RAOC Gazette - page 148
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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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m glbroati Headquarters BAOR THE Annual Rheindahlen inter-Church Fete took place on the 8th July. Staff of Ordnance Directorate were very prominent behind the stalls and manning the various side-shows. The weather prospects look bleak early on but the sun broke through sufficiently around ten o'clock to attract good custom to the stalls and a good profit was made. We were delighted to have our Represen- tative Colonel Commandant, Major General Stanyer and Mrs Stanyer in Rheindahlen with us. The General based himself in Rheindahlen to enable him to visit installations in the Base Area and no doubt those visited will be submitting their own notes to THE GAZETTE. Arrivals: Major R. B. P. Smith and Lance Corporal D. R, Harris. Departures: Major R. Embley, Staff Sergeant A. E. Johnson and Corporal J. E. T. Bradley (WRAC). f Planning and Worksrudy Unit BAOR THE main theme of this months notes is congratulatory: — Firstly to Angela Stott, wife of SSM David Stott, who has been awarded the Order of Merit in Scouting. Angela spends many hours furthering this very worthy cause, and has travelled many miles to increase both her own knowledge and to instruct others to organise and lead both Scouts and Cubs in BAOR. The whole Unit offers its sincere congratulations and best wishes to Angela on this prestigious award. Long Service and Good Conduct Medals were presented by the Representative Colonel Commandant to Conductor Dave Ashworth, SSM Mat Hudson and SQMS Geoff Seaby at a ceremony in the Sergeants Mess this month. Congratulations to all recipients. Further congratulations to Dave Ashworth on his appoint- ment to Conductor. Farewell to Corporal Terry Kennedy and wife Kim who have been posted almost quarter of a mile away to ICP BAOR. Welcome to Lance Corporal Steve Boyle, fresh from the Commandos—obviously Manning and Record Office have heard of this Unit's endeavours in the BFT stakes, which incidentally are one hundred, per cent passes. 15 Composite Ordnance Depot STORES SUB-DEPOT VIERSEN RECENTLY we had a visit from the Representative Colonel Commandant, Major General Stanyen He toured all Groups and in the Sergeants Mess, presented Long Service and Good Con- duct Medals to Conductor L Edwards, SSM T. Harrison, SQMS S. Dodds, Staff Sergeant R. G. Greenacre and Sergeant E. T. Welham, This season the Trumans and Boycotts of Viersen cricket team gained a place in the final of the Rhine Area Minor Units competition. After a fine win against 154 FAD by eighty five runs in the semi-final in which one hundred and fifty runs for four wickets were scored, we came up against 8 C P + C C D RE in the final. On winning the toss we went into bat and scored one hundred and fourteen off the thirty overs allotted, with good 1 knocks * by Staff Sergeants Roy Haslett twenty nine and Jim Hall twenty eight. The other side then went out to * swing the willow' while bowlers W 2 Pat Ryan three for twenty and Corporal John Bertram two for twenty two endeavoured to halt the advance. However, after a close and exciting finish 8 CP + CCD RE ran out winners by the narrow margin of three wickets. Happy days for our anglers. The Moenchengladbach Station Angling Club, which is based at SSD Viersen, became T — The Representative Colonel Commandant at Viersen. General Stanyer, the Hon Mrs E. R. Edwards, Colonel Edwards and Mrs J. T . Stanyer. Rhine Area Angling Champions for 1978 as a result of their excellent team performance in the two separate championship matches. The result was particularly pleasing to Captain Leslie Jordan of Headquarters, for he formed the Moenchengladbach club two years ago and is also responsible for initiating the Rhine Area championships. Congratulations to Conductors N. E. Fletcher and A. L. Tomlin on their appointment to Conductor and to Staff Sergeant Greenacre on his acting promotion. Welcome to Major Dunn, Captain Inman, Lieutenant Colonel Jarvis (Retd), SSMs Brunt and Rumney, Farewell to Major Langdon, Captains Dexter and Dunn, Conductor Downes, SSM Harrison and Corporal Burke. VEHICLE SUB-DEPOT MOENCHENGLADBACH LAST month we allowed ourselves the luxury of sentiment aver the imminent demise of our Unit but just occasionally we find it difficult to resist feeling angry about it too. In human terms the Unit has inspired a lot of affection and loyalty over the years and there have been moments of almost fierce pride when small groups have been prepared to push themselves to the limit to earn distinction for their comrades. An example of their indomitable spirit was our swirnrning team's recent triumph at the Rhine Area swimming champion- ships when we retained the Minor Units title for the second year running. This was a remarkable achievement considering the heavy commitments faced by the Unit and reflects great credit on the Team Captain, Corporal Campbell, who created the team and organised their training. We only regret that we could not send them to the BAOR Championship in Berlin where we know they would have given a good account of themselves. Most of our other sporting teams are suffering from the effects of our dwindling numbers and we are now obliged to enter into affiliations or rely on individual endeavours. How- ever we were able to enter just about the whole Unit for the Unit Orienteering Day at Viersen last month and although for most of us this sport was unfamiliar we achieved quite credit- able results. Colonel Maurice Young who at the age of forty five has recently ' discovered' and become utterly obsessed with this very demanding sport also became our resident * gladiator* beating all the over thirty fives in our Unit and coming second overall at Viersen in that age group. More recently our Unit team came fourth in the Eighth Rhine Area Orienteering Meet- ing. On the social side of life our Junior Ranks Club staged a very successful Summer Ball Much of the credit for the flaw- 1IB — |
| Book number | R0247 |