RAOC Gazette - page 78
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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J&etoss from &broab Headquarters Northern Army Croup THE (very) merry band of Staff Clerks here in Headquarters NORTHAG have had a surprisingly eventful month, culminating in the marriage of Lance Corporal Bill Currie to Melanie Jane. We wish all the very best for the future to you both. An- other marriage on the way is Corporal Paul Callow and Catherine. L a s t m o n t h w a s s o m e t h i n g to remember for the sporting (FIT) members of the Headquarters. Firstly, the Annual six-a-side competition took place with two teams entering on our behalf. Considering the exceptionally high standard of football both teams did very well. Special thanks to W02 Geoff Garratt who put in a great deal of extra time and effort to get the teams prepared. This in turn was (we think) appreciated by his branch Chief who allowed him seven con- secutive days off for a sailing course/holiday. W 2 Barry Quigley was the pride of the Headquarters when he came joint first in the BAOR RAOC bowling championship, well done a great performance. With yet another sporting event coming up shortly in the form of the Athletics Meeting everybody including Corporal Williams are out pounding the track. The Team Captain and Assistant, WOs2 Doug Boshier and Barry Quigley respectively are punishing themselves trying to achieve the Super High Standard for the five thousand metres. Congratulations go to the following on their selection for promotion: WOs2 Jim Gemmell and John Russell, Staff Sergeant Tony Grace and Sergeant Laing Purfit. Lance Corporal Nobby Clarke has reported to the Depot, hoping to return a fully fledged Bl. He has left behind a number of Clerks attempting their Bl by correspondance, under the ever watchful eye of the Headquarters Superintendent Clerk, Bob Irwin. Coming now to the unusually hectic arrival/departure scene; We say goodbye to Staff Sergeant Tony Garland who has left us for the slightly warmer climate of Cyprus! to Staff Sergeant Tony Grace who leaves for the Upper Echelons of SHAPE, and to Sergeant Laing Purfit who has gone to the LRRP School. We hope all goes well in your new jobs. A warm welcome goes t o : Staff Sergeant Mike Blair, Sergeant Colin McNaughton, Corporal Martin Meighan and Privates Pete AH, Paul Compton and Quentin Thompson, whom we hope will enjoy their stay with us. Before closing, the boss (he who is not to be mentioned) has been scribbling furiously for the last couple of weeks on coloured paper, muttering the words " I should have been an Accountant"!. It is something to do with getting us all the swish offfce equipment he usually manages to get wherever he goes. We are all ** with " Word Processing and Electronic Office but does an Optical Character Reader really replace two Corporal Staff Clerks? Headquarters BAOR DESPITE being the time of the year for heads down and look in at Estimates, the Head- quarters has been busy on the sporting front. A Rheindahlen Garrison team entered the Inter Services Marathon held at RAF Swinderby and achieved the runners up position in the team event (losing by only four minutes to 3 Para) and were the best team from BAOR. The RAOC star of the Garrison, team was Corporal Reg Black of Equipment and Supply Management who finished thirty second in a field of over four hundred starters in a time of two hours forty six minutes, despite suffering from leg cramp in the last few miles. — 61 W 2 Phil W y l i e is congratulated by the Chief-of-Shaff Head- quarters BAOR, Major General W . R. Taylor, after presenting him with the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, RAOC runners were also in the forefront at the Rhein- dahlen Garrison Athletics Meeting. From AMIS Branch, WOl Les Cheetham took second place in the four hundred metres in a time of 55,3 seconds (at forty one years of age!), Sergeant Colin Whittington third in the five thousand metres and third in the Steeplechase and Sergeant Dave Le Page third in the two hundred metres. Staff Sergeant Robbie Robinson from G3 Public Information laid down his squash racket to compete in the eight hundred metres and came second; Corporal Reg Black (with cracked rib) took second place in the fifteen hundred metres and steeplechase; and spirited performances were also given by Sergeant Dave Latham from G2 Int and Corporal Martin Manning and Lance Corporal Gary Bain of Int and Sy Gp ; The long winter efforts of the Supply Directorate Small Bore Shooting team, comprising Captain Roy Southworth (Cap- tain). Major John Staples, W 2 Ian Grey and Sergeant Frank Adams (all from Supplies Combat!), have been rewarded by achieveing runners-up position in the RAOC BAOR competition and third place in the Home Cup. Keeping the pressure on the sporting front, G4 and the Service Branches have organised a Summer Sports Competition with the following events to take place over the next few months: swimming, cricket, hockey, football and volleyball. Watch this space for highlights of these events. A new sporting event being organised by Supply Secretariat is the ' marathon traveller of the month.' This event has been inspired by the initiative and cunning that is now needed by individuals in these days of financial constraint to obtain duty authority to travel anywhere over seventy five miles distance in BAOR. The outright winner of this event for May was without doubt, Major Terry Byrd of Systems and Automation who, in his efforts to automate anyone who stands still for too long, has travelled the length and breadth of BAOR almost daily. The anticipated arrival at the beginning of May of Corps Order No. I had the usual nail biting effect on most senior ranks in the Headquarters. Our commiserations go out to the disappointed ones and hearty congratulations to the chosen few. Congratulations also to W 2 Phil Wylie of the COS office on receiving the Lang Service and Good Conduct Medal, and to Corporal Jim Lane of Supplies Combat on receiving the Zimbabwe Independence Medal for services in Zimbabwe between December 1979 and February 1980. The accompany- ing photograph shows W 2 Wylie being congratulated by Major |
| Book number | R0250 |