RAOC Gazette - page 127
Image details
| Corps | RAOC |
|---|---|
| Material type | Journals |
| Book page | |
| Chapter head | |
| Chapter key | |
| Chapter number | |
| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
| Page number | |
| Publication date | 1981 |
| Real page | |
| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
| Transcription |
members of 1981A AT Course, names were noted for future reference. The School Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Guy attracted the attention of a rather masculine * young lady * who gave him a hug and a kiss. Shortly afterwards Sergeant Bob Craig, from CLA Branch, was seen removing red wig, padded bra and lipstick. There have been presentations of various types at the School this month. Pride of place must go to Mr Peter Munday, our civilian instructor from IED Branch, who travelled to Admiralty House, London, where he was presented with the British Empire Medal by the Minister of State for Defence, The Viscount Trenchard MC, and afterwards attended a champagne buffet given by the MOD. Congratulations Pete from School Staff past and present and the hundreds of ' Bleeps ' you have trained over the years. The Commandant CAD Kineton, Colonel Stone, presented Lance Corporal Bob Gray with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in the presence of all the Staff and students, The School fund raises have been in full flight, W02 John Brooks BEM and others raised a total of £589 for the NSPCC by walking around Aintree Racecourse for twenty four hours. Colonel Stone presented the cheque to Mrs Joan Gregory of the NSPCC. A sponsored walk by School Staff around Blenheim Palace raised another £260 this time for The Save The Children Fund and a few days later by going 'Daft on a Raft' £120 was raised for the Stratford Lions Club, The Unit athletics meeting was held at Edmondscote Stadium in Leamington Spa and despite terrible weather con- ditions some excellent performances were produced. The School combined with four members of Headquarters Company to produce the winning team. Private Mark Henry and Lieutenant Faizul Bin Hussain came first and second in the long jump. Private Henry also won the four hundred and eight hundred metres. Sergeant Bob Craig and Lance Corporal Chris Star- brook dead heated to win the five thousand metres, crossing the line hand in hand. Captain Mark Wickham came second and W 2 George Ferguson fourth in the fifteen hundred metres and W 2 Rod * Fluff * Roberts and Major Brian Gunson came second and third in the discus. A hastily assembled team won the tug-of-war. The com- petition was keenly fought and the School had to overcome a very good 522 Company RPC team who had held the trophy for several years. Late entry: Travers Clarke Athletics, Private Mark Henry a student on 1981A AT Course is to be congratulated on winning the Victor Ludorum. Colonel Stone presents the cheque to Mrs Joan Gregory of the NSPCC at Kineton. jumps. Private Aristide then left the long jump to run in the one hundred metres final against his friend and rival Private Kern They finished first and second with Private Aristide just taking the decision on the line—three cups and the officer in charge of athletics was looking in his wallet, then looking towards the bar. Saved, the bar was shut As the cups and tankards were being piled up and protected by the rest of the team Private Henry ran a brilliant four hundred metres and suddenly we had another victory. Four wins out of five and we hadn't competed in the fifth event, the five thousand metres. The four hundred metres was quickly followed by the fifteen hundred metres and here Lance Corporal Chris Starbuck from the gymnasium and Private David Lowe RPC came up against the Army fifteen hundred metres runner. Private Lowe bravely tried to keep up with him but lost him in the last straight to gain a well deserved second, with Lance Corporal Starbuck fourth. Meanwhile Privates Henry and Aristide had been winning and coming second respectively in the long jump. Unfortunately, Aristide was entered as an individual and we gained no points. This extra victory spurred our four by one hundred metres relay team which destroyed the opposition and narrowly missed forming a new Travers Clarke relay record. The relay team was Lance Corporal Starbuck and Privates Kerr, Henry and Artistide. In the final presentations Private Henry won the Victor Ludorum for the best athlete and the CAD Kineton team won the Nesscliff Challenge Trophy for the track events. Another two points and we would have won the Travers Clarke Sports Cup! Still on athletics we mustn't forget the Inter Company Competition held prior to the Travers Clarke in which a com- bined Headquarters and 4 C ' Company team were victorious. The Unit Cricket Team, under the astute captaining of Staff Sergeant Terry Kitchen is enjoying a reasonably successful season so far. The team has played nine matches and has won Central Ammunition Depot Kineton PRIDE of place this month must go to the unit athletics team, for their achieve- ments in Travers Clarke. At 0630 hours a half asleep team assembled for the long journey to Alder- shot. With comments of ** Why on earth did the Commandant pay for the bus " we left Kineton in the rain to arrive at Alder- shot, also in the rain! Lance Corporal Chris Starbuck, whose event, the five thousand metres was first, attempted warming up on the coach as the time dragged on—but as he ran from the coach he saw the other competitors completing their first lap and even he couldn't make u p that distance. Here we go again, we all thought, another year of no trophies. Through the morning the heats for all the other track events were completed and it was very heart warming to see the team doing well. Lunch seemed to drag on for ages and finally it was time to restart again and get into the finals. Everyone was a little apprehensive as we thought we might actually win a cup, something we hadn't done for a couple of years. In the afternoon the first event was the one hundred metres semi-final and our two runners from the RPC Dog Section, Privates Joe Aristide and Roy Kerr both qualified for the final with very good times. Next came the eight hundred metres final and Corporal Chris Markham and Private Mark Henry having both qualified—• ran a very tactical and exciting race and Mark Henry crossed the line first with Chris Markham sixth—our first trophy! This was followed by the two hundred metres in which Private Roy Kerr led all the way and won convincingly—what was happening . . . . two cups! The long jump started with a lot of competitors taking part and Privates Henry and Aristide pulling out good — Kinetons 102 — successful T ravers-Clarke athletics team. Henry is not in the photograph.) (Private |
| Book number | R0250 |