18/08/2025
Last diary entry 😏
So, our last post. What a tour! Saturday night was spent with the team exploring some of Guernsey’s finest hospitality, finally relaxing after a pretty intensive three days of shooting. Five shoots a day can take it out of you, y’know!
With three of the team hailing from Guernsey, we had to say the first of our goodbyes to each other. A fairly sociable ferry departing at 10:00 meant the rest of us still got back to Bisley at a reasonable hour but a fairly choppy crossing made for a few green faces. Once all the post tour admin was rattled through, the team went their separate ways.
The drives home were full of reflections and memories that I hope all involved will remember for a long time. We must of course thank all of the Guernsey Rifle Club for their hospitality and sharing their beautiful range with us, Council for Cadet Rifle Shooting for their unwavering support throughout and all of you who have followed us along the way. Lastly, as the adjutant, I’ll make one last thank you to all of the shooters, who have not only performed so well on the range, but perhaps more importantly, have been a fantastically brilliant bunch of humans, representing their units, schools and themselves with such distinction!
Though the tour is over, I’ve no doubt that this is not the last we’ll have seen of this fantastic bunch of shooters. However for now our duty is done and we will hand the baton over to next year’s team in due course. If you’d like to keep getting your fix of young superstars shooting well then please follow the British Cadet Rifle Team - Athelings page who have recently arrived in Jersey to compete there. Good luck guys!
