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Old shooters Never Die – they simply fire more sighters
Rifle Club

The 2009 Public School Veterans’ match at Bisley proved, as OFRC chairman Nigel Burnip produced evidence in sepiatone, the old shooters just keep on shooting.

Here you can see the College’s 1962 Ashburton team and regular readers of this column may recognise some of the characters, even if - 47 years later – the hair is greyer, the waist thicker and the eyesight not quite so sharp.
 

1962 Framlingham College Ashburton team.
L to R.
Back Row:
Nigel Burnip (S 58-65), Nigel King (S 60-65), Bob Le Rougetel (K 55-63)
Seated:
Keith Howard (R 55-63), Tony Hewitt-Hicks (G 59-63), Jon Ford (Captain) (S 58-62), David Argent (R 55-64), Ed Brown? ( G 54-62)

 
For comparison, the remains of the team at Bisley in 2009:
 
 
More of the progress of the old troopers in the full Bisley report. Where are the others?