West Point dominated Sandhurst for the first three decades, winning every single year from 1967 through 1992. That streak was broken in 1993, the first year a non-West Point team competed, and a British team came from across the pond to ultimately triumph in the military skills competition that takes place annually on the Hudson River.
For the next 16 years, the competition was dominated by members of the Commonwealth capturing the title in the name of Queen Elizabeth II as the RMAS team won from 1993 to 2004 and the RMC-Canada won from 2005 to 2007.
RMAS and RMC-Canada went back and forth for a couple years before the gutsy upstarts from West Point’s Company B-3 finally broke through in 2011 shattering the queen's reign over the competition.
Not to be outdone, the Royal Military College of Australia - Duntroon claimed the title in 2012 bringing honor back to the crown. The Commonwealth would hold the title through 2016 with RMAS and RMC-Canada winning the titles.
West Point emerged victorious in 2017, but its hold on the title was short lived when a twist in the competition caught competitors off guard as the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) fought their way to victory in a competition that tests ground combat skills. Way to fight Falcons!
In 2019, West Point claimed the top two spots in the competition. The USMA Black team took home the prized saber as the top team with West Point's Company D-2 nipping at their heals in second. Finally, in 2023, USMA Black clinched 1st place, USMA Gold clinched 2nd place, and the U.S. Air force Academy secured 3rd place. Last year, USMA Black was a repeat for 1st place, followed by Canada-Kingston in 2nd place, and U.S. Air force Academy secured 3rd place once again.
