An earlier entry in this blog titled; ” The West Point Boys” tells of three young cadets from the fabled U.S. Miitary Academy at West Point.
Every major country has its’ own military academy. France has the Ecole Speciale de Militaire de Saint-Cyr; the Netherlands has the Koninklijke Military Academy and Canada has its Royal Military College (RMC) Kingston. The list goes on.
Perhaps thre most famous is the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, UK.
Which brings us to the Sandhurst Cup. It’s a trophy awarded in a competition (doing soldierly things) to the top team from over 30 nations around the world. It began in the 1960′s as a competition between Sandhurst and West Point but over the years other nations have vied for the cup.
The competition takes place over an obstacle course of seven miles with each country entering two teams of nine cadets and each team has a reserve of seven alternates in case of injury.
Part of the course involves building a rope bridge across an obstacle. It is a tough and gruelling race.
Anyhow, the 2007 Cup was won by the Royal Military College, Kingston, CANADA! So if anyone wants to claim the 2008 cup, they’ll have to come and wrest it from RMC – because we’re number one!
You will no doubt have heard that this year’s competition(2008) was won by Sandhurst (RMAS) whose two teams finished 1st and second!