RAOC Gazette - page 70
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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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mechanical). This brings his tally of 'Pots 1 to five from One last point on the motoring front. Major t w.ive starts. £>c*-k Hellings managed to talk the SSO into giving us seventeen purging spaces outside the Unit These are now suitably adorned with little red and blue signs in an attempt to discourage 'illegal' parking by outsiders. Sadistic blocking of offenders is now an everyday part of Inspectorate life. Congratulations are due to WO I Colin Pearce on his selection for promotion to substantive rank, to Sergeants Bob Clay (Det) and Curly Thynne for their selection for promotion to Staff Sergeant, and to Sergeant Pat Powell on his pro- motion to that rank. Well done all. With Corporal Dave Cotterill on his pre-ops course and then off to Northern Ireland that leaves very few Corporals and under to do all the work! To the fold this month we welcome our two new typists, Mrs Joanne Maher and Miss Wendy Butler. Others on courses are Staff Sergeant Cockburn on a German language course, (this must be a fiddle when you can speak German as well as he does) and W02 Don Newlands (Del) who is on a driving course. Rumours that the Detachment are in late hibernation are unfounded and we promise more news in the near future. Ordnance Depot Antwerp IT is with profound sadness that the death is reported of Sergeant Bob Miller. He died as a result of a traffic accident whilst on duty in Germany, Bob was well known throughout the vehicle world and will be missed by everyone serving with British Forces in Antwerp who knew him. To his wife Shirley and his two sons we offer our deepest sympathy. The only two contributions I received this month concern sport—as if that is all we do here I Anyone will tell you that the work still goes on, and perhaps it is because everybody is too busy here that I am short of contributions. Thanks, however, must go to the Golf Club who always seem to come up with something (bless you lads!) and this month it is W02 Jim Bo wen (again) with his usual clutch of prizes. We have news also of an improved handicap for Sergeant Jim McNee. As a non-golfer, myself, I would have thought that the smaller the number, the more one would wish to keep quiet about it—but then I don't even spectate! Do I hear cries of Philistine? A second thank you goes to the hockey team the only trouble there is that, being end of season, I have a digest of what unsuspecting readers have been offered throughout the winter months. WOl Les Cheetham would just like me to remind everyone that they have really done quite well this season—see last month's edition for visible proof. Finally, and at risk of being labelled * gossip columnist/ I would like to explode a myth about our RQMS, W02 Maxi Duggan. He does not have green fingers; he does have all chosen qualities one might expect in an experienced Warrant Officer (I won't enlarge). The beautiful display of flowers which appeared just prior to the recent visit of the QMG, General Sir Patrick Howard Dobson, were not the result of end- less hours of selfless toil in the Depot Glass House (!) but more the result of numerous trips to the local supermarket to purchase the everlasting plastic variety. Needs must, I suppose, but no doubt our plastic tulips will nod respectfully from their concrete beds at all the passing VIPs for generations to come. In: WOl Alan Tarsnane, Sergeant Ray Kennard, Corporal Dave Link and Private Gary Freeman. Out: WOl Paul Anderson and Sergeant * Jock* Armstrong. Planning and Workstudy Unit BAOR APART from a very skilled, although punctured, drive to Spain by Conductor John Alford, there have been very few movements worthy of note. In the very near future however, SSM Mat Hudson is due to leave the Unit lines, at last, on a trip to Berlin. Captain John Print and SSM Sandy Bennett have agreed, not even reluctantly, to act as escorts. Promotions this month for the aforementioned Mat, Sergeant John Smith our new photographer, whom we welcome with family, and Corporal Terry Kennedy, all substantive—con- gratulations. Farewells to Sergeant Nobby Gaunt, to the wilds of Senne- Jager and to Mrs Eileen White our typist, to the even wilder depths of Kuwait. Another welcome to Mrs Rosemary Butlin our new typist. Conductor Steve Mayes has * putt' back some of the Unit's Past glory at golf by competing very successfully for the RAOC The Unit- photograph left to right, back row: SSMs Stotr, Bennett, Mrs White, Frau van Megen, Frau Schroers, SSM Shepherd. Centre row: Corporal Kennedy, SSMs Hudson, Harban, BaUdon* SQMS Seaby, Sergeant Smith. Front row: Conductor Alford, Captain Print, Major OHive, Conductor Mayes, SSM Ashworth. recently, the other two golfers of the Unit have been keeping quiet. Major Ollive, the OC, decided to educate our 2IC, Captain Print, with the rigours of Command again, by driving off for a short holiday in Italy. Come back boss, all is forgiven—two BFT runs per day are too much for anyone, even if we are allowed tracksuits. 3 Base Ammunition and Petroleum Depot AS stated in an earlier issue of THE GAZETTE, 3 BAPD's contribution to HM The Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal was DM 1500. This amount was raised from the Officers and Sergeants Mess cricket match, a uniformed organisations' disco, the All Ranks Dance, PRI and the collection box. The Appeal Fund is now closed. Sergeant 'Danny' Daniel recently fished various eliminating matches and was selected for BAOR against RAFG. Sergeant Daniel has advised me not to say any more—wonder what the result was? ! Danny, give us a clue. The end of another successful rugby season saw , the Bracht Barbarians retain the Rhine Area Major Units* Cup and the local Double Diamond League Championship. On the way to the top, they lost only one of the ten games. They were, however, less fortunate in the BAOR cup, being trounced by the eventual Army Cup winners—the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Bracht also provided the bulk of the RAOC (BAOR) team which won the Ellis Cup for the fifth year. On the seven-a-side front, the Bracht *A' team regained the Rhine Area Championship whilst the * B * side, having been knocked out in the first round, went on to win the plate. As far as is known, this is the first time any unit has won both 'pots.' Bracht rugby is now the poorer for the departure of Corporals Mick Jory and Bert Dovell whom we wish well in their new posts. The Fencing Club produced a three man team for the 2 Armoured Division Championships and brought home runners- up trophies. The team consisted of Private Gavin Lucas (Epee), Lance Corporal Kevin Adams (Foil) and Major Reggie von Zugbach de Sugg (Sabre). Private Lee acted as team coach. The annual athletics ended in a win for SASO Department. Notable individual winners were: Sergeant Alan Vanstone (eight hundred metres and four hundred metres), Corporal Phil Ella (javelin and long jump plus second in one hundred metres), Lance Corporal Chris Christopher (hammer and discus) and last, but by no means least, Lance Corporal Don Robertson (two hundred metres, high jump and four by one hundred metres team race), A team of MT strongmen, led by Sergeant Ken Avery, won the tug-of-war convincingly, winning by two straight pulls each time they took up the rope. The Miss Bracht competition took place at Wortham Hall, and the girls from Rheindahlen Garrison joined the Unit to find their successful entrant who, together with Miss Bracht, will go forward to the Miss BAOR final. Diddy David |
| Book number | R0247 |