RAOC Gazette - page 111
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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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Ordnance Depot Antwerp THE Depot has been heavily involved this past month with Lwo major events in the annual cycle: The Queen's Birthday Parade and the International Triathlon. Readers with a know- ledge of ODA will know the importance of the Queen's Birth- day here in Belgium and although the Parade is sponsored by Headquarters British Forces, the involvement is almost totally ODA, save to say that on this occasion, the two staff clerks from the Headquarters, Corporal Ellis-Rijs and Lance Corporal Paddy Killeen, were both parading as flag orderlies. The day went extremely well; both weather, and music, provided by the Pipes and Drums of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards and the Alamein Staff Band of 2 RTR T were excellent. Among the guests were Her Majesty's Ambassador to Belgium and DOS BAOR Brigadier Crawley, 7th June was the occasion of an International Sports Meet- ing hosted by ODA here in Emblem, Teams from Germany, Belgian and Dutch military Units were competing together in what has become an annual event. The volleyball team from ODA was unable to match the skill of the other Units, but the football and shooting competitions were rather more closely fought- The shooting team of WOl Tarsnane managed to hold its own against the German entry. Lieutenant Colonel Broome came first in the CO's shoot, managing to burst more balloons than the other three commanders, a point which proved to be a deciding factor in the final placings at the end of the day: for a change we didn't come last. As is the custom the day came to an end with a ' banquet' and beer which would normally have gone on to the small hours, but World Cup Football and Holland's game that night brought proceedings to an abrupt end (no doubt this will happen to us again in four years time!). Recent promotions include Sergeant Skeels and Lance Corporals Potts, Blount, Bennett and Stephens; Corporal Dave Thynne suspects that he has gout: Congratulations to all! Storage Department also reports that their arch-fishermen W02 " Harpoon' Hinds was seen crouching over a nearby static water tank. Grabbing goldfish? Tickling trout? No, rescuing fluffy ducklings. A citation is to be sent to the RSPCA! Fall in the following: WOs2 Maynard and Hubbard, Corporal Kelly, Lance Corporals Docherty, Footitt, Taylor, Taylor (407), Smith and Private Sampson. Fall out the following: W02 Cheetham to Berlin and Sergeant Boyle to Bracht. Remainder stand fast 3 Base Ammunition and Petroleum Depot ON Saturday 3rd June 3 BAPD celebrated the fifth Anniversary of the Freedom of the City of Briiggen. A most successful day was helped by the glorious weather, and we were served well by the Carnbrai Staff Band of The Royal Tank Regiment and the Pipes and Drums of 4 RTR. The Band, Pipes and Drums started the day by marching through Briiggen before giving a band concert outside the Rathaus. Meanwhile the Burgermeister, accompanied by the Commandant, inspected the Quarter Guard, Trie Guard was commanded by Sergeant Clarke and comprised Corporals Zycinski and Ingham, Lance Corporals Cook, Scrmltz, Low, Privates Lee and Richards, The celebrations continued in the evening with a 'Beating of Retreat * on the Unit sports field which was seen by over one thousand military and civilian spectators. Finally, a reception was held in the Officers Mess, so ending a day which has helped to strengthen the already excellent goodwill we enjoy with the local community. During a recent visit the DOS BAOR, Brigadier Crawley, presented DOS Awards 1977/7S for RAOC BAOR Small Bore Shooting to Sergeant Clarke, Corporal McLelland and Lance Corporal Joss; Corps (BAOR) Rugby Colours to Corporals Busuttil and Oliphant—to say nothing of the DGOS Challenge Certificate to WOl Tavener and Sergeant Davis. The 'living-in' soldiers of 3 BAPD have just completed an experimental period when they were required to be fed entirely with * cotnpo/ The new fifty-man packs contain some delectable morsels and were devoured with great relish by our brave * Guinea-pigs.' There have been very few reported stomach upsets. The 3 BAPD cricket team, under the watchful eye of Major Pat Price and Team Captain, Corporal Denis Seaton, have got off to a flying start. We have progressed through to the semi-finals of the BAOR Major Units' Rhine Area Division Knock-out Competition. We won the last game by two wickets over CPO Moenchengladbach. Lance Corpora] Ricky Scott, Staff Sergeant Alan Parker and W02 Graham Du-Prat have had good knocks with the bat. W02 Gerry Marks. Lance Corporal Ricky Scott, Corporal Dave Wildmore and Corporal Denis Seaton have been the mainstay of the bowling. Corporal R. Dare has undertaken the task of umpiring with a fair degree of enthusiasm and success. Congratulations this month go to the following on pro- motion: Staff Sergeant Robinson and Sergeant Hoareau (sub ranks) and A/Sergeants Dawson and Fairdough, A/Corporal Robinson and A/Lance Corporal Lee. Congratulations also to Corporal and Mrs Murphy on the birth of a daughter, and to Lance Corporal and Mrs Dawes and Private and Mrs Tumelty on the births of sons. Postings in; Corporal Sayer, Lance Corporal Gallagher and Private Carrett. Postings out: Sergeants Ashworth and Roper, Corporal Fox, Lance Corporal Duncalf and Privates Luxton and Milner. 15 Composite Ordnance Depot STORES SUB-DEPOT VIERSEN THE other day our CO, Lieutenant Colonel Yeats, completed the attestation of James Pratt, son of our WOl Pratt prior to joining the Junior Parachute Company in Aldershot. Pictured is the CO, James and his father. Our athletes had a good day at the Rhine Athletics Cham- pionships. Few of them would claim to be gladiators, but wiri a good team effort they pulled off the Minor Units Champion- ship in a closely fought competition finishing with forty points against thirty seven for 21 Army Support Squadron and thirty four for Stores Sub-Depot Dulmen. Some gladiators we do have though and special mention is made of RSM Black who won the shot (eleven metres twenty three centimetres); Corporal Middleton who won the high jump (one metre sixty centimetres), Sergeant Spencer who came second in the two hundred metres; Private Biesty who took second place in the javelin; and the four by one hundred metre relay team of Sergeants Spencer, Townsend, Mar-Gerrison and Captain Dexter who won a fine race against strong opposition and thereby clinched the cham- pionship. At the prize giving, our stalwarts reckoned they were giving away an average of at least ten years or so on the opposition—not a bad show, Most of our orienteering team have decided, by mutual consent, that they are improving (though some members main- tain they are getting progressively worse). Actually they are not doing too badly considering their small numbers, the quality of the opposition in the Rhine Area, and the vagaries of this perplexing pursuit. The rest of the Unit found out just how perplexing it can be when a Unit orienteering day was held in Photo Staff Sergeant Kimptott- Off to join the Junior Parachute Company. |
| Book number | R0247 |