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Nick Tremlett
GM SB
Long in the shooting tooth is a fair description of Nick – and that was 5 years ago! Shooting at international level since 1976, Nick has the distinction of having toured with GB before most of this team were born. Dabbling in both target and match rifle Nick has won the Queen’s Prize and the Hopton, and a few other trophies along the way. He was captain of the undefeated GB team to South Africa in 2017, a tour during which he also won the South Africa President’s Prize. By profession he is a semi-retired vet, and has had to minister to ailing team members on previous tours – much to their consternation!
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.
Tom Drysdale
Tom started shooting with the Air Training Corps at the tender age of 13, initially very unsuccessfully. With persistence and training he improved enough to gain a place on the 2006 Athelings team for his first overseas tour. Since 2006, Tom has toured a further nine times to all major countries on the international scene, representing GB Under 19, GB Under 25, GB and England. Tom’s notable successes to date include finishing in the Top 50 of the Grand Aggregate at Bisley for the last eight years with a 3rd place finish in 2020. Tom’s continued development has seen several individual wins at Bisley over the years and he completed the ‘Big 5’ in 2017 becoming only the 100th person to shoot all five matches.
Tom currently works as a Project Manager in London. Away from the range Tom enjoys playing and watching football, gaming, and hitting the gym.
Nick Healy
Nick started shooting in 1998 with the Army Cadets in Northern Ireland and has since represented the Athelings, Ulster, the British Army, the UK Armed Forces and Ireland.
The highlights of Nick’s shooting career include coming 4th in the final of HM Queen’s Prize in 2017 and being selected as reserve for Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Nick is particularly excited for his first GB cap to come as part of the Palma Squad.
He is fortunate enough to have toured South Africa before with the Army and is looking forward to returning to Bloemfontein – the biltong won’t eat itself!
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