At 2330 on 20 Jul 2009 5 teams left the beach at Dover to race to France.  The main race was the Inter-Service event beteen the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force and there were also teams present from Battle Back (an organisation for personnel injured on Operations) and from Welsh University Army Cadets.

The Navy Team consisted on Chris Bumby, Alister Witt, Gemma Howells, Steve Berry, Nic Vaughan and Caitlin O'Malley.  The race was a very close affair but the Royal Navy managed to keep themselves in front from the start to win in a time of 10 hours 5 mins, followed by the Army in 10 hours 20 mins and the Royal Air Force in 10 hours 30 mins.  The University team finished in 13 hours 5 mins and the Battle Back team (the real heroes of the day) finished in 13 hours and 21 mins.

The next event is planned to take place in 2011.

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