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say that I was completely numb from the head down and surprised that I didn’t fall off the rower! All joking aside, our hard efforts seriously paid off as we nished the team event with a 3rd place in the Open category and 1st place in the Masters category!
After the prize giving we headed back to Barracks to freshen up, before heading into Gyor to celebrate our achievements with a team meal, some well-earned beers and a few rounds of arm wrestling with a local Hungarian giant!
RAPTC TRIATHLON
SSgt (SSI) R L Mckenzie RAPTC
The focus for the RAPTC Triathlon male team was to re-claim the Army Inter Corps Championship team title which they narrowly missed in 2014. Throughout the season the main issue seemed to be getting everyone together for the events, but luckily with a lot of persuasion through e-mails, letters and calls from the chairman Capt (MAA) Irving RAPTC, we had a great
Army Inter-Corps Champions 2015
turn out with a strong team contending for the nal on the day. Great support from the sidelines from Brig Donnelly encouraged and motivated the team back into the top spot with the team becoming the 2015 Army Inter Corps Champions once again. The individual standings were as follows:
Army Inter Corps Championships
Maj (MAA) Ian Phillips – 26th Overall (2nd in Category) Capt (MAA) Stu Irving – 30th Overall (3rd in Category) Capt (MAA) Bren Reese – 10th Overall (10th in Category) Capt (MAA) Willie Wilson – 29th Overall (5th in Category) WO2 (QMSI) Neil Ferguson – 2nd Overall (2nd in Category) Sgt (SI) Andy Syrett – 5th Overall (5th in Category)
Sgt (SI) Kev Richardson – 20th Overall (16th in Category)
Other team members included WO2 (QMSI) Paddy Paton, SSgt (SSI) Phill Dodds, Sgt (SI) Andy Briggs, Sgt (SI) Ben Leach and Sgt (SI) Nirmal Rana.
RAPTC Team Medallists
Sgt Coleman ............... SSgt Pollock................ Sgt Grif ths ................. SSgt Bell ..................... Sgt Welch.................... Sgt Steels....................
Team 2000m results:
Master 1st place.......... Open 3rd place............
6:37.0 6:25.2 6:44.6 6:33.3 6:52.7 6:13.3
WO1 Jackson SSgt Pollock SSgt Bell
Sgt Welch Sgt Steels Sgt Coleman Sgt Grif ths
In closing, to date this has been one of the best sports tours I have taken part in, inspiring me to take the sport to a higher level. The lads, the banter, the phys, the administration and the whole nine yards was absolutely second to none and full credit has to go to the organizer, SSgt Scott Pollock.
Individual 2000m results:
WO1 Jackson.............. 6:48.5
Maj (MAA) Phillips Sgt (SI) Rana
Sgt (SI) Syrett Sgt (SI) Richardson