Amanda Lightfoot misses out on Winter Olympics spot
The Army sergeant was aiming to be the first British athlete to compete in three successive Winter Olympics biathlons.
Jon Knighton joined BFBS as a broadcast trainee in March 1986. He worked in Gibraltar, Cyprus, The Falklands, London and Germany with BFBS Radio before joining BFBS TV as a news producer and editor in 1994. He set up the Sports team in 2002, which has now grown to six team members, reflecting the importance of Forces sport. Jon studied History at university and obtained a postgraduate diploma in Journalism at Falmouth, before going on to work as a sports reporter for BBC York, Leeds, and Humberside.
The Army sergeant was aiming to be the first British athlete to compete in three successive Winter Olympics biathlons.
Sgt Amanda Lightfoot competed in Sochi in 2014, Pyeong Chang in 2018, but faces a nervous wait to see if she’ll go to Beijing next month.
They beat the Bridgend Blue Bulls 60-0 in South Wales.
More than 130 runners from the Air Force, Police and Civil Service took part at RAF Halton.
The sport was dropped from the Invictus programme in 2018 but players are hoping it could make a return in the future.
Forces Sport recovered and returned to action after a COVID-disrupted 2020.
The British Army women's rugby league team will take on current holders St. Helens in the group stage of the Challenge Cup.
It ended 1-1 between the UK Armed Forces men's football team and Luton Town's academy team.
The match, which was shown LIVE on the Forces News Facebook page, featured a disastrous own goal and a late comeback as Chelsea won.
The Army can win the title with victory against the RAF next week after winning the first Inter Services rugby union match in two years.
The RAF have won the 2021 Birkett Six-Hour Relay Race at Silverstone and claimed back the Inter Services title.
UKAF thought they had the game won but a 95th minute equaliser led to an Irish penalty shootout victory.
Visitors were given a chance to try out the enduro, karting and eRacing disciplines at the exhibition.
Two men were sent off after giant second-half brawl while the Army recovered from an early scare in the women's match.
A 30-6 over an impressive RAF/Navy hybrid team saw the Army celebrating at the end of the match.
Two players received a red card after a brawl broke out in the second half but the Army pulled through to win.