RAF Halton Hosts UK Armed Forces Boxing Championships

Cpl Baxter-Leggett, WaSP, RTS

RAF Halton was selected to host the 2022 Inter Services Boxing

Championships on 16 Mar 22, an event that provides opportunity for boxers from all three services to compete in a single boxing event with boxers competing for individual trophies and an overall service winner.

The RAF Boxing club committee overcame a myriad of challenges in order to deliver what has been commented upon as a first-class event and resounding success, raising the profile of the Stn across the Tri-service community and in the public domain.

Despite the RAF’s best result in over three decades, the Army came away with overall victory, with the RAF in a close second. A fantastic result given the gulf that has existed in previous years. Boxers from the RAF now eagerly anticipate the next Triservice event later in the year to improve upon this result.

The event took place in the Initial Force Protection Training hangar, hosted approx. 400 guests and was lived streamed on BFBS. The event received praise from Major General Hamilton (Army) and Brigadier Tanner (RM) via the Stn Cdr in a formal letter of recognition of the success of the event.