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Sport

INDOOR ROWING
Rowers in own league

Battle royale at Cosford FIXTURES 2019:

PULL TOGETHER: Main and
left, action from the indoor event.
PHOTOS: Sarah Jones, RAF Cosford
Photo Section.

A SECOND place finish for Team selected to enter the World Indoor ANGLING
Brize A was the reward at the Championships 2020 held in Paris
The association is looking to No charity shown by Service winners
Service’s indoor rowers from the in February.
recent indoor championships at
Cosford. launch an online indoor rowing
The championships featured league during the summer.
three different disciplines over one Matt Tarrant, GB indoor rower,
mile, 500 metres and a 10-minute presented awards after the day’s
timed event. action, which saw Army rower L/
In a field of more than 60, Cpl Stuart Elvin win the men’s
competitors including RAF, one-mile race, with Fg Off Aaron
Navy, Army and UAS personnel Broad ( Linton-On-Ouse) coming
battled it out for medals and second.
also for spots in the proposed In the women’s event SAC
RAF team to enter the British Hannah Nook (Brize) took
indoors again in December. first with OC Jemima Burgess
From that event a team will be (BUAS) coming second.

Sports Lottery
12 April 2019

1st Prize SAC(T) Hayes Ticket no. 296428 £10,000
2nd Prize SAC Wright Ticket no. 399382 £5,000

3rd Prize Flt Lt Farrar Ticket no. 218227 £3,000
4th Prize Cpl Jones Ticket no. 417419 £1,000

5th Prize Awaiting Contact Ticket no. 935277 £1,000
6th Prize SAC Smith Ticket no. 916544 £1,000 THAMES WATERS’ Walthamstow Reservoirs was ones there were going to SAC(T) Jarvis, who could
the setting for the RAF Carp Team versus Indee Rose not hold on to them due to snagging of lines, or as he
7th Prize Awaiting Contact Ticket no. 978385 £1,000 Trust charity angling match, with the IRT team headed brought them to net. He finally secured his second fish
by ex-Olympian Dean Macey. and the fourth of the match at 24lb.
8th Prize Mr Alexander Ticket no. 843870 £1,000 The RAFs finest anglers faced five paired contests The last night proved uneventful for both RAF and
over 48-hours at the historic North London venue. Indee Rose Trust anglers with only unwanted and in
9th Prize Sgt Sheffield Ticket no. 257169 £1,000 Cold conditions greeted the anglers and it took some cases specimen-sized Bream tipping the scales
until early evening for the first catch to be recorded. to over 14lb.
10th Prize Sgt Grey Ticket no. 375407 £1,000 SAC(T) Tom Jarvis, hooked a personal best 23lb 08oz By first light another Carp showed up, this time
fish. It was the first and last fish for the opening day. falling to RAF angler Emerys Sampson, a large Mirror
It wasn’t until the early hours of the next morning Carp weighing in at 32lb.
that the sound of alarms echoed around the lake, with With only hours of the match left could the Indee
two carp being caught by RAF angler Tom Berrisford, Rose Trust team pull something out of the bag to
For further information visit: with a 23lb 04oz hook. clinch victory from defeat? The answer was no, as
The second carp was caught by Indee Rose Trust event organiser SAC(T) Danny Walmsley bagged a
rafcf.org.uk angler Ray Rutter, tipping the scales at 26lb and 08oz. huge 37lb Common Carp to seal the win.
Once again, the catches almost stopped, with the The event raised more than £2800 for the charity.