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AGC JOURNAL 2018

Dalton Barracks

Sports Day

By Corporal Hugh Barnett

A mere two weeks before my wedding day and my hair receding
slower than I would like it to, in order to obtain a likeness towards Jack
Nicholson left me with one decision. I took it upon myself to announce
that the Detachment from 4 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps would hold a
Sports Day at Dalton Barracks.
Team 101
Logistics
Brigade
Concept person to run. However, that was not all. Before each
person got the opportunity to run they were challenged
Having spent all of my previous postings overseas, I took to complete a small session on a rowing machine and
the idea of a cohesion event from the annual Sports Day then a Watt bike while their team mates raced around Sergeant Faith Huxtable
takes Private Walid Ahmed
events that happen over there. Though the event would the track. This was added as a little bit extra fatigue to under her wing as her
not have been as well funded as some of these previous set into place as they participated in their sprint. Junior Chef for the day
events, I had the idea that having events that were a bit
‘out of the box’ would ensure that the teams achieved
cohesion.

The Events
After three hours of setting up for the various sports
and events, the barbecue was lit for some breakfast.
The teams were created and mixed from members of
the units taking part. All of the team members put their
hearts into winning much needed points to earn those
trophies. The events that would come between the teams
and those valuable points consisted of: Warming
up for the
Dodgeball. Teams battled it out armed with nothing relay
more than their will to succeed and a number of latex
rubber balls.
Kickball. Teams were placed against each other in
different rendition of ‘Rounders’.

Blind Volleyball. Teams collaborated to get the
volleyball from their side of the court over the volleyball
net to the other side of the court to earn their points. The

difference being that the volleyball net had been covered
with ponchos so that the opposite team could not see
where the ball was until it came over the net. Major Olly Martin presents
Lance Corporal Natalie
Clark with the Black Adder
Orienteering Puzzle. Teams were challenged by a map Shield
and riddle event. The object was to complete twenty
riddles in twenty minutes and receive a team coloured
star at the end of the challenge. Instead of using grid Prize Giving
references for the prominent points, it was actually the
riddle answers instead. The teams had to decipher the

riddles and use a sketch map of the area to locate where Prizes were presented to the second and first
placed teams. This was followed by the award
the next riddle would be.
for the Best Detachment which went to 27 Close
Killer Badminton. Teams were placed into two lines at Support Logistic Regiment. They also received
either side of the badminton net and battled it out to get a new award entitled ‘The Black Adder Award’.
a shuttlecock over to the other side of the net hoping This is a shield that is held by the Regiment
that the other team would fall foul. until it can be won from them at a future event
by any other Detachment in the Brigade. It
Relay Event. This was not a popular event. A six hundred The Winning Volley Ball could be another Sports Day that may be held
metre sprint around a running track before returning Team receives with a in the future, but I have also heard rumours of
to their team mates to pass on the baton for the next their trophy diff erence a Brigade wide ‘Adjutant General’s Corps Got
Talent’ in the works.

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