RAOC Gazette - page 286
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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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Photo Lance Corporal Bradley RPC. Sergeant Donal of A Company receives the Inter-Company Cross Country Cup from the Commandant, Colonel Stone. New talent is coming to the fore and our standard of rugby is showing improvement: special mention of Private Geordie Bums in his first season of rugby scored his first try in the latter match. The Unit soccer team made a hesitant start to the season with two successive defeats due mainly to fielding weakened sides as a result of exercises and leave. We were most unfortunate in losing six five to JLR RA after extra time in the Army Cup. Captain Phil Martell and Staff Sergeant Richardson RAPC have succeeded Major Roger Thomas and Sergeant Howitt as ' El Supremos' of Station soccer and our fortunes have improved of late with six points from our last three games including a win against 522 Company RPC which is akin to an ' England v Scotland' clash to Kine- ton personnel! This year a combined RAOC/RPC team have been entered in the Banbury Sunday League and to date are unbeaten, top of the league having scored forty four goals in five games! With the Station Youth Club fielding two teams and our Inter-Company League consisting of five teams, soccer is very popular at Kineton and we hope this will reflect in our winning of the Richards Cup (not to mention BFT results)! The golf team continues to do well and with one match' to play v Donnington we are second in the Western District Inter Services League. In the District Autumn Meeting Staff Sergeant John Hooper won the individual Stableford and to- gether with the other 'A' Company ' bandit' Lance Corporal Bob Whitley won the Regimental Pairs prize. The Kineton Station Par 3 course is still very much used and the 1980 Matchplay Champion is Major Roger Thomas, with stroke- play winner—yes you've guessed it—that man Hooper again. There is no truth in the rumour that he is in fact a full time pro' because he has been seen at work recently! Those readers who follow the fortunes of ' walkers' will have heard of Sergeant Paddy Cullen who has joined us in recent months. He has formed a club within the station and they have completed their first competition. It was a walk in aid of SSAFA and in addition to Paddy Cullen the team consisted of Staff Sergeant Bob Waller, Privates Bell and Hand and W/Privates Edgcombe, Green and Long. The team took seven hours to complete the walk, and was the first team to finish. The three girls from Kineton were the first three women to complete the course. The club is now looking forward to the next walk and is hoping to get some more recruits. Our main objective for 1981 is for a team of five people to walk the ' Fosse Way ' from Axmouth in Devon, to Lincoln, and then to follow Ermine St, to York, a distance of three hundred plus miles. This will be in aid of charily, and there will be more information later. — 229 WRAC mentions this month include W/Privatc Edgcombe who reached the semi-finals of the Services Individual Squash Championships. The WRAC held their annual camp within the confines of the Kineton Area this year due to the budget restrictions and it proved to be very successful. Many varied activities took place including abseiling down the Fire Brigade rescue tower! QMSI Larndcr our muscle man has yet to fully recover! In B Company, the work is still coming in thick and fast especially the inter Depot move. But we now have another problem the IE(A) visit who reported to have said that they can not find anyone on the wrong side of the ' wire.' Maybe as a result of their visit we will be seeing a few more new faces. We welcome to the Company Major Attwood the new ' O C Sergeant Keep on return from Cyprus, Staff Sergeant Birchall. Lance Corporals Ellis and Gray and we say farewell to Captain Armstrong (uncle Tom) who after many years with the Company has now taken the post of ' Tech QM ' here at CAD Kineton. Whatever next? This month's issue finds 'A' Company hard at work pre- paring for BFT. The Company has been split down the middle and training runs take place every Monday and Friday morn- ings. There is extra incentive this year in the form of a prize for the Company which achieves most first time passes. This month we have said farewell to Sergeant Chris Donal. who has returned to the Commandos and Corporals Bond and Islam. We welcome Corporals Markham. Harvey. Strong. Fodcn and Hazeldine and Private Withers. Hope you all enjoy your stay in Kineton. PS. Has any reader ever wondered how he would feel if lie was on a crowded London railway station hurrying to catch his train wlien the lock on his briefcase fails and the contents arc spread embarrassingly all over the platform! If so write to the Commandant at Kineton and he will enlighten you! Central Ammunition Depot Longtown ONCE again the Sergeants Mess have lost a games night. This time it was to the RAF at Spadeadam. Having endured a trek into the back of beyond to get beaten didn't go down too well, especially as the result was due again to losing the boat race. Presentation of Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to members of our Fire Service was made recently by Brigadier Findley, Deputy Commander North West District. Recipients, with a total of one hundred and fifteen years service between them, were Leading Fireman Ron Thompson, Firemen Bill Johnstone, Jock Henry, John Harper and Tom Smith. Ron with twenty three years fire service served in the Fleet Air Arm during the Korean campaign and was awarded the Korean Star. Bill Johnstone, twenty one years fire service, has completed two tours in Northern Ireland and holds the General Service Medal for that theatre. RAOC Workshop (must be the only one of its kind) said farewell to that old stalwart, Dave Wilson. Dave, an ex-Corps WOl joined the Depot as a Foreman on demob after the war. He served in various areas of the Depot reaching Stores Officer Grade C before being compulsorily retired on 31st October 1975. Not content at the age of sixty to take things easy, Dave was re-employed on 3rd November 1975, after a pleasant ' weekend ' break, as a Storekeeper within the Workshop until that magical age of sixty five came round and created the second compulsory retirement, although this time for good. From all of us, Dave, may you and your wife have a very enjoyable retirement. Major Peter Price had to visit the BMH at Catterick recently, the poor lad's getting on a bit now! He duly arrived on the Monday morning for his appointment and was quite surprised to say the least to find himself hustled into a bed and being prepared for the knife men the next day. From all accounts he made a remarkable recovery by the Wednesday as he was most anxious to see his wife, Karen, depart after visiting hours before his ' treatment' with the female physio- therapist began! Joking aside, it was good to hear that he's well on the way to a full recovery. Congratulations to Corporal Kevin Cronin on passing his EPC and to Corporal Peter Williams who recently passed his pre ops course; he's off shortly to you know where early next year. Mrs Barbara Cuthbert from the typing pool made the news last month. She won the two ladies cups in the South West Scotland Tope Fishing Festival—one for the heaviest fish, the other for heaviest weight. — |
| Book number | R0404 |