RAOC Gazette - page 139
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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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Exercise Summer Sales begins and the departmental prepara- tions reflect the differing interests of the RAOC staff. Major Peter Lamb has been down on his knees in the office apparently praying to Ratingen as he glues maps together. Sergeant Mead has been frantically trying to find reasons why he should stay behind as rear party. Corporal Hogg's main aim seems to be one of finding someone else to sign for all the vehicles. Cap- tain Campbell's time seems filled with organizing exercise foot- ball matches. Norma, one of our typists has just departed Headquarters RAOC and the interviews, for a replacement proved more like auditions for Charlie's Angels. In spite of this problem we now have a new addition to the staff and say farewell to Norma and welcome Fiona. Penny, our Combat Supplies clerk has been in hospital and we wish her a swift and complete recovery—we all miss you (and the work is piling up!). Sergeant Carey's replacement has now arrived in the shape of Sergeant Kev Rothwelh ORDNANCE COMPANY THE company's contribution to the world of sport was, as usual, at a constant high standard notably in the field of soccer and athletics, Notable victories were against 49 RP Coy four one. (Please note ex 4 ADOC and future 49 RP Coy!), 1 ADOC five four and three one, 2 ADOC five three on aggregate in the semi final of the CC RAOC Cup, 1 CTOC four one in the semi final of the DOS Cup. Probably the most satisfying result was against 3 ADOC in the first round of CC RAOC Cup with wins of six three at home and nine two away. Sweet revenge after being beaten in the final in the previous year. We beat I (BR) Corps Stores Coy/Veh Coy in the CC RAOC cup final two one, A very exciting final enjoyed by all spectators. Goals by Corporals Smudge Smith and Paul Banks and some stout defending in the last ten minutes saw us hang on to a very hard fought victory. Our final in the DOS Cup is delayed until next season due to opponents, RAOC Fallingbostel commitment to Northern Ireland. In the BAOR mini minor units cup we sent a team off to play 229 Signal Squadron in the wilds of Berlin (nudge nudge wink wink). Not all has been victory however, we lost to C Bty RHA one nil (the eventual winners) in BAOR minor units cup and 54 Sqn RCT two one (the eventual winners) in 4 Div minor units cup. Overall a successful season. Thanks to Lance Corporals Jock Low, Paul Wells and Trev Horn, Privates Mac Simpson and Tac Sign Smith who played part of the season but were then posted. Special mention to Lance Corporal Paul Wells who only missed the finals. We will forward a trophy! All these postings make vacancies in the squad so new talent always welcome. If you are into football and reckon you can tackle it then get a posting to 4 ADOC but hurry the com- petition is fierce! Apart from the normal production in athletics, this last month, of individual stars like Staff Sergeant Lambert who took first place in the javelin at the RAOC athletics meeting we are now venturing inlo the field of tug-of-war, The TOW Squad now disappear into the gym for two hours each morning. Our first competition pull was at the BAOR RAOC Athletics where we produced a creditable third with our light team, and fourth with our * heavies.* On the promotion side we see Corporals Smith (Small) and Walters with their second tape and Craftsman Jimmy Parkes with his first one, Corporal Clark is posted on promotion. Congratulations go to both the 2IC Captain Richard Coward for his PQS2 result and to Lance Corporal Nipper Stray for producing a son—Kevin, also to Private Hicks for production of a daughter—Daniel a, Posted in are Staff Sergeant Lambert (CQMS), Sergeants Sharpe and Tapper, Corporals Banks, Reid and Wotton, Lance Corporals Grinrod and Jones and Privates Burns, Daly, Lunn, McMahon and Sanders. Our warmest welcome goes out to them. Corps Troops ORDNANCE COMPANY WITH a slight lifting of fuel restrictions the MT has thrown the unit into a large driver training programme. This programme was kicked off with Exercise Spring Drive, which, apart from a number of unit moves, included cross country driving for every- body including non-drivers. This was then followed up by driver training in barracks and the unit is now fourteen drivers Lance Corporal Saxby, Corporal Tampliti and Taylor sailing off Kiel. Lance Corporal better off. Well done, but a special congratulation must go to Corporal Done, who passed on his third attempt. However, it has not been all work and no piay. The OC decided that he would run an adventure training sailing trip to Kiel to prepare his totally novice crew for the forthcoming RAOC BAOR Offshore Regatta, Four days and several Danish ports later the crew was learning just which rope or sheet to pull, even if Lance Corporal Saxby did lose the mooring line, sunglasses and have to comb his hair in the process. Meanwhile, back in Gutersloh the Company held a families day, the highlight of which was the lad ies v men football, in which the ladies were led to a comfortable victory by Mrs Harrop. This was followed by greasy pole pillow fights, 1 childrens games, select a store and driver training for the ladies in a Bedford MK. The most enjoyable day was well rounded off with an open air disco and bar-b-q. The Company entered the Harz Walkabout Competition. Two days and about eighty kilometres later the OC and W02 Nimmons showed the youngsters that the L old ones ' can still do it. At the end of a very busy month it was decided that some- thing had better be done about the fast approaching BAOR Sports Day. W02 Bob Nimmons was tasked with forming and administering the Corps Troops Team, of which the Company provided eighty per cent of the team members. The team had a shaky start but on the big day in Paderborn surprised every- body by winning the Field Events Trophy, the Field Force Trophy and coming second overall to Bracht. Finally, our congratulations to Corporal and Mrs Paine and Lance Corporal and Mrs Draper on the birth of their sons. CORPS STORES COMPANY THIS month has been taken up almost entirely with Exercise Gillian Locksmith, the Company adventure training period in Bavaria. If there is any connection in the exercise code name and any person living or dead this is pure coincidence as Lock- smith was supplied by Corps Headquarters and Gillian by the 2IC—who claims he doesn't know any! The advance party set up a tented camp at Bodelsburg. near Kempten, despite a twenty four hour delay in the arrival of the truck with the tents on due to mechanical breakdown, and Sergeant Webster had the first of his excellent meals ready for the arrival of the main body. Staff Sergeant West had in the meantime established contact with the best Bavarian butchers and bakers so that the body, if not the soul, was ready for adventure training. Water for canoeing, rocks for abseiling and mountains for climbing were not too great a problem for the 2IC to organise, but a long flat stretch of land for parascending, without marsh, powerlines or trees, between mountains, was a tittle more difficult to find! However, with the help of Sergeants Simpson and Anderson, the parascending instructor, kindly loaned to us from the Vehicle Company for a week, a site was found at a gliding club where the hearts and minds operation worked so well that several parascenders were taken up on gliders for trips. Rumours that Private Pollock was the first of these in- trepid fliers because the remainder of the company thought/ hoped that the flimsy craft would not return, are without much substance! 12 — |
| Book number | R0250 |