Rowing and Athletics among the big winners at the 2024 Army Sports Awards
The British Army have held their annual Army Sports Awards in a ceremony at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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 British Army have held their annual Army Sports Awards in a ceremony at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Weightlifting, table tennis and motorcycle road racing were among the sports that enjoyed success at this year's awards.
Birkett Six-Hour Relay is the UK's largest annual motor race offering six hours of racing on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit.
The Air Force ended a 14-year wait for the Loriners trophy.
Nominees across a range of sports for the 2024 RAF Sports Awards have been announced with the ceremony set to take place in November.
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The latest round of action in the championship was a Navy-led event in South Wales.
Organisers are hoping the spectacular action seen at the Paris Olympics will result in a boost in participation.
They defeated the Royal Navy and British Army over two days at the All England Club.
A four-wicket win over the RAF at Vine Lane has given the Navy's future stars the championship trophy.
They won 6 1/2-5 in a thrilling match in Tidworth which was followed by a UKAF clash against the United States Armed Forces.
The team from RAF Brize Norton beat teams from HMS Heron and 8 Battalion REME.