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 and is keen to find a shooting berth this time in the 2017 match. James is also currently captain of the British Commonwealth Rifle Club. James is a sales director at SAP managing a team selling Enterprise Software. At home, James is married to Ellen and his son Edward was recently joined by sister Zoe – at just the right time.