The Worthington Trophy is a Canadian military award. It was awarded annually to the best reserve armoured unit in the Canadian Land Forces. It is named after Major-General F. F. Worthington, known as Fighting Frank – "The Father of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps". Of its origins, Sean Maloney stated: The competition and award was not given out on a regular annual basis, and there have been some gaps in the timeline, especially recently. After a long gap, the Royal Canadian Armour Corps School reintroduced the competition in 2012 and it is now for regular force units. Although the origin for this event was a tank gunnery concentration, the scope was widened to include the 25mm platform and allow non-armoured units to participate. The concentration was broken into two categories: Leopard 1 C2 and LAV III. The original trophy design, being a large silver Centurion tank has been replaced with a likeness of a Leopard 1. The 8th Canadian Hussars have won the trophy 8 times, the most of any Canadian Armoured Regiment. Tank units from the US Army have participated, specifically in 2001 and 2014.
- 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division "A tough Danish team, fresh off a strong showing at this year's Nordic Challenge competed directly while other nations such as Brazil, Portugal and Chile observed the event." "The 3rd Canadian Division team consisted of two Leopard 2 tank crews and two Coyote reconnaissance vehicle crews from Lord Strathcona's Horse, a Light Armour Vehicle 3 crew from 1 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and two LUVW reconnaissance crews from the Saskatchewan Dragoons... the tank team from Lord Strathcona's Horse took the first place trophy for the 120 mm gunnery category, and the LAV 3 crew from the 1 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry took second place trophy for the 25 mm gunnery category."
2016
Ex Worthington 16 was held at CFB Gagetown in September 23 to 30. "The exercise will test a number of skills including direct-fire gunnery, tactical driving, and teamwork tests in challenging settings using the Leopard 2 main battle tank, Light Armoured Vehicle III and 6, and the Coyote Armoured Vehicle. Competing nations include: Chile, Denmark, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. Observing nations will be: Australia, Poland, and the United Kingdom." Canada was represented by C Sqn of The Royal Canadian Dragoons. Top Light Utility Vehicle Wheeled Fire Team:
Winner: 4 Div with a total percentage score of 62.47%
2nd place: 2 Div - score of 58.97%
3rd place: 5 Div/CADTC - score of 55.76% Top 25mm Crew:
