History
The RAF Sports Federation can trace its charitable lineage back almost to the formation of the Royal Air Force. The Royal Air Force Sports Board was established following the disbandment of the RAF Central Sports Fund and the RAF Officers’ Sports Funds in 1921 when the funds released were invested in the Air Council Central Fund Sports Board. The Sports Board was reconstituted in 1948 before being amalgamated into the RAF Central Fund in 1964.
A fundamental review of the operations and corporate governance of the RAF Central Fund was carried out in 2013 and on 1 March 2014 following Charity Commission approval, all activities, employees, assets and liabilities within the unincorporated RAF Central Fund, which did not relate to sport, were transferred to a newly incorporated charity ‘The Royal Air Force Central Fund’. The sporting activities undertaken under the management of the RAF Sports Board, having been identified as sufficiently diverse to the Fund’s other core activities, were retained within the existing charity under the new name of ‘The Royal Air Force Sports Board’. The Board of Trustees took the decision to incorporate and in July 2016 the Charity Commission approved the registration of the RAF Sports Federation as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Role of Honour
2018 RAF Mens Senior Hockey Team
2017 RAF Ladies Alpine Ski Team
2016 RAF Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge
2015 RAF Rugby Union Senior Men
2014 RAF Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge
2013 RAF Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge
2012 RAF Athletics 2011 RAF Football
2010 RAF Men’s Fencing
2018 SAC N Marsh
2017 Corporal A Cokayne
2016 Senior Aircraftsman S Williams
2015 Squadron Leader J Cawthray
2014 Flying Officer A Bagshaw
2013 Flight Lieutenant A Wise
2012 Corporal N Davies
2011 Flight Lieutenant R Cadman
2010 Warrant Officer B Childs
2018 Corporal J McNally
2017 Senior Aircraftsman L Sanford
2016 Squadron Leader C Gosling-Evans
2015 Flight Sergeant K Johnston
2014 Sergeant S Benson
2012 Senior Aircraftsman L Keeble
2011 Corporal S Benson
2010 Corporal S Taylor
2018 Chf Tech S Perry
2018 FS F Harris
2018 Warrant Officer P Shanks
2017 Squadron Leader S Smithson
2017 Squadron Ldr P Wyatt
2017 Chf Tech G Lees
2016 Wing Commander A Green
2015 Wing Commander S Ryles
2015 FS M Lane
2014 Wing Commander M Martin
2014 Wing Commander G Liston
2014 Mr A McAllister
2013 Wing Commander R Greenhall (Ret’d)
2012 Wing Commander A Johnstone
2012 Warrant Officer B Childs
2012 Sergeant Donoghue
2011 Wing Commander T Hill
2010 Squadron Leader D Gange
2010 Flight Lieutenant D Calvert
2018 Squadron Leader K Sharman
2017 Wing Commander A Houghton
2016 Sergeant A King
2015 Flight Sergeant P Wilson
2014 Flight Lieutenant M Buckley
2013 Flight Lieutenant M Masters
2012 Flight Lieutenant M Masters
2011 Chief Technician P Hornby
2010 Squadron Leader R Morley
2018 Wing Commander N Robson
2017 Flight Sergeant N Lashbrook
2016 Sergeant A McDermott
2015 Flight Lieutenant D Mortimer
2014 Wing Commander I Richardson
2015 Mr G Benger
2015 Flight Lieutenant T Dunlop
2014 Mr S Parlor
2014 Group Captain (Retired) I Atkinson
2013 Warrant Officer Stead
2011 Mr Steve Parlor
2010 RAF Safety Boat Team
2018 RAF Athletics
2018 RAF Football
2018 RAF Orienteering Baton Relay
2016 RAF Sports Awards
2017 RAF Sports Awards
2012 RAF Football
2011 Combined Services Powerlifting
2008 Combined Services Rugby League
2006 RAF Table Tennis
1998 Combined Servcies Bobsleigh
1997 RAF Marathon
1994 RAF Women’s Swimming
1993 RAF Wild Water Racing Canoe
1991 RAF Cross Country
1989 Combined Services Football
1988 RAF Badminton
2015 Squadron Leader J A Cawthray
Armed Forces Sports Awards 2016
The Armed Forces Sports Awards were held at the RAF Club, London on 1st March 2016. The awards were presented by Matt Dawson MBE who himself is sporting royalty.
Image By: Corporal Ben Tritta
1 March 2016
2004 Sergeant A Nex
2001 Flight Lieutenant A Coomber
1999 Corporal K Martin
1998 Flying Officer L Newcombe
1995 Senior Aircraftsman Donaldson
1995 Senior Aircraftsman Davidson
1986 Corporal Baptiste
2006 Flying Officer R Cruickshank
2003 Squadron Leader R Rawes
2002 Wing Commander D Calvert
2000 Junior Technician G Blackley
1997 Corporal M Saunders
1996 Sergeant M Proctor
1993 Flight Lieutenant Spiller
1987 Flight Lieutenant R Underwood
2015 Flying Officer D Calvert
2010 Squadron Leader R Morley
2005 Flight Sergeant D Clayton
2002 Corporal Drysdale
2019 – Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston CBE ADC
2016-2019 Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier KCB CBE DFC ADC MA RAF
2013-2016 Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford KCB CBE ADC RAF
2009-2013 Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMMI
2006-2009 Air Chief Marshal Sir Glen Torpy KCB CBE DSO ADC BSc(Eng) FRAeS RAF
2004-2006 Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup KCB AFC ADC FCMI FRAeS RAF
2000-2004 Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire KCB DFC AFC ADC FRAeS RAF
1997-2000 Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns GCB CBE LVO ADC
1996-1997 Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE ADC FRAeS
1995-1996 Air Marshal D Cousins CB AFC BA RAF
1994-1995 Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Wilson KCB AFC ADC
1992-1994 Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE ADC FRAeS
1988-1992 Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Harding GCB ADC FRAeS
1985-1988 Air Chief Marshal Sir David Craig GCB OBE ADC
1982-1985 Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Williamson GCB AFC ADC
1977-1982 Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Beetham KCB CBE DFC AFC ADC
1976-1977 Air Chief Marshal Sir Neil Cameron GCB CBE DSO DFC ADC
1974-1976 Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Humphrey GCB CBE DSO DFC ADC
1971-1974 Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Spotswood GCB CBE DSO DFC
1967-1971 Air Chief Marshal Sir John Grandy GCB KBE DSO
1964-1967 Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy GCB CBE DSO MVO DRC AFC MA
1960-1963 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Thomas G Pike GCB CBE DFC
1956-1959 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot A Boyle GCB KCVO KBE AFC
1953-1955 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William F Dickson GCB KBE DSO AFC
1950-1952 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John C Slessor GCB DSO MC
1946-1949 Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Tedder GCB
1940-1945 Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Viscount Portal of Hungerford GCB OM DSO MC
1937-1940 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril L N Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM
1933-1937 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward Ellington GCB CMG CBE
1930-1933 Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond GCB CMG CVO DSO
1919-1929 Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Viscount Trenchard GCB OM GCVO DSO
1977-1989 Air Commodore PHL Scott AFC
1967-1977 Air Commodore A C Deere DSO OBE DFC
1962-1967 Group Captain C L Troop CBE
1946-1961 Wing Commander J Lawson OBE
1943-1946 Wing Commander J Lawson OBE
1941-1943 Wing Commander W S Dailey
1923-1941 Wing Commander W G P Young
1921-1923 Flying Officer D F Cox
2001-2009 Air Vice Marshal C Davison MBE DPhysEd FIMgt
1994-2001 Air Vice Marshal R J Honey CB CBE FIPM
1991-1994 Air Commodore G R Pengelly
1994-2004 Group Captain P M Hall BA
1980-1994 Group Captain M Short MBE AFC
1971-1980 Group Captain A V Plowright
1963-1971 Group Captain E A Biddle
2020 – Air Commodore R Fogden
2015-2020 Air Commodore R W La Forte CBE MA BA RAF
2021 – Mr C Whitton
2016-2020 Group Captain R Fogden
2015-2016 Wing Commander W J Morley
