RAOC Gazette - page 161
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| Publication date | 1977 |
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| Early date | 1977 |
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Massive quantities of embrocation have been demanded from the Medical Centre since the appointment of Captain Sider as Officer-in-Charge Unit Physical Fitness, Regular running and PT, led by the Commanding Officer, are now a regular feature of life at the VSD—and everyone is enjoying it —and the over forties have pledged themselves to aceept the challenge of the DGOS for the three mile run T although Olympic standards are not envisaged! The Rheindahlen Allied Marches took place on 13th July at which the Unit entered three teams; an over forties, Sergeants Mess and Young Soldiers. Not to be outdone, the Sergeants Mess stalwarts surprised everyone by finishing the course. A special mention must be made of Private Carter who was 'hi-jacked' at the last minute, manfully carried on well blistered, and really earned his medal. Captain David Kerr will shortly be leaving the Unit to take part in Exercise Long Look, which we are led to believe is a four months i swan' to Australia, Prior to his departure, the Commanding Officer presented him with his BAOR rugby colours for 1977. Welcome this month to Sergeant McGinley, Lance Corporal Day and Private Luxford (back from Northern Ireland). Farewell to Sergeant Briggs and Lance Corporal Knight. Finally, congratulations to Private Fagan on his marriage to Miss Christine Cookson, and to our DMA, Miss Christine Lillington on her marriage to Mr Trevor Johnson. Congratulations to Staff Sergeant Chris Kimplon and i rpciral Charlie ColTils on their acting promotion and to i Tporals Mick Greenhalgh and Stu Thompson on their sub- - -.nlive promotion. We welcome WO I Pete Dunn and WOZ H m Watford; Sergeant Frank Smith and Corporal Jim Free- hi'rn from Bicester, Sergeant Jim Roche and Lance Corporal Dick Chesterrnan from Donnington, Sergeant Dave Udall from 10 Ordnance Support Battalion, and Sergeant Dick Butlin Royal Signals. Farewell on posting to WOsl Denis Baldwin and Brian Manson, W02 Norman Towler, Staff Sergeant John Robertson and Corporal Stu Thompson. Also to WO I Ron Brown and Sergeant John Broadbent on discharge, VEHICLE SUB-DEPOT MOENCHENGLADBACH HE Unit swimming team excelled themselves by winning for (he first time, the Rhine Area Minor Units swimming champion- ships, It was also a great feat inasmuch as the trophy had previously been held by the Sappers for the past seven years, In achieving such a great performance, special mention must be made of Private Max Evans, who set up two new Rhine Area Records in both the breast and backstroke events, in addition to the new record set up by the medley relay team. The win qualified the team for the BAOR Championships a week later in Berlin where Private Evans won his event and STORES SUB-DEPOT DVLMEN FOR many people the Sennelager Jubilee Review is now just a proud memory to be re-kindled from time to time by photo- graphs of the great event. To the merry men of Camp and Repair Group however it is a part of every day life as the ten-tenners disgorge their cargo of damp, lifeless canvas. Under the direction of Staff Sergeant Miller this Peoples Dispensary For Sick Canvas has the task of sorting repairing and storing much of the tentage seen at Sennelager. The event itself was spectacular and attended by many Dulmen personnel, however, to a lesser extent, the Jubilee Street Party at Tower School was also spectacular and the result of many hours of hard work. One of the stars of the show, Sergeant Cox, disguised himself as a clown and, to his distress, was immediately recog- nised by his friends, Sadly, this month we said goodbye to our local Naafi 1 damager' Gordon Robertson and his wife Cathy. They have been at Dulmen for over six years and have given us excellent service during this time. After being presented with a picture of Dulmen, Mr Robertson said " I have only served with two Units in BAOR but Dulmen was one of the best! ! M Praise like that is hard earned. The Vehicle Sub-Depot Moenchengladbach swimming team winners of the Rhine Area (Minor Units) swimming champion- ships 1977* Back row left to right: Corporal Smith, Private Rohaci, Private Willcock, Private Chapman, Sergeant Schiller, Corporal Campbell. Front row left to right: Private Cadsen, Corporal Scarborough, Captain Sider (Coach and Trainer), , Private Evans, Captain Kerr. 3 Base Ammunition and Petroleum Depot a nas since been selected to swim in the Army Championships in UK, but overall, the team finished in fourth place in the Minor Units, but still a creditable performance. It is also rumoured that they also had time to sample the night life of Berlin—after the swimming of course 1 The Unit seven-a-side l football tournament saw Major Terry Glen's Vehicle Park A' team win the trophy, but not without a fierce 1 struggle against Kit Stores, duly dubbed 'Thomases Terrors. The Officers team gave a creditable per- formance, in particular the Commanding Officer, who played ™ goal, and some of wis saves would undoubtedly have solved tne problems the England team have been experiencing. All in all, it was an enjoyable afternoon and was culminated in Mrs Dorothy Young, wife of our Commanding Officer, presenting the awards, The Sergeants Mess held a splendid Jubilee Cocktail party to which some two hundred guests were invited. A number of Unit members also made the trip to Sennelager to witness the review of the Army by Her Majesty The Queen. Since the formation of the Unit ten pin bowling team there has been a fair amount of success. In the first annual BAOR Championships Lance Corporal Dave Catchpole became the Ornish Forces Germany single champion and in doing so beat the best players of R A F (G) and BAOR. The team play in the BFG Friday league and are hoping for further success this season. — 125 WE in Bracht were eagerly looking forward to another 4 sun bathing s type summer but so far we have had plenty of * bathing' but as yet no sun—there again, just being at Bracht is compensation enough. The 3 BAPD marching team, after a number of well deserved successes ably led by Sergeant Dennis Ashworth tackled that other annual event which is so popular on the continent * The Nijmegen Marches/ Forty kilometres a day, for four days—a daunting thought. True to their form the team came through and earned a team award as well as the individual awards. Our cyclists have yet again been earning themselves glory. Earlier this month WOl Ron Foster attended the Army Track Championships in Reading with the following personal results: One kilometre time trial, first; sprint, second; pursuit, second; punctured in the final five miles race (overall—points race). WOl Ron Foster aiso represented the Army in the Combined Services Track Championships, the Army finishing second to the Royal Navy. The sporting find of the season so far has been Sergeant Ken Avery and his tug-of-war team. After their recent success in the Rhine Area athletics meet they were invited to participate in the RAF Wildenrath Invitation Meeting and swept the board at the two weights being pulled (660 kilograms and 640 kilo- grams) beating the RAF Germany Champions. As a direct result of this fine win the team has been invited to participate in an International Meeting in August—our best wishes go with them. We would like to say goodbye to Major Burgess, Sergeants Knight and Huime, Lance Corporals Gower, O'Connor, Bart- lett and Legg, Privates Stewart and Entwistle. We welcome Major Von Zugbach de Sugg, Sergeant Sutton, Lance Corporal Talbot and Privates Seymoor and Scott-Kerr. |
| Book number | R0246 |