RAOC Gazette - page 66
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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Winners of the Richards Cup and the Nottinghamshire District Bull Cup: Standing left to right Sergeant Brian Booth (Team Manager), Private Dave Cox, Private Bob Robertson, Staff Sergeant Larry Emberley, Lance Corporal Ian Nicholls, Lance Corporal Martin Manning* Private Pete Russell and Captain Harry Twitchett (OIC Football). Kneeling left to right Private Paul Wright, Private Kenny Hilf, Staff Sergeant 'Steve 1 Stevens, Sergeant Ian Irvine and Staff Sergeant Jim Stubbs (Team Captain)* Private Peter Wells was injured when the photograph was taken. goals to two! Heartiest congratulations to all our soccer players, who are shown on the accompanying photograph. The Officers held a guest night on 4th May and the principal guests included Councillor Kathleen Archer JP (Mayor of Broxtawe), Brigadier David Stileman (Brigadier Eastern District (Nottingham)), Colonel ' Hank' Skeen (Commanding L'S Army Base Burtonwood), and several others, both official and private. Three Mess Members were dined out on this occasion and happily all are going on promotion, they are Lieutenant Colonel John Harverson to South West District as CRAOC, Captain Gordon McNicol to Berlin as Local Procure- ment Officer, and Lieutenant Mike Murphy to Cyprus as Ad- jutant to the CRAOC. The weekend 13th/14th May was celebrated as a combined St Barbara and St Elegius Regimental weekend. On the Saturday we held the inter-departmental athletics competition. 7;ie combined team from Regimental Wing and ACA won the team prize and Corporal ( Dunne seemed to win most of the medals and of course was champion athlete/ The tug-of-war was won by the combined DSM/RPC team who were very well drilled. The Commander's lady, Mrs Tina Macdonald, kindly presented the prizes. The sports were followed by social evenings in both the Officers and Sergeants Messes and the Junior Ranks held a disco. On the Sunday a Church Parade was held in the Civilian Canteen and representatives from RHA and REME joined us to : c; ebrate their Saints Days. The Band of the South Notts Hussars (Yeomanry) RHA (TAVR) played during the service and at the following march past. The Deputy Chaplain General, Rev D. B. Dougall conducted the service and the Garrison Commander, Brigadier Iain Macdonald took the salute. Luncheon parties followed the parade in the Officers and Sergeants Messes and in the Pedro Club. AJtogether a very pleasant social weekend* but what a pity the weather could not have been a little better, Welcome to Lieutenant Colonel Bill Clay den who has now taken over the * reins ' as Chief Administrative Officer (or should i"> be * handlebars,' as he is to be seen cycling round the depot). Central Ordnance Depot Donnington FOR those who have served in COD Donnington it will be of interest to learn that the Fair Value re-orgahisation in preparation for taking in the COD Chilwell stores is now gaining momentum. The internal re-shuffle of stores has seen Building B6 build up and the empty APR is filling up rapidly with stores from B4 and B5. Building Bl is practically empty, the wheeled equip- ments having been transferred to Tern Hill for temporary ycrage to allow for Bl to be equipped with APR. Captain «*nhur Brown and his team are doing a methodical stripping Job in Building B2 of the old binning ready for the erection °f the new which is going in to allow for more storage. There are fortnightly meetings chaired by the SSO, Colonel Thornton, w ith alMine managers, to update everyone on progress so far, and plan ahead; the object being to ensure that everyone is fully aware of what is going on, and what is required of them. When the SSO is smiling we know that targets are being met; he smiles a lot. Having reached the end of the season for hockey, rugby, football and basketball it can be said we have done well, particularly in football and basketball, both sports having our very energetic and enthusiastic Staff Sergeant Bede Welsh in- volved. The hockey team, under Major Graham Browning, have shown great enthusiasm and although not having had great success in their friendly games, won The Blackdown Cup in the Bari Cup competition. I'm sure they are in for a successful next season as, in his true fashion, Major Browning is already working on fixtures, The basketball learn were runners-up in the West Midland/ Wales District Army Cup, and runners-up in the Shropshire Basketball League II. Staff Sergeant Welsh won the Shrop- shire Weekly Newspapers Cup for the highest scorer in Division II with two hundred and nineteen points. Your correspondent, being football officer, is delighted to report the success in that field being:—Winners Army Minor Units Cup—-West Midland/Wales District; Runners-up—Army (UK) Minor Units Cup; Runners-up—West Midland Inter- Service League Cup Competition ; Winners—West Midland Inter- Service League—Junior Division. The Army (UK) Minor Units final was played at the Aldershot Stadium in far from good conditions, it having rained for thirty hours practically non-stop. We played the Depot Queen's Division, the result being one nil to them, and we scored it for them. It was a hard fought game, and the DGOS, as Vice-Chairman Army Football Association watched the match and presented the trophies. The photograph below shows Corporal Morton receiving the runner-up cup from the DGOS. Corporal Morton receives the Army (UK) Minor Units Football Runners-up Cup from the DCOS. Major Eddie Jennings and his wife Chris left us for BAOR on the 1st May, They will be sadly missed, and we wish them well. Eddie has certainly left a ' big hole * to fill both as QM and in Small Bore shooting. While I write this, his relief Captain Ron Miller, is attending the QM Course at Blackdown and on his return we will no doubt get the 'new broom' treatment Whilst in the regimental area, our new RSM Tony Halls is now in the Tara's job, and RSM Ken S^ter is doing various pre- release courses prior to leaving the Army. Other arrivals and departures are: RSM Halls, Sergeant Tibbs; Corporals White, Charles, Woodhouse, Thorburn and Prince; Lance Corporals Taylor and Vale; Privates Howson* Goatcher, Edwards, Hazell, Conlon, Graven, Johnson, Metcalfe, Talbot and Walsh. Corporal McCallin to Northern Ireland and Private Ranee to BAOR; WOl Robinson and Staff Sergeant Hearn on discharge. Congratulations on promotion to Corporal Frane and Lance Corporal Hogg. |
| Book number | R0247 |