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Team Diary Tuesday 31st March 2009 Another early start to the day saw the team out on the range for another 7.30 start in the Dalrymple Cup- a 2 and 10 at 300m and a 2 and 11 at 600m.
Team Diary Monday 30th March 2009 The team arose at stupid o’clock for a team meeting prior to setting off for the range and the ceremony of raising the flags. Once the SA flag had been raised to their national
Team Diary Sunday 29th March 2009 Today was a day that started considerably later than any we have or will have on this tour. Predictably, there was a late showing from the members of the team that had only found
Team Diary Saturday 28th March 2009 After a very good evening reception for the SABU 80th birthday celebrations held at Grey College (high school home to many famous South African international rugby players and cricketers – including the late Hansie
Matthew Ensor won the Scottish Sword this morning with a perfect score of 100 with 10 V-Bulls. Second and Third places also went to England Rifle Team members Jon Underwood and Parag Patel. More news to follow with tonight’s diary
Team Diary Friday 27th March 2009 Again, the morning started bright and early… and this time we remembered the headsets! We were pleased to hear that General Mac’s trousers had been returned (see yesterday’s diary) and the team arrived on
Team Diary Thursday 26th March 2009 So the day started bright and early with breakfast at six am sharp followed by a morning brief. All the team had been reallocated to various buses based on an algorithm the Adjutant, Del,
Team Diary Wednesday 25th March 2009 Picking up from last night, following the usual award ceremony for “mug of the day”, another presentation was made to Stuart Young. He had turned up on a training weekend a few weeks ago
Team Diary Tuesday 24th March 2009 The day was dedicated to a practice shoot in target teams after some “zeroing” at 300m. The start was leisurely by normal South African standards; first shot down the range at 10 am, which
Team Diary Monday 23rd March 2009 As the team retired to bed in the early hours of the morning, the Captain, on walking into his room drew attention to an intruder. Much animated discussion and some screaming later, Mr Underwood
