RAOC Gazette - page 188
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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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VEHICLE SUB-DEPOT MOENCHENGLADBACH WHILST the cat's away the mice will play—but this is not quite true! Whilst the CO has been attending the Senior Officers Logistics Course at the School of Ordnance the Depot has con- tinued to 'hum* with lots of receipts and issues, new doors have been fitted to the RAOC Stores Section and our Head- quarters is now under the paint brush—a sure sign that the Unit is eventually disbanding! Preparing for his forthcoming lecture on the Battle of the Somme is OIC Technical Administration^ Major (The Desert Fox) Peter Gibson. In doing so he is taking three weeks leave in Italy! Technical Administration have been doing really well of late and Miss Sylvan Tait has just won DM 2500,00 at Bingo! The start of the Rhine Area Anti-smoking Campaign saw many * smoke signals' generate from Planning Branch, the nerve centre and Headquarters of the Depot campaign. Its success will be judged at the end of the month when a survey will be taken to find out just how many took the challenge to stop smoking and take a little more exercise. A recent National Advertisement said that one would enjoy it more if one wore plimsolls. Asked for amplification, the OIC Physical Fitness refused to comment, other than saying that he always ran in DMS Boots! The VSD were hosts at the recent meeting of the RAOC Association which took the form of a games evening organised by Captain Jim Bridle, W02 Nigel Smith, Staff Sergeants Walt Cooper and Ken McNaught. The hotly contested competition which ensued saw Headquarters Company of the VSD the runaway winners. Congratulations to the hockey team on reaching the finals of the Rhine Area (Minor Units) competition. In a fiercely contested final we were beaten by Ordnance Depot Antwerp two goals to one. Whilst it is difficult to isolate any particular players for special praise, mention must be made of the stick work and determination of both Captain Jim Bridle and Corporal John Millership. The soccer team wound up their Wednesday League pro- gramme with a three nil defeat by 3 BAPD, but our sights are set on doing well in the forthcoming Rothmans five-a-side tournament In a season fraught with injuries the team haven't had the luck they deserved. However, the morale remained high, which is what the game is all about, and Sergeant Alan Schiller, captain for the season, did a splendid job. Among the many claim jumpers and homesteaders seeking a place to put down their roots are Conductor Dave Siviter and W02 Nikki Gore, both of whom have returned from UK as home owners! The hidden talent among the VSD is really amazing. Staff Sergeant Stan Richmond REME, has been selected to attend the Canoe Selection races for Great Britain on the river Trywenyn, Bala, North Wales, and Private Nick Weber has been asked to umpire at Wimbledon this year. More news of these two gladiators with pictures will follow at a later date, Finally, a warm VSD welcome to W02 Heap, Corporal Keast, Lance Corporal Lewis and Privates Bailey, Adamson, Clarke and Weber, and farewell to RSM Joll, SSM Henwood, ASM Scott REME, Staff Sergeant Daunt, Sergeant Mullen REME, Sergeant Rhodes, Corporals Tomlin and Green away, Lance Corporal Howe, Privates Gadsden, Kennedy and Ronson. Congratulations to Private and Mrs O'Brien on the birth of a son. according to plan, by the end of April we should all have passed our BE test for the first half of the year, qualified on personal weapons, been trained in NBC, become professional map readers and exercised in our mob appointments. Or perhaps by the end of this time we will have become more aware of our limitations, At long last we have been successful on the social sport- ing front. This month we soundly thrashed the 'Posties' in a games evening consisting of darts, snooker, table tennis and crib but our elation was short lived, A few days later they turned the tables by beating us at soccer by the odd goal—it was no wonder really when you saw the number of our players who spent most of the time kicking out at a ball that had long since been robbed from them. It has been noted recently that there is a rapid upsurge in the applications for leave to be taken in Berlin. Contrary to rumour, WOl Alex Marshall has not been elected to the Berlin tourist board but it may be the result of those exaggerated stories of the night life told by WOsl Colin Pearce and Pete Dandy on their return from the Grosse Stadt. They were lucky —we who are going up there on leave have to take our wives. 15 Composite Ordnance Depot STORES SUB-DEPOT VIERSEN WE omitted to bid Lieutenant Colonel Don Fifield, our In- ventory Controller, farewell when he left in February on his way to OSU Liphook and welcome his successor Lieutenant Colonel Jim Start. Our apologies and we hope that Liphook will not be too quiet for you Colonel Don. Our intrepid skiers, Captain Dunn, Staff Sergeant Duffy and Corporal Greenhalgh are sporting expensive looking tans having just returned from a fortnights ' Snow Queen/ Captain Dunn and Corporal Greenhalgh completed the advanced course whilst Staff Sergeant Duffy just managed to finish the basic course before twisting his ankle. Corporal Greenhalgh did so well that he has since been posted to Canada and hopes to spend Easter ski-ing in the Rockies. Rumour has it that our Com- mandant, Colonel Edwards, was so impressed with the bronzed warriors that he*s gone for a week to inspect the Ski Hut and, hopefully, find a little time to ski himself. He's already an accomplished skier More shooting; our team attended the RAOC BAOR Small Bore Target Rifle Match Inter Finals at 1 Combat Supplies Battalion and came second to the host unit. Well done WOl Poison, Staff Sergeant Kimpton, Mrs Macdonald and Major Macdonald; their names in order of score attained. Since the BAOR Rugby Minor Units final the Badgers have Staff Sergeants Tiny Davison and Dodger Green on posting and have suffered an alarming number of injuries incapacitating four other stalwarts. To the credit of the virtually leaderless youngsters remaining, they have carried on with our difficult fixture list and have won all games to date. To date we have played thirty one games, won twenty four, Lost six and drawn one. We have scored five hundred and twenty eight points and have had two hundred and forty eight against. We are the Rhine Area Champions and BAOR Finalists and because of the excellent support by all players have honoured every last one of our fixtures. Well done Badgers. Members of the RAOC Association and their ladies spent an enjoyable evening at a games night organised by our friends from VSD. We didn't win, but enjoyed the fish and chip supper and our Commandant revealed hidden talents as a table football referee. Our angling fraternity, not strong enough to form a unit club, provide the backbone of the Moenchengladbach Station Angling Club. They report good attendance at a recent tackle making demonstration at their SSD Viersen Clubroom and at monthly club outings. We hope to report some success for them in the first ever Rhine Area Angling Championship, being organised in July by Captain Les Jordan of Depot Head- quarters. Congratulations to WOl Pete Collyer and wife Anne on the birth of son Kxistian, Sergeant John Mar-Gerrison on second place in the Decorated Cake section of the Rhine Area Com- petition and WOl Ken Pratt on substantive promotion. Helios to Captain Jim Bridle, Captain Don Longmoor, W02 John Wright, Staff Sergeants Bob Hughes and Maurice Mellor, Corporals Jock Cummings and Jim Be at tie, Farewells to Major Alec Bryan and Captain Noel Smith on retirement, W02 Dave Taylor to Brunei, Staff Sergeant Dodger Green to Middle Wallop, Staff Sergeant Chris Forbes- Ritte to Chilweil, Corporal Jim Freeborn to 89 Supply Depot and Private Keith Fulcher to Dulmen. — 3 Base Ammunition and Petroleum Depot AS these notes are being written, the last Bracht contingent is returning from Exercise Snow Queen. However, they are not leaving the snow behind them. Despite being the first day of Spring, the Depot is covered and the snow is still falling steadily. Sergeants Mick Warden and Nobby Clark have been blamed for bringing it back with them. Corporal Alan Carruthers is due back from the RAOC ski hut, having spent four months doing a tremendous job as instructor, barman, projectionist, ski- shop salesman and ski storeman, to mention just a few of his tasks. His hard work, cheerfulness and enthusiasm were an example to all, and a tremendous asset to the hut. During the winter 3 BAPD have also provided other men for the permanent staff of the hut. They were WOs2 Andy Shearer and Ted Hamon, and Privates Paul Thomsett, Pete Hood, and Glen Crossland. In addition, Corporals Nobby Clark, Rod Dirnmock and Rab Latta, and Lance Corporal Tom Talbot kept the Bracht flag flying with the administration detachment in Sonthofen, It should be noted that during one of the courses W02 * Digger' Denholm, of rugby fame, started in the beginner's class, moved through the intermediates and finished the course with the advanced group. 390 |
| Book number | R0246a |