountains of Pakistan (not recently one hopes), climbing glaciers and crossing some of the higher passes in the Himalayas.

Simon Shouler

Simon shoots for Nottinghamshire and this will be his first senior GB tour. Like many of the younger members of the team he has been involved in GB U25 shooting, touring with them to Canada and Australia where he was coach to the U25 Australia Match team and was also a member of the team competing in the U25 World Long Range Championships at Bisley in 2003. Individual successes include winning the Times and Alexandra (in the same year) and also the Chairman’s Prize as well as a number of St George’s and HM Queens Final appearances. Simon has represented England in the National Match and the European Long Range Championships.

Simon works in sales for a builder’s merchant and in any free time he has left can be found scuba diving, playing badminton, fly fishing or firing a shotgun, though not all at the same time. He has always had a keen interest in Minis (classic of course) and has even built a kit car version – our very own “Charlie Croker”.

Jonathan Taylor

This is Jon's first GB cap. Jon shoots for the Windsor club where he has been full bore captain for over 20 years. He first toured with the NRA team to the Channel Islands and after a number of strong individual performances at Bisley meetings, notably winning the second stage of the St Georges, shot for England in the National Match.

Away from shooting Jon is a project engineer in the telecoms industry and relaxes with a little golf (the regimental type, right, left, right..), skiing, gardening, photography and watching the "beautiful game", in particular Reading FC. Jon once had a driving lesson with former F1 world champion Damon Hill around Brands Hatch, a fact that will no doubt bar him from getting behind the wheel of any team vehicle.

Andrew Wilde

This is Andrew’s first GB tour to Canada having previously toured with GB to New Zealand and with England to South Africa and the USA. Having started shooting at Bath University in the early 1990's he went on to shoot for the LMRA and Somerset but following a change of stock in '05 his fortunes certainly changed with a string of very strong performances in Imperial meetings resulting in a number of top 5 finishes in the Grand Aggregate which gained him both England and GB team caps.

Andrew runs his own engineering consultancy working in the oil & gas and defence sectors. A self-confessed petrol-head Andrew enjoys tinkering with anything mechanical, including his motorbike. His visit to Canada this year is the first leg of a world tour taking in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and many points in between. Andrew undertakes this epic journey with his motorbike and partner Hannah.