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too. The shoot represents an excellent
opportunity for teams that may not have
been so quick on the march to put in a
good performance and either catch up
or overtake other teams. The team 55
Army Education Centre led by Lieutenant
Colonel Andy Reid put in a great
performance on the shoot that almost saw
them win the competition.

The shoot To the Beach

A range team from 1st Battalion The
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment with AGC With the most gruelling phase completed,
personnel and infantry soldiers had the teams headed to the Military Training
oversight of the shoot and ensured the Wing beach in Happy Valley for the
smooth running of the range throughout volleyball tournament. Despite the strong
the morning. Due to the power failure wind, the standard of the volleyball was
and the subsequent move to the gallery surprisingly good and it drew quite a
range, the targets were fixed at 100 metres. crowd. Competition was tight and the
The shoot was a snap shoot so time was teams from 2nd Battalion The Princess of
list of visitors was also growing and we tight whilst competitors also had to be Wales’s Royal Regiment, Operation Tosca
were fortunate enough to be hosting competent on the Lightweight Day Sight and 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s
representatives of the Directorate and
Regimental Headquarters.

And so it begins

At the wholly unsociable time of 0430
hrs members of the admin party paraded
at RAF Akrotiri and set about the final
preparations for the competition. Water
points, scales, tents and most importantly
an early breakfast of bacon rolls were
all put in place. A last minute power cut
on RAF Akrotiri had a drastic knock-on
effect to the Electric Target Range, so the
shoot was quickly switched to the adjacent
gallery range. With the final human
markers deposited around the course, the
first teams found their way to the start
point.

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