RAOC Gazette - page 182
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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Central Ordnance Depot Donnington FOR the information of ex-Donnington-ites, who have languished in luxury at RAF Hospital, Cosford, that grand establishment is now closed. To partially compensate we now have our very 4 own MRS to accommodate the short termers' and carry out First IA when necessary on patients suffering more serious ailments, destined for a larger hospital establishment, The MRS was officially opened by Mrs Tony Short on 17th March. Discharged: Staff Sergeant Mitchell, Sergeant Long, Corporals Wood and Toner. Births: To Lance Corporal and Mrs Bryan a daughter Lorraine born 1st March. Central Ammunition Depot Kineron j ,^,„I.MI : ;. W w8^'"'-' K1NETON was delighted to receive Brigadier Dalton, Director Base Depots ^iC^ "'•'v^llPSs During the day Brigadier Dalton saw >.'v'.;/^^ the depot at work and also received an _ '" introductory tour of the Army School of \ OOV / Ammunition. Prior to lunch in the \ SIS? / Officers Mess he kindly presented the \ Sal* / Long Service and Good Conduct Medal \ ^ ~ ^ m ™ ^ / to WOl Adams. It has been a very special ^*^* ***^ year so far for WOl Adams who was awarded the George Medal at Buckingham Palace in February. Our sincere congratulations now go to WOt Adams on his award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Mrs Short unveils the plaque to officially open the new Donning- ton MRS, Also in the photograph is Brigadier Short and the Medical Officer Captain Baxter. Despite the increasing workload from Fair Value we con- tinue to find time to excel at our various sports. Our basket- ball team, formed by Staff Sergeant Bede Welsh a year ago, has had great success. In the Army Minor Units Competition, having beaten four Units we were eventually knocked out by A AC Chepstow, last years winners, that being our team's first ever defeat We do however, expect to win the league. Mem- bers of the team are Staff Sergeant Bede Welsh (also trainer), Private Ray Hendricks, Private Steve Meek, Corporal Mitch Couzens, Corporal John Longfield, Corporal Stu Barton, Private Paul Clarke, Major Norman Pendlebury RAPC, Private John Weisburger, Private Brian Smith and Private Dave Thomas RPC. Now to hockey: followers of Corps hockey will no doubt be most surprised to hear of our 'A* team's successes at the Bari Cup Festival this year. However, few were more surprised than our team manager, Major Graham Browning, when we made it to the final of the cup. But none was more proud of the fine team spirit and good hockey displayed by all twenty five of our players. Space prohibits singing the praises of all the players but we must mention Major Doug Stobie, Staff Sergeant Geoff Twigg and Lance Corporal Beefy Birch am for their fine play. The uninitiated may deduce from the above that we actually won the cup but unfortunately we lost by a penalty goal in the eighth minute of extra time. Praise should also be lavished upon the WRAC team from Donnington who gave the men's team a run for their money and forced COD Chil- well to a hard fought draw. We have been unable to find out when a girls team last played in the Bari Cup but perhaps our girls' fine efforts will be taken as the gauntlet thrown into the ring and next year will see teams from our other establish- ments with equally large WRAC complements. Our football team continue their success story by beating the winners of SW District, 29 Transport and Movements Regi- ment RCT, five goals to nil, in the Army Minor Units Cup Competition (UK). Having conquered the Western zone we now wait out to play in the semi-final against the Northern zone, including Northern Ireland. We are also in the semi- finals of the West Midlands Inter-Service League Cup. The following arrivals, departures etc, took place during the month: Arrivals: Sergeant Slade, Corporals Mallard, Morris, Hay and Weedall, Lance Corporals Jones and Woods. Departures: Staff Sergeant Mellors, Privates Fletcher, Bond and Williams to BAOR, Corporals Taylor and Caldecott to Cyprus, Private Rochelle to Northern Ireland, and Private Viney to Perham Down. Photo Staff Sergeant P, C. LeQuelenec. Brigadier B. M. J. A . Dalton OBE, after presenting the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to W O l K. F. A. Adams C M . Angling activity during the winter months has been some- what curtailed by various circumstances. Each weekend brought its own peculiarity in weather conditions; when the rivers didn't freeze, they flooded. When these conditions rectified, the petrol tanker drivers worked to rule and we couldn't get to places we would have liked to go anyway. On Sunday 26th February, weather and trade unions per- mitting, the club sallied to MarlclifTe on the River Avon. Presumably lack of practice influenced the end result but none of the anglers caught anything of note. The season ended with a club match at Pensham on the Lower Avon. Probably because there was some money at stake, results were considerably better. Sergeant Joe Steen took first place with Bob Watson and Staff Sergeant Lou Russell second and third respectively. Alas, this was not to be Kineton's season for rugby! we felt that we were in with a chance in the semi-finals at Devizes against 10 Ordnance Support Battalion but they scored in the first five minutes following up a quick kick-ahead and although we battered their line for the rest of the game, the final score was four nil. We still don't know how we lost al- though our backs complain that they were starved! We have two sides entered for the * Bruce 7s * and hope to salvage something in a season that promised so much and produced so little. The season for badminton at Kineton has now drawn to a close. Our last match was played v COD Bicester and we won by seven games to two. We wish to say farewell to our Captain and coach, Del Jones, who will not be with us next season; he leaves us for civilian life. There is no truth in the rumour that Andy Smith is hang- ing his racket up because of old age. He is' really taking up tennis—the other racket game, 386 — |
| Book number | R0246a |