RAOC Gazette - page 22
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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became clear that this was the weak link in the REME team. Fhc Corps went ahead- in the tenth minute when James slotted home a cross from the left after good work by Crawford. Dineley and Griffiths. They continued to make use of the following wind and after twenty minutes Shepherd made it two nil when he converted a well judged cross from Dine ley, REME came back into the game immediately and Ferrier in goal made a number of outstanding saves from close range. During this period Renicks, Taylor, Hawker and John all played a major part in stemming the determined thrusts of the REME forwards. Almost on half time the Corps suffered a major setback when the hitherto dominant James was carried off with a leg injury and was unable to resume after the interval In the second half the re-organised RAOC team faced a stiff breeze and came under constant pressure. Again, it was Renicks and Taylor who stood out and held the defence to- gether. The Corps attacks were now limited to solo efforts from the exhausted Stant who, in spite of his flagging limbs, came very near to scoring on three occasions* REME were eventually rewarded with a goal in the last quarter of an hour and this signalled the start of a flurry of attacks on the RAOC goal. With the injured Dineley now replaced by the experienced Donal, the Corps pulled back all but Stant and Shepherd into defence. The final ten minutes were as exciting for the band of nervous spectators as they were frantic for the players themselves. When the whistle blew for full time there was an enormous feeling of relief around the Blackthorn Road ground followed by much elation when the Bicester Garrison Commander, Brigadier Cooke presented skipper Renicks with the trophy that had resided at Bordon for the last eighteen years. Team: Sergeant Ferrier, Lance Corporals Hawker, Renicks and Taylor, Staff Sergeant Griffiths, Lance Corporal John, Sergeant James, Lance Corporals Crawford and Shepherd, Privates Dineley and Stant. Subs: Corporal Simkiss, Sergeant Donal and Lance Corporal Robson. Team Manager: Sergeant Allan. THE DULMEN result. Who would have thought that a fifty one year old Major would win, that the fittest unit runners wouldn't came in first, for the field was completely open to every rank and age and at the finish (he interest in everyones final placing was most evident. So, as the Donnington Scramble and the Hash House Harriers made their mark, so too has the ' Dulmen Dash.* Interest, fitness, open competition and a sense of sporting achieve- ment have been combined together to promote a closer unit spirit. So take it up, you'll find that this ever popular ' fitness for you ' era, that it really does work. ORIENTEERING WIN THE RAOC Training Centre won the Zone A Major Unit Orienteering Championships on the Mytchelt Training area. As part of the economies, South East, Eastern and London District combined their meetings into a Zone. The Training Centre won the South East District Champion- ships, and as a bonus, were the overall Zone winners. Of the six competitors per team, out of one hundred and sixteen runners on the A Course Major Peter Lewis came sixth, Sergeant Mick Binks tenth and Captain Phil Freegard twenty first. On the B Course, out of sixty six runners, Captain Ted Walcroft was second, Major Chris Brightman fifth and Major Terry Bunyard sixth. The Training Centre Team defeated eight other teams who completed the course, and so qualified for the UKLF Cham- pionships. DASH A U:VIT C R O S S COTJIVTRY WITH A D I F F E R E N C E IT was a normal day, the runners lined up, with the favourites of the unit cross country team at the front, eager to get away to chalk up yet another win. The over forties knowing their final positions would be somewhere near the back, were busy chatting about the Mess party that night. At the gun the youngsters were off to a good start, the favourites leading and so the scenario of the normal cross country goes, that is until the advent of the now popular Dulmen Dash—unit cross country with a difference. A fun event for the whole unit, a * Keep the unit in top physical shape all year ' event, There is a quarterly race for everyone on establishment, from CO to acting private, from under twenty to over fifty— and everyone in with a fair chance of winning. As the year passes, the same obstacles, ranging from iced- over streams, stagnant ponds, fast flowing rivers and a fair pro- portion of muddy tracks, roads, ditches and other objects are encountered. The basic aim of the event was maximum participation and continued fitness standards. Obviously with an existing age difference of over thirty years a system had to be devised to stagger the start on a fair basis and so encourage both young and old. After much soul searching and ideas to fix the start times to ensure the CO beat the FTO, (fairly of course), it was decided to select an exact three mile course to match the normal BFT distance, and to programme the start times to adhere to permissable completion times for the second part BFT schedule. It was a simple matter therefore to add part one and two for each group, set over fifties off first and at the respective times thereafter, set each other age group off in turn with the under twenty nines last. To counteract the fitter bodies of the cross country team, an arbitary further delay time was imposed behind the under twenty nines, and so with each age group deter- mined to do their best, the race began. In theory of course, one would expect all runners to finish at the same time, but tremendous competition and unparalleled fitness in some of the older age groups, gave a most interesting Captain Freegard, Majors Brightman, Lewis and Bunyard with Sergeant Binks and Captain Walcroft in the front row with children and dogs. TRAVERS CLARKE {Continued from page II) Over the years the meeting has been held, sometimes as a one day event and sometimes as two and in 1955 when the first two day meeting was held, the Officers Club Garden party was organised to run concurrently with the athletics. The Warrant Officers and Sergeants also held a garden party and the first of these occurred in 1960, In 1966 one thousand and thirty people sat down to tea. Travers Clarke is a Corps tradition and now sixty years have passed since its inauguration. The 1981 Meeting is to be held at the Military Stadium, Aldershot, on Thursday 11th June. The first event will start at 0930 hours, the finals at 1400 hours. Travers Clarke provides an excellent opportunity for serving and retired members of the Corps and their families to meet as well as to encourage those taking part in the athletics. Please come along and give your support. COVER PHOTOGRAPH CORPORAL LOWE goes over the top and clear during the high jump at last years Travers Clarke—see page 11. |
| Book number | R0250 |