GBRT : West Indies 2013

Matt started shooting at RGS Guildford when he was 13 and still hopes to learn to do so tolerably well. Wind coaching is his main strength and was his role on previous GB, Scotland and club tours to Canada, Australia, South Africa, USA and New Zealand. This is his 8th GB tour and his first to the West Indies, although he has fond memories of Barbados from when he was 10. He has coached GB to wins in America, Palma, Protea, Kolapore and New Zealand matches in the past 7 years.

Matt has 33 National and Mackinnon appearances under his belt and, as Scotland captain, is working to try and achieve similar performances in the Mackinnon to those in the National which, in 2010 and 2011, secured their first back to back victories for 110 years.

An Oxford linguist, Matt’s work has latterly been as an institutional stockbroker. He rows – until recently competitively - and enjoys cycling, skiing and snowboarding when there’s time. Having visited much of South America this year, he would love to see a bit more of the Caribbean after the tour.