RAOC Gazette - page 26
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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right hand man. Staff Sergeant Jim Ball—never mind Tony, this should be your last one! Before his imminent departure to the land of plenty it is time that the rugby achievements of Sergeant Joe Balding were given an airing. Beginning with Carlisle Rugby Club, whieli presented little challenge, he was later invited to join l^angholm at the beginning of last season. After a few second team appearances he was eventually promoted to the first team and went on to score in every National League match for Langholm. contributing considerably to Langholm's promotion to Division 1. His achievements with Langholm didn't go unnoticed by the Corps or indeed the Army. He represented the Corps against RAPC. REME and RCT scoring in the latter two matches which the Corps won. Total recognition was complete when he was selected for the Army tour. Well done Joe, like Lang- holm we will all be sorry to sec you go. Congratulations go to Corporal Gary Craggs on passing his AT upgrading course and finally welcome to Staff Sergeant Dave Couling from Kineton and the return to the fold of Corpora! Stcrland from his tour in Northern Ireland. j The DCOS chars ro CSM Cumbs. do not collect a two hundred cubic metre credit for total issue.' However complex the game, the DGOS left us in no doubt as to the importance of our role in the Storage Rationalisation Programme. For those interested in statistics we have been trans- ferring stocks to our sister CODs for nearly twelve months now and have sent just over fifty four thousand items com- prising about twenty two thousand cubic metres. Turning to active sport, our soccer teams are keeping very quiet. Our usually effervescent correspondent, the RSM, pales when asked for news and edges away muttering unprintable remarks about the Bull Cup. Perhaps we might persuade him to come clean before the cricket season is finished. The cricketers are working up to enjoy their fixture list if the weather gives them a chance. Lieutenant John Wood, Staff Sergeant 'Andy' Andrews and Corporal Baker are looking for places in the Corps XI. Since the last report the hockey team have reached two finals. The first was in the Ban Clip where after normal time the score was one all. In extra time we went down three one to 1 AIDU who incidentally were our first opponents in the preliminaries and drew with them in that game. We did not come back empty handed because we now hold the Black- down Cup for the first time in ten years. The second final was against 8 Field Workshop REME in the Eastern District Minor Units Knockout Competition with the REME coming out on top by three one. Congratulations to the team for a successful season, and to Corporal Raynor on becoming a Class II umpire. Chilwell hosted this year's gathering of the RAOC Associa- tion when we were pleased to see so many Corps personalities on what will be their last visit to Chilwell in such a group before the Depot closes. We do not wish to steal the Editor's thunder any more except to say that we enjoyed our task as hosting Unit. Perhaps he will allow us also to comment upon the presence of John Barnwell and the Football League Cup at the dinner. Just as well the ' Trent End Boys ' did not have advance information of this privilege to us as the trophy is the one that got away from Nottingham Forest. We are told that Forest supporters punish their naughty children by making them watch video shots of Andy Gray's goal in that great final. This month we say a special farewell to Lieutenant Colonel Tony Beaumont, the Chief Planning Officer, who leaves us to be CRAOC Western District in Shrewsbury. He has in the last two years played a very important and successful part in the planning and execution of the Storage Rationalisation Pro- gramme as it affects COD Chilwell. We are most grateful to him for this work and wish him and his family a happy new life away from the COD scene. Lieutenant Colonel Tony Ward who comes from Headquarters I (BR) Corps has taken over the job and we welcome him to our fold. Central Ammunition Depot Longtown AS predicted in the previous notes the takeover of the Depot by 3 BAD is now complete in the form of Colonel Bill Musson as Commandant and Major Peter Price as SATO. Having been dined in recently in the Sergeants Mess they are now both well entrenched in the Depot! Exercise Elbow Room, the demolition of surplus am- munition at Redesdale and Eastriggs, begins again in May— more headaches for our SAT, W02 Tony Dedman, and his — Central Ammunition Depot Kineton AT the time of writing we have just received a visit from the new DGOS— Major General Brown. Whilst here he presented the Oaklcaf Emblem to Staff Sergeant Thynne for Mentioned in Despatches whilst serving in Northern Ireland and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Sergeant Hulme. Training is now going ahead in earnest for the forthcoming shooting season and although Unit commitments precluded us from entering the CORPSAM we have high hopes of qualifying for RASAM Bisley by doing well in the Western District Meeting. The Rock Climbing Club have just returned from an excellent three days climbing in Cornwall. The club is in full swing now, holding climbing meets once a month. We have also had a meet in North Wales, this was a very success- ful trip, but bad weather really prevented doing anything of note. The current meet was held at Bosignin Cliff near St Ives. Six members took part and were leading Severe to Mild- Severe standard at the end of the three days. Our next meet will be in the Peak District. At hockey the Station fielded teams in the Bari Cup competition at Deepcut but the opposition was too strong. All who attended however enjoyed the experience and it was good to see the WRAC members playing so well when winning a ' friendly' arranged against the only other ' all girl' team, from Bicester, by two nil. Whilst with the WRAC—other mentions include W/Privates Caine and Oates who blazed the trail by being among six WRAC Supply Specialists to be posted to 3 BAD Bracht in newly established E3 posts; W/Private Brown successfully passed the PTI selection board and commences her muscle course in September. 'A' COMPANY. 'A' Company have done it again, after all the hard early morning training, the Company Assault Course 'A' team won the Inter-Company Competition and the ' B ' team came fourth. The DGOS came to see 105mm HE shell being fuzed in APB 3 and the new Storage Area. We now have a new APB: APB 12 has been specially built for GW work; it has a few problems, but after some work by DOE, the GW side will be hard at work again. We have had a few promotions this month. Con- gratulations go to Staff Sergeant Holmes. Sergeants Myring and McLelland. Corporals Croft, Buckley, Bond and Lance Corporal Jarvis. Welcome to Private Jones (107). Vehicle Depot Ludgershall WE say farewell to a month which once again has been a busy one. It has seen our Volvo Section lead by Staff Sergeant Jell Patton. return from Norway, no doubt with wonderous stories which can only originate from being at the sharp end. Never- theless a big thanks to him and his team for all their hard work, to ensure RAOC 'stay up front.' To look at a more humorous side, we found a demand on Donnington for tissue paper quantity eight thousand. This item 19 — |
| Book number | R0404 |