2009 INTER-SERVICES RESULTS

Published: 10/05/2011

  

23-27 FEBRUARY – KÖNIGSSEE, BAVARIA

The 2009 Inter-Services Luge Championships were held for the first time in Königssee, near Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. This track is fast, and designed for luge, with some very high-G bends, so it presented a real challenge for the Service-teams, which were fresh from the single-Service races the previous week in Igls, Austria. All three Services rose tremendously to the challenge, and we had the most exciting and unpredictable championships for many years. Once again, the pressure was on the RAF to defend its 2007/08 title, and this time the Royal Navy team were also pressing them hard in practice. The track proved too hard for a couple of competitors, although fortunately injuries were limited to some stitches in a chin and a very sore ankle! The Inter-Services race was a nail-biter. After the first of two runs, the Army team was almost out of contention after a crash by its top racer. In the end, the RAF team’s consistency won them the Championship, with the Navy coming very creditable runners-up. In spite of a fight-back, the Army came last.

Inter-Services Championships 2008/2009
Team Champions: RAF
2nd: RN and RM
3rd: Army

Overall Individual Inter-Services Champion
NA (AH) Ann Edwards RN

Men’s Individual
1st  Sgt Stu Foster RAF
2nd Pte Henry Foulkes QRL / Army

Women’s Individual
1st NA (AH) Ann Edwards RN
2nd LCpl Ann-Maria Parkinson AGS(SPS) / Army