RAOC Gazette - page 50
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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THE STAFF BAND APPEAL, THE appeal finally closed when, in the LE(A) Sergeants Mess, Major General Brown drew the first of twenty four winning tickets, in the presence of a fair representation of members of the Headquarters Civilian Staff and of the Officers and Sergeants Messes. Before commencing the draw the DGOS expressed his great pleasure in the fact that donations had already reached more than ninety per cent of target, with promises of more to come and said also that it was good to see our Corps Band being helped so well in such a positive manner by members of the Corps. Since the presentation, Cheryl has also completed another sponsored walk in the Grunewald Forest, Berlin. This walk was organised by Major and Mrs Page and all proceeds are being donated to SSAFA. Eighteen children completed the walk for total sponsorships of DM2370 (£600) and Cheryl was sponsored for DM605 (£150). Cheryl now has fifty five medals for walking and running, awarded for events in Berlin, West Germany, Belgium and Austria. EXTRA TIME IN the light of the recent Liverpool—Arsenal FA Cup semi- final marathon I am indebted to a reader for the following extract from the Egyptian GAZETTE of sometime in the 30s. RAOC Workshop 2 ' Z ' Company 5th Fusiliers 2 RAOC Workshop 1 ' Z" Company 5th Fusiliers 1 RAOC Workshop ' Z ' Company 5th Fusiliers RAOC Workshop 1 ' Z ' Company 5th Fusiliers 1 RAOC Workshop 1 ' Z * Company 5th Fusiliers 1 RAOC Workshop 2 ' Z ' Company 5th Fusiliers 2 What it is all about? said the Egyptian GAZETTE. For those who don't know. The Workshop of the RAOC were drawn to meet ' Z ' Company, 5th Fusiliers in the second round of the Small Units Cup (Abbassia Group) and only after the sixth replay, the seventh game, was a definite result reached, Ord- nance winning, after over eleven hours of play—by two goals to one. This victory was gained on Saturday on the Slade ground, Abbassia all the goals being scored in the first half. With sixteen minutes of the game gone Ordnance led by two clear goals. Dikes and Duncan being the scorers and shortly before half time Hickson reduced the leeway for the Fusiliers. Can anyone beat it—and did any reader play in that epic struggle? The DCOS reaches in for the first prize. TOP Our photograph shows the DGOS drawing the first ticket under the watchful eyes of the draw organiser Staff Sergeant Major Graham Wood, and Sergeant Dave Flinn. The list of prize winners was published in the June GAZETTE. C H E R Y L P A G E D O E S IT A G A I N NINE year old Cheryl Page, the daughter of Major and Mrs Brian Page of Ordnance Services Berlin, recently handed over a cheque for £125 to the Chaplain-General to the Forces, the Venerable Archdeacon Peter Mallet. The cheque was for the British Kidney Association, one of the Chaplain-General's fund raising projects and the money was raised from a sponsored walk in Spandau, Berlin. As a result of this walk and other fund raising activities, a further sum of £125 was sent to the ACROSS Trust for funding holidays for handicapped children, £30 was sent to the British Red Cross and £75 to TEAR Fund for their Cambodian refugee project. PRESENTATION AT a rather unique ceremony recently, the Chief of the Defence Staff (Admiral of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin) presented Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to four members of his personal staff, one each from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force. The Army recipient was Sergeant Allan Davies of the Corps. Allan, who started life in the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965, has also been attached to the AAC. He has served in Berlin, Aden, Singapore and Germany and joined CDS' Staff from 1st Division in December 1977. rrrrj-n: •i X .<t> Sergeant Allan Davies gets his medal from the Chief of the Defence Staff. Nine year old Cheryl Page, a member of 1st Berlin Brownie pack, presenting a cheque for £125 for the British Kidney Association to the Venerable Archdeacon Peter Mallet, the Chaplain-General to the Forces. A CLOSE FINISH A RECENT noteworthy achievement by Sergeant Dave O'Neill who, in his spare time, runs for the Hong Kong Distance Run- ners Club. In the thirty three mile Stanley to Shataukok ultra- marathon, Dave, in winning the race, clipped two minutes off the course record in a time of four hours, four minutes and ten seconds. Despite the extreme length of the course, the final was as close as a track race. Dave had to overtake his rival about two hundred yards from the finish line on the China border. Congratulations Dave! — 35 — |
| Book number | R0404 |