Royal Navy Field Gun Competition - Results 1947-1999

Field Gun Crews competed for a series of trophies at the Royal Tournament. The three main trophies were the Interport Challenge Cup, Aggregate Time Challenge Cup and Fastest Time Cup. In addition, the Pusser’s Rum Trophy was presented to the crew incurring the lowest number of penalty points during the competition and the Copenhagen Cup was presented to the B Crew who obtained the most points during their competitive runs at the Tournament.

Interport Challenge Cup – Presented to the crew who obtained the highest number of points during the competition at the Royal Tournament. (2 points for a win, 1.5 for a tie, 1 for a loss and 0 for a disqualification)

Aggregate Time Challenge Cup – Presented to the crew having the lowest aggregate time for the competition runs at the Tournament. (12 runs per crew 1947-60, 16 runs 1961-1992, 14 runs 1993-1998, 16 runs 1999).

Fastest Time Cup – Presented to the crew achieving the fastest official time during the competition.

The winners of the three main trophies in the post war era are listed below*:

Year	Inter Command Challenge	Aggragate Time Challenge Cup	Fastest Time
1947	Devonport	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1948	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1949	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fleet Air Arm
1950	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1951	Devonport	Devonport	Chatham
1952	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1953	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1954	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1955	Devonport/Portsmouth	Devonport	Devonport
1956	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1957	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1958	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1959	Devonport/Fleet Air Arm	Devonport	Fleet Air Arm
1960	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1961	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Portsmouth/Fleet Air Arm
1962	Fleet Air Arm	Devonport	Fleet Air Arm
1963	Devonport	Devonport	Fleet Air Arm
1964	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1965	Devonport/Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Devonport
1966	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1967	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Devonport
1968	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1969	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1970	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1971	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1972	Fleet Air Arm/Portsmouth	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1973	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Portsmouth
1974	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Portsmouth
1975	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1976	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Portsmouth/Fleet Air Arm
1977	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1978	Devonport/Portsmouth	Devonport	Devonport
1979	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1980	Devonport	Portsmouth	Devonport
1981	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1982	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1983	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1984	Fleet Air Arm/Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1985	Devonport	Devonport	Fleet Air Arm
1986	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1987	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1988	Fleet Air Arm	Devonport	Fleet Air Arm
1989	Devonport	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1990	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1991	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1992	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1993	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1994	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1995	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm
1996	Devonport	Devonport	Fleet Air Arm
1997	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Portsmouth
1998	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport
1999	Devonport	Devonport	Devonport

*With thanks to the Portsmouth Field Gunners Association

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