South Africa 2023

Graham started shooting at Stamford School and then the Athelings, progressing to Newcastle University and the GB Under 25 team where he gained his first experience of shooting in South Africa. Time adjusting to the realities of grown-up life as a Junior Doctor meant that representational shooting sat on the back burner until an NRA tour of the Channel Islands in 2014. This has since been followed by two GB tours and several National and Mackinnon matches for England. Graham is the manager of the English Lions talent development squad and is the Membership Secretary for the English Twenty Club (the governing body for fullbore target shooting in England).

When not on the ranges Graham can be found at work as a Consultant Anaesthetist with a specialist interest in the Oesophageal and Intestinal Failure surgery, or at home with his very understanding and supportive wife Sophie and their two children Charlie and Annabelle.

Glyn is an Emergency Medicine Consultant and is planning not to use his medical skills whilst on tour.

His first Bisley Imperial was in 1985 at the age of 14 and earned his Great Britain Cap in 1990. He’s been fortunate enough to have toured many times, but mostly in the 20th Century. This will only be his third tour in this Millennium, all of which have been to the General De Wet range. He holds 4 “Palma” Team medals, 4 Commonwealth Games medals (including Pairs Gold in 2006) and is one of 5 people to have won Her Majesty the Queen’s Prize 3 times. His family of girls (and The Dog) keep him on his toes and in his rightful place in the pecking order.

A self confessed shooting and touring addict, Dave is delighted to be involved with the Palma team again and is looking forward immensely to returning to South Africa, for the first time since 2009. Dave seems to have acquired the Adj title over the last few years but is glad to have handed over the reins for this one!

Dave started shooting at Epsom College where he finished as the Captain in a record setting year with the second of two Ashburton wins, continuing at Southampton University and The Old Epsomians. Focussing on Fullbore in recent years he has toured overseas 12 times and visited all the major shooting nations around the world. To date the high point is being part of the victorious Palma team in 2015 in the USA.

Dave is an Operations Director, lives in Surrey (& Edinburgh) and spends a lot of his time finding slots in the diary to enable him to go on tour.