Barry Southern

 

Role:             Shooter

 

Hometown:     Hollands Landing

                        (requires a loose definition of “town”)

 

State:             Victoria

 

Local Club:    Stratford - Maffra

 

Occupation :  Shooter (retired meteorologist)                           

 

Age:                58

 

Family:           Two daughters in their twenties.

 

Australian Match Rifle Team Representation:

First time!!

  

State Match Rifle Team Representation:

Victoria 2007, 2008

 

Match Rifle Career:                                 

Commenced: By making a laughing stock of myself in Brisbane in 2006.

Winner Reserve Grade, South Australia 2007

3rd Victoria 2007

3rd Tasmania 2008

Member of the winning team in the inaugural Moloney Trophy, 2008

  

Most Memorable Shooting Moment:

Selection in this team.

 

Winning Strategy:

If I ever succeed in devising one I’ll keep it to myself.

 

Advice For New Match Rifle Shooters:

Listen to all advice with an open mind then make your own decisions.

  

Other Interests:

Subscribe to Australian Ballet and Australian Opera.

  

Ancestry:

There are Rosses in Scotland on my mother’s side. I don’t know whether to claim a connection to the famous Horatio Ross or not, though I doubt if any of my direct forebears had an estate large enough to accommodate a 1400yd range.