THEY may be far from home, but that has done nothing to dampen the sporting prowess of soldiers from the region.
For the second year in a row, the Green Howards are the Army's Northern Ireland boxing champions.
It is the first time any battalion has won the competition in successive years and they again beat the Royal Irish Regiment to take the title.
The nine-strong boxing team from the 1st Battalion of the Green Howards are from Teesside and North Yorkshire, the regiment's traditional recruiting area.
Their success in the Northern Ireland championship means that the team has reached the semi-final of the national Army competition, which will take place next month.
The match took place at the Green Howards home ground at Shackleton Barracks, in Ballykelly, where they have been based for the past two years.
They move to a new posting at Chepstow, Wales, later this month and in April they will travel to Afghanistan for a six-month tour of duty.
On their return, they will train in the jungles of Belize to prepare for rapid deployment anywhere in the world.
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