RUN HOME
At the sound of the "G" on the bugle the gun and limber are disassembled and taken through the Home Wall, reassembled and using the drag ropes all 18 members of the field gun crew race over the finishing line down the side of the arena.

Field Gun is a unique, spectacular and exciting event, pushing field gun competitors " to the limit and beyond". Two field gun crews consisting of 18 field gun men apiece competes to be the first to haul a field gun and limber over walls ramps and across a chasm. Field gun is rightly regarded as the toughest competitive team event in the world. Field gun was the centrepiece of the Royal Tournament at Earls Court in London up until government cutbacks forced the tournament to end in 1999.

RUN OUT
Burning…2…3…4…5…

Stand by……

At the exploding of a thunder flash the field gun and limber is raced from the start position down the side of the arena, turning at the end so it can be manhandled over a five-foot wall. Within seconds, wooden spars weighing 170lb are erected and wires rigged across the 28ft chasm. Whilst field gun and limber are rapidly dismantled, the first field gun men are hauled across, some carrying 120lb wheels on their shoulders, the field gun carriage and field gun barrel follow, the field gun barrel that weighs 900lb, is launched back into its gun carriage, the remainder of the field gun crew, wheels an d limber are pulled across. Having raced through the opening in the enemy wall, which is too narrow for the field gun and limber to pass through with wheels on, it is disassembled then reassembled and raced to the 1st action line where the field gun crew engages the enemy firing three rounds as quickly as possible.

RUN BACK
A bugle call is sounded. All the field gun crew with field gun and limber has to be withdrawn over the wall and back across the chasm. The steel wire over the chasm is tested to some 5 tons and it sags each time these heavy field gun items are hauled over it. As soon as the last man of the field gun crew is across the chasm, the rig is collapsed and at the 2nd action line, the gun crew fire three rounds to signal the end of the run back .

Fastest Times set at the International Festival of the Sea 2005
Run Out 1min 49sec.
Run Back 1min 12sec.
Run Home 32sec.