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Sportland MTB triathlon Members of the BG at the Tallinn city marathon SSgt Hawkins and SSgt Brown at the HOTO of Op CABRIT 1
As well as the AT conducted in Estonia, I was fortunate enough to be able to take the opportunity to take a large number of soldiers out to a number of civilian events across Estonia. The highlights of this have to be the 25 soldiers competing in the Korvemarr triathlon, the 250 soldiers competing in the 10km Tough Guy event, the 50 soldiers competing in the Tallinn City Marathon and finally the 100 soldiers competing in the Tartu City Marathon.
Overall 2017 has been a packed year at 5 Rifles but has certainly offered me opportunities to complete a number of personal objectives, which will be hard to match in 2018 nevertheless we will try! Now back in Ward Barracks my focus will continue to try and improve the PUD as well as re-energising sport and AT within the Bn.
1ST BATTALION THE PRINCESS OF WALES’S ROYAL REGIMENT
SSgt (SSI) S Wooldridge RAPTC
As of the 1st January 2017 saw 1 PWRR (1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment) on Vanguard Joint Task Force (VJTF) very high readiness. The year would involve companies from the Battalion working with different Armies from NATO – companies deployed to France, Czech Republic and even as far as India.
With the Battalion busy and off to the four winds they still had time to hold their Salerno Trophy (CO Competition) with Boxing,
SSgt ( SSI) S J Wooldridge Honfels Bavaria
Football, Rugby, Tug of War, Basket Ball, Volley ball and a March and Shoot. Also to ensure that the Battalion skills were honed and sharpened they held a Winchester Trophy.
1 PWRR has the famous Flying Tigers skydiving Team and this year they held a Skydiving expedition to Elisnore, California USA. I was luckily enough to take part in this, it was a great experience.
SSgt (SSI) S Wooldridge. March and shoot competition
SSgt (SSI) S Wooldridge RAPTC
SSgt (SSI) S Wooldridge Skydiving California