Jackie was delighted to be asked to join the tour to South Africa as Physiotherapist, despite now living and working in Canada. With 30 years in the Physiotherapy world she has seen a lot and dealt with a lot, but is always pleasantly surprised (or should that be confused!) by what the rifle world can throw at her regarding injuries and postures. Even the Army had less surprises! She has been working with GB Rifle…
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Reg (60) is a Fellow Chartered Accountant who owns a group of recruitment agencies operating in the South of England. Although an Aussie by birth, he arrived in the UK in February 1983 and the country has suffered ever since! He started his shooting career as a cadet in 1971 with The Kings School, Parramatta. Reg has toured overseas on 10 previous GB teams including 6 to Canada, one to Australia in 2005 as Captain…
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Alastair had his first foray into the world of shooting at the age of 8, albeit at a cold and dark outdoor small bore range in the middle of winter. That was quickly abandoned for a decade until he went to the University of Southampton, where he picked up the sport again, going on to Captain the university team in ’99-’00. It wasn’t until after University that he took up full-bore shooting, and has never…
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Since James started shooting at Uppingham School, he has toured with England and Great Britain senior teams on fifteen previous occasions, three of those being to South Africa. However, he has shot in South Africa on seven occasions and is no stranger to Bloemfontein and is looking forward to revisiting. A member of the last three GB winning Palma teams he earned his “Big Five” Matches badge in 2011 as Adjutant of the Australia match…
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Jon’s passion for target shooting started at the tender age of 11 at Aldro School on a 20 yard range in a converted greenhouse. Jon continued to enjoy the sport, learn about fullbore shooting and ‘Bisley’ when he moved on to the Royal Grammar School at Guildford. With the sport becoming more than just a hobby, he continued his shooting career at London University, subsequently making regular appearances for Surrey County. Jon has achieved a…
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Tom is no stranger to South Africa, his first tour being way back in 1984. In fact he has fond (?!) memories of tented accommodation in snow, hail and torrential rain on Hamilton Range! More recently he captained the England Team to South Africa in 2009. This will be Tom’s tenth Great Britain tour, and he has shot in four Palma Matches and five Australia Matches. Despite keeping his head down, he has found himself…
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David started his shooting at Epsom College in 1994 he went on to win the Ashburton twice culminating in a dominant season for the College in 1999 without a loss in any competition. David is a regular tourist and has been seriously bitten by the bug! Trips include – USA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand & Australia, West Indies and The Channel Islands. Bisley being almost a second home, David can usually be found on…
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Given the number of GB tours that Bill has been on has now made double figures, he is probably classed as ‘experienced’. This will be his third visit to South Africa, the last time being with an England team in 2009. Over the years, Bill has had successes in both team and individual events, but is probably best known as a coach and in this role he has won four World Championships and has coached…
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Kelvin started shooting at the age of 12 while at Epsom College. He was a member of several Ashburton winning teams, was an Atheling in 1992, and subsequently captained the British Universities Rifle Team. This was followed by 6 years at Cambridge University where he won a Full Blue and studied medicine in his spare time. Kelvin has been fortunate to be have been selected for a number of international tours, representing England (USA 2008…
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Toby has represented his country on a number of occasions. A product of Epsom College shooting and having been part of a winning Ashburton Team on three occasions, he first visited Canada with the Athelings in 1993, returning there 2 years later with England. Unfortunately, his chosen path of Mechanical Engineering at Nottingham University and Chartered Accountancy clashed for a while with competitive shooting, so it was not until 2002 that he returned to full-time…
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