RAOC Gazette - page 75
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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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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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Our contribution to the winning team was in the persons of I .utenant Colonel B. M Lickman, Major R. J. Duncan and v ijor P, J. O'Hare. With Jim Duncan 'chipping in' so . ! from off the green, we now know why he is so deadly on 1L nooker table. Further success followed in the cricket part of the same com- petition with a win for the CAD/CVD team against COD Chil- well. Major J. A, Woodliffe was our expert and we look for- ward to reporting further success in the near future, VEHICLE DEPOT ASHCHURCH WE extend a warm welcome to Captain John Parsons the new Officer IC Vehicle Control Centre. So far he has been " selected ' 10 run the Sailing Club from Major Brogden and take over the footing team from W02 Tarsnane. He has already been . jcted for the Officers Mess Audit Board prior to posting in— • ^ore must be something else he can do! !? The Unit Full Bore Shooting team once more entered for ihe South West District Skill-at-Arms Meeting. We didn't win anything, but we also didn't disgrace ourselves, forty first out of seventy teams wasn't bad! ! Congratulations to A/Staff Sergeant Amos and Sergeant Laverton on being provisionally selected for promotion, and to Private and Mrs Maloney on the birth of a son John Francis Mark, We welcome Staff Sergeant Scott, Sergeants Boyd and Mumphris, Corporal Clarke, Lance Corporal Millburn, Privates Dunlop. Mclver, Bowles, Peach, Jobbins, Docherty, Baron, Lewandowski, Davis, McMillan, Banghen and Kincaid, Farewell on posting to Staff Sergeant Smith, Corporals Hunt and Johnson and Lance Corporal Harrison. Congratulations to Private Watson on his marriage to Pauline. VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL WE recently held Exercise Freshwater and the aim was to navigate the Oxford Canal using Mark IV assault boats and i vas designed to provide the opportunity of practising living . nd working in an environment quite different from normal army requirements. A good time was had by all and the small party led by Captain Tony Phillips was very well received by the civilian population. The recent Corps shoot was however, slightly disappoint- ing- All the members of the team qualified for the bronze medal. Pride of place must go to Staff Sergeant Alec Mc- Grattan who qualified for a medal in SMG, Pistol and SLR. Major David Humphrey on his first Corps shoot qualified for a bronze in the pistol and was clearly pleased with his achieve- pTent. Arrivals and departures over the last month have been many and we welcome Privates Brodrick and Moore from the Depot and Staff Sergeant McNulty from 50 Ordnance Support Battalion. Postings out are Sergeant Copland and Privates Daltan, Marshall and Rogers. Central Ammunition Depot Kineton AIR CHIEF MARSHAL, Sir Ruthven Wade, the Chief of Personnel and Logis- tics, visited the Unit on 21st April. The Air Chief Marshal, at a formal Unit parade, presented Corporal R. B. Wetherill with the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. On 10th May we welcomed the GOC West Midland District, Major General Downward, for the Annual Unit Report. Major General Downward presented W02 B. Baker with the General Officer Commanding (Northern Ire- land) Commendation awarded for bravery during his recent tour Northern Ireland. He also presented Long Service and Good L .induct Medals to W02 L. Craft, W02 C. Rowlands, ACC, and Sergeant J. Henderson. Our. warm congratulations to those honoured with these awards. On the sporting side Kineton has had an energetic month. An Inter-Company Sports Day was held on 6th May during which members from the Unit's Companies competed against each other for the honours. There were some magnificent wins in spite of a strong headwind and the afternoon resulted in a win ^ r 522 Company Royal Pioneer Corps, with 'A' Company \ rung second. Prizes were very kindly presented by Mrs r*-. A. Berresford. The Rugby team finished the season well by winning the Bruce Plate, fought for by Units within RAOC throughout the ^K.. The team was captained by W02 S. M. Matakitoga. Photo Staff Sergeant P. le Quelenec The Kineton Sevens Team with the Bruce Plate. From left to right: W 2 Matakitoga, Lance Corporal W a l s h , Sergeant Smith. Lance Corporal Hartley, Corpora! Bradshaw, Lance Corporal Morrison, Lance Corporal Lincoln, Sergeant Lloyd-West, Captain Vaughan, Lieutenant Colonel Hendy, Corporal Butler, Private Dickson. Our Cricket team has started the season well by winning their match in the first round of the DGOS Cup against Bicester by six wickets. Corporal Salway achieved a magnificent half century and Sergeant Holmes and Corporal Smith claimed six wickets between them. Let us hope that our team can main- tain this good form. The Officers Mess team also started their season well by winning the Preliminary Round of the Base Organisation Cricket Competition against ChilweU by thirty six runs. Two outstand- ing players of the match were Major Steve Roach who scored fifty four runs not out and Major Alan Swindley who took four wickets for eleven. To complete the energetic side of life at Kineton we have also been very active in Adventure Training. Six members of 'A' Company have just returned from a two week Adventure Training exercise, Surf Canoeing in North Devon and Cornwall. W02 Young led the group, consisting of Sergeant Phiipott, Corporals Anderson, Collett and Stewart, Lance Corporal King and Private Little. W02 Young must be congratulated on his excellent efforts in winning five trophies in the Army Canoe Surf Canoeing Championships during the exercise. Congratulations are also in order for Staff Sergeant and Mrs Lee on the birth of their daughter Wendy Caroline, and Photo Sergeant Cauling QGM Corporal and Mrs Clark with the Commandant, Colonel Berresford, after the presentation of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Corporal Clark. |
| Book number | R0246 |