User:Smallbore

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Bob Meadows at his wedding in September 2005

Background and Education

My name is Bob Meadows and I was born in the United Kindom in the late 1950s. I am married to Jane and have a daughter Debbie-Marie Glover. I use the alias smallbore on many platforms, due to my sporting shooting preferences.

The Meadows family is recently from the North East of England in the North Shields (my father's family) and Whitley Bay (my mother's family) area. Further back, the direct family Meadows line can be traced into the 1700s in Suffolk as Shepherds. My mother's side traces back into Swindon and Stoke on Trent,Staffs.

I was brought up in Newport Pagnell, Bucks and Bromham, Beds in my school years. I mainly went to Bedford Modern School at its Harper Street, Bedford and Manton Lane, Bedford locations from 1968 through 1977. I came across computers at School, through my Physics and Shooting teacher Ross 'Jock' Macrae (deceased), who lived just down the road from our house in Bromham.

Following School, I undertook a BSc Computer Science degree sandwich course at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University), leaving before the end of the course to join International Computers Limited (ICL) in central London. I eventually finished my studies for a BSc (Open) from the Open University in December 2007, and whilst studying received a Certificate in Business Studies, Certificate in Fundraising and a Certificate in Legal Studies. This was further upgraded to a BSc Hons (Open) in December 2017.

Employment

My work career took me to ICL for 2 years, J Sainsbury plc for 5 1/2 years, Compuware Limited for 10 years, Compuware Corporation for 5 years, back to Compuware Limited for 2 years and currently with Bedfordshire Police since September 2003.

When I left university to join ICL, I was a project team member, rising to a Systems Programmer in VME/B operating system which ran on 2900 series mainframe computers. When I joined Sainsbury's, I migrated to International Business Machines (IBM) 370 architecture and the MVS operating system. From Systems Programmer I moved to Technical Support , Business Analyst, Systems Analyst and on to Project Manager (PM). As a PM I joined the Association of Project Managers (APM), after undertaking a submission of portfolio.

On joining Bedfordshire Police, I ran a project with a European Social Fund grant (match funded by Bedfordshire County Council) to develop Key Skills in unemployed local people and encourage them back into employment through volunteering with Bedfordshire Police. I soon migrated to Income Generation Officer with responsibility for Bids and Grants, Sponsorship, Trading and Cost Recovery. I sit as National Coordinator for the Police Forum for Income Generation (PolFIG), perform Staff Officer duties for the National Policing Lead for Income Generation and Cost Recovery and author/compile the ACPO National Policing Guide to Income Generation for Police Forces, the National Policing Guidance on Charging for Police Services and the National Policing Guidelines on Charging for Police Services - Mutual Aid Cost Recovery.

I retired at the end of March 2019.

Sporting Achievements

Certifications

• ISSF ‘A’ Judge – Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun & ETS
• British Shooting - Olympic Skeet, Olympic Trap and Double Trap Referee
• FITASC Regional Sporting Referee
• CPSA ESP & ESK Referee
• CPSA Safety Officer
• CPSA Instructor Workshop
• NSRA Range Officer

Memberships

• CPSA Life Member 11003
• NRA of America Life Member 000027531817

Shooting History

• 1970 – 1978 Rough Shooting on local farms
• 1973 – 2008 Smallbore Target Rifle Shooting (.22RF)
• 2004 – present Clay Target Shooting

Shooting Achievements

• 1994 – 2007 Bedfordshire County Rifle Team
• 1998 – 2000 US NRA Regional Rifle Championships
• 2004 – 2007 Bedfordshire County Rifle Captain
• 2007 – 2008 Northamptonshire County Rifle Team
• 2004 England – Home Countries representation (cap)
• 2002 – 2006 England Reserve – Home Countries representation
• 2007 Bedfordshire Supreme Champion Clay Target
• 2004 – 2008 Police Sport UK Smallbore Rifle Team
• 2009 - 2019 various Northamptonshire County Teams
• 2012 London Olympics - Shotgun Referee and Classification Officer
• 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games - Shotgun Judge and Classification Officer
• 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games - Shotgun Judge and Classification Officer

Committees

• 2005 – 2007 Bedfordshire CPSA Committee
• 1994 – 2007 Various Rifle Club posts including Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee etc.
• 2005 – 2008 Various Police Sport UK Shooting Section post sincluding Secretary, Treasurer, Committee etc.
• 2008 – 2020 Northamptonshire CPSA Committee
• 2013 – 2020 CPSA Skeet Sub-Committee
• 2014 – 2016 Police Sport UK Clay Pigeon Shooting Section National Secretary

Official Posts

• 1998 – 2003 International Witness (GB vs USA)
• 2000 – present Multiple National Smallbore Rifle Referee/Jury/R.O.
• 2008 – 2020 Multiple Inter-County and National CPSA Championship Referee representations
• 2012 – 2020 Various posts - Northamptonshire Clay Pigeon Shooting Association

Other Interests

Sporting

• Fly Fishing
• Ten Pin Bowling
• Pub Games

Collecting

• Barker Brothers Pottery
• Victor Noble Rainbird paintings

Genealogy

• Family History
• Family Tree

My Contributions

• My contributions
• My very first edits

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