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  Rugby -  Road to Twickenham - Army (41) vs Navy (15) 7 May 05.   Read

 

 Boxing - Return of the Kings - Boxers from 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment sensationally bounced back from the heartbreak of being stripped of the Major Units title last season by lifting this year's championship trophy. 
 

Supergames 2005 Auckland New Zealand - The third World Supergames took place in Auckland, New Zealand 4-12 March 2005.  The Army Martial Arts Association has always supported these games and this year, for the first time, was able to field not only a Karate team but also a Taekwondo team as well.

  Army Ski Championships, Aviemore
 

Army's Silver Slider - Bobsleigh star celebrates World Championship success on eve of Games.

  Football - Piercy wonder treble secures Bates babes Contantinople Cup crown
  Sail of the Century - On the crest of a wave: Army yacht Coldseal duels with Dutch boat Satori during Cowes Week
  Chief Challengers - Skating round the issue: The RLC Chiefs in action against the All Stars during the inaugural Inter-Services ice hockey championships at Slough, Berkshire

 

 Army Fencing Union - 2004/5 Events

 

 2006 Winter Olympic Games
  Inter-Services Basketball

 

Shorts...

Players Wanted...ARMY personnel interested in playing badminton should contact Sgt Danny Mills on mil 94371 2579 or visit www.armybadminton.co.uk

Cross-training...SPORTING siblings Sgt Tony Cross (Logistic Support Squadron, RM) and Gary Cross (former RAOC) are planning to complete a 150-mile canoe from Tamworth to Little Venice in London to raise funds for Birmingham Children’s Hospital and the Proteus Syndrome Foundation.
Pushing off on April 20 in a Canadian open style canoe, the brothers will have to negotiate three tunnels and 114 locks during their nine-day journey.
Readers wishing to support the event should send cheques made payable to BCH/PSF Canoe 150 Challenge to NatWest Bank, 8 Market Street, Tamworth.

First Blood to Champs... REIGNING Army heavyweights 2 RGJ began the defence of their Army novice championship crown by claiming the Northern Ireland title with an 8-1 victory over 4 R Irish. As SoldierSport went to press, 2 RGJ were preparing to face 1 Para at Ballykinler in the semi-finals of the UK competition.

 

Capital canter...ST Dunstan’s, the charity for blind ex-Servicemen and women, is recruiting runners to take part in the fifth annual British 10k London Run on July 3.
Marking the start of a week of events celebrating the 60th anniversary of VE Day, the race is expected to attract more than 20,000 runners and its route will take in the capital’s major landmarks. For more information call Clare Furnival on 0207 6167966 or e-mail fundraising@st-dunstans.org.uk

Treble challenge...SHELTER, the housing and homelessness charity, is looking to recruit teams of soldiers to scale the highest summits in England, Wales and Scotland as part of its annual Three Peaks Challenge.
Open to teams of four and six people and held from May 20-22, the stamina-draining challenge involves climbing Scafell Pike’s 978m, Snowdon’s 1,085m and Ben Nevis’s 1,344m.
For more information call 0845 4584590 or visit www.shelter.org.uk/threepeaks

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