RAOC Gazette - page 134
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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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15 Ordnance Croup orporals Bev Bartram and J i m m y Morris l o o k i n g after Corporal Jock Cray at the Beating of Retreat. Lance nd training the team. Ail members of the team are to be ongratulated on their efforts. The same team competed In the IAOR Minor Units Competition and managed a very creditable ixlh position. Again notable performances were achieved by 11 ihose who competed. I'm told that some of our newer thletes Private Dave Lang, Corporal John Rigby, Private Ian haw are looking forward to more competitions. Our fabled Unit ' Wimmin ' Team ventured out for the ecent Rhine Area Minor Units Team Championships. With the tAOR Stage of the Competition being held in Berlin, there was >lenty of incentive there, to warrant maximum effort. The presence of the Commandant, Officer Commanding, RSM and he SPs girlfriend also helped. Our team of SI Mai Shaw, Corporals Brian Shaw and John Rigby, Lance Corporals Steve Yard, Geordie Laing, Geordie Scaife and Dave Lloyd and Private an Shaw are congratulated on their winning efforts. W 2 Dave tfarsh and Sergeant Malt Helm were Chief Worrier and Chief rimekeeper. PRI Pat and Mrs Ally Marsh were chief spectators. The month has brought us to the end of the tug-of-war cam's first season under the guidance of Corporal Pete Keast. fheir last competitions were the BAOR finals held at Bunde, our ive hundred and sixty and six hundred and forty kilograms ichieved fourth position. Whilst in the RAOC (BAOR) Travers Ilarke the teams finished second behind our colleagues from I ADOC. The team will miss Corporal Keast, who leaves us "or 3 ADOC, but on a happier note it will at least allow the- RAOC to field yet another team in future competitions. We thank him and his wife for their support and wish them well in the future. We were pleased to receive the Representative Colonel Commandant Major General Stanyer CBE on a recent visit to the unit. He was shown various aspects of the unit, and took the time to present Corporals Steve Turner and Bill Lewis with their GSM Northern Ireland. Shortly after, he presented W 2 Peter Knoll with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal at a ceremony held in the Sergeants Mess, Congratulations to Mr Knoll and may he have many more crime-free years ahead of him, Promotion and births seem to have taken their grip of the unit- Private Cameron (son) has seemed to upset the trend of baby girls of Corporals Bousfield and Wells, Lance Corporal Thomson and Private Barke. Congratulations to all, especially their wives on their recent family additions. Congratulations go to Sergeant Wilde, Corporals Anderson, Bartram, Collins, Lynch, Parsons 117 and Wright, Lance Corporals Martin, Francis, Taylor 588 and Wright 578. We wish Sergeant Andy Hawkins a safe tour in Northern Ireland and farewell to Sergeant Kiel man, Corporals Gray, Percy and Stevenson and Lance Corporal Ramsey. Welcome to W 2 Rogers, Sergeant Carse, Corporal Rawson, Lance Corporals Beck ley and Taylor, Privates Francis, Kelly, Martin and Peppard. Our congratulations go to Private Mel Clifford and Miss Bernardette Lynch on their recent marriage and wish them happiness for the future. REMEMBER THE DEADLINE FOR COPY IS THE 28th OF THE MONTH HEADQUARTERS WE were delighted to be visited by our Representative Colonel Commandant Major General Stanyer and Mrs Stanyer. The visit commenced with an initial briefing in the Headquarters and then the General was conducted around the Inventory Control Point where he met military personnel and UK based civilians. After taking colfee wilh male and female junior ranks in the Pen and Stacker Club, he was entertained in the Viersen RAOC Sergeants Mess, before lunching in Windberg Station Officers Mess with the Viersen Officers of the Group and their wives. Mrs Stanyer, meanwhile, had been introduced to the mysteries of the Printing Section of Ordnance Depot Viersen by the military printers. She subsequently met members of the Viersen Wives Club for coffee in the Alpine Restaurant be- fore rejoining the General for lunch. Of particular concern to the Headquarters was the presenta- tion of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by the General to SQMS J. R. Watford, our Chief Clerk. Mrs Watford and their four children were in the Sergeants Mess for the presentation. A team from the Headquarters consisting of Major Buxey, Conductor Johnston and SQMS Watford entered for, and successfully completed, the Hartz Mountains Marathon Orien- teering two days event. Although they were lost twice (on each occasion finishing up in the same village) they completed the course in the stipulated time. We would not, however, like to hazard a guess on the total distance finally covered. A bouquet of flowers for M r s Stanyer f r o m Saniantha Broad and Sarah Erskine at the Viersen K i n d e r g a r t e n . ORDNANCE DEPOT VIERSEN THE 13th Allied Friendship Day International sports meeting took place at Monchdeddingen, Bavaria recently and among the British participants was the Ord Depot Viersen small bore team composed of Major Graham and Mrs Macdonald, SSM Dave Cartwright and SQMS Dave Timms. At the formal parade's arrival at the sports field in beautiful horse drawn carriages, however, SSM Cartwright betrayed his early training as a Master Butcher by remarking to SQMS Timms that there were 'some lovely steaks among that lot'—at the same time casting admiring glances at the splendid grey horses. The Inter- national shoot saw nine teams drawn from the US Forces, the Bundeswehr, French Forces. German Police and of course the British Army, and the Viersen team came away with the third team prize and Major Macdonald sporting a huge grin and the third individual prize from thirty six competitors. H i e unit team has cause to congratulate itself in other fields, since— with Corporal Gus Wooliey and the above three serving mem- bers—the RAOC BAOR Winter League. RAOC Corps Baker Cup, Rhine Area Championship trophies have all arrived to add lustre to our silver cabinet. Sergeant Frank Voice replaced Major Macdonald in the Rhine Area fifty metre shoot which we also won, making it a nice four-in-hand. 07 — |
| Book number | R0250 |