CO's Cup - Superstars

Cpl Tommy ‘Godders’ Godfrey, PEd Flt

PEd conducted the second CO’s Cup event of the year. The Superstars event was hosted at the Burnett

Gym and was a fitnessbased event comprising of 11 exercise stations and a maximum of 10 participants per team. This was a timed event where the clock would stop when the team had completed all 11 exercise stations. The fastest completed elapsed time for all element’s wins; no more than two teams were racing at any one time.

The exercises included a 1.1km bike, 50 press ups and a mad med ball dash. A time penalty would be given if a team was to pass on one of the exercise stations. CTS and Trg Wg were the first teams to take part, both teams worked extremely hard, and it was close throughout. Approaching the final event, the event was “neck and neck”. CTS won their race in 12 mins 33 seconds just 3 seconds in front of Trg Wg. Next to take part was RTS - IFPT and Support Wg. All events were completed with no time penalties being awarded, RTS-IFPT beat Support Wg completing the event in 11 mins 26 seconds.

The final two teams to go head 2 head, RTS- Henderson and Lodger Teams. The whistle blew to start the race and the energy was electric from both teams determined to win. Lodger Teams took a slight lead but RTS – Henderson came back strong. The race came down to the last event, Med Ball Shuttles, and both teams finished the race in a time of 9 mins 41 seconds! This meant that the winner needed to be decided by a 250m row off: Jamie Bennell and Dave Richards were nominated to take on the challenge. In a close battle, the Lodger Team completed the time in 38 seconds crowning Lodger Units overall winners, just beating RTS Henderson by tiny 0.8 seconds. Gp Capt Garwood presented the trophy and thanked all teams for taking part, making it a successful event. The next event is Unihoc and the final battle will take place in Dec with a Christmas Quiz; which section will finish on top?

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