Role:
Manager /Shooter
Hometown:
State:
Local Club:
Pheasant Creek Rifle Club
(not really local)
Occupation : Involuntary Volunteer
Age: 60ish
Family:
Wife Helen & son Rowan. All managed by a thirteen year old cat with attitude
Nahla, named by a very young Rowan & a Weimaraner with a vacant cranium,
sometimes called Sigmund Fiscal Fraud in honour of his breed’s ancestry & his
birthday (July 1).
Australian Match Rifle Team Representation:
2004, 2006
State Match Rifle Team Representation:
Queensland 2002,
2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Match Rifle Career:
Commenced:
2000
(marking F class targets)
Winner
Australian Championship 2006, 2007
Winner
N.S.W. Championship 2007, 2009
Winner
Member of winning Queensland Rowlands Match team (2007)
Most Memorable Shooting Moment:
Winning my first gong (1200 yards –
Campbell Town 2003)
Winning the Nationals 2006
Shooting a double possible at 1200 yards – Brisbane 2009
Winning Strategy:
Believe – once the necessary homework is
done
Advice For New Match Rifle Shooters:
Ask the gurus what homework is necessary
Other Interests:
F Standard,
a fortuitously sublimated interest in vintage wooden sailing boats, occasionally
contributing to shooting chat sites and, oh, yes, avoiding being core sampled
further by urologists.
Ancestry:
Mother’s
side claims pure Scot despite her father being born in
Great grandfather on dad’s side was persecuted in