Altrincham Kersal RFC

Altrincham Kersal RFC

Club News

By Webmaster | 23rd November 2010

Congratulations to Matt Barlow

Congratulations to Matt Barlow  image

Matt has just been appointed the Physical Training Officer for the entire Royal Marines and is now responsible for the training of all new recruits and current soldiers in the corps as well as being the man who develops all training programmes for the Navy sports teams.


Having joined the Marines in 2005, Matt completed his 18 months basic training and passed out in December 2006. Within a week he was posted to Afghanistan, where he completed a 5-6 month tour.

Upon his return, he was put in charge of nuclear weapons based up in Scotland for 18 months, after which he was posted to Lympstone (Exeter) where he has been in charge of Hunter Troop. In addition to his promotion as Physical Training Officer, Matt has just signed up for another 8 years with the Royal Marines.

Congratulations to Matt and his family from all at AK.

Comments (0)