44 NAVY NEWS, JULY 2008
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A fight to
remember
OVER the past seven
Land and
months the RN boxing world
has seen MWS Collingwood
crowned Portsmouth Area
deliver –
champions, RN Novice
champions and winners of
9 ASRM
the annual Sultan Dinner
show.
sharpen their
And while the Collingwood
trophy cabinet was filling
boat skills
up, across the gulf of ocean,
intellects vast and cool and
unsympathetic, regarded
Collingwood with envious
eyes, and slowly and surely
drew their plans against
them (with apologies to H G
Wells).
As HMS Nottingham
conducted her South
Atlantic deployment, the
destroyer’s clubz, LPT
Kev Green – you might
remember him under his
nom de plume, the baby-
faced assassin – introduced
a fun ‘boxercise’ circuit to
keep shipmates fi t.
That soon turned into
a full-blown boxing club
with both male and female
competitors sparring on the
fl ightdeck.
With Nottingham back in
Are you e you
the UK, Kev decided it was
time to take on the RN’s
ddancing? – ancing? –
No.1 boxing team in front
of a full house at Temeraire
● A full-blooded encounter A full-blo ... Collingwood’s AB Reeves (left) and HMS Nottingham’s LET Thompson square up during the unique fi ght
the thrills the thrills
night night at Tat Temeraire em
for the fi rst fi ght night of its
Picture: LA(Phot) ‘Simmo’ Simpson, FRPU East
kind.
and spills and spills
Rear Admiral Charles
Montgomery was guest
Flash jumping Jacks
on honour and watched
from air day
as the RM Band opened
proceedings in Pompey with
at Yeovilton
a tremendous display which
set the tone for the night.
The fi rst bout saw AB
Stocker (Nottingham) get
the verdict on the judges
cards versus a very game
THE RN showjumping
AB Tregarthen (Collingwood)
team enjoyed a run of in what was a great battle
success at two key Inter-
between two sailors big
Service shows.
enough to punch holes in
Mike Tyson’s knees.
Lt Cdr Kate Welch
The women then took to
(Collingwood), Lt Cdr Alasdair
the ring for the next bout:
Peppe (Fleet HQ), Lt Cdr Rachel
LET Broad overpowered
Firth (COMMARES) and Mid
Collingwood’s ET Davies,
Rose Neave (Flying Fox) beat
forcing the referee to stop
more than 20 other military and
the contest in the second
police teams to take top spot in the
round. Broad’s performance
military team class at Aldershot
also merited the ‘brave
Show.
award’ for the evening.
After the fi rst phase, only two
The third contest brought
teams were sitting on zero faults
Collingwood’s fi rst win of
(the RN being one of them) and
the competition when AB
so the top two places had to be
Gamick forced the referee
decided by a jump-off against the
to save the very brave AB
clock.
Jefferson in the second.
Although there was a healthy
With the score at 2-1 in
dose of good-natured banter
Nottingham’s favour it was
between the RN and Household
time for the special bout
Cavalry team as the course was
of the evening between Lt
being set, there was also a touch
Vicky Whale (RN champ) and
of ‘non-horsed’ versus ‘horsed’
Pte Kane (Army champ).
unit rivalry, with the other ‘non-
This was a box-off to see
horsed’ units (RAF, Customs &
who would represent the
Excise, Surrey Police) adding their
Combined Services in the
support to the RN side.
National Championships.
The RN rider went fi rst (Kate
Pte Kane won the bout on a
on her own Irish sport horse ‘It’s
unanimous decision.
Himself’) and managed to nip
● The rise of the horse of Windsor... The RN A Team – (left to right) Lt Cdr Kate Welch, Mid Rose Neave, A strong AB Xeureb
round the course clear in a fairly
Lt Cdr Alasdair Peppe – celebrate their triumph with a parade of honour (Collingwood) stepped
swift time.
into the ring against a very
Fresh lease
Sadly for the Army, their rider non-horsed unit). Before the jump-off, all 26 teams over fence two, Kate and It’s
inexperienced AB Copley
felt the pressure and just tipped All teams jumped one round paraded around the main arena in Himself managed to go clear and (Nottingham) and stopped
of life for
the fi nal fence, so it was a win for of nine fences in the main arena front of packed public stands and shave just under two seconds off Copley in his tracks in the
the RN. fi rst thing (7am!). At the end of marched past the Queen. the Army rider’s time, so it was fi rst.
HMS Brecon
A week later, the RN fi elded two the class all individual scores were Then came the tense bit – the another win for the Navy with the With the match now tied,
teams of three senior riders for the counted, with the teams being top 12 riders had to jump in A Team lifting both the Challenge it came down to both teams’
most prestigious and high-profi le placed in a batting order based on reverse order which meant the RN Cup and the Queen’s Plate. best boxers to do battle.
military showjumping event of overall team scores. riders went fi rst and last. The icing on the cake was that AB White (Collingwood)
the year: the Royal Windsor Horse After this fi rst round, the RN Rachel Firth jumped for the B Her Majesty presented the prizes deserved the decision
PPluslus
Show. A Team (Kate Welch, Alasdair Team and rode a swift round and to the top three teams and spoke winning a very interesting
As its name suggests, it is set in Peppe and Rose Neave) were in was just unlucky to knock a couple to all of the top dozen teams. fi ght and ‘boxer of the night’
Windsor Home Park, adjacent to pole position on three clears, with of poles down. It was nevertheless In all, a fantastic result for Navy accolade versus LET Bond
the castle – a magnifi cent setting the Defence Animal Centre’s A enough for them to move up a showjumping and an excellent (Nottingham).
Fleet 2008 –
and probably the biggest show Team just a whisker behind them, place and secure 11th position start to the season. Collingwood were now in
that many of our horses and riders also on three clears but with a overall. The RN Showjumping the lead going into the fi nal
pull out and
get to ride at, with international slightly slower aggregate time. Kate Welch was last to go for and Eventing Team is actively two bouts.
show jumping, carriage driving The RN B team – Rachel Firth, the RN A Team and had to suffer recruiting for competent and It was up to team captain
keep poster
and other displays fi lling the Lt Cdr Suzanne Clark (Yeovilton) the added pressure of knowing capable Royal Navy/Royal LET Thomson (Nottingham)
packed fi ve-day programme. and Lt Victoria Whale (DLO that her closest rival from the Marine and reservist riders with to win for his shipmates.
Twenty-six military teams Andover) – were lying in 12th DAC team had just gone clear. competition experience, ideally His drive and determination
contested the Queen’s Challenge – a crucial position as only one One fence down would have with their own horse or with forced his opponent AB
Cup (awarded to the overall rider from each of the top 12 lost the Navy the Challenge Cup regular access to one. Reeves to spit his gum
winning team), with 14 of them teams went forward to the jump- and two fences would potentially Details from Lt Cdr Welch shield out fi ve times, forcing
also contesting the Queen’s Plate off in front of the Queen in the have lost them the Queen’s Plate. (93825 3259) or Lt Whale (94391
marina Continued on page 42
(awarded to the highest-placed afternoon. Despite a slightly hairy moment 2361).
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