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QMSI Green with 1RSME Regt X country team
Army Bench Press Championships with former RAPTCI Sgt (SI) Edwards

The Regt won for the irst time, the Sp Comd South X Country League
and at going to print were leading the Sp Comd South Basketball
League. The Regt also had numerous personnel across a plethora of
sports selected to represent both the Engineers and the Army.

2013 was also the irst time the Regt had hosted the Army Bench
Press Championships, where numerous competitors turned up
from varying backgrounds (this included the Emergency Services).
It was a great event with 1RSME Regt winning 2 of the weight

categories, The Regt is already looking forward to hosting further
events in the Army Powerlifting series.

To date I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at 1 RSME Regt and

am looking forward to completing my irst full year the next time
the MBS goes to print....

1RSME Regt basketball team

DEFENCE COLLEGE FOR POLICING AND GUARDING (DCPG)

WO2 (QMSI) G O’Hare RAPTC

“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender”

The Defence College for Policing and Guarding (DCPG) on some “jollies” including Trail Walker UK, which is a 100k walk/

better known as Southwick Park or formerly known as HMS run across the South Downs for charity, starting at the Queen
Dryad is the home of Phase 2 & 3 Service Police. Other Elizabeth Country Park near Portsmouth and inishing in Brighton.
units here include the Service Police Crime Bureau (SPCB), Crime I also convinced 3 other PTIs that it would be great Staff training
Scene Investigation Team (CSI), Military Provost Guard Service which they truly believed! Our start time was 0700hrs and the plan

HQ (MPGS), Hampshire Constabulary Specialist Training School was to run it all and inish before last light, however as they say
and until recently the RAF School of Administrators who have now “no plan survives the irst contact” and despite numerous issues
moved to Worthy Down.
we all hobbled over the inish line just after 4am – slightly over
our prediction! At the time we all agreed never again however we

In 1944, in the months leading up to D-Day, Southwick House, have now registered again for this year and have also got Tough
now the Oficers’ Mess, became the Headquarters of the main Mudder, PARA 10 and Night Terror (Bristol) to look forward to, all
allied Commanders, including Naval Commander-in-Chief Admiral quality character building stuff!
Ramsay, Allied Supreme Commander General Eisenhower and
the Army Commander-in-Chief General Montgomery. The War The Gym Staff have also recently been showing their sporting

Room at Southwick House is still as it was in 1944 and can be skills by competing in the Navy Eastern Regions Table Tennis
visited on request.
Championships achieving 1st, 2nd & 3rd place in the men’s
category and 1st place in the female competition.
Team Gym consists of myself, 2 x RAF SNCOs’ (2IC & JSERI), 1 x

Cpl RAF PTI, 3 x RMP A/Arms PTIs’, 1 x SIOPT, 1 x pool manager Due to the inclusion of Strength & Conditioning into the Phase 2, 3
& 2 civilian lifeguards.
& Permanent Staff programme all the Staff have recently qualiied
as Level 1 S&C Coaches through the excellent company KBT.
DCPG boasts some excellent facilities including a swimming

pool, loodlit astro turf pitches, glass back squash courts and an On a personal note, I’m due to leave the Army this year after 26
estate comprising of Rugby, Football & Cricket pitches. These are years service and would like to take this opportunity to wish my
frequently utilised by Civilian & Service Teams including RAF & fellow Corps athletes best wishes in whatever path they choose.
Army Football, Combined Services (CS) Ladies Hockey and the

Australian CS Ladies Rugby Team.
“Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize
and appreciate until they have been depleted”.
Despite a hectic schedule running Phase 2 and 3 courses and
looking after Permanent Staff, the PTIs have managed to get away