RAOC Gazette - page 272
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Corporal and Mrs Castlehouse are congratulated on the birlh of their son. Congratulations also go to Staff Sergeant Gough, Sergeant Poulton, Corporals Dixon and Riley on promotion. We wish a safe trip to Staff Sergeant Jim Unsworth and Sergeant Geordie Richardson who depart on Op Banner Tours. Welcome to W 2 Nimmons, Corporals Vale, Weissgerber, Wilson, Lance Corporals Crampton, Jupp, Langdon, Fenney, Williamson and Private McGurn, Farewell to: Staff Sergeant Hassell, Corporals Anderson, Cormack, Duncalf, Floyd, Lance Corporal Woodall, Privates Harvey and Wilson. Ordnance Depot Viersen MILITARY TRAINING took on an international flavour this month with the Unit entering two teams in a Bundeswehr Spon- sored International Shoot. No competitor had fired any of the weapons before the competition as they were supplied in situ, by the German Army, Teams from Luxemburg, France, UK, the USA and of course Germany took part. Our ' first * team of Major Graham Macdonald, WOsl Dave Timms and Dave Cartwright, Staff Sergeant Bill Oakley REME, and Sergeant Frank Voice were ' out-gunned * by the ' second * team of RSM Ian Drew, WOl Barry Erskine, Sergeants John Fryer and Dick Watson and Corporal Paddy O'Keefe. The ' second' team came second in the team * full-bore' championship having fired German rifle and machine gun competitions. Star of the Shoot was Sergeant Frank Voice who came second in the individual rifle to return some honour to the * first' team, The Upit held its Annual Cross-Country race on the 25th September. The organisation and setting were excellent. Cap- tain George Dey and WOI George Gormley RAPC conducted and orchestrated the occasion, with the skill of Sir Malcolm Sargent at the final night of the Proms, in the nearby and beautiful Dulken Woods, which provided as splendid a back- drop as the Albert Hall, The Headquarters and Regimental team won the team event just ahead of *A' Sub Depot. The Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Tony Rees started the race at 1400 hours and twenty eight minutes thirty seven seconds later Lance Corporal Robbo Roberts was first to finish the five mile course. Mrs Babs Rees presented him with bis winning trophy and the second and third prizes to Corporal Dom Tomala and Staff Sergeant Pete Mollison respectively. WOl George Gormley starred in his own right on the 19th coming thirty ninth in the Duisburg marathon in a time of two hours fifty three minutes. Continuing on the sporting scene the rugby team has started well, winning two of the first four games of the season and narrowly losing the other two. One of the wins, against the Royal Engineers in the Rhine Area Chairmans Cup, was the Units first win in that competition for nearly two years and the other win against QUENT the first win over that team for four seasons. The unit hockey team too is slowly getting to grips with the opposition and after a very good game to open the season against Rheindahlen Garrison which ended in a win for Garrison four to two we have since won games against 13 Signal Regiment and 28 Signal Regiment. The unit fielded a team in the Rheindahlen Garrison Festival held on 26th/27th Septem- ber and although we won the * wooden spoon * the team led by SQMS Bob Bowrah and Sergeant Ken Black gave a very good account of itself against superior teams from RAF Bruggen, 16 Signal Regiment, RAF Rheindahlen, and Rheindahlen Garrison. Major Murray the OIC Hockey is to be heard repeatedly rallying the team by saying the opposition can only get weaker! 1981 has proved to be a most successful season for the Ordnance Depot Viersen cricket team. The team won the DOS (BAOR) cup after beating 3 BAD Bracht, 154 FAD Wulfen in the qualifying rounds and 1 ADOC in the final. Mrs Whalley very kindly presented the prizes on a glorious day for cricket of which the highlight was the spontaneous sportsmanship shown by both teams. The unit also won the Rhine Area Minor Units Cup for the second year. Once again the final 154 FAD Wulfen suffered defeat in the final in a most entertaining and enjoyable game played at Rheindahlen. The spirit of camaraderie created amongst RAOC BAOR Units during these competitions was most uplifting and can only bode well for the Corps. Many readers will remember Sergeant Geoff Moore who was tragically killed last year in a car accident The unit has introduced the Geoff Moore Memorial Trophy which is played for annually by those teams in BAOR for which Geoff once played, Perhaps it is fitting that Ordnance Depot Viersen won that trophy in this its first year and we were able to ask his wife Shirley to present the trophy at the Annual Dinner. The team has developed a 4 family atmosphere,' which ha& led to winning five competitions over the last two seasons created mainly by the * Senior 1 members of (he WOs and Sergeants Mess who form the majority of the team. We are loath to spotlight any particular players but special thanks must go to WOs2 Terry Reifer and Andy Braithwaite and Corporal John Longfield who proved to be this years mainstays with of course the skipper Major Vic Nicholls, RAPC, We say a sad farewell this month to Sergeant Pete Salisbury who was with us only for a short space of time, departing to 4 ADOC, but who made himself a popular member of the unit and the rugby team. We also say goodbye to WOl Dave Cart- wright who departs to Deepcut to ' finish his time.' A renowned member of the unit who participted in nearly everything and excelled in Small Bore Shooting, always jovial, he will be sadly missed. Another old stalwart, our own human * one-armed bandit/ Chief Clerk W 2 Bill Cowell has returned by con- ventional means, and not hang glider, to UK to become a 4 home-steader' in Wiltshire. It will not take him long to make his mark on the local community, in fact many marks, as he pursues his hobby of rearing pigeons. We wish them all the best of health and happiness. Welcomes are extended this month to WOl Ken Riley our new Chief W02 John Andrews (the photocopier has not worked since he arrived), and Sergeant Kevin Kelly. INVENTORY CONTROL POINT, Things have been pretty quiet in ICP this last month with a number of major units being away on leave. This lull in activity will enable most of our staff to take their own leave. Switzerland, Spain and the UK were the favourites this year. The ICP car park has at long last, been enlarged. Some say this was because more cars are using the park, while others believe a larger manoeuvring space was required by the lady drivers using the area. Judging by the amount of crooked park- ing the latter is more likely. Corporal Terry Kennedy has now left us to go to report where it is felt sure the sales of * Theaksons Old Peculiar' in the locals will be increased. His post in Unit Liaison Cell has been taken over by Corporal Trevor Taylor who has joined us from 4th Armoured Division Engineer Regiment Workshop. Rhine Area ^m ^ m ^^H i H l C~> I ^^_ ^^J ^^M ^^M ^^M ^ V ^H ^m ^B v v \ / SUPPLY BRANCH. Regimental Training Season is upon us with all that entails, revised BFT times delighting some and dis- maying others. The great Caernarvon re- build continues apace, inside the barracks looking like a combination of motorway con- struction works and a bombs ite. Farewell month to Lieutenant Colonel John Franklin and family to whom we wish the very best for their tour at Middle Wallop, welcome to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Warren and family to whom we wish a happy tour in Dusseldorf. STAFF CLERKS, Our turn to add a few lines this month and let our colleagues worldwide know who walks the Headquarters corridors in Dusseldorf. SSM Ray Goff has again decided to give football one more season (how many times have we heard that!) and is now train- ing hard, he says, for the last time. We have just said goodbye to W02 Dave Hearn who has moved on to a new 'out-house* of DGAT in Old Sarurn and, sadly for staff clerk posts, will not be replaced because of the dreaded streamlining. Staff Sergeant Dick Hill who runs the G I / G 4 world (AQ is such a hard habit to lose!) gets so frustrated when work interferes with his golf! Our Sergeants are Bob Haynes (G2/3) who is currently awaiting a posting and George Leadbitter (PA) who eagerly awaits the arrival of number three child. Corporal Brian Kay, recently married, is slogging away at his EPC Course, Corporal Pete Cheeseman is slogging away at his preparation for the BFT and Corporal Gerry Wells is readjusting (!) having just returned from six months in Zimbabwe—he also awaits that magic piece of movement paper from Records! 89 SUPPLY DEPOT THIS month proved to be very sporting with most members representing Ord Services in one sport or another, some of which are mentioned below: — Cricket: W02 Andy Brathwaite, Sergeant Davy Jones and .— 226 — r |
| Book number | R0250 |