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An Israeli soldier arranges red paratroopers berets, to be handed out to soldiers who completed an overnight march, during a ceremony at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem February 20, 2012.
Israeli Paratroopers during a demonstration of weapons and equipment for visiting Israeli School Children – 15th December 2011
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli Soldiers from a number of Different Infantry Brigades training with the TOW Anti-Tank Missile System – 3rd October 2011
Israeli soldiers listen to instructions before taking part in a military drill at the army's Urban Warfare Training Center in Tzeelim, southern Israel, on May 7, 2012.
Photo: DAVID BUIMOVITCH
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli Paratroopers during a demonstration of weapons and equipment for visiting Israeli School Children – 15th December 2011
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Yahalom Unit Exercise
Special unit of the Corps of Engineers, Yahalom, held a demonstration exercise at the urban warfare facility – 4th March 2012
Yahalom unit is the most elite unit of the Engineering Corps and one of the IDF's elite units. This is the professional body that provides a solution for operational purposes in sabotage, bomb disposal, dealing with the threat of tunnels and the like.
Photos: Ftian Ibrahim - IDF Spokesman Unit
Photos of Paddy and Clive preparing a large ichthyosaur recently discovered during work on the sea defences at Lyme Regis. The reconstructed skeleton is shown mounted on the geology gallery wall at Lyme Regis Museum.
Mother left (1919-2013)
Friend Jean Douglas (hairdresser), both from Dundee, Scotland.
Building I am certain was part of WW2 coastal defence system.
Picture taken by Jean's husband, Adam Wolanski - a Pole. They shortly emigrated to Canada. They did not have wooden children as the popular joke going around Dundee post-WW2, inferred.
Israeli Defence Force officer cadets from the Geffen Battalion at Training Base 1 during a field training exercise - storming straight into thorny bushes and dense vegetation, preparing them for the anything they may encounter in the next conflict – January 2012
Wearing the uniforms of the times , from L-R : Michelle wearing the garb of the 50's from Korea , sister Olga Anguson in her Second World War uniform , she is all of 98 years of age , bless her , and the lass to the right is wearing a uniform from the late 60's early 70's at the time of the Vietnam war .
ANZAC Day 2015
Celebrating 100Th Anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli
Anzac Square . Brisbane
High Representative and Vice-President Federica Mogherini visits the Eunavfor Med Headquarters in Rome
Left to right: Major General Jeronim Bazo (Chief of Defence, Albania) with General Curtis Scaparrotti (Supreme Allied Commander Europe)
Israeli Soldiers from a number of Different Infantry Brigades training with the TOW Anti-Tank Missile System – 3rd October 2011
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Castle Hill at Almondbury has been the site of a settlement since around 2100 BC. Defences were built during the Iron Age starting with a single rampart but significant upgrades were made in the decades that followed. A fire gutted the site around 400 BC and it was then abandoned until the Normans built a motte-and-bailey in the eleventh century.
History
Castle Hill, Almondbury stands over 300 metres above sea level and dominates the Holme Valley just south of its confluence with the River Colne. The latter was a key artery of trade and communication since prehistoric times and connected the site to the Peak District, Lancashire and beyond. For this reason it has been occupied for thousands of years with the earliest settlers using the site during the Neolithic (4000 BC to 2500 BC) period. Use continued during the Bronze (2500 BC to 800 BC) then Iron (800 BC to AD 43) Ages and around the seventh century BC the site was first fortified with the construction of a single rampart enclosing an area of around 5 acres. This univallate hillfort was upgraded in the sixth century BC into a multivallate (multiple rampart) configuration when a ditch was dug external to the existing defences and the spoil used to create a new rampart. Further upgrades were made in the late sixth century BC with the addition of another ditch and the defences were also extended to the north-east effectively doubling the size of the original enclosure.
By the Fifth Century BC the hillfort was occupied by the Brigantes tribe and undoubtedly was an important site as substantial upgrades were made to the hillfort's defences. The main rampart was revetted in stone which was held in place with timber frames. An outwork, one of the earliest examples of its kind, replaced a simple in-turned entrance. The outer ditch was also enhanced and converted into a deep V-shaped trench. The site was once thought to have been Camulodunum, a tribal centre of the Brigantes tribe during the Roman-era that was mentioned in Ptolemy's Geography. However archaeological investigation has now confirmed the settlement was destroyed by fire circa-400 BC and was thereafter abandoned long before the Romans arrived. It remained unoccupied for the next 1,500 years.
Following the Norman Conquest, an earth and timber motte-and-bailey fortification was built by Ilbert de Lacy. He had been granted extensive lands in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire with the latter including the Honour of Pontefract. Almondbury formed part of his estate and he constructed the castle as part of his efforts to secure control of the region. The proximity of the River Colne was probably the key factor here although building such a fortification within a former hill fort was unusual as, although such sites were naturally strong, they lacked the political impact of being built overlooking an existing settlement. The castle re-used the existing Iron Age earthworks but further ditches were excavated to create three separate enclosures for the motte and two baileys. The Outer Bailey was used for an associated settlement which grew up to serve the castle. King Stephen granted Henry de Lacy a licence to crenellate in the early-twelfth century and this probably reflected the partial rebuilding of the structure in stone.
The castle was abandoned in the late thirteenth century, probably due to its exposed and impractical location, and was reported as ruinous by 1320. Nevertheless the attached settlement continued and was still occupied in the fifteenth century. After the settlement was abandoned, Castle Hill remained unoccupied although the site's dominant position meant beacons were periodically placed here (including one to warn of the Spanish Armada). A public house was built on the hill in the nineteenth century and in 1897 a large folly, Victoria Tower, was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Silver Jubilee. During WWII an anti-aircraft battery was installed on the site.
Israeli soldiers evacuate a soldier during an exercise at the Shizafon army base, in the Negev Desert north of the southern city of Eilat, on January 31, 2012.
Phoro: JACK GUEZ
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli soldiers evacuate a soldier during an exercise at the Shizafon army base, in the Negev Desert north of the southern city of Eilat, on January 31, 2012.
Photos: JACK GUEZ
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Winning form returns against CIYMS
by Roger Corbett
In this important fixture, it was Bangor who took the victory against CIYMS by 22-5 resulting in the two sides swapping places in the league.
Bangor got the game underway, kicking off into a stiff breeze. Within 3 minutes, Bangor conceded the first penalty of the game, which CIYMS elected to kick for goal, but failed to convert. The Bangor back line looked sharp, with Davy Charles coming in from full back to break the CIYMS line and set up a promising attack. James Henly came close but the CIYMS defence was sound.
The Bangor pack had seen a number of changes as the result of ongoing injury problems, but it performed well in both scrum and lineout set pieces. In fact it was from a lineout after just 9 minutes that the ball was cleanly won and passed quickly to Jason Morgan at out half, who produced another great line to wrong foot the CIYMS defence and ghost in to score under the posts. The conversion was successfully taken by Neil Cuthbertson, putting Bangor into the lead by 7-0.
This gave Bangor the boost they needed, and they continued to dominate play. After a further 6 minutes, from a scrum just inside the CIYMS half, scrum half Craig Harper passed to Morgan who then off-loaded to Mike Aspley in the centre. Although tackled, he managed to get the ball to Phil Whyte who had followed up from propping in the scrum. Drawing the defending tacklers, he then passed to flanker James Henly who burst through to run in unopposed for Bangor’s second try under the posts. Again, the simple kick was converted by Cuthbertson, doubling the lead to 14-0.
CIYMS responded well, using the wind advantage wisely to bring play repeatedly back into Bangor’s territory, but mistakes at crucial periods of play denied them any meaningful scoring opportunities. Bangor, on the other hand, stuck to their plan and continued to apply pressure. This soon forced CIYMS to concede a kickable penalty, which Cuthbertson converted to increase the lead to 17-0 after 23 minutes of play.
However, just 3 minutes later, the referee showed the yellow card to captain Jamie Clegg after he was judged to have deliberately knocked on the ball while defending a CIYMS attack. From the subsequent penalty, CIYMS passed the ball wide to the left and made a push for the line. What looked like a certain try was prevented by great Bangor defending, as they managed to hold the ball up and win the turnover.
Within minutes of Clegg’s return from the sin bin, the circumstances that led to his penalty were repeated, this time by Jason Morgan who similarly was shown the referee’s yellow card. From this penalty, the CIYMS players didn’t make the same mistake as before, and finally managed to touch down for a try in the left hand corner. The difficult kick was missed, but CIYMS were now on the scoreboard, reducing Bangor’s lead to 17-5 as the first half drew to a close.
As the teams turned around and CIYMS got the second half underway, hopes were high that Bangor would build on their first half tries and use the wind to keep their opponents pinned down in their own twenty two. However, it’s fair to say that CIYMS came out the stronger and frustrated Bangor’s attacks, while moving the ball through their backs with more purpose and accuracy.
It was not until 30 minutes had been played that the second half deadlock was broken. From a long CIYMS clearance kick, the ball was safely taken by Harper inside his own half. Two long and quickly made passes, saw the ball move via Jason Morgan to Davy Charles whose pace was too much for the thinly spread CIYMS defence. Running wide, he rounded the final CIYMS players to score on the right hand side. Cuthbertson’s kick was just wide of the posts, but Bangor were now 3 tries to the good, and within sight of another bonus point victory.
However, just 2 minutes later, and with CIYMS moving back into Bangor territory, the game produced another sting for the home side. In his attempt to intercept a long CIYMS pass, he knocked the ball forward and stopped the CIYMS attack. The referee deemed this to be deliberate once again and produced a second yellow card which in turn led to a red card, and Morgan was to take no further part in the game. Stung by this set-back, and with just 8 minutes remaining, Bangor re-grouped and wisely focussed on defending their lead and denying CIYMS any further scoring chances. This they did, and as the final whistle was blown, they could celebrate a return to winning ways, and a return to their previously held 3rd position in the league.
This was an encouraging team performance that should give added confidence as the players now set their sights on the first round of the Towns Cup (next weekend, at home to City of Derry 2nds), followed by a challenging journey to league leaders Clogher Valley in the league afterwards.
Bangor side: P Whyte, A Jackson, J Leary (J Harrison), A Rushe, D Kelly, J Henly, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Harper, J Morgan, M Widdowson, M Aspley, C Morgan (G Caughey), N Cuthbertson, D Charles
Subs: J Harrison, G Caughey
Bangor scores: J Morgan (1T), J Henly (1T), D Charles (1T), N Cuthbertson (2C, 1P)
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
28 - 31 2016 at Naqueri Quiton Bitul Goa
Aerobatic show
air show
Helicopter
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Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli Soldiers from a number of Different Infantry Brigades training with the TOW Anti-Tank Missile System – 3rd October 2011
Israeli Paratroopers during a demonstration of weapons and equipment for visiting Israeli School Children – 15th December 2011
Israeli Army Recruits for the Armoured Corps Recon units from Palsar 7 and Palsar 401 during Joint training - 2012