7 Sig Regt takes out relay race

By LCpl Daniel Reedman
THE Caduceus Cup, the highlight of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals Corps Week, was held at Borneo Barracks, Cabarlah, last month.

Located just outside Toowoomba Queensland, it is the home of the 7 Sig Regt and Joint Telecommunications School.

Held annually, the cup is a 108km relay race, consisting of 10 runners per team.

Each runner competes three 3.6km legs of the gruelling Cabarlah track. Certainly a change to the past when teams dodged trucks and cars along the highway between Cabarlah and Enoggera. This year the corp’s spirit was proven to be strong with 13 units from all around Australia arriving to compete.

The race kicked off at 5.30am and 136 Sig Sqn broke away to an early lead.

There were some outstanding individual performances throughout the day, most notably Lt Chris Keogh, 1CSR, running a 11min 48 sec.

As the day wore on, 7 Sig Regt established a commanding lead and won the event in six hours, 58 minutes.

The battle for second place was close with the 103 Sig Sqn and last year’s winners, 1CSR, fighting to the end. 103 kicked away and finished in seven hours, seven minutes – 1min 44sec ahead of 1CSR. As the first minor unit across the line, 103 Sig Sqn also claimed the Colonel Commandants Trophy.

In other events (all held over 72km), 7 Sig Regt proved to be strong and took out the Athena Trophy and the Grecian Trophy.

The Reserve Shield was won by the 108 Sig Sqn, which was the only Reserve unit to compete. The unit ran the full 108km and finished 11th.