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The [[Field Gun Run]] was a tribute to the [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy’s]] action in the relief of [[Ladysmith]] during the [[Boer War]] in 1899, when cannons from HMS ''Powerful'' and ''Terrible'' were hauled to Ladysmith by the ship's [[Naval Brigade]] to defend the town against the Boer attack. On returning to [[Great Britain|Britain]], the men of the Naval Brigade paraded the guns through [[London]] and demonstrated their actions at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament. The first competition place at the Royal Tournament in 1907.<ref>''The Field Gun Run'' [http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_gun_run.htm Royal Naval Museum]. Accessed 7 January 2008.</ref>  The competition involved teams from Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) [[Portsmouth]], HMNB [[Devonport]] and the [[Fleet Air Arm]]. Teams from [[Chatham]] dockyard and the [[Corps of Royal Marines|Royal Marines]] also occasionally competed. It has been described as ''"trying to achieve an almost impossible task in a ridiculously short time with too few men on an unsuitable track"'', and ''"the toughest mans' team sport in the world"''.<ref>''Field Gun'' [http://www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk/page.aspx?id=191 Wellington College]. Accessed 7 January 2008.</ref><ref>''Portsmouth Action Field Gun'' [http://www.portsmouthactionfieldgun2001.co.uk/ PAFG]. Accessed 7 January 2008.</ref> The last official competition took place in August 1999, afer which the Ministry of Defence axed the event due to budgetary constraints. In 2001 the sport was resurrected by ex-field gunners and civilians who wanted to prove a civilian field gun crew had the ability to perform competitive field gun runs using the same drill, the same equipment, and over the same course as their Royal Naval former gunners did for a hundred years.<ref>''Portsmouth Action Field Gun'' op cit.</ref>

The [[Field Gun Run]] was a tribute to the [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy’s]] action in the relief of [[Ladysmith]] during the [[Boer War]] in 1899, when cannons from HMS ''Powerful'' and ''Terrible'' were hauled to Ladysmith by the ship's [[Naval Brigade]] to defend the town against the Boer attack. On returning to [[Great Britain|Britain]], the men of the Naval Brigade paraded the guns through [[London]] and demonstrated their actions at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament. The first competition place at the Royal Tournament in 1907.<ref>''The Field Gun Run'' [http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_gun_run.htm Royal Naval Museum]. Accessed 7 January 2008.</ref>  The competition involved teams from Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) [[Portsmouth]], HMNB [[Devonport]] and the [[Fleet Air Arm]]. Teams from [[Chatham]] dockyard and the [[Corps of Royal Marines|Royal Marines]] also occasionally competed. It has been described as ''"trying to achieve an almost impossible task in a ridiculously short time with too few men on an unsuitable track"'', and ''"the toughest mans' team sport in the world"''.<ref>''Field Gun'' [http://www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk/page.aspx?id=191 Wellington College]. Accessed 7 January 2008.</ref><ref>''Portsmouth Action Field Gun'' [http://www.portsmouthactionfieldgun2001.co.uk/ PAFG]. Accessed 7 January 2008.</ref> The last official competition took place in August 1999, afer which the Ministry of Defence axed the event due to budgetary constraints. In 2001 the sport was resurrected by ex-field gunners and civilians who wanted to prove a civilian field gun crew had the ability to perform competitive field gun runs using the same drill, the same equipment, and over the same course as their Royal Naval former gunners did for a hundred years.<ref>''Portsmouth Action Field Gun'' op cit.</ref>