Age 61

Brought up in Edinburgh, schooled in Perthshire, qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in Edinburgh but currently living in Hampshire

He is married to Hilary, his wife of 33 years and their son is a doctor in Torquay. He enjoys listening to music with his wife Hilary, and their particular passion is for opera which they consume avidly. They both enjoy food, wine and good company, plenty of which they anticipate in Canada in August!

In 2000 their daughter Joanna was only the second woman to have won the Sovereign's Prize at Bisley, a feat David has been trying to emulate for over forty years!

He started shooting at the Edinburgh Academy in 1955 and shot his first Bisley in 1958! Having only missed two years since, while working abroad, 2005 will be his 45th Bisley meeting!

He was Captain of the Athelings in 1962, and has represented Great Britain overseas five times including being vice captain in Dick Britton’s team to Canada in 1994. Twice coming to within a point of winning the Queens prize, the proud owner of 13 queens hundred badges, he also has 28 National Match badges, 24 Mackinnons, 1 Australia Match and 1 Kolapore.  He represented Scotland in the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games, and had the honour of being Captain of Scotland between 1997 and 2000, and Captained Scotland in its successful tour of Australia in 2000.  He was also captain of the Great Britain team to Africa in May last year.

Best days’ shooting : The extraordinarily emotional moment when, with the vital last V Bull, Chas Rowley clinched Scotland’s win in Sydney against Australia in 2000, to which he adds, though unfortunately he wasn’t actually shooting, the even more emotional moment as he watched Joanna win the Queen’s Prize in 2000