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Day 3 – 900 at 900, and Farewell Camp Borden

04 Aug 2014, Posted by GBRT in Diary

After an evening sampling the culinary delights of Barrie, either at a steak and lobster place or an Irish pub that very charmingly served burgers and had a live band, an early night was had by most in preparation for the match the next morning….

Day 2 – First Day at Borden

03 Aug 2014, Posted by GBRT in Diary

In the morning, the team met promptly at 7.20am after breakfast, having mostly managed a few hours sleep after yesterdays journey. Kit bags and rifles were loaded and we departed the hotel on time for the drive to Camp Borden, where we were due to…

Day 1 – Time to Tour

02 Aug 2014, Posted by GBRT in Diary

Thursday saw the gathering of the team at the Surrey RA clubhouse to try and solve the conundrum of how to pack all the shooting kit, personal kit, rifles and team kit (including some unexpected but delightful union jack branded merchandise) into the modest BA…

Imperial Roundup

02 Aug 2014, Posted by GBRT in Diary

Well the last training week (also known locally as the Imperial Meeting) recently passed and the squad seems ready to tour. Particularly heartening is the fact that David Armstrong, Emma Nuttall and Nigel Ball (who had all missed recent training weekends for various reasons) seem…

Training Weekends

30 Mar 2014, Posted by GBRT in Diary

For many, our first training weekend at the end of March was the first day shooting of the season. Having returned from the winter break with varying degrees of winter training under our belts, the first shoot was to be a proverbial clearing of the…