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Army Operation Shooting Competition 2019
20th June 2019
The Brigade of Gurkhas again excelled at the Army Operational Shooting Competition (AOSC) 2019 known as the Bisley Shooting Competition. This is the biggest shooting competition in the British Army, held annually at the Bisley Camp in Pirbright, Surrey.
Shooting teams take part not only from across the British Army but also a number of International Military Teams participate. This year’s AOSC was held on Thursday 20th June 2018 and Brigade of Gurkhas performed extremely well in the competition.
The Queen’s Medal winner
The best shot prize is the Queen’s Medal which was won by Corporal Subash Rai 2 Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) who was carried on a chair in the traditional manner by senior officers including Colonel Brigade of Gurkhas.
Regular Army Queen Medal Competition and Unit Service Weapons Team Championship. Individual Prizes.
The winner of the Cheylesmore Cup – Private (Pte) Upendra Gurung, 10 Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment (QOGLR)
The winner of the Roupell Cup – Corporal (Cpl) Dhan Ghale, 1 RGR
The winner of the Henry Whitehead Cup and the Association Cup – Cpl Kumar Gurung, Queen’s Gurkha Engineers (QGE), 36 Engineer Regiment
The winner of the Roberts Cup – Lance Corporal (LCpl) Amrit Gurung, 2 RGR
The winner of the Far East LF Cup – Rifleman (Rfn) Ashish Gurung, 1 RGR
The winner of the Western Command Cup – LCpl Resham Pun, Queen’s Gurkha Signal (QG Signals), 30 Signal Regiment
The winner of the Malta Cup – Rfn Yugal Gurung, 2 RGR
The winner of the Graham Trophy, a large presentation Khukri and the Worcestershire Cup – LCpl Sagar Somare
The winner of the Graham Trophy, The Bullock Trophy and Large presentation Khukri – Cpl Subash Rai
The winner of the Young soldier Challenge Cup – Rfn Milan Buduja Pun, 1 RGR
The winner of the Manchester Regiment Cup – LCpl Sagar Somare, 1 RGR
The winner of the ARA Bronze Jewel – Cpl Dhan Ghale, 1 RGR
The winner of the ARA Silver Jewel – Rfn Nishal Thapa, 1 RGR
The winner of the ARA Gold Jewel – Cpl Subash Rai, 2 RGR
Team Prizes
The winners of the KRRC Cup, the Coronation Cup, The RASC Cup, The Eastern Comd Cup and the Malta Challenge Cup – 1 RGR
The winners of the Royal Irish Cup, The Britannia Trophy and the Parachute Regiment Cup – 2 RGR
The winners of the 6th QEO Gurkha Rifles Trophy – 10 QOGLR
Overall Unit Champions 2019: The Winner of the Dunlop Trophy – 1 RGR
Top 100
57 shooters out of 100 were Gurkhas who will all receive an Army 100 badge – a significant number.