RAOC Gazette - page 328
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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has only been riding fourteen months did very well coming twentieth in the Prix Caprilli and managing the show jumping event until the fifth jump- he made the jump his horse did not Congratulations are in order to Staff Sergeant Copland ori his promotion to W 2 and Corporal Moon on his promotion to Sergeant. We say farewell to Sergeant and Mrs Carlyle who returns to UK and civilian life, in which we wish them all good fortune. The Representative Colonel Commandant completing the final phase of his MHE Instruction Course under the watchful eye of his instructor W 2 (SQMS) Whefan. Major Skinner, OC Stores and Vehicle Depot, looks on. The big sporting event of October is the Cyprus Walkabout competition, and this year RAOC Cyprus entered three teams. The competition is an arduous orienteering exercise of some sixty miles, held over two days. The 'A 1 team of Captain Walsh, Staff Sergeant Long and Sergeant Curtis finished sixteenth out of eighty starters with the * B* team of W02 Graves, Sergeant Porter and Corporai Moon finishing twenty first A good effort. Unfortunately, the ' C ' team could not finish as a unit team, but W02 Lewis joined a composite team and completed the course. Congratulations to Corporal Stott who completed day one of the course, but was whisked away from Troodos on arrival to see his son, Adam who was born whilst Corporal Stott was between checkpoint one and two. That must be a first! Still on sports news, the CRAOC, partnered by Lieutenant Colonel Cardozo 4/7 DG. Officer Commanding Episkopi Garrison, won the Veterans Doubles in the Cyprus Army Tennis Championships for the second year. The CRAOCs wife, Kay Field and Jill Catt (wife of Major Catt) won the ladies doubles in the same tournament, well done. RAOC AKROTIRI. Stores and Vehicle Depot Akrotiri have seen the presentation this month of Long Service Certificates to a total of twenty one civilians, this amounts to over five hundred years loyal service to the forces in Cyprus. Certificates have also been awarded to twenty members of the unit for swimming one thousand metres in combat clothing albeit lightweight combats, the last pair to finish were the intrepid team from Support Services W02 Avery and Corporal Sid Bolton, having taken the scenic way, via Egypt! Well done to everyone who took part. The brains of Akrotiri has recently been held in our club, regular readers will remember that this is the annual contest of wit and intellect between each section of the Depot with the finalists playing against the finalists from 48 Command Work- shop. Our team from the Ammunition Depot consisted of: WOl Hubbard, Staff Sergeant Johnson, Sergeant Gill and Corporal Douglas, they put up a good fight but alas REME won, in what proved to be a very good final. One recent innovation worthy of mention is the broad- casting of the RAOC v Grapevine' on BFBS Cyprus, This is a short slot each alternate Monday evening informing RAOC personnel of recent and any forthcoming event; at the moment our Angela Rippon is Lance Corporal Jock Dunlop. (Points to note: there is only one Lance Corporal in S and V Depot!) the content of the broadcasts so far has proved worthwhile— apart from the Scottish jokes at the end. A new sport has been taken up by some members of the unit, ten pin bowling. At present the team has only played one game but this was a convincing win over 48 Command Workshop to some extent making up for the Brains of Akrotiri. The team consists of W02 Whelan, Sergeant Docherty, Corporals Allen, Beech, Short (Cap*), Stott and Lance Corporal Dunlop. One other sporting item that the Corps should be informed of is Staff Sergeant Stevens a ns equestrian abilities. He has recently entered the All Island Horse Show and for a person that — SUPPLY DEPOT DHEKEUA. Corporal Taylor our Clerk has just passed his RPCl and Bl upgrading courses in UK., H e has now taken to the road in a four tonne for driver training. As former Cyprus personnel will know, taxi drivers out here tend to drive somewhat positively, but surprisingly enough they do give way to Corporal Taylor, this obviously means something. Farewells are in order to Corporal Taylor who has moved to the Stores Depot at Akrotiri although this is nothing to do with his driving'. Our two Master Bakers Staff Sergeant Utterson and Sergeant Jarwood are heavily into education working one month on and one month off. The month off being spent on EPCfA)! The Master Butcher, W 2 Swann is now RQMS' for the local Army Cadets, thus proving butchers make good supply specialists. Records please note! The OC Major Collins is Chairman of the Cyprus Free Fall Club and the Dhekelia Lions Rugby Football Club. Rumour has it that he is after Chairman of the Chairman's Club. He also won the Novices Competition in the Joint Services Parachute Championships held recently which he also organised —well done! Our Depot Cat (DC) gave birth to four girls and a boy. All the girls have been found good homes, the boy has been taken on unit strength and named KC, Major Ken Collins of course had nothing to do with naming the cat. The fishermen of the unit, Staff Sergeant Utterson the Master Baker and Corporal Billington Butchery NCO. are try- ing to surpass the miracle of five loaves and two fishes. The loaves are proving no problem but all those fishes! Well lads keep trying. We are pleased to announce the engagement of Mr David Jenkinson our Armed Services Food Chemist to Miss Catherine Dernetriou also of the Food Laboratories of ASFC. David would agree this is the island of love. From all the unit our best wishes for the future. Last but by no means least, our forty nine Greek and Turkish civilians keep the Depot ticking along when we are all away, playing rugby, gliding, fishing, shooting etc. There are too many to mention at the time but special congratulations go to the ten who received their twenty five years service certificates from the CRAOC, well done all of you and our thanks for all your help. British Forces Hong Kong HEADQUARTERS THIS month's notes begin with Q Ops Sergeant Dave Powell in a state of con- fusion, after being referred to in Pt 1 Orders as a Petty Officer Writer! Wonder- ing which type of uniform he is now expected to wear, he says it gives a com- pletely new meaning to the phrase " Hello Sailor?". People who read this column must think that all we do in Hong Kong is play sport. This assumption is probably com- pounded by the fact that the G/AQ team won the deck hockey lunchtime league trophy. The skills of. amongst others, Captain Geoff Harcourt of Ord Branch, Staff Sergeant Ray Dawson of Q Qtg and Corporal Mick Shepherd of G Ops/AIICC were pushed up into top gear and enabled Mick Shepherd to receive the trophy for the second consecutive year. This means that, despite being a naval sport, the deck hockey trophy has never been won by an RN team. However, I digress. The subject of sport could not be further from the minds of the Ord Branch stalwarts. Staff Sergeant Tony Dales, the Mat Clk. is walking round with his right arm in a sling nursing two broken fingers after coming up against a (fairly) immovable object. He's always saying that he'd give his right arm. to be ambidextrous; for the next couple of weeks he may get his wish. Major George Ashcroft. the S02 Ord, looks slightly different these days—gone is his luxurious moustache. It was thought at first that his upper lip had come out in sympathy with his forehead but later reports stated that he is trying to lose excess weight (and reduce drag) in preparation for the forthcoming BFTs. We'll believe you, Sir! 274 |
| Book number | R0250 |