From the 13 to 15 Oct 17, units from across the Army, the RAF, both Regular and Reserve, as well as foreign troops, took part in the Army Enduro Championships held in Bovington.
9 Regiment entered a team of six in a competitive field of 98 riders, which included a number of professional riders who compete at the highest levels of the sport. Following three days of hard fought riding, 9 RLC came away with a plethora of silverware.
SSgt Kalem Hicks won the overall event, taking the crown of “Army Enduro Champion†by one second. With help from LCpl Liam Philips, 9 RLC once again became the Army Enduro Team Champions.
LCpl Abi Childs won the Overall Female class and riding alongside LCpl Richard Penfold, helped win the Overall Novice team completion. LCpl Penfold also came second in the Novice class and won The RLC Novice competition.
It was an amazing weekend for 9 RLC Enduro riders and the wider Corps team, competing against a talented and multi cap badged field of riders.
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An outstanding achievement 👏 👏👊 @27RegimentRLC 🐺 for a great cause @Soldierscharity
Today the @ArmySgtMajor helped the Wolf Pack get to the finish line of the @Soldierscharity Race the World competition to raise over £4K for the ABF. @ABFbarney @101_Log_Bde @UKArmyLogistics
Congratulations to all involved in The RLC Individual and Team Orienteering Championships. Well done to the team winners - @17_RLC (17 Regiment RLC), @162MC (162 Regiment RLC) and 152 Regiment RLC and overall winners - Lieutenant Huw Stradling and Major Sophie Spenser-Small.
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On Wednesday 14 October, The RLC Individual and Team Orienteering Championships took place on Mytchett Training Area. 115 competitors from 27 units took on a score event in which individuals had one hour to reach as many of the 24 checkpoints as possible. The four team members who score the highest points count towards the team result, where teams tie on points, the team with the fastest time to score those points wins.
Congratulations to all who were involved and well done to 17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC, Marchwood who were the champion male team, 162 Regiment RLC who were the champion female team and Army Drivers Northern Ireland (152 Regiment RLC) the champion Reserve team.
Lieutenant Huw Stradling was the overall winner, closely followed by Major Richard Barrett in second and Captain Terry Furlong took third place. Major Sophie Spenser-Small was the female winner with Lieutenant Colonel S Braine and Colonel Lucy Giles hot on her heels.
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