RAOC Gazette - page 132
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| Corps | RAOC |
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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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JBtctog from &broab Headquarters Northern Army Group Headquarters A F N O R T H AT last the workers from Admin Services take the chance to make a contribution to the Corps GAZETTE. There has been a lot of movement recently, also one happy event and that is the recent marriage of Corporal Paul Callow to Catherine Jeanne Courts. Congratulations and all the best for the future. We welcome Corporal Martin Meighan and Staff Sergeant Mick Blair and say farewell to Staff Sergeant Tony Grace to MOD on promotion (Con- gratulations ' Q '), Sergeant Mick McNicol to the Emerald Isle and Lance Corporal Kev Harvey just downstairs to Head- quarters BAOR. A special mention must be made of " our boss,' Private Mick. Demeza. He has been seen to be smiling a lot Jately. Something to do with promotion or pay of higher rank can it be? We bid farewell to Corporal Eve Milne WRAC who has been Shorthand Writer to COMNORTHAG since March 1979 ind welcome in her place Private Karen Cochrane. Karen is also Scottish so will soon be wearing the tartan -ikirt Those of you who have been with NORTHAG before will probably know Adjt (WOl) Tio Hautvas of the BE Army who served with HSC NORTHAG from 1966 to 1968 and then went to the Belgian Congo. He returned to G3 Headquarters NORTHAG in 1972 and has worked in the Headquarters ever since. Tio is now PA to DCOS Support and still takes a full part in athletics, cross country running, shooting, etc. Tio is well known for his secret brew of wine and champagne which he serves on the coach going to the annual Chief Clerks dinner, normally held in Koln, and which we hope to sample again soon. Tio sends his regards to all his friends in the Corps. The combined Syndicate 1 Team faired reasonably well in the NORTHAG Athletics Meeting with W 2 Barry Quigley and W 2 Doug Boshier both attaining personal bests in the live thousand metres. The medley relay team which included our two W 2 runners had an outstanding win, beating the opposition by some distance. The remainder of the staff who don't have the ' team spirit' managed to cope quite well with the work of those gladiators on view. They are now training hard for the swimming gala. We say farewell this month to Corporal Joe Meecham. We hope they have word processors as Joe is more than interested. PERHAPS many readers of T H E GAZETTE have never heard of us, but I can assure you that RAOC is well represented at this NATO Headquarters near Oslo Norway. WOl Sid Noble heads the cast (will he really get Ron Greenwood's job!) assisted by Sergeant Bernie Morgan and Corporal Kevin Golby who all survive in Admin Services of PANDA Division. We also have Staff Sergeant Phil Marriott in Land Deputy, congratulations on being selected for pro- motion to W02, Sergeant Steve Sambles PA to C-in-C, congratulations on your engagement to Pal, best wishes for the future, Corporal Tony Donaldson in Plans and Corporal John Instone at the UKL element. We must not forget W 2 Mick (The Dart) Baron at the British Embassy in Oslo. He was so busy during the recent royal visit, he couldn't find the time to practice his favourite sport. Eric Bristow better watch out, After a long hard cold winter the sun has arrived and we are enjoying some glorious weather. The ski's have been locked away and the darts and dominoes dusted over ready for use once more. A forthcoming event which seems to have caught the imagination of all is the visit of HMS Antrim to Oslo. We ^ have all been asked to ' take a sailor home.' Hope the wife doesn't object! Perhaps this is the first report from our part of the world for a very long time but it is hoped to contribute on a more regular basis in the future. LOGISTICS. Our resounding victory in the athletics was due in no small way t o : —Notable Participant—Corporal Homer, Team Management—W02 Evans, further support was ably given by Corporal Ford and Private Compton (discus chucker extra- ordinaire). We welcome Private Compton in E exchange' for Private Ali from the UK Nat Det. As this exchange occurred just prior to the NORTHAG Athletics Meeting we wondered whether Pete All's athletics prowess had been noticed by UK Nat Det before arranging the swop. Tn the event G4 Athletes could not be thwarted and gained a first place. Hardly any time to compile notes from EPS this month. Private Thompson is enjoying himself learning to achieve the impossible, whilst Private Hargrove has managed to get his sister married off to Lance Corporal Currie—Congrats to Hubbie and Frau from EBS, Marvin's looking forward, like the rest of us, to the House Warming Party, Our Ops Branch (G3) say they have nothing to offer al- though two of the three top clerks are in the news. Q Gemmell has got the posting of his choice and acting WOl as well. All ^gree that he has earned both. Staff Besselling has got his sub rank at long last and unfortunately had to go into hospital at very short notice to have a little problem put to rights. We welcome Major Denis Bell from Bicester as our new Supply Officer vice Major Alan WainwrighU — 105 Headquarters AFCENT LIFE here at Brunssum has slowed in pace with the approach of the summer leave season and, accordingly, our sparse notes reflect the reduced activity. Our con- gratulations go to the AFCENT Football Team, and especially to the Ordnance mem- bers, on their recent win against FAD Wulfen in the Calian Cup for the Rhine Area Minor Units League Winners (Northern against Southern area). Con- gratulations also go to Corporals Mick Blake on his recent promotion to acting rank, and to Kev Smith on passing his RPCl. Another tit-bit of note is that Sergeants Tony Catchpole and Jim Gauld are heard before they are seen in the corridors of AFCENT as they exercise their vocal chords in preparation for the forthcoming Alliance Players Cabaret Nights in which, to use the term loosely, they are * performing." Finally, on arrivals and departures, we welcome Private Bob Hargreaves from COD Donnington and bid farewell to Corporal and Mrs Dave Tydeman who are moving to Head- quarters I (BR) Corps on posting, Headquarters BAOR AS predicted, the RAOC team from Rhein- dahlen Garrison did well at the RAOC BAOR Athletics Meeting by gaining a second place in the track events, Unfortunately, and as expected, the teams did not fare so well in the field events and so gained an overall position of sixth. Not bad though for eleven clerks and one storeman. Sergeant Colin Whittington and Corporal Reg Black excelled themselves in the five thousand metres and fifteen hundred metres by coming second and third respeclivcly in each of the races. Sergeant |
| Book number | R0250 |