RAOC Gazette - page 136
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| Corps | RAOC |
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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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OOLF IN BAOR AT present the RAOC is at the top of the pile in BAOR golf wilh the golfers doing well at all levels of the game. We beat the RAPC to regain the Govier Putter after three years. The match was played off handicap and in the morn- ing fourbail better ball games W 2 Bill Burton and WOl Steve Mayes were our only winners to leave us trailing one to three. The afternoon singles however proved our superiority as match after match finished in our favour. Bill Burton and Steve Mayes won again as did captain for the day Major Geoffrey Clarke, WOl Pete Emerton, Staff Sergeants Ian Benson and Bill Murray. Staff Sergeant Fred Duffy and Sergeant Brian Dawson went down to their opponents in hard fought games. The whole day was thoroughly enjoyable with superb weather, close games and a very friendly atmosphere, The next match was the annual scratch march against REME and the might of the Corps was on parade at Bruggen. In the morning four ball better ball games, Lance Corporals Ian Gray and Fred Duffy outplayed their opponents as did Captain Peter Fellows and W 2 Jim Bowen. Sergeant Paul Ladley and WOl John Kearney won the eighteenth to halve their match and W 2 Derek Harrison and Bill Burton lost their game. The afternoon however provided a sensation as every RAOC player won his match for a final result of ten and a half to one and a half and the most convincing win in this series. The next fixture was the East Rhine v West Rhine match for the Rhine Trophy. A strictly RAOC affair, this ended in a win for the West by twelve and a half to three and a half. On a higher plane, Ian Gray, Jim Bowen and John Kearney have been playing for BAOR and John Kearney turned out for Rhine Area in their successful defence of the BAOR Inter- Formation Championship. Staff Sergeant Brian Holding played for 2nd Division. John Kearney finished third in the Rhine Area thirty six hole Scratch Championships and Captain Jim Bridle came second in the thirty six hole Handicap event. Ian Gray walked away with the BAOR and Combined Services Championship; he had been allocated a plus one handi- cap at Bruggen. John Kearney was recently cut to four and Jim Bowen, now off five went to Tidworth to play for the Corps in the UK Inter Corps Competition for the Royal Irish Rangers Trophy but were unfortunately beaten in the semi-final. RAOC BAOR WIN THE BENSON AND HEDGES TROPHV IN a tight finish against the RAMC/RADC, RAOC won the Inter Corps Golf Championship of BAOR to take the Benson and Hedges trophy for the third consecutive year and therefore retain it. In a magnanimous gesture Captain Peter Fellows, when accepting the trophy from Colonel John Thomeycroft Chairman of BAOR Golf, said that the trophy would be appro- priately inscribed and presented back, for further competition. Of the thirteen teams entered, five were eliminated by a stroke play preliminary round leaving R, Signals to play In- fantry, REME vs RAMC/RADC, RA vs RAEC/RAChD and RCT vs RAOC. Signals qualified to play the Medical Services team and the Gunners won their game, RCT were never in it and wins by Lance Corporal Iain Gray, Captain Peter Fellows (nine up each), WOl John Kearney (three up), Sergeant Paul Ladley (two up) and W 2 Jim Bowen (four up) gave us a resounding twenty seven up victory, The following day the Gunners fared only slightly better when wins of four, five, one, four and three in the same batting order produced a seventeen up victory. Spare a thought for the poor chap who played to two over par to lose four down to Iain Gray. The Medics having beaten Signals five up, the stage was set for the final between the two lowest handicapped teams. And a thrilling contest it was with Iain Gray gaining holes at the same rate that Peter Fellows was losing them and John Kearney and Paul Ladley playing the same roles in the next two * matches. Jim Bowen meanwhile was keeping fairly level and it was anyone's game as the fifth match passed the halfway stage. However, at the eighteenth the situation improved for us as Peter Fellows and Paul Ladley pulled themselves up to finish five down and all square, lain Gray maintained his six up and lohn Kearney finished three up to ensure victory as news had reached us that Jim Bowen was one up with three to play. In fact Jim Bowen finished one down but victory was ours by three holes. Iain Gray had a most successful meeting with three sub-par rounds and a hole-in-one on the fourth during the final round. He followed this up at the weekend by breaking the course record by two strokes during the club championships at Bruggen with twelve pars and six birdies for a sixty five. CORPS CRICKET RAOC v R Signals at Blandford, Match Drawn Another rain affected match which ended with the Corps in a strong position. The Corps batted first and in the first innings declared at 183 for 8 wickets, the main feature of which was a partnership of 64 between Carl Forde and Terry Reifer. R Sigs were soon in trouble losing three quick wickets to John Holmes, but from 10 for 4 wickets recovered to declare at 143 for 8. RAOC in the second innings lost wickets in the search for quick runs and, all out for 134, asked the opposition to make- 184 in 130 minutes. This was never ' o n 1 against tight bowling and the match ended with the Signals at 105 short of a win. Scores— RAOC 183 for 8 declared (Forde 43, Kemp 37, Reifer 29, Goldring 28). RAOC 134 (Forde 39, Kemp 23). R Sigs 143 for 8 declared (Reifer 3 for 29, Holmes 3 for 32). R Sigs 79 for 6 declared (Browne 2 for 6, Reifer 2 for 23). RAOC v REME at Arborfield. RAOC won by 26 runs. An excellent win against all odds. The Corps batting first made 161 with John Wood* the mainstay of the innings, making 64. Things looked bad at 121 for 6 until Roy News on, leaving his score box for the crease, made 33 of the 40 runs scored whilst he was at the wicket The Corps, sadly short of bowling, looked to be in for a rough passage, however a sustained, pace attack by Goldring and Aldridge backed u p by some first class fielding and catching dismissed the opposition with 26 runs to spare. Scores—RAOC 161 (Wood 64, Newson 33, Kemp 26). REME 135 (Goldring 6 for 60, Aldridge 4 for 39). RAOC v RMCS at Shrivenham. RAOC lost by 5 wickets Yet another defeat by RMCS. Played in wet and rainy conditions, the match proved the old adage of catches win matches. RAOC made 177 with John Wood again the main- stay sharing in partnerships of 48 with Tom Bunting and 42 with Roy Newson. Our own bowling and fielding was, for once, sadly below par and the RMCS batsmen, putting bat firmly to ball pass our total with 3 overs to spare. Scores—RAOC 177 (Wood 81, Newson 25, Grimble 21, Bunting 20). RMCS 177 for 5 (Goldring 3 for 44). RAOC (Officers XI) and REME (Officers XI) RAOC won by 6 wickets. Played on the occasion of the Corps Garden Party. This match completed a hat trick of wins. Batting first REME totalled 106 for 7 wickets in the allotted 30 overs with Phillip Gee taking 2 wickets for 11 and John Grimble 2 for 18. The Corps batting proved too strong for the opposition and the REME total was passed with 3 overs to spare and six wickets in hand. S«WV?J—REME 106 for 7 (Gee 2 for 11, Grimble 2 for 18). RAOC 107 for 4 (Hopkinson 30, Portman 24, Grimble 21). RAOC v RAPC at Worthy Down RAOC lost by 6 wickets. Caught on a difficult wicket the Corps collapsed to 69 for 5 at lunch, only John Wood looking comfortable. An after lunch recovery helped us to reach 156 with Roy Wilkinson and Roy Newson leading the ' tail wagging.' This was never enough on a pitch that dried out in the sun and the RAPC, recording their first win over the Corps in seven years, had little difficulty in passing the total against a depleted Corps attack having lost John Aldridge who retired injured after one over. Scores—RAOC 156 (Wood 28, Wilkinson 21, Newson 19). RAPC 160 for 4 (Holmes 2 for 46). — 108 — (Continued on page 126) |
| Book number | R0247 |