22 NAVY NEWS, JULY 2007
● Portsmouth trainer WOPT
Ian Binks celebrates with
members of his team (above)
● The Dirty Dozen Plus Six, representing the Military Corrective Training Centre at Colchester, at full pelt
during a run at HMS Collingwood Picture: K. Woodland (MWS)
Big day goes
with a bang
THE GLORY went to HMS Nelson’s dramatic final defeat to
This year saw 21 teams in the
Nelson but the plaudits to the the host team in 2006.
frame; apart from the top three
organisers of the spectacular “The crew have worked very
there were entries from MOD
Field Gun 100 Day at HMS hard for their victory – I want
Abbey Wood, HMS Ark Royal,
Collingwood. to make sure they enjoy it,” said
BRNC, HMS Caledonia, HMS
The centrepiece of the day was Field Gun Officer Lt Cdr Mel
Collingwood B, RAF Cosford,
the final of the Brickwood Trophy Robinson.
RNAS Culdrose, Devonport
competition, and the Portsmouth This year marks the centenary of
Naval Base, Defence Medical
establishment beat HMS Heron the Field Gun competition, which
Services Training Centre, RN
and HMS Collingwood A commemorates the exploits of Navy
Gibraltar, Joint Force Harrier,
respectively to take the top prize. gunners who dragged artillery guns
MCTC Colchester, UK National
That helped make up for overland in the Boer War.
Support Unit Naples, HMS
Neptune, HMS Raleigh, 7 Air
Assault Battalion REME and
HMS Sultan.
But there was much more to see
beside the thrills of the gun runs.
On a hot, sunny day there was
an impressive attendance, with
a vast range of attractions from
funfair to careers advice, and
plenty of military hardware to
clamber over.
One crowd-pleaser was the
unidentified Brickwood team
which warmed up for the arena
with a spirited version of the
Hokey-Cokey…
● The Defence Medical
Services Training Centre team
in action (left)
● Visitors to HMS Collingwood watch the Red Arrows display
Detainees on the run
A GROUP of men on the run from Topsy said: “They are all
the Glasshouse would normally volunteers and they are brilliant
attract interest – and that was the
– a cracking bunch of lads who
case at Collingwood, where just
have perhaps become misguided
such a team received plenty of
and need to find themselves.”
support from onlookers.
Army Capt Alisa Scott was the
The team from the Military
team’s Field Gun Officer, and
Corrective Training Centre
said the training and competition
(MCTC) at Colchester – who ran
would help with the detainees’
as the Dirty Dozen plus Six – were
self-esteem.
trained by Navy PTI PO Topsy
Capt Scott said most of them
Turner, who said the needs of the
sport matched the ethos of the
were in Colchester for relatively
MCTC, where SUSes (Service
minor offences, the majority for
personnel Under Sentence) are
being absent without leave.
given the chance to regain their
But there were no fears about
passion for the military life and to
team members going AWOL at
improve skills such as leadership,
Collingwood on MCTC’s public
discipline and teamwork.
debut.
Of the squad of 27, 16 were
“They would be letting their
detainees and the remainder staff.
mates down if they disappeared
now,” said Capt Scott.
● The Portsmouth team races
“They should be able to go
home on their way to victory in
back to MCTC with their heads
the Brickwood Trophy contest
held high.”
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