RAOC Gazette - page 158
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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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| Colour | Yes |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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J^eto* from Hbroab AFCENT FOLLOWING the great success of last years British Triathlon, AFCENT has for the first time, recently staged the com- petition as an international event with six NATO nations taking part. The triathlon for the uninitiated, is a test of skill and endurance in three disciplines—shooting, swimming and running. Captain Colin Robinson and Sergeant Alan Hollis excelled in the running discipline coming second and seventh respectively. Captain Robinson was also a member of the three man British Army team that came a creditable second to a very formidable German Army Team. Corporal Graham Page also gave a good account of himself particularly in the shooting with a score of eighty eight out of an HPS ot one hundred on the nine millimetre pistol. He only missed third place on a tie by the narrowest margin of two bulls to his opponent's three. Sergeant Alan Hollis poised to start the running event of the AFCENT Triathlon. Getting him underway, as official starter, is Staff Sergeant Derek Head, a staff clerk working in the Intelligence Division of Headquarters A F C E N T . AFCENTs football team, The Knights, gave a marvellous performance, beating 3 P and C Regiment by seven goals to two in the North Rhine League, and this made up in some respects for England's inability to find the net more than a few times in the European Championships! This fine victory sealed the league title for the Knights after a long and hard fought season. Special mention must go to Sergeant Paddy Stanway who has been inspired in goal and deserves much of the credit for the Knights success. Prominent in the team also were SQMS Ray Dewsnap, Corporals Neil Cox and Chris McLean. Leaving sport aside, Sergeant Jim Gauld, chairman and founder member of the AFCENT Folk Knights, exercises his vocal chords and his musical talents by writing and singing his own songs, three of which he has entered in the forthcoming BAOR Forces Folk competition. We wish him the very best of good fortune. Under his leadership and direction the Folk Knights have enjoyed considerable success, and have just been signed up to do thirteen shows for the Canadian Forces Net- work radio station here in Brunssum in The Netherlands. — We welcome Corporals Chris McLean and Paul Meade. Congratulations go to Corporal Keith Davis on passing his RPC1, also to Corporal John Dickie and his wife on the birth of their son Robert Thomas. NORTHAG GREETINGS from G3 Division of Head- quarters NORTHAG whose turn it is this month to act as scribe. Our senior RAOC Clerk in the Division is W02 Jim Gemmell of G3 Plans. He is ably hindered by Corporal Brian Parsons and Corporal ' Q ' Haslam. How a Corporal can become a ' Q ' is not really known. Anyway, by 1995 or there- abouts (subject to RAOC Records ap- proval) he may yet become a real ' Q.' G3 Air and G3 EW is skippered by Sergeant Laing Purfitt who is assisted by a Gunner. However, this Gunner, or should I perhaps say Bombardier, hopes very shortly to transfer to the Corps. I'm sure we will very soon see a re-badged Corporal Mick Lynch in the Corps. Private Mark Worral is Laing's EW apprentice. Perhaps we should remind Mark that EW stands for Electronic Warfare and not Entire Waste as he so constantly mutters in the corridors of power. Our Special Weapons representative is Lance Corporal Nobby Clarke, who, when not lobbing his rockets (or getting them), can be seen charging up and down the Autobahns in his 49cc Super-charged, Turbo (third Staged Tuned) Special Honda Moped. C and T Branch (Cakes and Tea I think it stands for) is in the hands of Corporal Dave Turnbull. After only a short period in the Branch Dave has now become a 28.5 WPM (Wrongs Per Minute) typist. Could you possibly believe that before his arrival in the branch he thought ty-ping was a city in Thailand. Last but not least we have Staff Sergeant Kenn Quinn who is Personal Assistant to our Brigadier. Ken leaves us shortly to go on holiday to 154 Ammunition Depot; con- gratulations on your forthcoming promotion. I nearly forgot to say ' bon voyage' to our Super Clerk Conductor David Barron who, although not really a member of our Division, has done much to help us in the last twenty two months. David will shortly be leaving Headquarters NORTHAG on posting to 4 Petroleum Depot. PS. A certain Man about the House (who wishes to remain anonymous) approached me the other day and said that what- ever happened I was not to mention his name in THE GAZETTE. As instructed I have not done so. Ordnance Depot Antwerp THE Unit's annual regimental potted sports afternoon was held this month. The big decision had to be made the day before whether to hold the activities inside or outside. After con- sulting the Belgian weather forecast and Corporal Rick Taylor's temperamental knee, the decision was made to hold it outside. Fortunately, somebody must have looked down on us favour- ably, as, with minutes to go, the rain ceased for the afternoon. QSMI Mick Lugg was very inventitive in his programme of activities by including a water race, slow bicycle race, welly lugging, pitching a golf ball, obstacle course, tug-of-war, trailer race and a potato race. After an exhausting and bruising day, the ' maintenance' team came out winners. A photograph of the winners is enclosed holding their prizes. Top row: Captain Postance, Privates Hothersall, Ives and Hopcraft, Lance Corporal Eckersley and Corporal Colman. Bottom row: Private Green, Lance Corporals Hymus and Jones. 125 — . |
| Book number | R0404 |