RAOC Gazette - page 106
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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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r i d i n g Officer, Lieutenant Colonel O'Hare on the night when t h: Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess said farewell to him, j. ast but not least, Corporal Halford—who has now left us~~~was also presented with his medal on 21st June by the Commanding Officer, Taking the strain, we have the tug-of-war team, who excelled themselves by winning the one hundred stone competition at the Travers Clarke Meet. The team is pictured below. On the track. Sergeant Dickie and Private Sneyd acquitted themselves with honour. The tug-of-war team winners of the 100 stone Travers Clarke competition. Back row left to right; Private Martin, Corporal Hjbbard, Private Martin (601), Private Noble. Front row left tc right: Corporal Jones, Lance Corporal Waters, Sergeant Wall (Coach), Lance Corporal Redfern, Private Ballantyne. 48 AMF(L) Company have been working wonders, having successfully completed Exercise Ardent Ground in Belgium, providing the Bakery Section at the Aldershot Show for the nineteenth consecutive year and this display is now to move to Bovington Camp for the RAOC display. POL Section led by Sergeant Toni Biondic decided to en- ky the short-lived summer heatwave when they disappeared u walk the short Southern Section of the Penine Way. The administration was controlled by no lesser persons than Staff Sergeant Brian Bennett and Sergeant Alan Proudlove comforted with battery portable television sets, who both acted admirably as chief cooks and bottle washers. On the sporting side the Company has won the Logistic Support Battalion seven-a-side rugby tournament held at Bulford. The Battalion is due to embark on a series of exercises in Catterick, Germany and Turkey, no doubt interesting tales will ensue. We welcome Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs J. N. Eddison, *no in view of the fact that the exercises are nearly upon us, wiil do doubt shift into gear immediately! Central Ordnance Depot Chilwell FIRSTLY, we must correct an error in the June issue of THE RAOC GAZETTE. Our joint Nottingham Piping Contest and Chilwell Garrison Gala is to be held on Sunday 9th July 1978, and not Saturday 8th July 1978 as we stated, June is renowned at Chilwell as the ' month of visitors * and this year was no exception. The first was Captain Tadiar, Military Attache of the Philippine Army. He was followed by members of the local Councils, who are trying to decide what to do with any land we may alienate when COD Chilwell closes. Then we welcomed Mr P. L. Avery, General Secretary AGS and RO, who was on a farewell visit to his members. Justly we entertained Mr G. H. McEwan and Mr J. Sanderson, Lnairman and Editor respectively, of the Derbyshire Times. Chilwell Garrison, being the only major unit for miles around, stands out like an oasis (or a brick edifice I) and has a Magnetic attraction for transitees, hundreds of whom we accom- modate, feed and water every year. The latest major unit staging here was 1 RHA who were exercising their right to march through the City of Nottingham as * freemen/ In appreciation of their stay here they kindly presented us with their regimental plaque, which now joins the plaques and certificates from, among others, the Royal Naval firefighters, various TAVR Units, the National Rowing Federation, South Wales Police Rugby Club, etc. The highlight of the social calendar has been the Officers Mess Annual Cocktail Party. This proved to be, as usual, a very worthwhile public relations exercise. Among the guests attending were Major General Walker, DGEME; Brigadier Dalton, DBD; Councillor O, S. Watkinson, Lord Mayor of Nottingham; Councillor P. Holland, Sheriff of Nottingham, and their ladies. The Officers also held a very successful 6 Turkish Kebab Night* organised by one of our men in blue, Squadron Leader Chris Cockshott who obviously has the right contacts for trie 4 Kokkinella' was genuine and specially imported (by air of course), as witnessed by the number of very fragile members the next day. This month we say farewell to Lieutenant Colonel Nick Reynell on retirement. He has taken up a post in Northampton, and we wish him good fortune and a hearty thanks for his sterling work, Major Geoff Albert is in the process of taking over as OIC Tech Co-ord from Major Gordon McNicoL With this hand- over also goes the pen of RAOC GAZETTE correspendente or should it be a pencil? (Can't afford a new pen and a new cart). 1 Dog and Stick * walks are now well under way again and the hardier types can be seen 'striding' across the peaks of Derbyshire wearing a motley collection of suitable clothing, while the less hardy types stick to the dales. A parade and service of dedication was held on 30th June to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the explosion at the National Shell Filling Factory at Chilwell. One hundred and thirty four civilian workers (including twenty five women) died, and many others were injured on that terrible day in 1918, Central Ordnance Depot Bicester JUNE proved to be a very quiet month from the news worthiness point of view. The whole of Bicester seems to be suffering withdrawal symptoms from the excitement of the Royal visit However, 16 Battalion has been quietly ticking over and the remainder of these notes are given over to Battalion activities. At the Battalion athletics meeting the sun shone favourably. Headquarters Company, who had won the com- petition for three years, were beaten in- to second place by A Company who unlike their opponents, managed to avoid dropping the baton in the men's four by one hundred metres relay, B Company finished a very creditable third. The outcome of the meeting was decided in the final event. Corporal Blay, as expected, dominated the field events but there were some good track performances from Lance Corporals Ell wood and Blakey, Privates Mitchell, Stott, Worral and Patterson. A Company also managed to win the tug-of-war in a final match against Headquarters Company. It is rumoured that they train on stronger ale. In the Corps Inter Unit Sailing Regatta, the team from 16 Battalion took first place ahead of DSCS and the Training Centre who were last year's winners. Major Jim Ashcroft, Cap- tain Ron Berridge, Sergeant Joe Merrishaw and Lance Corporal Tony Long represented the victorious team. Jim Ashcroft leaves shortly for BAOR and threatens to bring a team over next year. Bicester are busily looking at the small print to try to prevent this. Our new CO, Lieutenant ColoneL BUI Ford, doesn't know where to put all the trophies but it is rumoured he has asked for a quarter with a trophy room instead of a garage. The Battalion Athletics Team, which represented COD Bicester at this year's Travers Clarke Meeting, produced a very fine effort indeed in winning the Field Events Trophy and becoming runners-up overall to the eventual winners Depot and Training Battalion, In particular our congratulations must go to Private Patterson in winning the long jump and coming second in the high jump, to Private McQueen in winning the javelin and to Corporal Blay in winning the shot, coming |
| Book number | R0247 |