John Halahan

John Halahan – Travelling Reserve

John’s first experience with shooting of any form was pest control, shooting at monkeys in Malaysia which were destroying the young rubber trees. It is doubtful that he actually hit anything but he certainly succeeded in scaring the things off. He commenced proper target shooting at Framlingham College in Suffolk and carried it on in the Army with the good old SLR. The inevitable break in shooting activities due to life intruding then took place and he returned to target shooting in the 1990s and has since shot for both London and Derbyshire.

John has toured the Channel Islands with the NRA team and was a member of the team which won the Parting Shot, beating the USA Bald Eagles. He is hoping to be provided with the opportunity of repeating that achievement against marginally younger opposition.
He is the General Manager of a company which develops software for the steel fabrication industry and is based up in Derby during the week and returns home to London for the weekends. He is married to Ann and has two daughters.