RAOC Gazette - page 141
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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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Congratulations to Sergeants Roe, Mean and Hethcrington on their sub-promotion, and to Private McLaughlin on his pro- motion to sub Lance Corporal. 44 RP COMPANY, The Company ventured once again to the sunny climes of Lampertheim for the annual Summer Camp. The advance party, led by Captain Doug Hewitt and ably assisted by Sen Sup Spec W02 Maurice Mellors and the CQ Staif Sergeant Bill Disberry, did all the hard work of setting up the camp and getting the supplies, liaising with our American hosts etc, etc. The two Pin Cmdrs/Training Officers. Captain Martin Medcalfe and Captain Nigel Lloyd, were kept busy putting every- one through their various tests. This included one very hot day with the temperature in the high thirties when everyone in the Company carried out their APWT and gas chamber drills. No one will forget Captain Lloyd's dedication or the NBC training or his liberal use of Fullers Earth. To the relief of the OC, Major John Williams, all the Regimental Training aims of the Company were completed. The highlight of the camp must have been when CSM Pete Fell owes led a section to attack 2 Platoon but inadvertently attacked the wrong hill and wiped his own Platoon out. (Thank God we have a Navy!). On the sporting front we, at long last, beat the Americans at their own sport, soft ball. The fact that they played left handed had nothing to do with i t We also beat them at football. They wanted to sign on Sergeant John Balding there and then, after their star 'blocker' was carried off after the first two minutes. The Company golfers also managed to squeeze a round in on Heidelburg golf course. Congratulations this month are in order to our Chief Clerk, Jed Stone, and his wife Ronnie, on the birth of their son David, to Dougie and Dot Brown on the birth of their son Gareth and to Andy and Florence Hughes on the birth of their son Darren. We welcome to the Company: Sergeant Geordie Appleby and say farewell to Sergeants Ernie Everitt and Frank Goldsworthy and Private Hazel Brown. STOP PRESS: Staff Sergeant Terry Foster, who demolishes fish tanks during his bored moments, has, again, managed to get out of Summer Camp! Fortress Headquarters Gibraltar SUMMER is now upon us and as the temperature rises, we have attempted in vain to adopt summer working hours. This is not to be, so there is nothing else for it but to slog on, in these hot afternoons. Not to worry, we were recently visited by the Corps Cricket XI. It was a pity that play did not go all their way, but hopefully they enjoyed their stay as much as we did their company. We had a successful RAOC Association Social evening at a certain seaside bar with one hundred per cent attendance by the serving members, some of whom continued to celebrate well into the next day. The Chairman made a presentation to Corporal Ian and Gina Burnett who are about to be posted to 3 B ^ D , Bracht, and welcomed Corporal Paul and Margaret Blackhurst from Bicester. RAOC in Cyprus ONCE again your snoop from the corridors has had his glass to the wall and managed to gather a few tit bits of information. Firstly our most sincere thanks to Staff Sergeants Wallace and McLean (currently at the Depot) for coming across and giving very valuable squash tuition to members of the forces in Cyprus, Major David (ACC) has asked me to thank them for the way they umpired and refereed the final stages of the Army Cyprus Squash Championships and for the Exhibition and Training Techniques that they displayed on the finals day. This was to an open gallery of Service and Civilian personnel and has done much for the good name of the RAOC. Still on sport—Captain Pete Walsh, Staff Sergeant Wilbur Wright, Sergeant Hughie Ward, Corporal Geordie Naisbett, Corporal Kev Smith all ably assisted by Corporal Paul Palmer (RE) are to be congratulated on winning the Episkopi Garrison five-a-side football tournament in which they out-manoeuvred 259 Sig Sqn in the final by two one. Corporal Kev Smith in his team of three were runners-up in the 12 SU Walkabout and along with Staff Sergeant Wilbur Wright are to receive their Staff Sergeant John Hind receives the British Empire Medal for his outstanding work on the mounting of Operation Agila—the deployment of the Commonwealth Ceasefire Monitoring Force to Southern Rhodesia—from the Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas Cyprus Air Vice Marshal R. D. Davis. Episkopi colours for services to the Garrison football team for 1980/81. During the All Island squash championships Corporal Rick White was seen at the courts giving advice to his missus Sylvia, who was defeated in the semi-final by Mrs Harnden (RAF) the eventual winner. Lance Corporal June Bird (WRAC) became the womens Army Champion and along with numbers two to five defeated the RAF in the Inter Services three two. The men not having an RAOC Representative were defeated three two. Sergeant Hughie Ward and Staff Sergeant Wilbur Wright have received the results of their EPCfA) and as are both now qualified are awaiting M and RO to put their blessing on promotion. W 2 Stu Buchan has no need to wait as he was selected on the last board so congrats Stu and keep up the good work. Sergeant Steve Thatcher and Staff Sergeant John Hind BEM are busy preparing for Exercise so hopefully we will be able to give a resume in the next edition. We have bid farewell to Sergeant Dave Seddon and wish him all the best in Aldershot where he has been reunited with his new bride. Corporal Geordie Naisbett has ascertained a pass in RPC1 and is considering becoming a Provost NCO as he feels that he could do a better job than the current ones are doing. Due to the efforts of WOl Doug Wherry and W 2 Stu Buchan, ably assisted by alL we are the owners of a new club, called the Pentagon. Therefore any members of the Corps visiting Episkopi are invited to look us up and come and share our Cyprus hospitality. We have only one new arrival who is Sergeant Tony Garland from Headquarters BAOR. British Forces Hong Kong THE sport of golf opens the notes from this Headquarters this month. Although I personally cannot see the sense in grown men striving to get balls into little holes with the help of an assortment of bent sticks, enough people disagreed with my views to make the first combined RAOC/ REME Golf Championships at Fanling earlier this month, a huge success. The singles competition in the morning was won by Sergeant Ray Bailey of the Comp Ord Depot with a score of sixty eight and the runner up was Major Don Young of Ord Branch HQBF with sixty nine. The mixed doubles in the afternoon was won by Don Young partnered by one of the sponsors of the tourna- ment (a coincidence no doubt) while in second place (or is it 114 — |
| Book number | R0250 |