RESULTS SERVICE - July 2007

RESULTS

SWIMMING: Army Individual Championships - Men:  4x50m individual medley - 1, Cpl Ferguson (10 Regt RLC); 2, LCpl Broughall (4 AAC); 3, OCdt Fisher (RMAS); 50m freestyle - 1, OCdt Pusinelli (RMAS); 2, Spr Aitken (23 Engr Regt); 3, Cpl Stapleton (ATR Pirbright); 100m breaststroke - 1, Cpl Stapleton; 2, OCdt Thorpe (RMAS); 3, Cpl Archer (25 Trg Spr Regt RLC); 100m backstroke - 1, Maj Palin (WG); 2, Spr Aitken; 3, Pte Taylor (25 Trg Spr Regt RLC); 100m freestyle - 1, OCdt Pusinelli; 2, LCpl Broughall; 3, OCdt Thorpe (RMAS); 200m freestyle - 1, OCdt Mikulskis (RMAS); 2, Spr Penfold (3 RSME); 3, Spr Aitken.
     Women: 4x50m individual medley - 1, Spr Gavazzi (22 Engr Regt); 2, Cfn Veasey (22 Engr Regt); 3, OCdt S Morris (RMAS); 50m freestyle - 1, Spr Gavazzi; 2, Capt Ashmore (25 Trg Sp Regt RLC); 3, LCpl Wroot (114 Pro Coy); 100m breaststroke - 1, OCdt S Morris; 2, Capt Earl (3 RSME); 3, Sig Jaffe (DCI Chicksands); 100m freestyle - 1, Spr Gavazzi; 2, OCdt S Morris; 3, Capt Ashmore; 100m backstroke - 1, SSgt Mason (11 Sig Regt); 2, OCdt Amor (RMAS); 3, OCdt V Morris (RMAS); 200m freestyle - 1, Capt Ashmore; 2, Capt Croall (RRU Bulford); 3, Capt Earl; 200m breaststroke - 1, OCdt S Morris (RMAS); 2, Sig Jaffe; 3, OCdt Thompson (RMAS).

RUGBY FANS DIG DEEP
A COLLECTION held outside Twickenham during this year’s Army v Navy rugby match raised £1,372 for two Service charities.
Husband and wife Laurence and Pamela Jones and Mrs Jones’s sister Winnie Wright collected the money in buckets before and after the game and have split the proceeds between the Army Benevolent Fund and the British International Sailors Society.

HOSPICE HELPERS
KIND-HEARTED Loggies got on their bikes to raise around £10,000 for a hospice for children with terminal illnesses.
Fifteen soldiers from 2 Logistic Support Regiment cycled from MoD Main Building in London to the Eiffel Tower in Paris over four days in aid of Keech Cottage Children’s Hospice.
The facility, based near Luton, provides care for children suffering from a variety of life-shortening conditions.
Each member of the 2 LSR team raised a minimum of £500 for the hospice, which is not Government-funded.

AMERICAN ODYSSEY
A HUSBAND and wife team are competing in the 2007 New York Marathon to raise money for sufferers of cystic fibrosis.
Sgt “Nash” Wainwright (APTC) and wife Jane, a corporal who works for the MoD in Whitehall, decided to enter the race to support the Cystic Fibrosis Trust as their daughter Zara suffers from the condition.
Nash is currently in Afghanistan and runs 50km each week.
To sponsor the couple, visit www.justgiving.com/run4moo

BAKER’S BERLIN CHALLENGE
FITNESS fanatic SSgt Karl Baker (RDG) is seeking sponsors ahead of tackling this year’s Berlin Marathon in support of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The national charity works with an estimated 85,000 people in the UK who suffer from the disabling neurological disorder and Baker is funding his own travel and accommodation to raise as much money as possible.
To sponsor Baker, visit www.justgiving.com/karlsupportsms

DISCUS RECORD SMASHED
FORMER international athlete SSgt Mark Wiseman (AGC) finally toppled a decades-old Army discus record after 13 years of trying.
Wiseman, 38, beat APTC athlete Bill Tancred’s 1968 mark of 55.28m with an effort of 58.41m during the UK Throwing Festival at Birmingham’s Alexandra Stadium.
“I knew as soon as it left my hand it would be a big throw,” he said.

PEAK FITNESS
FIVE engineers raised more than £2,000 for charity after climbing Britain’s three highest peaks.
Cpl Si Hewitt, Cpl “Jacko” Jackson, WO2 Mark Thomas, Cpl Gav Thornton and LCpl “Scouse” Magee conquered Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon as well as cycling the 517 miles between each summit.
The Land Warfare Battle-group Light Aid Detachment team is splitting the money it has raised between the Starlight Children’s Foundation and the Army Benevolent Fund.