NSCnews Online September, 2016 | Page 49

The Commander’s TROPHY CROSS COUNTRY V ETERAN runner CAPT Simon O’Regan made a significant sacrifice to win the Brigade cross country event for the sixth consecutive year... he shaved. It wasn’t the sort of commitment Olympic swimmers make in that department, but the evidence of a three-month long service break with his young family - the beard - had to go. It was the eighth time he has won the event. The main pack halfway round the cross country course... special sunglasses make you go faster with no pain SEPTEMBER 2016 | 49