A TEENAGER who won a national Army competition, got the VIP treatment yesterday when he took part in an adventure activities day inBarnard Castle.
Robert Hough, 15, from Stockton, Teesside, won the prize through Camouflage, the Army's online club for young people. It gave him and five friends the chance to tackle the assault course and outdoor climbing wall at Stainton Army Camp.
The friends also went paintballing, mountain biking and faced the "Bigfoot" obstacle course, where the participants all have their feet tied to the same large planks of wood and can only move if they work together.
Captain Steve Mincher, of The Green Howards, who hosted the day, said: "Robert and his friends tackled a series of challenges that focused on the kind of team-based approach that they would experience as members of the Army itself Money can't buy the experience that Robert and his friends had and we are sure they had a great day."
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