RAOC Gazette - page 68
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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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6 Field Force Ordnance Company THE high point of this period was the deployment of the Company on Exercise Tigers Head, in the Salisbury Plain train- ing area. It was useful to test all the new ideas and all the practice ' camming,' night moves and defence tactics. Thanks to a new system of com- munications, night vision aids and the will of the sentries to ' capture anything that moves," an attack by 7 Squadron RCT was firmly beaten off. Sergeant " here I am behind the tree" Spooners section bore the brunt of the attack but the only comment from his lads afterwards was, " They should have sent the whole Squadron, might have made it more interesting!". The high level of Issues and Receipts activity meant that, with the complication of NBC training, moves and various at- tacks. the company was kept busy throughout although we did find time to practice our helicopter handling techniques when presented with a Gazelle to play with for an afternoon, and also found time to impress all teeth arms and higher formations with our high standard of camouflage even in some difficult locations. ; The company's cricket team played its debut match against .Cambridge Military Hospital and learnt a few lessons. CMH i declared at one hundred and ninety five for eight, leaving the ! company to score one hundred all out despite a sterling joint stand by the OC, Major Gordon MacDougall and our Second- in-Command Captain Dick Carman, of forty four. Our Corps cricketer Private * Tosh' Zaman promises to improve his batting from his score of two! The Unit football team has had a very good season al- though we went through a bad spell mid-season, losing on two occasions to the bottom two teams. The Unit was placed second in the league taking three out of four points from the eventual league winners. Perhaps our good form at the end of the season was due to moving Lance Corporal (Digger) Diggle from left back to left wing. (He kept up his scoring record and at last he even found the correct goal), also the arrival of Sergeant Alan Crawford into the back four. Lance Corporal (Dinky Toy) SutcJiffe was our leading goalscorer, settling down well after his move from Subutteo Table to a full size pitch! Private (Womble) Weedon has been a stalwart in goals since taking over from Lance Corporal Colin Brothwell on his posting to BAOR. Sergeant Paul Beard and Lance Corporal Colin Renicks missed most of the season due to courses and injuries but Renicks was picked to play for the Corps and the Army Youth teams. Next season holds much promise also, due to the intro- duction of new blood in the form of Private Phil Stant and Corporal Taff Tamplin and the youth in our team has now been seasoned. Finally we wish Lance Corporals Colin Renicks and (Smurf) Storey, Privates Phil Stant and (Womble) Weedon good luck in the Corps trials in August. Welcome to our new CSM, W02 Boyle and Privates Ford, Pickard, Stant and Taylor. Many congratulations to Lance Corporals Deacon and Tamplin on promotion to Corporal, A/Lance Corporal Wood on promotion to sub-Lance Corporal and Privates Diggle, i Renicks and Storey on promotion to A/Lance Corporal. And to : Lance Corporal Storey and Private Nobber Curtin on their ; recent marriages. WOl (Wally) Hampton was recently welcomed into the Officers Mess and lunched-out on 23rd May by the Deputy Commander, Colonel GS and Corps Officers prior to leaving on commissioning. We all wish him well in his new appoint- ment at Regimental Depot. CRAOC was recently invited to talk to a Senior Manage- ment Course at the BL Management Training School on the subject of ' Management Style.' He irretrievably blotted his copybook by arriving in a rival French auto and was given nought out of ten for diplomacy. He survived the lecture and question-and-answer session but hopes of succeeding a well- known South African industrialist are now sadly diminished. Anyone want to buy a 1973 Renault 16, going cheap? The OSU Weyhill has recently had a change in OCs. Captain Alan Steene has left the Army to work for Dixon Photographic and been replaced by Major (OEO) Bert Grade. We extend a welcome to the new OC and wish him a very happy tour in this District. We understand that the trout in the River Avon are having a hard time with Major Reg Frisby. In the past two weeks of fishing he has hooked no less than twenty ' Big Ones'— well every fisherman has a tale to tell. His car is suitably labelled " Think Trout "! The happiest Officer in the Branch is Major Eric Spittal. Since AG9 extended him to his fifty seventh birthday and also the recent pay award, he is now seen roaming the corridors looking like a Bank Manager with a distinctly smug expression. Both of our impoverished ROs are applying to him for a loan so that they can buy a third runabout for the family. SUPPLY DEPOT BULFORD. During the period under review we welcomed Lieutenant Colonel Elliott who carried out our Annual Technical Inspection. This event was quickly followed by a visit from the DGOS who despite a very intensive pro- gramme found time to talk to all military personnel and many of our civilian employees. Congratulations are in order for Lance Corporal Royston Tiliman on his promotion and to Sergeant Jim Sharrock our Master Butcher on his selection for promotion to Staff Sergeant in the coming year. We have said farewell to Captain Fred Moughton our Depot Officer who has departed on posting to Kineton and have welcomed Major Jim McLachlan from the now closed OSU South W e s t District HEADQUARTERS WE have just had a most successful one day CRAOC Recruiting Seminar. A number of guest speakers including the AAG AG9 and the Corps Recruiting Liaison Officer attended. The day ended with a Regimental dinner for the WOs/SNCOs in the Sergeants Mess at which CRAOC was the guest of honour. Judging by the state of our Chief Clerk's eyes the following morning, and CRAOC be- seeching our charming Clerical Officer " Penny' for aspirins, the dinner appears to have been a fitting end to a pleasant day. We wish to correct an item on page 374 of the May 1980 GAZKTTC. The Editor has somehow got his Districts mixed up. Would all concerned note that Captain Fred Moughton was in ' South West District' NOT ' South East District.' — 51 — DressUnifofms to give distinguished service. 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| Book number | R0404 |