Colonel Jimmie Spencer (late RA) 22 April 1926 – 16 July 2018 Born in Greenock, Jimmie Spencer was “economic” about his date of birth and enlisted into the Royal Artillery in 1943. He saw action at Salerno, and then as…
It is with the deepest sadness and a heavy heart that we have to inform you that Maj (Retd) John Ayres, who was the first permanent AGA/AWSA Secretary in the ASCB (1991 to 2000) died at home on Saturday 28th…
The popularity of ice sports continues to grow in the Army a fact which was clearly in evidence at the Army Ice championships – Exercise Racing Ice II – which were held from 24 Jan to 3 Feb 18 in…
ARMY BOBSLEIGH CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 Army Champions Men Army Champions: Cpl Ivan Londal – LCpl Rick Ray, 3 PARA Runners up: Sgt Dan Hawker, RMAS – LCpl Jimmy Newson, 3 PARA Army Champions Women Army Champions: WO2 Smith, RSA Larkhill –…
Army Skeleton Championship 2018 This season the Championships was held at Winterberg Germany, with a Total of 24 competitors. Army Men’s Champion: LCpl Nathan Jackson , RLC Runner up : Sig Arran Holmes , RSIGS Army Female Champion: Capt Rhianon…
Fabulous report from Forces.net about this year’s EX TELEMARK TITAN. [Almost 100 competitors have been competing in Pralognan La Vanoise and as Army Telemark chairman Brigadier Suzanne Anderson pointed out, there was a real mixture of abilities on display at this year’s tournament:…
80 skiers recently took to the slopes in Pralognan-la-Vanoise, France to compete in Exercise Telemark Titan the British Army Telemark Skiing Championships. The exercise began with 5 days of familiarisation training and tuition in the finer arts of Telemark enabling…
ARMY NOVICE, JUNIOR & SENIOR ICE CHAMPIONSHIPS WINTERBERG, GERMANY (24 JANUARY – 3 FEBRUARY 18) Ex RACING ICE 2 (Ex RI2) is the Army Novice, Junior and Senior Ice Championships which is to be held in Winterberg, Germany from 24…
BBC Sport reported “British Olympic pilot Lamin Deen secured the first major medal of his career with silver in the four-man event at the Bobsleigh World Cup. GB’s Deen, Ben Simons, Toby Olubi and Andrew Matthews led the standings after…
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY The 2017 AGM will be on Tuesday 6 Novovember 18 at the Cav & Gds Club in London. VICE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT TO THE 2017 AWSA AGM BRIG MP MOORE CBE – 1 NOV 17 A warm…
Ex Rucksack 18 Programme Programme now available for the Army, Inter Service and British National Cross Country and Biathlon Championships which will be held in Ruhpolding from 24 January to 9 February 2018. VIEW PROGRAMME HERE The aim of Ex…
Ex SNOW METHOD 17 Fabulous video produced by Ben Aprea
70 years old and still going strong! By Lt Col (Retd) Mark Goodson The Foundation In 1927 a cable car was built on the Kanzelhohe, near Villach in Austria; Health & Safety was clearly not an issue! But, what has…
Army Sports Lottery Grants Applications for an ASL Overseas Tour/Courses Grant must be received a minimum of 6 weeks before your departure date or the course start date, these must be accompanied by an ASCB Authority letter issued by secretary@ascb.uk.com.…
President’s Certificate Winners 2017 The AWSA President’s Certificate for Outstanding Service is presented to individuals who have provided outstanding service to Army Winter Sports, in either one or more Disciplines – only 6 can be awarded annually. In his position…
LAST POST – Lt Col John (JAG) Moore, late RA As a 14 year old school, boy he had competed at the first ever Army Ski Championships in 1948 and later went on to race Cross Country at the Olympic…
Snowboarding Championships 2017 Over 800 personnel across the Army have participated in organised snowboarding events from Corps to national level this season, and the Championships attracted 63 experienced riders from all Corps less Infantry and RAC who were unfortunately unable…
Inter Service Ice Championships 2017 This year the 2017 Inter Service Ice Championships took place in Lillehammer, Norway and the Army teams achieved their best Ice results since 2006, winning 3 of the 5 team titles as follows: Army Male…
28/01/17 – 04/02/17 – By Maj Rob Ronz (Army Ski Team Manager) Looking across the Army it is clear that the overall standard of skiing is increasing. Established powerhouses of Alpine racing such as the RLC and REME continue to…
24/01/17 to 03/02/17 – By Lt Col Bee Smith (Alpine Secretary) Most of 2016’s planning was taken up with trying to minimise the impact, across Army Alpine, of the calendar clash that had Ex LIONS CHALLENGE, the Army Championships, programmed…
CS INTER SERVICES SNOW SPORTS RESULTS 2017 TEAM COMBINED CHAMPIONS Alpine (F): RAF Alpine (M): ARMY Nordic: ARMY Snowboard (F): ARMY Snowboard (M): RAF Cresta: ARMY Telemark: RN Bobsleigh (M): ARMY Bobsleigh (F): RAF Luge: ARMY Skeleton (M): RAF Skeleton (F): ARMY ALPINE Downhill (F): Sqn Ldr Wroe RAF Downhill (M): Spr…
2017 Army Alpine Team Men Maj Joe WILLIAMSON QRH Sgt Stuart ATKINSON REME Sgt Dan MACDONALD REME Cpl Chris WHITE RLC Cpl John RIDDELL QRH LCpl Nathan COBB RLC LCpl Hayden GRAND R SIGS Spr Euan KICK RE Spr Duncan…
AWSA PRESIDENT’S CERTIFICATE FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE – 2016 The AWSA President’s Certificate for Outstanding Service is presented to individuals who have provided outstanding service to Army Winter Sports, in either one or more Disciplines – only 6 can be awarded…
VICE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT – 2016 AGM The AWSA has had its best season ever. With the reduction in operational commitments, levels of participation are well up on previous levels and I expect this trend to continue. Snow conditions were reasonable,…
LAST POST – Arthur Harvey It is with deep regret that we announce the death on Saturday 19th September of Arthur Harvey. Arthur, a retired Major in the Royal Artillery, was an international shot and, at the age of 81,…
WINTER SPORT INSURANCE There are a number of Insurers providing cover for winter sport exercises which units and unit/individuals are free to choose from. However, Exercise organisers/individuals may wish to consider the services of Towergate Wilsons, a Team Army sponsor…
300 Years for The Royal Regiment of Artillery On 26 May 2016 The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA) celebrated its 300th Anniversary with a Review before Her Majesty The Queen, the Captain General at…
CS INTER SERVICES SNOW SPORTS RESULTS 2016 TEAM COMBINED CHAMPIONS Alpine (F): ARMY Alpine (M): ARMY Snowboard (F): ARMY Snowboard (M): ARMY Telemark: ARMY Cresta: ARMY ALPINE Downhill (F): ARMY Downhill (M): RN Slalom (F): ARMY Slalom (M): ARMY Super G (F): ARMY Super G (M): RAF Giant Slalom (F): ARMY Giant Slalom…
EX RUCKSACK 2015 More than 200 winter sports athletes, most of them military personnel, have been competing in a combined British National and Inter-Service Biathlon and Cross Country Ski Championships. The competition, which also includes the Army championship, is held…
Army Biathletes going to SOCHI The British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced that two athletes from the sport of biathlon have been officially selected for Team GB for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The two biathletes join athletes already…
