Triple Crown Challenge: Where soldiers march, shoot and test military skills
One hundred and fourteen teams. A 10-mile run and 20kg of weight. This is the annual Triple Crown Challenge run by the Adjutant General's Corps.
It's the Corps' flagship event of the year and takes place across the training area around Worthy Down Camp in Winchester.
"It's a military skills competition that comprises of two specific competitions within that," explained Major Graham Doyle. "So you've got the march and shoot and then you've got the military skills competition."
March and Shoot
Teams taking part in the march and shoot must run five miles up to the ranges and then test out shooting skills.
"The marching was good. We came well within the time and then the shooting was good as well," said Corporal Kshiteez Rai. "In the team we missed only like five rounds."
But not all the targets are the same.
"So you've got to determine which one you're supposed to hit so you don't hit the civvie, you hit the right target," said Lance Corporal Jess Henderson.
Anyone engaging a target featuring the image of a civilian will have points deducted.
Military Skills
For the teams in the military skills event, there's a fresh focus on homeland security and practising for national emergencies, with the teams having to respond to a simulated terrorist attack.
They need to assess and treat six different civilian casualties and then issue a report. And they are assessed on how well they respond to this.
"They were really good," said Sergeant Shibu Ibrahim of the Royal Logistic Corps. "They kind of put us in the spot, to be honest. We felt like it was a real life scenario."
Each team is battling for the fastest time, so once they've dealt with the casualties, they're back on the clock.
The simulated casualties had a variety of injuries that needed to be treated.
"So we got an unconscious patient, three that had a catastrophic bleed, one head injury and one shock patient," said Corporal Kayleigh Lake. "I feel like it worked well with all of us together, to be honest.
"And we kind of knew our job, what we were doing. And we've got great command. So it couldn't have gone better."
She said of the contest: "It's good. It's the first time I've done it. So it's definitely a nice day out of the office."
People are competitive and it's great to see
Although it's a highly competitive environment, the Triple Crown is also a rare opportunity for the soldiers, who are usually deployed in small numbers across different regiments, to get together.
"So it's a great opportunity to be able to come on this kind of one day of the year where everybody comes together and it gets very competitive," said organiser Maj Doyle
"I get a lot of questions afterwards about seeing the results and breaking it right down. So people are competitive and it's great to see."
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