Matt Charlton - Captain

Matthew started shooting at RGS Guildford when he was 13 and still hopes to learn to do so tolerably well. Wind coaching is his main strength and was his role on previous GB, Scotland and club tours to Canada, Australia, South Africa, USA, New Zealand and the West Indies. This is his 4th Scotland tour and his 3rd trip with a rifle to the USA - he was at Camp Perry in 2012 and stopped off at Pinehurst and LA on the way to Scotland's 2000 tour to Australia!

Matt has 39 Big Five appearances under his belt, including 35 in the National and Mackinnon. He is very proud of Scotland's 2010 and 2011 National wins - their first back to back victories for 110 years - and would love to build on recent performances to achieve something similar in the Mackinnon. The California tour promises to develop a number of shooters into strong contenders for both matches this summer.

Matt has an institutional stockbroking background but aims to start using his Oxford languages degree more fully in the near future. He rows (competing until recently) and enjoys cycling, skiing and snowboarding when there's time... which there will be on tour!