Riflemen from 1 Rifles took on a gruelling 24-hour fitness challenge to bring in the new year, starting on New Year’s Eve and finishing on New Year’s Day, raising money for the Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) and Care For Casualties.
To show respect for 1 Rifles’ fallen men, they made 14 workouts of the day (WOD), one for each of the fallen heroes, and completed one every hour on the hour to raise money for the charities.
We decided to raise money for the Down’s Syndrome Association as it is personal to me as my nephew has Down’s syndrome. Beau is one this month and has already been through so much. He’s spent most of his year of life in and out of hospital. He’s had to have an operation on his heart and seeing my brother and his partner and three other boys (Dean, Helena, Reece, Kitt-Franky and Jaxx) stressed, worried and helpless made me want to raise awareness and funds for a charity to help.
We also decided that we would raise money for the Rifles Care For Casualties as it has helped a couple of the lads.
Completing the challenge felt great, especially when we only set out to raise £1,000 to split between the two charities. As the event was being live streamed on Facebook, the money was going up to over £2500.
Lcpl Lee Pettinger, 1 Rifles
5 Rfn – 24hrs of WODs. 1 WOD, on the hour, every hour. Well in to the second WOD already. Please go on the GoFund Me page in the comments for full details. #ThinkingRifleman @7thRats @1UKDivision @FdArmyComdSM pic.twitter.com/fEQh4GmCU4
— CO 1 RIFLES (@1Rifles_CO) December 31, 2021
Five main Riflemen took part in the 24 hourr event: Cpl Lowen-Davis, Lcpl Pettinger, Lcpl Howatson, Lcpl Row, Rfn Archer, however other Riflemen took part and showed their support throughout.
You can still sponsor 1 Rifles here.
A huge thank you to everyone from 1 Rifles who took part – we couldn’t do what we do without your support
Below is the breakdown of the reps and movements in the 24-hour period (each Rifleman).
- Burpee box jumps 442
- Burpees (weights included) 583
- Air Squats 441
- Jumping Squats 41
- Sit ups 889
- Hand release Press ups 786
- Press ups 289
- Thrusters 139
- Lunges 276
- Jumping lunges 588
- Mountain Climbers 232
- Pull ups 323
- Wall balls 60
- Plate GTOH 133
- Hanging Leg raises 133
- Box Jumps 390
- Run 34 miles
The fallen Riflemen and the order they showed respect:
09:00 – Rfn Jamie Gunn
10:00 – Rfn Martin Lamb
11:00 – Cpl Richard Robinson
12:00 – CSjt Kev Fortuna
13:00 – Rfn Stuart Nash
14:00 – Lcpl Paul Upton
15:00 – Lt Daniel Clack
16:00 – Sjt Chris Reed
17:00 – Lcpl Jonathan Mckinlay
18:00 – Cpl Stephen Thompson
19:00 – Cpl Tom Gaden
20:00 – Cpl Daniel Nield
21:00 – Cpl Mark Anthony Palin
22:00 – Lcpl Stephen Kingscott
23:00 – Rfn Jamie Gunn
00:01 – Rfn Martin Lamb
01:00 – Cpl Richard Robinson
02:00 – CSjt Kev Fortuna
03:00 – Rfn Stuart Nash
04:00 – Lcpl Paul Upton
05:00 – Lt Daniel Clack
06:00 – Sjt Chris Reed
07:00 – Lcpl Jonathan Mckinlay
08:00 – Cpl Stephen Thompson