Welcome

Welcome to the Great Britain Rifle Team website. On this site you can find information on past and upcoming tours. Please use the links at the top of the page to visit the tour page of your choice.

Older Tour pages are accessible through the 'Previous Tours' menu.

Information regarding shooting, individual competitions and team matches has now been added to the site. Please use the links above to navigate to these pages.

Tours this year:


Canada 2011

Departed: 8th August
Returned: 29th August


Palma 2011

Departed: 29th September
Returned: 25th October
Please support these tours by visiting their respective websites linked above

GBRT Canada & USA 2012

Captain: Jeremy Langley England    
Vice-Captain: James Lewis England    
Adjutant: Ross McQuillan Ireland    
Coaches: Matt Charlton Scotland    
  Matt Ensor England    
Shooters: Nigel Ball England Matt Purdy*  
  Jon Cload England Kelvin Ramsey England
  Andy Daw* England Jacqui Rankin Scotland
  Ed Jeens Wales Jon Underwood England
  David Luckman England Chris Watson Wales
  Holly McCullough* Ireland James Watson England
  Parag Patel England Stuart Young* England
  John Pugsley England    

* New Cap

GBRT West Indies 2013

I am honoured and delighted to be appointed, by the National Rifle Association, Captain of the Great Britain Rifle Team to the West Indies 2013. Charles Brooks has accepted my invitation to be Vice Captain.

The tour will be approximately four weeks in duration in April/May 2013. We expect to visit Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica and Guyana, and we will participate in the West Indies Regional Championships. Details are to be finalised.

The team will be 16/18 strong comprising both experienced shooters and some new caps.

Shooters of county standard and above are invited to apply by emailing or writing to me at the address below before the end of the Imperial Meeting 2011. The Team will be announced in October. Spouses will be welcome to join the team for at least part of the tour.

Nigel W Penn
18 The Terrace, Little Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5ET
Email: Nigel Penn
01223 842899

Canada 2011 Team

Captain: David Richards England Hampshire
Vice-Captain: John Warburton England Yorkshire
Adjutant: Ian Shaw Scotland Surrey

South Africa 2012 Team

Captain: Iain Robertson Scotland Oxfordshire
Vice-Captain: Alwyn McLean Ireland Ulster
Chief Coach: David Calvert Ireland Ulster