Meet the Team
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Rob Kitson
Rob has been shooting for 25 years, having started rather early at the school 25m indoor range,
before progressing to fullbore TR, service rifle and pistol, and now MR at the behest of Gary
Alexander and under the tutelage of Angus McLeod. Rob has represented the British Army
and Ireland and has shot in the Mackinnon, National, and Elcho Matches. He has toured
previously to South Africa and with the NRA Channel Islands team in 2012. Memorable
moments of a short MR career so far have been achieving a top 20 (and top Irishman) in the
Hopton as a Tyro, and selection for three Elcho matches (hopefully four by time of tour!),
but is saddened by the now increased difficulty of winning 500 free Sierras. An unexpected
honour to be picked, Rob is informed he is the first non-commissioned regular serving soldier
to be selected for a senior GB team since 1937, a fact of which he is very proud. Apart from
MR, Rob spends an inordinate time at Bisley and is an avid supporter of allowing handloads
for TR to reduce costs and halt the decline in the wider sport. Fond of picking up a shotgun
for rough shooting and sporting clays, Rob is also active in deer stalking and management
on the Pirbright danger area. He enjoys good ales and over indulging in sushi restaurants.
Derek Lowe
Derek began in MR with Oxford University, memorably if ineffectively in the novice
backgunner’s garb of barbour jacket & rugby shorts. Backgunning in those days meant
falling asleep between shots and being addressed with a breech stick by the camp’s favourite
blacksmith. And suffering from some fierce sunburn to the left shin. More serious application
followed via conversion of a heavyweight long range target rifle into his present front gun,
which remains his preferred medium despite a fine score made recently with the incumbent
Hopton winner’s backgun. Derek particularly enjoys the team shooting environment, which
perhaps explains his penchant for wind coaching, keeping him on the firing point far longer
than the shooters. In this role, he has represented England in a number of Elcho matches and
GB in the last two Woomeras.
Aside from MR and an increasing amount of TR coaching, Derek spends his time applying
skills learned in his banking job to the role of NRA Treasurer. After a 20 year stretch enjoying
the delights of the North London, he has finally made the leap to one of Bisley’s plastic palaces.
Angus McLeod
Angus began his shooting career with TR whilst at School in Edinburgh, going on to shoot
for Scotland and touring with the Athelings and NRA Channel Islands Teams. On joining
the Army he switched to service weapons events, winning HM Queens Medal in 1990, with
GB Service Rifle Team outings and touring with Army Teams to Australia, Canada and the
US. He returned to the TR discipline in the mid-90s, shooting for the Army and Scotland
with overseas representation in the US, Canada, South Africa and the 2010 and 2014
Commonwealth Games Teams, and most recently the GB touring team to Canada and the US
in 2014. Always interested in the science behind the sport, he took up MR sometime in the
2000s, representing Scotland in the Elcho and GB in the Woomera Match versus Australia.
He left the Army in 2013 and now works as an ‘Experimental’ Engineer for QinetiQ Land
Systems, in Farnborough. Non-ballistic down time is spent trying to gain altitude by running,
cycling or flying.
Stickledown, Bisley, UK