Point to Point

Point to Point

Now Salisbury Plain can be pretty inhospitable in February and it’s certainly not for the faint hearted to idly stand around, but last weekend was no ordinary Feb day as we were all blessed with a hint of Spring! So what better than to join the horsey-set and...
Being the Best

Being the Best

The thoughts of crunching ice under foot and snow-crystal filled air seemed a remote possibility in early January as again the Alps were not blessed with much snow and elements of the Alpine Championships at Serre Chevalier looked under severe threat. But as time got...
Olympia 2016

Olympia 2016

For the first time ever, the RAF Equitation Association (RAFEA) fielded a team of four riders at one of the UK’s most prestigious events, the London International Horse Show, Olympia. Only eight places are available for military riders who qualified earlier in the...

Game of Remembrance

With the evenings drawing in and a chill in the air it can only be for the die-hards to stand on a touch line and watch sport! That is if it was not for a very special football ‘International’, hosted at Burton Albion’s new Pirelli stadium at Burton Upon Trent....

Army Sports Awards 2016

It has been an amazing year for Army sporting achievements. With Rio and the USA-hosted Invictus games in Orlando still fresh in our minds, it was fitting to recognise our sporting success in appropriate style at a special awards ceremony at the prestigious Royal...

Swinging into action

The 13th October was both autumnal and rain-threatened but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the 48 golfers who rolled up at Frilford Heath Golf Club for the annual Team Army Golf day. Bacon butties and coffee greeted the assembled throng on the big day and...