Unit Life
Bulford Garrison St Eligius Day Scribe: SSgt Meikle
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ue to deployments and the impact of COVID 19 it has been a few years since 5 RIFLES LAD has been able to fully celebrate St Eligius Day in true REME style. Therefore, in 2021 we decided to make the most of being in barracks with reduced COVID restrictions and a relatively clear FOE. We also realised that local units would be in a similar situation and that this presented a unique opportunity to bring together the various 1st line units in Bulford to celebrate together and bring back our Esprit de Corps! SSgt Meikle was tasked with designing a day with an event involving some physical competitions and an engineering challenge that would be competitive and rewarding but also enjoyable for all those taking part. Invites swiftly followed that were accepted by HCR, 1 MERCIAN and 3 Div Sig Regt (3 DSR) LADs. The day started with the physical events where competitors were split between either a cross country race on Salisbury Plain or a British Army Warrior Fitness (BAWF) event in Bulford Garrison gym. Both events were fiercely competitive with a high standard on display; 5 RIFLES LAD proving to be too much for the other LADs and romped to victory in both, taking a commanding lead in the overall competition. After a short break for lunch, everyone reconvened for a few readings before the eagerly awaited engineering challenge which was of course build and race a go-kart. This was won by 3 DSR LAD with 5 RIFLES being dropped to 4th place after a clear violation of the rules – making the final scores for the overall competition extremely tight. It was then on to 5 RIFLES Cpls mess for the evening social function and prize giving. The night started off with one of Cpl Gurung’s famous Nepalese curries before the highly anticipated prize giving. It was a close run in the end, but 5 RIFLES LAD secured the first win of the Bulford St Eligius Day Shield.
British Army Warrior Fitness Competition Scribe: Cpl Cash For the St Eligius Day BAWF event, each LAD entered two teams of 4. The BAWF was split down into 3 separate events. The first event was 1 rep max deadlift as a team combined, this produced a great start to
The Top Prize – The Annual Bulford St Eligius Day shield
BAWF row to victory the event with some impressive lifts. The highest weight that was recorded was 215kg by LCpl Easton of 5 RIFLES LAD. The second event was a 5km row as a team, which proved a very difficult but close event with only 10 seconds between 1st and 2nd place. The last event was a 20-minute As Many Rounds As Possible (AMRAP) circuit which involved 20 reps of box over jumps, burpees, 20k Calories ski and 4 rope climbs as a team, once complete you would
Pre-beasting brief before the BAWF event 20 craftsmaneditor@reme-rhq.org.uk
