NRA Journal - Summer 2003 - National Rifle Association

The Great Britain Under 19 Team to South Africa. The two teams together. (All photos: Simon Fraser)Peter and Mik were starting to regret theirvisit to the crocodile pool.The team chill out at Cape Agulhus.“Quick someone light the barbie . . . I thinkI’ve caught lunch!”The team in action.four, however it was still too close for comfort withconditions at 900 as difficult as at any time in themeeting. It was very close and unfortunately we wereleaking points. No scoreboards were run so it wasonly at the end when totals had been carefully checkedthat it was confirmed that the South Africans had wonby just one point with equal V bulls. It had been anoutstanding match and many congratulations to theSouth African team on a great fight back. We wereobviously disappointed but soon recovered to enjoythe Protea dinner and as James said in his Captain’s40“Well I think we’ll give Table Mountain a miss today then.”speech, we look forward to renewing the contest atBisley in July. On Saturday, after a hasty last trip intoBloemfontein, it was back to the range to supportCerise, Peter M and Mik in the Final. We made a quickchange into uniform for prize giving during whicheveryone was eaten alive by swarms of mosquitoes.Supper was a farewell braai with the SA team.The following day we travelled 700 kilometres toOudtshoorn via Beaufort West with a brief stop toenjoy some amazing rock formations and a waterfall