• Cheshire
• England

John (also known as Webbie) is the team's Captain. He is no stranger to leadership, being the Chief Executive of an investment management firm in London, as well as Captain of previous GB (2004) and England (2008) touring teams.

John started shooting at Uppingham School under the careful guidance of Simon Pattinson, and progressed to international competition via the Athelings, of which he was Captain in 1974. This is his 9th GB tour, and third to Australia, having toured previously in 1997 and 2001. He has 21 ‘Big 5’ (National, Mackinnon, Kolapore, Australia and Palma matches) appearances to his credit, including shooting in all of these matches, as well as in the inaugural America Match held in Canada back in 2002.

He has also had some individual success, but somewhat incongruously for the Captain of a Palma team, most recently these have been at short range, where he beat a number of his team mates in tie shoots at this year’s Bisley meeting. He was in two minds whether to celebrate or give them a rollocking!

His other interests include rugby (he was an Oxford Blue, relegating the Leader of the Opposition in Australia, Tony Abbott, to the subs bench on one occasion), golf, fly-fishing and collecting fine wine. He also has experience of the Australian outback, having been a jackaroo in the Mallee in N.W. Victoria in his gap year. 

• Hertfordshire
• Ireland

Martin is the team’s Vice-Captain and brings a wealth of experience to the job, having captained several GB teams in the past, most notably to wins in the Kolapore in 2004, the Palma match in 2007 and the Australia match in 2010.

A well-known coach, if not shooter, both at Bisley and overseas, Martin has steered his shooters to success for more than 20 years. Highlights include the Centenary Match (1990), several Kolapore, Australia and Protea matches, and the winning 1992, 1995, and 2003 Palma matches.

This is Martin’s 17th GB team tour, and his 4th to Australia. Two of these have been target rifle teams (1994 and 2005), while, as befits a long range wind coach, two have been Match rifle teams (1997 and 2004). Martin’s wind coaching experience is spread over 80 appearances for Ireland and Great Britain in ‘Big 5’ matches, as well as several Elcho and Woomera trophy matches. 

Poppy Lodge at Bisley is where he and his wife Pearl spend most of their summer weekends although, when not on the ranges, Martin works in the philatelic world where he is one of the UK's leading dealers in the stamps and postal history of Great Britain.

• Northants, Leics & Rutland
• England

James is the team’s Adjutant, and has meaningful experience in working with the Captain as he performed the same role for his GB tour to Canada and the USA in 2004 and was Vice-Captain on the England team to the USA in 2008.

James started shooting at Uppingham School and progressed to full international honours via the Athelings and the GB under 25 team. This is his 7th GB tour, and his second to Australia as his first tour was to Perth in 2001. He was a member of the winning Palma team in 2007 and has shot for GB in the Kolapore. He has also made 5 appearances for England in the National Match and 4 in the Mackinnon. 

As an individual, he has had a number of successes at Bisley and elsewhere, including winning the Belt Series in New Zealand in 2010.

James is a Trustee of the NRA and Chairman of its Membership Committee. In his free time, he enjoys travelling (particularly to the USA where he lived for five years), shooting game, skiing and scuba diving. To afford all these trips, he works at SAP selling business software to the financial services industry.

• London
• England

David started shooting at Royal Grammar School Guildford in 1983 where he reversed his Mini over all the school’s rifles before coming 2nd in HM the Queen's Prize in a tie shoot at the age of 20. Earlier this year, he competed in his 26th Imperial Meeting at Bisley. In the intervening period, he has made 14 appearances in the Queens Final, and achieved 10 top 50 finishes in the Grand Aggregate.

This is David’s 6th tour with the GB team, but his first to Australia as all the previous five have been to Canada. His first was back in 1989, his most recent last year as Adjutant to Jane Messer’s team and in the interim, he was Captain of the first GB U25 touring team (New Zealand 1992) and a member of the Palma Match winning GB team in 2007. At home, he has represented England 5 times in the National match and once in the Mackinnon, as well as representing GB once in the Kolapore.

Away from Bisley, David is an accountant for the Civil Aviation Authority, but unfortunately was unable to secure the team a corporate discount on Duty Free.

• Norfolk
• England

Nigel began his shooting career with a service rifle whilst serving in the Royal Navy. He enjoyed many successful years in this environment, winning the Queen’s Medal and representing Great Britain on numerous occasions.

Target rifle shooting took second place until 1984 since when he has been a regular at the Imperial meeting at Bisley. In that time, he has been in the final of HM the Queen’s prize 19 times, winning the Silver Medal in 2003, and collected 18 Grand Aggregate crosses, including the Gold Cross in 2008 and the Silver Cross in 2007

His first GB target rifle team was to Canada in 1991 and he has toured with 16 other GB teams since. His tours include visits to Canada, Zimbabwe, South Africa and USA as well as Australia (in 1997, and again in 2005 when he was Vice-Captain).

Despite his individual successes, as befits a man who has served for Queen and Country, Nigel enjoys shooting big team matches most. With 42 'Big 5 appearances to his name, this is his 3rd GB Palma team (he shot in 2003 and was Adjutant in 2007) and he ranks them as the ultimate team shooting experience, although any chance to represent his country is an honour he will readily accept.

• London
• England

Nick started target shooting at Cambridge University and, other than an aberration in the late 1980s when he focused on small-bore, has been a committed full-bore shot ever since.

This is his 7th GB tour and 2nd to Australia, having shot at Belmont in 2005. On his first GB tour to Canada in 1991, he won the Governor General's Prize in storm force winds. An experienced team shot with 15 'Big 5' appearances to his name to date, he has also had individual successes that include 16 Queen’s Final badges and 11 Grand Aggregate crosses, including the Gold Cross in 2002.

As a previous Captain of the Stock Exchange Rifle Club and Chairman of Shooting for the London and Middlesex Rifle Association on Bisley Camp, Nick has experience of running overseas teams, having organised and captained club teams to Ireland, Jersey and North America.  He was also Adjutant to the 2010 GB team to New Zealand. This experience encouraged the team’s management to devolve a lot of the travel logistics for this tour to him.

Nick is married to Gwynne. Fortunately for him, she also shoots; and fortunately for the team, she is an expert on dietary needs and has helped educate team members on the dietary requirements to maintain health and concentration during a long tour. 

• Ulster
• Ireland

David started full-bore target rifle shooting in Northern Ireland at Campbell College School, Belfast in 1965. His first international team experience followed three years later as a member of the Ireland National Match team. He has gone on to represent Ireland 39 times in this match, as well as in 37 Mackinnon matches.

His first Great Britain team representation was the tour to Canada in 1975, with his next GB tour 16 years later as a member of the Palma team to USA in 1992. Having (in his own words) “sorted out how to balance work and shooting”, he has toured with the GB team most years since (12 in all, including visits to Australia in 1994 and 2001), been on every Palma team since 1992 and captained the GB team to Canada in 2000.

At home, he has shot 20 times for GB in the Kolapore, 14 of these in consecutive years from 1988 to 2001, a British record. With 8 Australia matches also under his belt, he currently has a staggering 109 'Big 5' appearances to his name.

He has also had a number of individual successes, the most notable of which was last year’s win in Her Majesty the Queen’s Prize at Bisley. He has participated in the past 9 Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland, winning 4 Gold and 4 Bronze medals, making him Northern Ireland’s most prolific medal winner at the Commonwealth Games.

He is currently a flying instructor with Cambridge University Air Squadron as a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. His main interests, in addition to shooting and flying, include golf, scuba diving and skiing.

• London
• Scotland

Matt started shooting at RGS Guildford but, by his own admission, only occasionally shoots acceptably. Coaching is his main strength and was his role on previous GB, Scotland and club tours to Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. This is his 6th GB tour, but his first to Australia (although he did tour Australia with Scotland in 2000). He has coached GB to wins in America, Palma, Protea, Kolapore and New Zealand matches in the past 5 years. 

He is Captain-elect of Scotland, for whom he has 31 National and Mackinnon appearances under his belt. As the lone Scotsman on the team, if you see him smiling on the range, it will likely stem from Scotland’s repeat win in the National Match earlier this year. Last year was their first win in the match since 1965 (before Matt was born) and they had not won two in a row since 1900!

An Oxford graduate, his work is as an institutional stockbroker. He rows competitively, racing at Henley last year, and enjoys cycling, skiing and snowboarding when there’s time. He has spent a total of 10 weeks of his life in Australia, the vast majority of which has been accompanied by torrential rain; so he is praying for some dry weather for a change this time (and after last year in Belmont and this year at Bisley, so are we all! – Ed.)

• Surrey
• England

Jon learned to shoot at school in Reigate and competed in his first Bisley meeting in 1992. This is Jon's 8th overseas GB tour and his third to Australia, having previously toured in 2001 and 2005. Despite his deceptively boyish looks, he is a seasoned international shot, with 7 appearances for England in each of the National and Mackinnon matches, and 3 for GB in each of the Australia and the Kolapore matches. He also shot in the last two Palma matches, giving him a total of 22 ‘Big 5’ appearances to date. Individual success has also come his way, most notably winning the Ballinger Belt in New Zealand in 2010.  

Jon works at Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire, where he coaches the shooting team amongst other things. When not building ammo for the team or doing DIY tasks around the house, Jon gravitates to the great outdoors, notably clay and game shooting, and fishing.

• Surrey
• England

Matt started shooting in 1992 at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. Various shooting successes followed in schools competitions, but it was on his Athelings tour to Canada in 1997 that he decided (having dropped his last to count... again!) that wind coaching was for him.

Matt's first senior international honours came in 2006. He gained his first GB cap on the victorious 2007 Palma tour where he coached 234 consecutive scoring bulls-eyes in the various team matches. This is his 4th GB tour, and his first to Australia. His only previous ventures south of the equator have been shooting related – he toured South Africa in 2008 and New Zealand in 2010, coaching the winning GB teams in the Protea and New Zealand matches. Even on a holiday to the Whitsundays last year, he took time to study the Belmont winds with a small party of interested others.

Matt regularly coaches for Surrey county, has also coached GB twice in the Kolapore, and has represented England 5 times in the National Match and 4 times in the Mackinnon.

• London
• Wales

Richard started shooting at Marlborough College, but really discovered the joys of target rifle shooting at Cambridge. Since university, he has progressed via the County of London and GB under 25 teams to full international honours for Wales, with 10 appearances in each of the National and Mackinnon matches, and for GB as a member of the winning 2007 Palma team.

This is his 4th GB tour, but first to Australia, having previously toured Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. As a very steady rifle platform, the success enjoyed by each of those teams in their respective main tour matches takes pride of place, even though an eighth place finish in the World Individual Long Range Championships in 2007 shows that occasionally he can read his own wind quite well.

Away from the range, Richard works as a solicitor in London.

• Devon
• England

Jeremy, a third generation shooter from Devon, is a seasoned international, having toured with 14 Great Britain Rifle Teams to date, including a trip to Australia in 1994 and three previous Palma teams. Having fulfilled a number of key roles on those tours, he is delighted to be Captain of next year's GB Team to Canada & USA.

A winner of 31 Final badges and 16 Grand Aggregate crosses from around the world, he has 34 ‘Big 5’ appearances under his belt, including an impressive series of wins in the 2010 Mackinnon, Kolapore and Australia matches (after an enforced break the previous year) to complete his ‘Big 5’ set.

In his spare time when not shooting or coaching, fixing up the house for his wife Judy, or chasing after their young son Benjamin, Jeremy is an Antenna Engineer working for Selex Galileo. He is also the proud owner of the older (and prettier) of the two Corvettes to be found on Bisley ranges.

• Norfolk
• England

James Lewis started target rifle shooting at Rugby school, and progressed to senior international honours via the Athelings. This is his 6th GB tour and second to Australia, his previous trip being the pre-Palma tour in 1994 to New Zealand & Perth as a team hopeful. He is delighted to be returning finally as a full member on his first Palma team.

Winning the Queen's Prize in 2007 was undoubtedly the ultimate triumph for Jumbo (as he is affectionately known) and he has several other individual successes to his name in nearly 30 years of shooting, including winning the St. George’s. He has also represented England 4 times in the National Match and GB once in the Kolapore.

An Investment Banker since leaving the Army in 1989, earlier this year he started a new Investment Management company catering for professional and aspirational medium to high net worth investors.

Jumbo is Vice Captain to Jeremy Langley’s Canada & USA tour next year, together with Ross McQuillan as adjutant, and would love to hear some Camp Perry stories as a vicarious recce.

• Somerset
• England

David is the reigning World Individual Long Range Rifle Champion.

His successes in the UK are numerous, and include seventeen consecutive Grand Aggregate crosses (including two gold ones – 2007 and 2010 - as well three silver ones), sixteen St George's badges and fifteen Queen's badges (including coming 2nd or 3rd on numerous occasions). A prolific team shot, he already has 47 ‘Big 5’ appearances to his name, including the last three Palma matches. Remarkably in 2010, he shot 4 international matches in four consecutive days (National, Kolapore, Mackinnon and Australia) without dropping a single point.

David started shooting with Sedgemoor Target Shooting Club and became an Atheling in 1994. This is his 11th GB tour, and fourth to Australia, having toured in 1997, 2001 and 2005.

David works for Clerical Medical in Bristol as an Actuary. In his spare time he is an avid sports player and qualified tennis coach. He competes in triathlons and half marathons as well as enjoying mountain biking, surfing, swimming and other sports.

• Ulster
• Ireland

Ross learned his shooting at Belfast Royal Academy and the University of Edinburgh. This is his fifth Great Britain tour, his second with the GB Palma Team, but his first to Australia. He is the current Ireland National Match Captain, and has been shooting for Ireland since 1995, gaining a total of 31 National and Mackinnon match appearances to date. He has toured New Zealand, Germany, South Africa, the USA and the Channel Islands with either Ireland or GB and represented Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

A country boy stranded in London, Ross seeks regular sanctuary at leafy Bisley, where he won the St George's in 2006. He has also had success on tour, notably a second place finish in the Canadian Grand Aggregate the same year.

Ross is a property manager at Broadgate in the City of London.  When not at work or on the range, he enjoys making a mess in the kitchen, a taste of whiskey (or whisky), hill walking, watching football and rugby, and his daily (and occasionally victorious) battle with the Guardian crossword.

• Sussex
• England

A keen proponent of team shooting, this is Jane’s 17th GB tour and her fifth tour to Australia. She launched her international shooting career as a new (and very young!) cap in the GB Ladies team during the Australian Bicentenary year in 1988.  In 1994, she top scored in her first Australia match, at Swanbourne in Perth, with a then record individual score. This was followed by Tasmania and South Australia in 1997 and a second visit to Swanbourne in 2001. 

This is Jane’s sixth consecutive Palma team and her first as a wind coach rather than a shooter.  She has shot in all the ‘Big 5’ team matches, with a total of 52 appearances to date, and is keen to complete the set as a coach too. In addition to her considerable shooting and coaching skills, she has also successfully tried her hand at leadership, captaining the GB team on their tour to Canada in 2010 and in the Kolapore earlier this year   

Although team shooting is Jane’s favourite, she is also an accomplished individual shot having won a number of important individual competitions at Bisley and elsewhere, including the Grand Aggregate in 1998 and the St George’s in 2005.    

• Cambridgeshire
• Wales

Gaz started shooting small-bore at Uppingham School in 1989, but quickly moved on to full-bore when he discovered weekend trips to Bisley. He progressed to senior international honours via the Athelings, and now shoots regularly for Wales (he has 23 National and Mackinnon match appearances to his name) as well as representing them at the last two Commonwealth Games, and winning a Gold Medal at the 2010 CSF championships.

He has also shot for GB, in the Australia match in 2010 and in the Kolapore earlier this year, which brought him tantalisingly close to his goal of completing his ‘Big 5’ (he was one of the 2 reserves for the 2007 Palma match). His aim is to complete the set on this, his 4th GB tour, second Palma team, but first tour to Australia.

Away from the range, he is husband to Katrina and father to Samuel, and has recently started a new job as a programme manager in Wipro Consulting’s retail arm. Non-ballistic hobbies include cookery and wine; although he has recently developed a healthy obsession with trying to grow his own ingredients.

• Surrey
• England

Parag first started shooting at Epsom College and his prodigious talent was in early evidence as he won the Canadian Grand Aggregate as an Atheling in 1994. This is his 9th tour with the GB team and his 2nd to Australia, having toured previously in 2001.

Accomplished in both team and individual shooting, Parag has shot in all ‘Big 5’ matches with 39 appearances to date (including the last three Palma matches), and has won the Bisley Grand Aggregate twice – in 2001 and 2003. He also represented England at the last two Commonwealth Games winning four medals, including Gold in the Pairs in 2006, and Individual Gold in 2010.

When not on the range, Parag is a specialist surgeon, and recently spent some time in Brisbane plying his trade. He and his wife, Urvi, have two young sons, so he has little time left for golf. For the meantime, all his slicing is therefore done with a scalpel. 

• Surrey
• England

Toby began his shooting career at Epsom College and was fortunate enough never to have been on a losing side during the Ashburton Shield schools match. He subsequently toured with the Athelings in 1993 and followed this up with full international honours for England in 1995. The end of the '90s proved less productive for Toby, partly due to the Prince of Wales prize and partly due to his training to be a bean counter.

However, a return to “full time” shooting in 2002 saw him earn his first GB cap with the 2004 touring team to Canada and USA. This is his 5th GB tour but his first to Australia. He won the Canadian Grand Aggregate and shot in the winning Palma team in 2007. At home he has continued to build up a list of international honours in recent years with 5 Mackinnon and 4 National Match appearances for England, and 3 Kolapore appearances for Great Britain.

Away from shooting, Toby is Chief Operating Officer of a securities firm in the City of London. His ‘bean counting’ skills have also been put to good use by the team, as he is its Treasurer.

• Surrey
• England

Kelvin learned to shoot at Epsom College and progressed to international honours via Cambridge University and the GB under 25 team. His first international experience came in 2002 when he shot for England in the National Match, was reserve for the Mackinnon, and toured the West Indies, winning his first GB cap. Further England representation followed in 2005 and 2008. 

This is his third GB tour, but first to Australia, and his first Palma team. He is no stranger to Belmont however, having competed in various Prize meetings as an individual during a recent stint working in Australia.   

Away from the range, Kelvin is a consultant surgeon working in London. His sporting prowess and intelligence were on show at an early age when, aged 12, he was a contestant on the TV show "Junior Krypton Factor".

• Norfolk
• England

Antony is returning to Australia for the third time as a GB team member but, well before he first attained international honours, he spent an extended period in Australia as a young man.  He has shot a Queen’s Meeting in every State and Territory, apart from the Northern Territory where he has, however, shot on the impressive Alice Springs range. He remains a proud winner of both the season opening and closing shoots at the Meekatharra Rifle Club in Western Australia.

Many consider Antony to have learned to shoot in Australia; in reality, he acquired many of his skills at Uppingham School. Since then, he has garnered an impressive record of international success. This is his 9th GB tour, and his 5th Palma team. He has represented England and Great Britain 54 times to date in ‘Big 5’ matches, and competed for England at two Commonwealth Games – 1994 and 1998.

The list of his shooting accomplishments is long and impressive: amongst other things, he has won Her Majesty the Queen’s Prize at Bisley three times, been the Individual World Long Range Champion twice, and top scored in two Palma Matches.

Antony runs a pet and equine crematorium from his home in Norfolk, and is supported by his wife, Vicki, daughter Rosie and son Tom.

• Cheshire
• England

Tom learned to shoot at Shrewsbury School and Birmingham University, since when he has completed 30 consecutive Imperial meetings at Bisley. In that time, he has collected 14 Queen’s final badges and 13 Grand Aggregate crosses, including the Silver Cross in 2002.

This is his 7th tour with GB and his 2nd to Australia, having toured previously in 1997. He has 33 ‘Big 5’ appearances to date for England and GB, and shot in the 1999 and 2003 Palma Matches. He was also the highest scorer (with 200.26) in last year’s Australia Match.

Despite trying to keep his head down, he has found himself in the role of Chairman of the English XX Club, and was Captain of the English team to South Africa in 2009. He now runs a shooting academy (among other things) at Ellesmere College and works for HPS TR Ltd. In what little spare time he has, he is studying for a Masters and enjoys fine wine, food and game shooting!

• Sussex
• England

Paul started shooting with his father, having spent many a year at Bisley 'on holiday' as a child. In his early years, he captained The Perse School and the University of London. In 2004 he was Adjutant for the Great Britain Under 25 tour to South Africa. He first gained international honours as part of the England National Match team that same year.  

This is his third GB tour, but first to Australia, having travelled to South Africa in 2008 and Canada in 2010. 2010 was a big year for Paul, being part of the England team for both the National and the Mackinnon matches, and part of the GB team for the Kolapore, Commonwealth, Canada and America matches. This is his first Palma team.

Individual highlights include two top 50 Grand finishes, 5 HM Queen's Finals and a win in the 2007 Welsh Open - as an Englishman!

Away from shooting, Paul is a qualified doctor following a career in surgery and is currently undertaking research into pancreatic cancer as part of a PhD. In his spare time he also enjoys skiing, running, swimming and cycling.

• Berkshire
• England

Nick first learned to shoot at Bradfield, being attracted to a sport that involved lying down. An Atheling in 1976, he spent 6 years at Cambridge, and made the first of his 10 GB teams to date in 1983. This is his 5th tour to Australia, but only his second with a target rifle team (his first being in 1994). The other three times (1997, 2004 and 2010), he was part of the GB match rifle team, a discipline at which he excels, having won the Hopton 5 times and being the current captain of the English VIII.

He has also had some success with a target rifle. He has 39 ‘Big 5’ appearances for England and Great Britain so far, including 2 Palma matches, and won Her Majesty the Queen’s Prize in 2009.

Nick works in a large veterinary practice, which, by pure chance, is only a short distance from Bisley. This, and his demonstrated success in long range ballistics with a match rifle, led the team to look to him for advice on the design of the ammo being used throughout the tour. 

• Surrey
• England

Jon learned to shoot at age 11 at Aldro School before picking up full-bore under John Crathorne and Peter Hicks at RGS Guildford, where he followed David Armstrong and preceded the two Matts, the team’s coaches.

This is his eleventh GB tour, but only his second to Australia, having first toured in 1994. An unflappable team shot, he has made 43 ‘Big 5’ appearances for England and Great Britain to date, a large number of them as last man down. He also represented England at the most recent Commonwealth games in Delhi in 2010.

Jon has also had some individual success; he won the Grand Aggregate at Bisley in 2005, and then again in 2009, and in 2006 he won Her Majesty the Queen’s Prize, becoming the first person to win the Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals in the same year.

Jon looks after his family’s business interests in Surrey, which include a tool and plant hire business.  He also coaches shooting at the Royal Grammar School, and has been instrumental in the running of inter-university shooting since his days of captaining London University.

• Northants, Leics & Rutland
• Wales

Chris learned his full-bore shooting at Uppingham School. This is his third GB tour and his first to Australia, having visited South Africa in 2008 and New Zealand in 2010. He has represented Wales in both the National and the Mackinnon match for each of the past 11 years. He also shot for GB in the Australia Match in 2010 and in the Kolapore earlier this year.

A lover of team shooting, he acknowledges that his wind reading skills are not as good as his shooting skills but feels he is slowly getting better. Recent individual wins at Bisley such as the Prince of Wales’s Prize in 2006, the NRA Bronze Medal (Queens 1) earlier this year, and 5 consecutive Queen’s final appearances in between, bear testament to this. 

A well-known figure on Bisley Camp as one of the team that has rejuvenated the Surrey Rifle Association clubhouse, he also enjoys shotgun shooting, photography, golf, fine wines and good real ales. He does admit that all these interests have had to take a bit of a back seat now that he has a second child.

• London
• Wales

Ed is the team’s travelling reserve. He began shooting full bore at Marlborough College in 2000 where one of the other members of the team, Jon Cload, was shooting coach. Eventually prioritising TR over music, Ed shot his first full Imperial meeting at Bisley in 2003, as well as touring to Ireland with Wales that year for the National Match. He has gone on to shoot a further eight National Matches and eight Mackinnon matches for Wales. He has also accumulated an impressive list of tours over the same time period, progressing via the GB U19s, the GB U25s (for whom he shot at Belmont in 2005) and Wales, to the GB senior team to South Africa in 2008 and to New Zealand in 2010. Earlier this year, he gained further representative honours for GB in the Kolapore at Bisley.

With two elder shooting brothers (one of whom is a HM Queen’s Prize winner), sibling rivalry has been a great catalyst in Ed's shooting development, and major competition placings are described in relative rather than absolute terms. He looks forward to another opportunity to compete against Richard overseas.

Ed is extremely proud to be getting married next year to his fiancée, herself no mean shot and coach of Epsom College, where many GB internationals first learned to shoot. Outside of shooting, Ed works at UKTV (yes, the people responsible for “Dave”), so if you see him watching Australian TV, he may well try and claim he is doing ‘research’!

Erica started shooting at the tender age of 14 at Belfast Royal Academy, and has gone on to shoot for Ulster, Ireland and Great Britain. Her touring career started with the Athelings and GB U25s to Canada and she was captain of the successful GB U25 team to South Africa.  She subsequently toured with senior GB teams to Canada and USA in 2004, and Australia in 2005.  This will be her first tour without a rifle, but with a physio table instead!

After qualifying as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 2002, Erica migrated to join the London Irish, but has now returned to the Emerald Isle and is working in private practice in Dublin, where she specialises in treating musculoskeletal conditions. 

Erica is happy to admit to having the occasional 'blonde moments', but hopes not too many of these will make the tour diary!  She is delighted to be returning to the ranges at Brisbane, but hopes there will be less need for welly boots this time!