RAOC Gazette - page 12
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1977 |
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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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The first excitement was the race of 17th for the V/RAC Novices and Apprentices. The Corps was well r e p r e s e n t the Apprentices College had for the first time entered tw<, ^ams Most Unit teams had novices in the race and W i W . "from Donnington and elsewhere were welt in the running; Wcond Lieutenant Helen Beazicy being well to the fore with * good chance of an Army Open prize. The course was set in L/„re na Ciste and ran for seven hundred metres through iwentv ^ven gales. The weather was windy and overcast with .sligh* fresh snow on a soft base. The skiers raced all day, the Apprentices trying to overcome the injuries of the previous day and -,y the end of the day, had gained eighth place with the Apprentices ' B ' team not finishing, A very creditable team time oi' 4.56.15 seconds was obtained. Helen Beazley came second overall with a time of 1A6.23, just .98 seconds behind the winner. Our greatest triumph of the day was winning the Army Novices Prize. Private Shepherd, although he came twenty sixth in the race with a time of 1.31 seconds, was the fastest Novice it the Meeting and deservedly won the Army Prize, the first Army Prize that a Corps skier had won at this Scottish Meeting. Success was reinforced when WRAC Private McCamont. from" COD Bicester, took the Regular WRAC Novice Prize No doubt these two ' firsts* resulted from the ski training now offered to Corps skiers at the RAOC Ski Hut. •sz&im> mm •K:-^:;4-::-.;:::!¥^.p!:-;;^;«;; mi?"?" *mmim: mmsmMmmm ;;•• M:a!-!:n!S:K:!w::j"-i: "if;;;^::;™:^; mm*. Apprentice Corporal Pollock going well than 1.7.4 seconds. When the final results were analysed, the 1977 Downhill Team Ski Trophy was won by Kineton, second Training Centre and third RAOC Northern Ireland. It is particularly noteworthy that all three teams had excellent timings and the results meant the Corps had three teams in the first twenty for the Army. It is apparent from the overall success of the Corps skiers at this Meeting that the aim of the Ski Committee mentioned earlier is well on the way to success. Individual and Team Results were: — W/Private McCamont, of COD Bicester, winner of the WRAC Novice event The day of the Regular Army Race, involving the various team trophies, arrived and all participants with 'skid lids* set off for the slopes. This race was to be held on the Ml to the right of the very difficult slope known as ' the White 1 ady' The weather was overcast and snow was falling, but because of the severity of the slope, the race was over only five hundred metres and twenty four gates. As the participants raced through the day, the weather grew wanner and the course got soft. It was soon apparent that the later racers would have to follow a ' t r o u g h ' through the gates which had been carved out by the earlier skiers. Towards the end of the racing this trough was knee deep in places and the course almost un- s t a b l e , but determination got these skiers through in the end and some very good results were achieved. It was soon apparent that the th ree fastest RAOC teams were Training Centre, Logistic Support Group and Kineton. Disaster befell many of the others for one reason or another, but mainly due to the changing climatic conditions. The fastest RAOC Individual, in a time of 57.34 seconds, was Sergeant Pete Mollison of the Training Centre, but it is of note that our overall standards were so improved this year that three RAOC competitors clocked better ARMY TROPHIES — Regular Army Novice Champion, Private Shepherd, Training Centre; RAOC Individual Cham- pion, Sergeant Mollison, Training Centre; RAOC Inter Unit Champions, Privates McAulay and Bell, Lance Corporal Humphries and Corporal Markwick of CAD Kineton; Women's Services (Regular) Individual Champion, Third Place, Second Lieutenant Beaztey, Donnington ; Women's Services Novice Prize, W/Private McCamont, Bicester. CORPS TROPHlES^Winner of the Tonanti Trophy {Presented by Major General Stanyer), for Best RAOC Junior, Apprentice Corporal Brown. Apprentice College: Winner of the Minogue Trophy, Best WRAC (RAOC) Novice, Private McCamont, Bicester; Winner of the Gnatcuik Cup {presented by CVD Ash- church in memory of the late Private Gnatuik), Best Novice Skier, Private Shepherd, Training Centre. I would particularly like to mention the help and en- couragement given to RAOC (WRAC) skiers by Mrs Minogue. Mrs Minogue has generously donated a new trophy the s Minogue Cup y which is to be awarded to the best WRAC (RAOC) Novice Skier. With the Cup went a silver spoon and medallion to all WRAC (RAOC) participants in the Scottish Ski Championships. DEAD-LINE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COPY WILL ALL contributors kindly note that the deadline date for receipt of copy at THE GAZETTE Office really is the 29th of the month for publication a month later, |
| Book number | R0246 |