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○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○INTRODUCING GLYNN ALGER - NRA SECRETARY GENERALby Tony de LaunayIt may be something of a change to find someone withouta military background in this role, the equivalent of thetraditional Association Secretary’s post. We have hadRAF, Army and Navy ranks but never before apoliceman.Glynn Alger served with the Surrey Police for some 30years, during that time achieving the rank ofSuperintendent. Among his duties over the years wereoperational firearms and certain security matters – ofwhich one cannot write! Age 52, he now steps into avery different pair of shoes.He is no stranger to Bisley. Quite apart from the factthat the national shooting headquarters lay in his patch,he held the security brief for the 2002 CommonwealthGames, masterminding and implementing the stringentsecurity requirements that surrounded the event. Thatit was complicated was obvious, but his sympatheticapproach certainly contributed to making the pistol andrifle shooting events such a memorable success.He has an empathy with the lot of the target shootingcivilian, indeed as a policeman he is among thosemembers of the police force that understand andsympathise with our sporting shooting. “In reality it isone of the safest sports of all because of the disciplinerequired and imposed to eliminate the potential dangersthat it embraces” he comments.All of which makes him a powerful ally to have in postas Secretary General. So what are his priorities? “Mybrief is clear. I will be concentrating hard on buildingup the services offered by the NRA to our members andaffiliates. We have to increase the numbers who cometo sports shooting across all the disciplines”. Does thatmean those disciplines may need to change to helpthemselves? “Yes – some of the more recent disciplineshave the potential to be among the most popular sportingactivities in the country. It is an entirely open and almostageless sport”.He immediately identifies the need to offer a clear andconstructive structure for youth membership. “We haveto promote a path for those leaving school or the cadetforce to continue their activity through the early years inwhich they are earning their living or going throughfurther education. If we can do that we stand a muchbetter chance of broadening our membership base forthe future. In particular we need to examine our ownstructures to provide more support outside Bisley,whether through action from the centre or by helpingthose at county or regional level to deal with local issuesthemselves”.It is a substantial agenda by any measurement. Herealises that sporting shooting has become a touchintrospective after the battering that it has received inrecent years, and that a more open face will be necessarywith the media. “We coined the term High Touch in myprevious existence”, he said. “It simply means that youachieve more if you meet face to face”. That issomething he will be doing and encouraging in themonths to come. He is looking forward to meeting themembers.This has become, and is recognised as, one of the finestschemes of its kind in any sport anywhere in the world.It is open to any firer from any country, county,association, club, school or unit shooting TR or F Classwho would like help during the Imperial Meeting. It isnot restricted to less experienced firers and novices.Indeed, an increasing number of experienced shots areavailing themselves of the scheme.If anyone would like to have an Aunt or an Uncle tohelp over shooting matters exclusively, do please get intouch with me preferably by e-mail.Likewise, anyone with appropriate experience wishingto be an Aunt or Uncle will be more than welcome tojoin the team. Again, do please contact me. If 2003 is18NRA Aunts and Uncles Scheme – July 2004anything to go by, and despite the increasing number ofgroups who now run their own schemes, I am going toneed all the help I can get.Finally, I have completely revised the annually updatedGuide for First-timers at Bisley, creating a version forcadet or school shooters and one for others. If anyonewould like a copy, then please let me know. Copies sentby e-mail come from me and hard copy versions comefrom the NRA; both are free.Tim ElliottLark Hill, Haynes West End, Bedfordshire MK45 3RBTel and fax: 01234 740334Mobile: 07932 706171E-mail: tje@easynet.co.uk
ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL ANDPRINCIPAL COMMITTEES 2003/2004by Ordinary, Regional and Discipline Members of the General Councilfrom 1 September 2003 to 31 March 2004General Council Shooting MembershipNo of meetings 2 2 3Bailie HRM 1 x 2 (R)Barnard GV 2 2 3 (R)Bartle GD 1 x 0 (R)Belither S 0 x x (O)Bellringer JEM 0 0 x (D)Bennett ID 2 x 3 (O)Bloomfield JPS 1 x x (O)Brooks CM* 2 x x (O)Calvert DP 2 1 x (O)Campbell-Smith AR 0 0 x (D)Carmichael JH 1 2 x (O)Clarke G 1 x x (O)Coley PR 1 x 0 (R)Fyfe NCM 0 x 0 (R)Gray PS 0 x 0 (R)Horrocks AR 2 1 0 (O)Hunter P 1 1 x (D)James S 2 x x (O)Jeffs NG* 0 x 3 (O)Kidner TLW 0 x 0 (R)Kynoch JM 0 2 2 (D)Law CD 2 x 3 (R)McAllister JA 0 x x (O)Monaghan P 1 1 x (D)O’Brien CS* 2 2 0 (R)Oliver-Bellasis CAJ* 2 x x (O)Player G 0 0 x (D)Quilliam PF 1 1 0 (R)Robertson KD 2 x 3 (O)Shirra Gibb I 2 1 x (D)Thompson JMA 2 x x (O)Walton MWT* 2 x x (O)Watson J 2 x 0 (O)Wills RHF 1 2 x (D)Young DG 0 x 3 (R)* = Members of the Council (Board of Trustees). The Council meet at leasteight to nine times per annum and its members are expected to attend allor most of such meetings. In addition, Trustees give attendance at othertimes for formal decisions.x = not a member of that committee(O) = Ordinary Member(R) = Regional Member(D) = Discipline Member19
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