| 08-2009
- Satori Wins Gold at UK National Skydiving Championships
& Break 6 Year Record of Highest Average |
In
August 2009 Team Satori achieved Gold position at
the British National Skydiving Championships at Skydive
Hibaldstow. The team achieved an awesome 20.7 average,
setting a new British record by beating the existing
record held for over 6 years by UK Skydiving team
Sebastian XL. The team continue to look forward with
the possibility of performing at the 9th FAI European
Formation Skydiving Championships & 16th FAI World
Cup of Formation Skydiving in the Czech Republic August
30th - September 6th, 2009, where they hope to continue
to display their record setting performance. Satori
aim to represent the UK as the British National Open
Team at the 2010 World Championships in Russia. Liz
Goodall speaking about Satori achievement "we
are really proud of what the team has achieved, they
have all worked incredbly hard to achieve this position
and we are looking forward to the next competition
to see what they can do against world class competitors"
Watch this space for more news on the progression
of Satori or visit thier website
www.teamsatori.co.uk. Picture shows Satori with
Liz and Andy Goodall. |
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| 07-2009
- AQUITY Goes Mobile in Hampshire and Wiltshire Area |
Today
18th July AQUITY announces its mobile kit store service.
The mobile service will initally operate around Wiltshire
and surrounding areas on a trial basis, further rollout
of this will be based on it's successfull trial over
the next 3-6 months. We will attend to camp/training
locations across various sites around Wiltshire, Dorset
and Hampshire. Varied items of kit will be available
to purchase from the mobile store and where possible
requests for specific kit can be made. To find
out more or book our mobile service call us on
01446 772812. |
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| 05-2009
- AQUITY Supports World Record Challenge for Help for Heroes
& Airborne Services |
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AQUITY are proud to support a team
of serving and former serving army team who are attempting
a series of world record challenge attempts. The first
attempt Pete will be scaling new heights when he embarks
on a world record attempt next month. For Peter Oakley,
aged 30, aims to climb up and down Mount Snowdon a
staggering SEVEN times. If that wasn’t arduous
enough, he will do it in full firekit wearing breathing
apparatus weighing a back-breaking 24lbs. Peter,
who is based at Sheldon fire station, will ascend
and descend the highest mountain in England and Wales,
by all seven recognised routes. Trudging round the
clock with no breaks, the total distance he will cover
will be 105 miles, the equivalent of four marathons.
Further events include rowing the channel in a dragon
boat, mongol rally, the coast to snowdon run ascending
every peak on route.The
latest is the "100km Death March" over
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South Downs in memory of a group from 264 SAS
sigs, 23 SAS and 15 PSYOPS who were killed in Afghanistan.
Go Pete and crew!!! |
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| 04-2009
- AQUITY Sponsored Team Satori compete at World Challenge
2009 and New Team Member |
Satori
wth Lee Love began with the training until the new
member had to step back due to his job situation.
The three remaining Satoris, Aaron Faith, Julia Foxwell
and Katie Woods, did not give up despite the ongoing
setbacks. The impressive motivation and persistance
of this 3-way has been contagious, and another former
XL member agreed to fill the Center Inside slot in
2009 and replace Lee Love. John McIver is the new
Satori member." The former XL member replacing
the other former XL member did not compete for Satori
in Bedford though. He had already committed to the
real XL reunion of the original 2003 lineup at this
year's World Challenge. Brian Johnson filled in for
John McIver and helped Satori in Bedford this year.
Satori has a very good chance to make the first and
most important step towards the 2010 goal this year
successfully: winning the UK Nationals 2009. The UK
championship is scheduled for August, and Satori has
three longer training camps on the agenda before the
main event this year.Read
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| 03-2009
- AQUITY Extends Medical Kit Range |
| AQUITY
has extended its medical range to include operation
ready and fast response ready medical first aid kits.
AQUITY have also extended its medical range of bags,
daysacks, pouchs and stretchers. Click
here to find out more about this range.
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| 02-2009
- Satori Team Introduces New Member/Coach in the Challange
for the World Meet 2010 in Russia |
AQUITY
sponsored Skydiving team Satori have announced a new
team member this year in their bid to strengthen their
position in 2009. Satori were fortunate to find former
Sebastian XL member Lee Love who was ready to step
in and fill the slot for the 2009 season. Satori are
confident that Lee brings alot of experience and continues
to show Satori committment to the 2009 and 2010 goals.
Lee Love was a member of the legendary UK 4-way team
XL that dominated the British 4-way competition for
many years and missed bronze medals at World Championships
of Formation Skydiving a few times only by a hair.
Read
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| 12-2008
- New 15% Tax Rate Applicable from 1st December 2008 at Special
Forces Kit Store |
| Following
the Pre-Budget Report on 24 November 2008 the Chancellor announced
that the standard rate of VAT will be reduced to 15% on 1
December 2008. This means that for any sales of standard-rated
goods that take place on or after 1 December 2008 VAT should
be charged at the new rate of 15%. Special Forces Kit will
be passing the full saving onto our customers.
Only
standard-rated sales are affected. There are no changes
to sales that are zero-rated (BFPO) or reduced-rated for
VAT. Similarly, there are no changes to the VAT exemptions.
The
15% rate will remain until 31st December 2009, and from
1 January 2010 it will revert to 17.5%.
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| 12-2008
- BFPO Posting Dates and Xmas Opening Hour |
Please
note our Christmas and New Year Working Hours.
Our office will be closed across the following
Christmas and New Year periods
18th December - 29th December
31st December - 5th January
Last posting/dispatch date for orders will be Thursday
18th December with any enquiries being answered
on 31st December. We will not be answering emails or taking
calls during these periods.
Normal opening hours will resume on Monday 5th January 2009.
Our office staff are taking a well deserved break this year.
May we take this opportunity to thankyou for your continued
support this year. In this difficult time we are thankful
for customers repeated business and we would like to wish
you all a very Merry Christmas and wish you all the best
for the coming year.
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Location/Destination |
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of Mail |
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Date of Posting |
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2-150/537/651/801-825 |
1st
Class Airmail |
05
Dec |
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1st
Class Airmail |
03
December |
| Operational
BFPO's (not Herrick) |
1st
Class Airmail |
05th
December |
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Op Herrick (715, 755, 758, 764, 772 & 792) |
1st
Class Airmail |
10th
December |
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| 11-2008
- Special Forces Kit Store Website Improvements - Wishlist
& Express Checkout |
We at Special Forces Kit have been busy working hard on
making improvements to the kit store so that our customers
are able to use the store more efficiently. We have added
an express checkout which means our customers can make a
purchase without creating a n account. We have been working
on the shipping section so that we can take into account
free postage to certain BFPO postcodes and have updated
information on our overseas courier shipping. Our final
imprvement and the one we think will be the most popular
is the Wishlist option. This new feature similar to Amazon
wishlist offers the added advantage of being able to email
your wishlist to another person, this is perfect timing
in the run-up to Christmas when family, partners and friends
can be sent your wishlist of items. We hope you agree that
these features improve your experience in the kit store
and we hope that you come and test them out for us soon. |
| 10-2008
Special Forces Kit New Ranges - Adidas GSG Boots & North
Face Jackets |
| Special
Forces Kit is pleased to add to its kit store the popular
Adidas GSG military boot to the range of footwear currently
on offer. The GSG has been a favorite for many years
because of its lightweight strong construction which
makes this the ideal infantry boot. Great for tabbing
or running the adidas GSG9 boot is a good choice of
military boot. |
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addition of North Face Nuptse Jackets and Bodywarmers
also compliment the range of 5.11 jackets in the kitstore.
The Nuptse range offers high quality (700) fill goose
down which is highly compressable and can be packed
down smaller than you might imagine. |
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| 09-2008
- AQUITY Adds Englands Armour to our Ballistic Protection
Product Line |
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| 09-2008
- Satori Win Silver at British National Skydiving Champions
and ESL |
AQUITY
sponsored skydiving team Satori achieved second place
at this years British National Skydiving Championships
held at Target Skysports in Hibaldstowe. The team
came 2nd only to outright favourites Bodyflight Storm.
It was a close battle round by round with Satori dropping
a point here and there. Satori will take the challange
to Bodyflight Storm next year as there is a World
Cup coming up in 2009 to compete for. The next competition
saw Satori travel to Holland where they also achieved
a Silver place with a round by round battle with Hollands
Texel Airport team. The results did not reflect the
closeness of the teams there was an unfortunate start
in Round 3 before they ripped the jump and earned
great respect with the moving speed. UK team Satori
put the pressure on his team on Texel last week. Compliments
for Satori for a great performance. Andy of AQUITY
commented "we are proud of these guys and look
forward to seeing them perform in the 2009 season
when they will be challanging for a
competing place in the World Cup"
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| 09-2008
AQUITY Offers online VAT free shipping for HM Forces to Valid
BFPO Locations |
| AQUITY
are pleased to be able to offer VAT Free online shopping to
HM Forces at valid BFPO locations. Please see BFPO
page for details on VAT free shopping, free postage locations
and tracked BFPO services for items weighing over 2 kilos.
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| 08
- 2008 AQUITY are pleased to announce the distribution rights
of the Tactical Adjustment System |
AQUITY
are pleased to announce the distribution rights of the TAS
Tactical Adjustment System.
The TAS
is the result of many years' effort to produce a simple,
easy to use system for snipers and marksmen that could guarantee
accuracy with each and every round. The TAS is almost 'awe
inspiring' in its accuracy - across all calibers upto and
including .50 cal bmg. The TAS
Unit and discs are produced bespoke for each make and model
and are assembled by hand from top quality materials. The
TAS
requires NO Batteries, NO Electronics and NO Software.
AQUITY are pleased to be in partnership with Global
Security Marketing to develop the market for the TAS
Tactical Adjustment System.
If you would like to become a reseller for the TAS
please contact us for application and reseller discounts. |
| 07
- 2008 AQUITY Opens Show Room in South Wales |
AQUITY
will be opening its new show room nr St Athan RAF Army Camp
in July. Items to view will include the popular Bulldog ballistic
armour, plates and helmets and vests offered in the online
Kit Store. A range of boots will also be on display and a
varied range of pouchs. Come down and see us at our new show
room. Please check opening
times on the contact
page before you plan any journey to visit. Items that
are not held in stock can be ordered in specifically for any
customer. We look forward to seeing you.
AQUITY
Unit 9/8a Vale Business Park
Llandow
Cowbridge
Vale of Glamorgan
CF62 4NN
Contact : 01446 772812
Opening Hours : Monday - Friday 9.30 - 11.30 and 2.00 - 5.00
Saturday : Please call 07501 722049 to confirm hours |
| 03-2008
Satori Fastest UK Team at World Tunnel Challenge |
AQUITY
sponsored skydiving team Satori are the fastest UK
Team after the weekends World Challenge held at Bodyflight
Wind Tunnel in Bedford. The 3rd year of competition
attracted 39 fs teams from countries such as Russia,
the USA, South Africa and across Europe. Dubbed as
"The most significant international competition
for skydivers ever held in the UK" by skydive
mag, teams competed for the collective prize of £2000.
Satori produced an excellent first day performance
and finished the 1st day in 8th position as the fastest
UK team. The second day saw some stiff competition
from the other UK teams with the teams performanace
being monitored round by round by AQUITY team members
through the live reporting on the NSL
website, it was a nail biting competition as round
by round Satori lost and gained points. Satori managed
to maintain their lead and finished the competiton
in 8th position ahead of the current British National
Champions.
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performance at the World Challenge 2008 surprised and
impressed quite a few people in the United Kingdom and
raised questions about the status of the top teams.
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| 05-02-2008
AQUITY Support Army XC Enduro 2008 ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH? Mountain
Bike Event |
AQUITY
are pleased to support the British Army The XC ENDURO
2008
"ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH" brought to you by
the Army Cycling Union(ACU) in association with GORRICK
MBC are holding a XC Enduro event for both Military
and Civilians on the 29th June at Porridgepot Hill,
Nr Deepcut, Surrey, this is a first and will not be
the last. |
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event will be in the form of a 4 hour race, 2 hour race,
as well as a fun race, it will be around 8-10 miles
per lap. The
course will be a mix of fast flowing and technical singletrack,
fireroads and tracks to give the legs a break and not
forgetting the odd short sharp climb here and there
to let you know that you are ALIVE. If you have raced
at Porridgepot before with GORRICK you may think you
know the course and the area, but don't be fooled there
is alot of unused and new stuff built by the ACU for
the Army, so come along to see what the ARMY has to
offer, as well as "ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH" can
you take up the challenge? AQUITY will be providing
spot prizes and a prize of £150.00 worth of kit
from our online kitstore. |
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| 15-01-2008
AQUITY Sponsors Skydiving Team Satori |
| AQUITY
are pleased to annouce its sponsorship of 4-way Skydiving
Team Satori. Team Satori are a 4-way sykdiving team
who consist of a selection of highly experienced UK
world competition level skydivers. The team was formed
in 2007 with the aim to bring together the UK's finest
mixed skydiving talents to compete in open competition
during the 2008-2009 season. The most popular of the
parachuting sports, 4-way is fast, furious and highly
competitive. Teams of 4 aerial athletes exit the plane
at 10,500 feet and race through a sequence of formats
iionn freefall, against the clock. Each jump is filmed
from above by a cameraflyer, and this footage is used
to score the team. Andy, AQUITY Creative Consultant
who himself has competed at World Competition Level
Skydiving as part of the British Army 4-way skydiving
team and former member of the Parachute Regiment Formation
Skydiving team The Red Devils,commenting on the sponsorship
of Team Satori "we are pleased to be supporting
Team Satori,this team has execellent prospects in 2008/9
season and we look forward to seeing them perform during
the competition season". |
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info on Team Satori can be found on their website
Team
Satori. |
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