Team Officer - Flt Lt Micheal Hudson
Coming soon
THE TEAM
Carl Pointer -
Born 1988, hometown Leeds. At 15 my family moved to Spain,
where I learnt Spanish, then at 19 decided to do something different with my
life. An Uncle advised me to join the RAF Regiment as I was a fit guy and I
volunteered for II Sqn during Basic training of which I enjoyed the live firing
ranges the most. During my 3 years in the RAF Regt I have completed the field
gunners and Bowman course. Completed a 6 month tour of Afghanistan as an LMG
gunner and after being a member of the RAF Regiment Nordic Ski Team last year,
passed my pre-para selection course and Biathlon Instructors Course with flying
colours.
This year on the team I aspire to be the top shot and
rank highly in the competitions amongst the GB athletes. Hopefully I perform
exceptionally, beat the coach and get picked up for one of the Biathlon and
cross country development squads. 
Mathew Bailey –
Born 1990 in
Birkenhead. Moved to Holmfirth in west Yorkshire, attending Holmfirth high
school achieving good grades at GCSE. Then went on to Huddersfield new college
where I studied law, modern history, P.E and travel and tourism for a year
before joining the RAF. I joined the RAF Regiment because I was a sporty guy
and this appealed to me the most. I attested in to the RAF on the 7th
October 2007, passing out on El Alamein flight on the 13th June 2008, I deployed to Iraq in Feb 2009. I subsequently
deployed to Afghanistan in November 2010.on returning from Afghanistan I
attended the brief on the Regt Biathlon team. I had previous alpine skiing
experience so I thought I would go along and try out. I got selected and was
then on the Team. In my first year of training I picked up the technique
quickly but struggled with the physical side of it during the various training
camps of the year. I progressed a lot technically and physically and by the
time we were racing in the winter I felt good and went onto win the British novice
champion title. I was then selected for National Development Squad taking place
up at RAF Kinloss in Scotland which I attended in April 2012 for 3 months during
which I improved a lot physically with the training I received and I am now
back training with the Regt team. I hope this year to get onto the Biathlon
academy and start training with the GB team then to race for Great Britain in
the winter.
Born 1995 in Livingston, Scotland. I attended primary school at Seafield primary in
the village I lived in and then attended Bathgate academy later on. At Bathgate
academy I gained two two’s and five three’s at standard grade. I then went on
to achieve an A in engineering and a B in computing both
at intermediate two level. At home I have one brother who is still at Bathgate
academy and is a year and a half younger than me. I used to play rugby for
about a year before I joined up and played golf every so often. I enjoy running
and walking in my free time at home.
I applied for the RAF Regiment when I was just under 16
in November 2010 and started training on El-Alamein 1-11 training flight on the
second of May 2011. I passed out on the 28th of October 2011. During
field gunners I completed the basic bowman course and also gained my driving
license. Since passing out I have completed my Pre-parachute selection course which was from the 5th
– 23rd of March. After returning to the Sqn I was placed onto KAF 2,
before I was selected for the Biathlon team.
