Forsaking his beloved wind instruments, session musician Mick Allgood aimed to hit a high note with the young and not so young members of Dhekelia Garrison by demonstrating the art of bowmanship recently.
The former Royal Anglian, a qualified archery instructor, aimed to use a...

 So far this year, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education course (DARE), a 10 week life-skills education programme designed to provide students with the relevant skills and knowledge in order to help them make informed choices regarding drug use, has been delivered to two fifth year classes at...

Children from across the British Forces Cyprus community have been honing their football skills over the past week thanks to professional coaches from Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.
In the WSBA, 60 children from both Akrotiri and Episkopi have benefited from the...

 For many people, running a marathon remains a goal that will elude them for life despite their best intentions but for one man, Corporal Chris Moss from the Cyprus Joint Police Unit, running one marathon was never going to be enough to get his blood pumping.
Chris, an extremely fit and...

 Veteran television actor Martin Clunes visited the Akrotiri Saddle Club recently in his role as the president of the British Horse Society to officially recognise the outstanding achievements of the club over the past 12 months.
Clunes, who is perhaps best known for his part in the...

 The Sovereign Base Area Administration Area Office in Akrotiri has recently donated nearly 1000 frozen meals to the Infants Welfare Association in Limassol, which gives food and supplies to poor families and children on island.
The meals, which were originally intended for in-flight...

Group Captain Barrie Thomson officially handed over the reigns as station commander of RAF Akrotiri On January 25 and has now taken up a new post in defence equipment and support at Abbey Wood in the UK.
Group Captain Thomson was only half-way through his current posting but after receiving...

 By Henry Bojdys
Dhekelia Joint Services Golf Club Captain Si Ellis decided to lead from the front when he decided to hold his Captain’s Fund Raiser recently.
After a bit of research Si chose the Dhekelia Youth Club and the Dhekelia junior rugby club run by Lt Col Pat Burns, the...

 Words: Kristian Gray
Images: Dave Blackburn
Super League Champions Leeds Rhinos finished a week long training camp at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Wednesday and coach Bran McDermott, a former Royal Marine himself, was quick to praise the British Forces for its help over the past...

 It’s the halfway point between RAF Brize Norton and Camp Bastion, and getting troops from A to B (Akrotiri to Bastion) is the one of the crucial roles fulfilled by personnel on the RAF’s base in Cyprus. But RAF Akrotiri is more than just a strategic staging post in the Mediterranean; it is...