Team Forces

10/10/2026

🎯 A First-Class Finish to Our Clay Shooting Season!

On Wednesday, we rounded off our 2026 clay shooting season in style at the impressive E.J. Churchill Shooting Ground, set within the beautiful West Wycombe Estate.

Despite another soggy start, the skies eventually cleared for a fantastic day that brought together our MOD guests and defence industry partners.

The team at E.J. Churchill looked after us superbly, with exceptional hospitality and outstanding food throughout the day.

The flurry shooting format is always a favourite. With the right mix of friendly competition, teamwork, and plenty of time to chat between rounds, it's a great way to bring people together, whatever their shooting experience.

There were some impressive performances, plenty of laughter and a few rather different prizes handed out along the way! 🏆

Huge thanks to Exponential -E for partnering with us, to everyone who joined, and to the wonderful E.J. Churchill team for looking after us so well.

A lovely way to finish our clay shooting events for the year!

09/10/2026

06/10/2026

Last weekend, our Events Organiser, Verity Eastman, took part in a Forces Wives Challenge weekend in Devon — wearing two hats! Here’s what she had to say:

“As the wife of a veteran Welsh Guardsman, I was there as one of the women taking part, but also wearing my Team Forces hat.

I head up our UK events, bringing sponsors and the Armed Forces community together, but rarely get to experience first-hand the difference our sponsors’ support makes.

This weekend showed me just why Forces Wives Challenge is so valuable to current and veteran military spouses — bringing women together, building confidence, creating friendships and encouraging everyone to take on a challenge, whatever that looks like.

Our challenge took us around Burgh Island and along the beautiful South Devon coast. By the end of the weekend I’d clocked up 52,000 steps — and my knees certainly knew about it!

But challenge isn’t about being the fittest or fastest. It’s about stepping outside your routine, trying something different and encouraging each other along the way.

With life normally a constant juggle of work, children and everything else, having time outdoors just for me — to walk, talk and think — was rather special.

There was also a lovely full-circle moment. Three of the women were friends from my very first married posting in Colchester in 2010. Sixteen years later, we were walking the Devon coast together!

I came home tired, but with more headspace, new friendships, old ones rekindled and a much deeper appreciation of the impact of this support.”

A big thank you to our Team Forces sponsors, whose generosity helps us support organisations like Forces Wives Challenge and create opportunities like this for the Armed Forces community.

02/10/2026

We’re delighted to celebrate ARX Robotics UK's support as a Silver Sponsor of Team Forces.

Their support is helping us enable opportunities for serving personnel, veterans and their families through sport, challenge and adventure - helping people build resilience, strengthen wellbeing and develop confidence.

One fantastic example is the Ranger Everest Expedition, supported by ARX Robotics UK, which saw nine Rangers successfully summit Mount Everest earlier this year. An extraordinary achievement that demonstrated teamwork, determination and resilience at the highest level.

Find out more about ARX Robotics UK’s support for Team Forces and the Ranger Everest Expedition in our latest news story
https://teamforces.org/2026/10/02/arx-2026/

Thank you to ARX Robotics UK for helping us make these opportunities possible.
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01/10/2026

28/09/2026

Team Forces is proud to support Defence Darts with a grant, helping create opportunities for serving personnel and veterans to come together through sport, competition, and shared experience.

Darts is a great example of how sport can bring people together - developing confidence, connection and camaraderie while providing an accessible way to compete and be part of a team.

We're delighted to play our part in helping Defence Darts grow its reach and create more opportunities across the Armed Forces community.

A big thank you to everyone involved in making the programme happen, and to the Team Forces sponsors whose support through our Good Causes Fund helps us continue enabling activities like this.

Read the full story below::point_down:
https://teamforces.org/2026/09/25/defence-darts-2026/

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27/09/2026

Dell Technologies and AMD join forces as Team Forces Platinum Sponsors

Team Forces is proud to celebrate Dell Technologies’ continued commitment to supporting the Armed Forces community, alongside the welcome addition of its partner AMD to its Team Forces membership.

Dell Technologies has been a valued Team Forces partner since 2015, and its continued support has helped Team Forces enable opportunities for serving personnel, veterans and their families through the power of sport, challenge and adventure.

As Dell Technologies and AMD join forces within their Team Forces membership, their combined support will contribute to a broad range of opportunities across the Armed Forces community – from elite and representative sport to adventurous challenges and activities that help build confidence, resilience and wellbeing.

Over more than a decade of partnership, Dell Technologies has played an important role in extending the reach and impact of the opportunities Team Forces can enable. The addition of AMD strengthens this long-standing relationship and provides another opportunity to support people across the Armed Forces community.

Maj Gen Lamont Kirkland CBE, CEO of Team Forces, said: “We are incredibly grateful to Dell Technologies for its continued support of Team Forces and delighted to welcome AMD as part of their Team Forces membership. Together, their support will help us continue to create opportunities that build confidence, strengthen resilience and help people achieve extraordinary things.”

Team Forces is delighted to recognise Dell Technologies and AMD as Platinum Sponsors and looks forward to continuing this strong partnership and the opportunities it will help enable across the Armed Forces community.

26/09/2026

Team Forces sponsors were proud to support the Armed Forces Golf Championships at Moortown Golf Club ⛳️

The championships brought together some of the finest Service golfers for a fantastic week of Inter-Services competition.

A huge thank you to Teledyne Qioptiq, headline sponsor, alongside NetApp, Softcat, Dell Technologies/AMD, Riverbed Technology, Everpure, Computacenter, PointWire and Heckler & Koch UK for their support.

Their backing creates opportunities for Service personnel to compete, develop, and represent their Service, while bringing our sponsor community closer to Armed Forces sport.

And thank you to Ford UK for loaning a Ranger to support the event.

22/09/2026

🚣‍♂️Team Forces was proud to support the Royal Air Force Rowing Club Masters Squad with a grant towards their participation in the 2026 World Rowing Masters Regatta at Lake Bled, Slovenia - the largest event of its kind ever staged, bringing together over 4,700 athletes from 51 countries.

The RAF Masters Squad fielded men's and women's crews across 16 events, with 11 rowers representing a mix of serving and retired RAF Rowing Club athletes - the culmination of six to eight months of dedicated training.

For us, supporting the squad is about more than enabling participation in an international competition. Masters sport helps serving and former Service personnel stay fit, build friendships, and remain connected to the Armed Forces community - proving that competitive achievement and personal development don't stop at any age.

With RAF Rowing Club approaching its 80th anniversary in 2027, this is another proud chapter in a 79-year sporting legacy.

Read the full story⬇
https://teamforces.org/2026/09/22/raf-rowing-2026/