An Application for the Team
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The applications for this team were many, and varied. Which is rather fortunate, given that a successful
touring rifle team must be a melting pot of different characters and characteristics. Every squad member must
be able to bring their own unique skills and traits to bear within the team environment. It is then the job of
the Captain to take this eclectic mix, and meld the sometimes clashing styles of the members into a winning
formula, where each complements the other, and the team is greater than the sum of its parts. Every cog is vital,
every role essential, if victory is to be secured.
It was therefore with a sense of great relief that the Captain received the application below. As the
saying surely goes, within every succesful shooting team, there’s a team dog....
PO Kennel 1437
Tamworth
NSW 2340
Australia
The Captain
Great Britain Match Rifle Team
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
UK 10th September, 2014
Dear Mr Townsend
RE: Application to the Great Britain Match Woomera Team to Australia, 2016
It is with great excitement that I read over my master’s shoulder that you are to
lead the next Great Britain Match Rifle Team to Australia in 2016. Accordingly I
wish to apply for the position of Team Dog.
Let me introduce myself: I am an extremely attractive 5 year old fluffy female
neutered labradoodle, named Pa K[