RAOC Gazette - page 266
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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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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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Petroleum Centre THE last month in the Petroleum Centre has been very quiet. Our 10 Ordnance Support Battalion element and some of our Potential Pet Ops are in Denmark - we assume enjoying themselves. The School of Petroleum has also been quiet, having leave and refreshing the minds ready for the Autumn onslaught of eager students. The Commandant and OC School accompanied the Officers Petroleum Course to BAOR (1 think the reason given was ' reforming the links that bind the petroleum world'). Major Lawrence Wood has settled into the OC Depot chair. In fact he settled into the Commandants too as he was acting Commandant in his absence. He has already while wearing his PR I Officer hat notched up a notable success in selling the units dilapidated and seldom used beach hut. The Unit football team is now under the guidance and coaching skills of W 2 Geordie Symons. It is rumoured that there is no intention of supporting the league in quite the same manner this year. On the unit shooting side Major Sid Pincher has a new assistant in the form of W 2 Bill Lindgren and they continue to coach the unit small bore team. We welcome to the unit Privates Gallacher T Arnold Fish- wick, May, Swain, Donaldson and Johnston potential Petroleum Operators all. Also we welcome Corporal Laundon ACC, We say farewell to WOl Rooke to BAOR, Corporal Batterham ACC to BAOR and Corporal Patterson to civilian life. We congratulate"WOl Alan EJsey on elevation to that rank. We also welcome back after short illness WOl Mick Dodwell our Depot Superintendent. C V D Ashchurch Shooting T e a m . From left to right: Corporal K. Hemmings, Lance Corporal D. A . Thompson, Private G. T, Paddock, Captain J . A . E. Wheeler, Colonel A. D. Sharpe (Commandant), W 2 J . L. W o o d . excellent opposition. The team, W 2 Wood (Coach, Army and Corps Shot), W02 Tex Roberts, Corporal Hemmings and Lance Corporal McGregor are preparing for the 1982 season and are trying to drum up more interest. The Full Bore Team under Captain Wheeler achieved the following results in the South W 7 est District Sam. Winners LMG Pairs and SMG Teams (three men). Runners up SMG Team (four men) and Minor Unit District Championship. In the SLR Competition we won one of the three matches and were runners up for Team Snap Shooting. In the Regular Army Sam all team members achieved personal bests in competition. We came seventeenth out of forty two teams. We also achieved second best in South West District and RAOC Teams. We also won the RAOC Inter-Unit Shoot- ing Match (inc BAOR Teams). Private Paddock is congratulated on his fine shooting, and Captain Wheeler for gaining runner up in the RAOC Non Central Match Individual Rifle Shoot. Overall this has been a good season for the team although the loss of the Corp Sam is a blow as the team usually excels at this meeting. VEHICLE DEPOT HILTON JOAN PLUME has left to join her husband Phil in Kineton and Peter Bower has left on promotion. Congratulations. Admin Officer Mike Fogg is now m Yorkshire. In the absence of any military personnel his departure party was a quiet affair — I must get Geoff Walters to contribute his recollections for a later edition. What a time for farewells! Mrs Davy has gone on retire- ment Our best wishes to her and all other departures with thanks for all they have done at Hilton. Welcome to Mr John Shanley, who takes over from Mrs Davy as Senior Admin and Personnel Officer. Central Vehicle Depot VEHICLE DEPOT ASHCHURCH THE winter sports programme is beginning to take shape with training for football, hockey, rugby, cross country, cycling and ski-ing. The cross country teams have pledged themselves to a programme of intense training, whilst the rest train on only two or three occasions each week. Ski enthusiasts can look forward to some fun and hard work (so they say) on the local artificial slope. Corporal Sandland is fighting hard to introduce motor cycle trials training, and is confident that he can raise and train a world beating team. Adventurous training began with Exercise Long Paddle. This was a four day canoeing trip round the Pembrokeshire Coast in South Wales. CSM Tex Roberts writes: Our hardy canoeists have just returned from Exercise Long Paddle which entailed some hairy canoeing along the Pembrokeshire Coast Things did not start off too well, with our Junior Mechanics trying to convert one of Major Jessops Land Rovers into a ten feet high mechanical canoe carrying death trap. Sorry Sir! The paddlers had exciting moments negotiating partly sub- merged rocks, using their skills against the swell and current and exploring the numerous caves along the coast. With Private Nick Stubbs showing off as usual by paddling upside down and our own Second Lieutenant Alan Crosby affectionately known as Bins complaining his aching arms would never be the same again. My thanks, my!, being CSM Tex Roberts, to all the other members of the team. Staff Sergeant Roy Childs, Sergeant Fossil Cradleton, Corporal Chalky White, Privates George Paddock, Taffy Watkins and our Cook, Tony Morrow. On the Regimental side we wish the best of luck to the gallant members of our very own shadow unit, 131 Vehicle Platoon, currently sunning themselves in Denmark on some ' Package Tour ' called * Amber Express,* We congratulate Lance Corporal Hemmings on his pro- motion to Corporal. We also welcome to Ashchurch Corporal Day, Lance Corporal Billy McGregor on return from Belize, Lance Corporal Bob Willcocks from ODA, Privates Manley and Moran on return from Northern Ireland Welcome also to Lance Corporal McCafferty who is transferring to the Corps from RAC. The Station is losing Privates Rob Alsford and Frog Balough and Private Shaun Vitols who has disappeared in a cloud of dust to Northern Ireland. Shooting has provided us with some successes throughout the year in various competitions and Sam. In Small Bore Shoot- ing the team achieved runners up in the District League against — i VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL THE Andover Open Day was the highlight of the year for those who have displayed our vehicles at fetes, carnivals, and RAF Stations throughout the season. Staff Sergeant Bob Burt and TTW put a lot of work into providing an interesting display which comprised a Fox, Sultan, Samaritan, and Samson. The SAS 'Pink Panther/ provided by Vehicle Depot Ashchurch, was undoubtedly the star of the show. It drew much Press comment whilst small boys delighted in the chance of playing James Bond for a few minutes. Finally Corporal Bill Fagan and his team provided free rides in our training FV434 and were kept busy for over four hours trying in vain to reduce a thirty yard queue to zero. Lance Corporal James Nuttall and Private Tim Emmott should have enjoyed their intermediate level canoe course by this time. The Welsh waters must have run a bit cool for them. Lance Corporal Steve Jeffers was unable to attend his swim- ming course as he broke his wrist in a traffic accident but Private Dave Burns was fit to complete his MHE course at Bicester. 222 — |
| Book number | R0250 |