Great Britain Rifle Team

South Africa 2023

Bloemfontein, South Africa

South Africa 1993

By Paul Sykes

30 years ago, after a 30-year gap, the Great Britain Rifle Team returned to South Africa as one of the first official sports teams to visit when the apartheid-era sporting boycott ended. Captain Robert Stafford selected a young team, including some in this team, namely Jeremy Langley, Nigel Ball, Jane Messer and Tom Rylands. This is their story…