RAOC Gazette - page 145
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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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•uhttnd metres Steeple Chase the five thousand metre and was • Victor Ludorum. The Squadron display team enjoyed themselves at the j^rshol Army Display judging by the satisfied smiles on their ccs on their return. The film strip showing the Commando ourse seem to have been very popular and the success of the f circuit can be judged by the fact that they had issued all ze hundred certificates by the middle of the second day, Future* We have a full calendar ahead in the next couple f. months. First a logistic exercise which starts with a beach nding at Browndown Camp, Lee-on-Solent, and could end with s winning the war if we get it right! Then we have some adventure training across Offas Dyke v foot and canoe, just to keep us fit. Block leave for a fort- i>H in August (unfortunately we have to go on leave at the ante time as the Royal Marines, so everyone m the Squadron as to endure six weeks leave a year!) is followed by deploy- lent to Norway for a further two weeks in September. Lastly some news from our permanent assault detachments. AOD support Salerno Company Group, 41 Commando RM n Malta, and some of its members will remain there until the Company Group is finally withdrawn in March 1979. The AOD used to be based in St Andrews Barracks, but, ias recently moved up to RAF Luqa where it works, in far rem luxurious accommodation, in the airfield complex. At present it consists of four members of the squadron, Staff Serjeant Donal commands it and the remainder of the lucky quartet are Corporal Campbell, Lance Corporal Collins and Private Doherty. Sadly two of them are being withdrawn as the workload does not justify the AOD remaining at full strength. Corporal Campbell and Lance Corporal Collins drew the short straws. The photograph shows members of the AOD in one of their (many?) off-duty moments. It is a pity it is black and white because they have marvellous suntans; the berets are green, by the way! ALL line managers who have served in COD Donnington will have had some dealings with our Secretary of the Employees Side, Industrial Whitley, Mrs Gena Morgan. We are very proud to report that Gena was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, and offer her our heartiest congratulations. Further congratulations are also due to Mrs Alice Ryder, employed as a Clerical Officer in Forms and Publications Branch, Spares Sub-Depot. Alice has been awarded the honour of Serving Sister of the Order of St John for her services to the St John Ambulance Brigade .over a period of twenty one years. At the Officers Mess Summer dance the theme was taken from the Crusaders of the Middle Ages. Props were borrowed from far and wide, including Elstree and Shepperton Studios. The Mess was completely transformed, and a beautiful sight to behold. The whole night was a credit to Lieutenant Colonel Tony Camfield and to his committee. The Unit tug-of-war team has competed in seven com- petitions, out of which they won five, and were runners-up in two. Sergeant Ledingham, the trainer, can take a lot of credit for injecting so much enthusiasm into the team, Our newest craze is the 'Tickle' Fitness Competition. I thought it had something to do with catching fish, but apparently not. It's to do with running and swimming, and if we all do it extremely well the Unit receives a hand-out. We can't help but win, Arrivals are WOl Alford, Staff Sergeant McConnachie, Corporal Horne, Lance Corporal McKenzie and Privates Fletcher and Dix to whom we extend a warm welcome. Congratulations to Staff Sergeant McKenzie, Sergeant Mc- Gavin and Lance Corporals Cotterill and Drake on promotion. 1 AOD Malta—with Corporal Campbell, Lance Corporal Collins, Private Dohety and Staff Sergeant Donal holding the fort. Central Ordnance Depot Bicester IN the inter-company swimming gala Headquarters Company triumphed for the second year running but not with- out a struggle. Full marks to Captain Berridge, Sergeant Bo yes, Lance Corporals Ford and Walters and Privates Luff, Hunt and Johnston who ^^llffl performed so well for Headquarters Company, Serious training is now commencing for the Corps Champion- ships. Sailing is in full flight with several members of the Battalion taking ad- vantage of the excellent facilities at Calvert—Major Robertson^ OC Headquarters Company won the Passage Race in the Corps Regatta. Twelve miles of planing in a Boson Dinghy all in a force six and completed in two hours! Private Denman has been selected for Exercise Twin Tela, an off shore sail training course in the Baltic, and he will soon be scanning the beaches of Sweden! D Company WRAC were 'runners u p ' in the South East District Inter Unit Athletics Championships. Our team achieved three * Firsts ' in these Championships—Private Simon in the two hundred metre event; Lance Corporal Sharkey—Discus and Private Carter—Shot. Private Taylor was runner up in the Javelin event and the relay team came second. This result qualified our team to enter for the Army Inter Unit Champion- ships. At the Army Individual Athletics Championships our athletes Private Simon and Lance Corporal Sharkey received a second, two thirds and a fourth placing in the one hundred and two hundred metre, discus and shot respectively. They then went on to Army Squad training for the Inter Services where Lance Corporal Sharkey was runner up to the Royal Air Force winner and Private Simon sadly had to withdraw, with a pulled hamstring, from the one hundred metre Inter Service event which she was winning up to the time. D Company swimming team were runners up in the District Champion- ships and our Army swimmer, Lance Corporal Part is about to leave for Catterick for Army Squad Training prior to enter- ing the Inter Service swimming championships. At a slightly lower level the winning female team in the Bicester Hash Relay Race was D Company and Corporal Roper won the prize for being the fastest woman in this event. It is hoped that, now they have our PIT, Corporal Cowie, D Company will go from strength to strength on the sports field. This PTI all rounder is, however, currently being claimed Central Ordnance Depot Donningron 3 AOD in Arbroath in support of 45 Commando RM and commanded by Staff Sergeant Herratt continue to be one of the hardest worked elements in Ord Squadron; our young detached ranks come back with grey hair. The detachment has said farewell to a number of its numbers: W02 Mick Knight and family on posting to Plymouth, ^"i-ant Kim Birdsall and family to BAOR, Lance Corporal Percy to 3 BAPD and Private Girling to civilian life. All the detachment wish them well. Lance Corporal Young is to be congratulated on his engagement. Absence in Norway obviously makes the heart grow fonder! We promise to send a photo for inclusion next time—we cannot allow 1 AOD to upstage us. DEAD-LINE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COPY WILL ALL contributors kindly note that the deadline date for receipt of copy at THE GAZETTE Office really is the 29th of the month for publication a month later. — 115 — |
| Book number | R0247 |