Boxing stalwart POPT Q Shillingford landed yet another title – without even donning his gloves.

The popular Combined Services Boxing coach stepped into the ring to pick up the award of RN Official of the Year for his dedication to sport throughout 2003.

Q, based at Royal Hospital Haslar and Fort Blockhouse, has recently handed over the reins of coaching the resurgent Royal Navy squad.

But his efforts in the past three years did not go unnoticed among Naval sporting chiefs, who decided to reward his dedication to service boxing.

Thanks to Q’s leadership, and emergence of some outstanding talent, most of the Royal Navy team have national rankings.

Five boxers have picked up international caps, and TV viewers watched the Navy defeat a top-class Army side.

Q was also renowned for giving RN boxers ‘lethal’ nicknames, including the Baby-Faced Assassin, Bazooka and the Hurricane.

The petty officer has also extended his knowledge and enthusiasm beyond Naval boundaries, supporting sport in the Portsmouth community at youth centres, and helping children with behavioural or educational difficulties.