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Reg CurtisIan DavisonCharlotte EvansHolly FosterReg, 43 is the MD of Alpha Retail, runningvarious chains of airport shops and cateringoutlets, where most of you will haveunwittingly contributed to his bonus!He is married to Susie, with 2 teenagers, andis the usual domestic chauffeur, hotelier andfinancier.Hobbies strangely seem to revolve aroundfirearms; from stalking to vermin control, fromSafari to conservation, from clays to game, andfrom gallery rifle to TR. He has otherinterests, including walking, motor bikes, andbeing an absorbed follower of F1.Reg started shooting competitively with hisfather’s black powder rifles as a young lad,which led onto cadet target rifle shooting atschool, culminating in a place on the Athelingstour of Canada in 1981. Reg has shotcompetitively ever since, including winning theCorporation, 5 Queens Hundred Badges, and11 HPS crosses.This is Reg’s first tour since the Athelings in1981.Ian’s introduction to shooting came as a smallboy, sitting in the back of an uncle’s Morris“Woodie”, watching in fascination as uncletook pot shots at rabbits and empty .22 casescame tinkling down.This start, although somewhat dodgy, led tohim joining a small-bore club in his early teensand subsequently taking up Target Rifle in histwenties.The following years saw his shootinginterests broaden, and he now dabbles inmany branches of the sport, from deermanagement for the MoD through toshooting classic firearms and cartridgecollecting, althoughTarget Rifle remains firmlyhis first choice.Ian is a Project Manager living in Dorset,where he is husband to the understandingSandy,“Pops” to 2 small yet surprisingly vocalgrandsons, captain of the Civil Service TRteam and a member of the Yorkshire squad.He has toured with NRA teams twice before,to Europe in 1995 and to the Channel Islandsin 2002, and is looking forward enormously torepeating the experienceCharlotte started shooting at Greshams, ayear ahead of team-mate Mary and, erm,'several' ahead of Holly. A regular Norfolkshot, she has also represented Great Britainat under 19 and under 25 level both at homeand abroad, and was selected for the GreatBritain tour to New Zealand in 2003 - muchto her disgust and dismay she had to pull outfor the seemingly ridiculous reason ofensuring her future employability.This will beher first NRA tour and first trip to theChannel Islands, where she is hopingeverything she has been told about the sunover there turns out to be true.Off the range, Charlie works as a tax adviserin Private Equity/M&A at PwC. In her sparetime she enjoys cocktails, cross-stitch, cooking& more cocktails, but also likes to keep a keeneye on husband John, for whom the delights ofthe combustion engine often mean a verycold supper and far fewer shopping trips forCharlie than would be ideal in her eyes.At present they are house-hunting in London,something Charlie hopes will put an end toJohn's car and bike collecting habits, due tolack of parking... He always knew there was anulterior motive behind that move!Holly started shooting at Gresham’s Schoolaged 12 with a rifle considerably taller (andpossibly heavier!?) than she was and nothingmuch has changed since! Never having to setfoot on a hockey pitch again combined withtouring Trinidad and Jamaica with the schoolteam confirmed her attachment to fullboreshooting. She had a successful summer atBisley 2006, shooting for her county, winningthe Cadet Rifle Aggregate and, the highlight ofher career so far, achieving 10th place in HMQueens.In years to come she hopes to have a list aslong as your arm of places she has toured butafter returning from South Africa with the GBU19’s in April 07, the upcoming NRA ChannelIslands tour will be only her second and onwhich she hopes to learn much from herexperienced team mates.If she ever arrives out the other side of hergap year, she’s off to Cambridge to study lawso as to have no need to scrounge CURAcocktail tickets ever again!
Team profilesPeter HalfordDavid RoseSimon ShoulerBen Stevens (Reserve)Peter is just on the wrong side of 50, marriedwith 2 children and lives in Kent. Althoughhaving been a member of the Stock ExchangeRifle Club since the '80s, Peter is a bit of alatecomer to competition fullbore TargetRifle. A young family had meant that hissporadic visits to Bisley 20 years ago weremainly social.His first proper Imperial Meeting was notuntil 2004 when he won the Admiral HuttonTyro Trophy at the age of 47! and alsorepresented his home county of Kent. Havingnever visited the Channel Islands before Peteris very much looking forward to representingthe NRA there, before his sight deterioratesany further.David (26 - arrgh no longer under25) startedshooting at Epsom College in 1994. Havingtoured with the Athelings in '99 David movedonto the GBu25's and has toured the ChannelIslands previously in 2001 & vice captained theteam to Australia in 2005. Also a regularshooter with Surrey and the OERC David canusually be found propping up the bar in theSurrey.Having enjoyed his previous tour to theChannel Islands David is looking forward toreturning and "hopefully" managing to get ahandle on the wind out there!!Away from Bisley David is a recruitmentconsultant in London, and enjoys socialisingaround town but no bar in town can compareto the Mecca that is Bisley.Simon (26), has been shooting since he was12. He lives and shoots for Nottinghamshireand is currently the Champ for this year!Currently working in Pest Control his currenttitle is 'Bird Specialist' he claims this of courseonly applies in a professional sense. Currentlyhe is STILL throwing money away working ona kit car and hopes to complete her for theImperial meeting.Simon's proudest achievements in shooting sofar was main Wind Coach in the GBU25match in Australia05, Reserve last year forEngland and winning the Chairmans cup in2006. Its shall be seven years since he last shotin the Channel Islands and claims he is verymuch looking forward to shoot the Guernseyrange of 'Fort Le Marchant' again.Ben started shooting with his CCF at schoolat the tender age of 14. He went on toOxford University, but it took him at least ayear to find the rifle club in Oxford.When hedid, he found fullbore shooting to be muchmore enjoyable than the smallbore kind,possibly due to the profusion of bars on Bisleycamp. Ben entered his first Imperial meeting in2002, and has climbed roughly 200 places inthe Grand every year since then, which onlygoes to show how low he started. Incidentally,this rise means that he should be winning theGrand this year!Ben has represented Oxford University,Surrey and the North London Rifle Club, andhopes that this tour will be the first of manyin his shooting career.He hopes to pick up a few more pointers onthe tour to help develop his aim to combinewith his experinces gained from the GBU25's,so one day he can represent a Great BritainRifle Team. Simon has expressed greatexcitement towards the tour and cant waitfor the shooting to begin.
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