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About The Editor

Meet Paul (Pablo) Snow. Magazine editor,
British Army veteran, campaigner, musician,
snooker player, rugby lover and BTCC nut.
Pablo met Matt Neal after being introduced
through a mutual friend and very quickly
asked the three times BTCC champion to
become patron and ambassador to the
Sandbag Times Veterans Magazine. Of
course, Matt being a supporter of veterans
and having friends who have served,
accepted. Pablo was born and raised in the hostile territories. This was a skill in which
New Forest, spending much of his youth
many authorities and specialists would seek
racing motocross and surfing along the South
out his advice and expertise. In 2005, he left
Coast. He joined the army when he was 17, the Armed Forces but not before competing in
seeing service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia,
Roadmaster, the Armed Forces and
Kenya, Berlin, Falkland Islands to name just a
Emergency Services driving championship.
few of his postings. Pablo had a passion to Paul and his navigator came sixth overall
fly helicopters but despite being mentally and being beaten only by professional rally teams.
physically fit enough, a defect in his spine
After leaving the Army, he descended into
stopped his dream coming true. This is when
PTSD. But after successful treatment, he
he turned his abilities to driving. By the end decided to help other veterans. That has
of 1988, just five years after joining, he had included writing the Rock Opera ‘A Song for a
achieved advanced and instructor licences in
Hero’, developing the Sandbag Times
car, lgv and pcv categories. He then turned Veterans Magazine and SBT Media Company
his attention to more advanced skills and then the Tommy Atkins Veterans Centre.
developing cross country techniques, road
His close work and friendships with Team
safety training skills and then towards anti-
Dynamics and his love of BTCC has inspired
terrorist and evasive driving skills. He him to write this magazine to pay tribute to the
specialised in teaching advanced manoeuvres BTCC team he loves and the driver who has
in Northern Ireland ensuring civilianised
inspired him and has followed for many years.
military vehicles stayed safe in some very
We hope you enjoy his magazine.

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