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Derek Lowe
Derek began his shooting in the cadet force at RGS Guildford, moving on to the Athelings in 1991, Oxford University over 1991 – 1994 and the Surrey county team since the late 1990s. He has been fortunate enough to represent England or Great Britain in various guises in Australia, Canada, Jersey, Kenya, Namibia, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
This tour will be Derek’s 5th to South Africa, and 3rd as Adjutant. Keenest at long range and in a team environment, he also spends a lot of time in match rifle. Aside from coaching and shooting (usually in that order), Derek sits on various committees in order to delay the inevitable moments when he has to leave Bisley. He is an experienced charity trustee both in shooting circles and at the church he attends in central London, and works in corporate finance as a Group Company Secretary.
Matthew Ensor
Matthew started shooting in 1992 at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. This will be his 14th overseas tour and his 5th to South Africa, having previously visited with GB (2008, 2017), England (2009) and first with the GB Under 25s in 2000.
While Matthew has enjoyed a smattering of individual shooting successes, including winning the Scottish Sword in 2009 and being selected to shoot for England in the Mackinnon in 2022, he feels most at home wind coaching in team matches. Matthew was a target coach in GB teams that set the current match records for both the RSA International and Protea Teams Matches. He also won the inaugural Arthur Clarke Memorial medal for top target score in the 2015 Palma Match, scoring 1783 ex 1800.
When not on the range, Matthew works in Higher Education. He and Sarah live in Chelmsford with their young son, Arthur.
Jack Alexander
Jack Alexander started fullbore shooting at the age of 13 under the supervision of his father, leading on to a number of years shooting with Wiltshire ACF. As with many of his shooting friends he caught the bug and never looked back. Jack went on to shoot for Ireland followed by his first GBU25 tour to America 2015, where he took part in his first World championships, picking up individual and team golds. Jack’s other individual shooting highlight is representing Ireland in two Commonwealth Games.
Outside of shooting Jack has a plumbing business. He also likes to find as much time as possible to head in to the mountains to hike, climb and take part in many outdoor activities.
Alastair Haley
Alastair didn’t start fullbore shooting until after graduating from the University of Southampton, although he shot .22 for a number of years prior, and was captain of the university smallbore club. Electing to shoot for Wales, he has 18 National Match appearances, and a few less Mackinnon caps. This will be his 11th overseas tour, and his 4th as a member of the GB team. It will also be his 3rd visit to Bloemfontein, having been part of the Welsh team in 2003 and 2009.
He is grateful to his wife Laura, for staying home to look after his son and two dogs!
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Captain’s Foreword
