RAOC Gazette - page 64
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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tatton J5eto£ Directorate of Supply Management CONTROL DIVISION STAFF SERGEANT FRANK FALLON of Provision Branch has had the dubious delight of creating a new Stores Section for his Detachment to India and then having to disband it at short notice—could this be the shortest running Unit in the Corps History? Staff Sergeant Mick Mayes has been detached to Kenya, he is then posted to Aldershot on promotion. Pro- moted also is Jock Paton to acting Corporal. In the Inter Company Cross Country race Colonel Rowsell was first in the over forties age group, attaining ninth position overall. Others from the Division who took part were W02 Harry Blinkhorn, Sergeant Brian Wilkes and Corporals Jock Brown and Colin Guilfoyce. Sailing in the Corps Yacht ' Thunderer' next month will be Corporal Des Hardon, when he takes part in the Corps Regatta. He will also be appearing in the Army Regatta in the same month. Corporal Hardon has recently passed his intermediate helm course at Falmouth. An- other achievement gained was that by Sergeant Ray Northcott, having been part of the pistol shooting team which was runner- up in the Corps Shoot. The latest sport to be played in the inter-departmental com- petition was hockey, Staff Sergeant Tony Graves being one of the star performers on the winning side. Postings out include Sergeants Ray Northcott and Ivan Arathoon with Sergeant Dai Green.to Belize and Lance Corporal Nigel Ings to Northern Ireland. Directorate of Land Services Ammunition THE DLSA train stopped to let off Colonel Berresford on promotion, Colonel Styles on retirement and, last out, Brigadier Cowdry to be DDGOS. We wish them and their families good fortune. The Triumverate has been replaced by Brigadier Smith our new Director and Colonel Jefferies as Colonel LSA Division 1. In addition we have lost Major Gordon Mc- Clean, WOl Danby and W 2 George on retirement, Staff Sergeant O'Donnell on posting and WOl Steel on commission- ing and gained Staff Sergeants Holmes, Creighton and Pitman. What with the arrival of the airborne twins, Captains Mike Parle and Mike Wharmby, Major Geoff ' Ich bin ein Berliner' Thomas and Lieutenant Steve Cox the average age in DLSA has dropped dramatically in the last few months. Those sailing posters, copies of Yachting World and yellow wellies slung carelessly in the corner of the office, all designed to impress the Boss on his rounds, have dis- appeared to be replaced no doubt by diagrams of Wentworth, putters on the spare seat and old score cards distributed liberally over each desk, but shooting is still an OK sport as anyone in Division 1 will verify. The DLSA Ridgeway walk attracted four takers if you count Winston the dog. He, Major David Hourahane (his pack leader) Mrs Val Saunders and Major Tim King com- pleted the forty three mile stretch from Streatley to Avebury in a ' staggeringly' good time and Winston pronounced the beer in the Shepherds Rest acceptable. After the success of our first Didcot Summer Fete last year we are having another one—nothing like a little bit of self-help to provide money for Station amenities, and it's all good clean fun. The Derby is coming up too and DLSA punters will once again make the pilgrimage to Epsom for a fairly comprehensive Complete Round Proof of JC, Red Barrell, Arkells, Arthur G, etc, while watching the Gee-Gees. Any winnings will of course be donated to the CRP fund for the return journey. To finish on a sombre note—we seem to have lost our netball team. Perhaps they flew too far south during the winter? May be they are nesting somewhere else this year? Fellow The loneliness of the long distance walker. ornithologists please look out for the DLSA netball flock— distinguishing features plymsolls, white socks, short skirts, beautiful legs—I won't go on but you'll know them if you see them. Just send us the Grid Ref on the back on an old leave pass and leave the rest to us Directorate of Supply Computer Services THE first news item must be devoted to those in DSCS, who by some means (no doubt by reprogramming the RAOC Manning input to the Worthy Down Computer), have engineered postings overseas. W02 Collison is busily acclimatising himself to ice- cream consumption before taking up his appointment in Naples. Having heard that Neapolitans do actually drive like robots he is having second thoughts about having taught his wife to drive! The following extract from the Newcomers Guide he received clearly indicates what is in store for him: — Naples driving is at its most interesting in any situation in which there is an interaction necessary between two or more vehicles; the who-gives-way-to-whom situation. The ab- solute cardinal rule to remember is that there is no rule. A t every intersection a ' Pecking Order' operates and it is possible to determine immediately your assigned niche in Italian society by noting in what order you are allowed to proceed. The top and the bottom rungs of the order appear to be—(1) Large double trailer trucks going down hill, (2) Italian GT cars costing over fifteen thousand with striking blonde passengers (15) Large American cars with AFI license plates driven by females. Between those extremes all decisions are based on price, age and cleanliness of vehicles and the dress of the driver. If you play the game, ifs fun—if you don't it's an accident. W02 Briggs is champing at the bit waiting for firm con- firmation of a posting to BAOR, whilst WOl Roberts is clearly content with his posting to Hong Kong. All three postings are ADP appointments, so those who say that programmer/analysts do not move outside Bicester are now proved wrong. Can we expect a rush of applicants now to change trade? Sport continues to be played by those in DSCS. Our six-a- side football team consisting of Captain Harry O'Hare, WOsl Hartley and Coolin, WOs2 Briggs and Hoyland and Staff Sergeant Vale came a creditable second in their league against some stiff and much younger opposition at the recent RAOC six-a-side tournament. Congratulations are also in order to W 2 Kuester who came first in the javelin at a recent Army representative athletics match. Major Richard Shore is one of the selections for the Chairman's XI versus Infantry CC. He is having his doubts at the moment over the new System for |
| Book number | R0404 |