RAOC Gazette - page 204
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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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WIN SSD DULMEN THE BISMARK RELAY THE Bismark Cross Country Relay at Herford is an annual event which officially opens the Cross Country Season in BAOR. Altogether twenty four Units throughout BAOR (eighteen Major and six Minor) took part in what is ack- nowledged to be a race of a very high standard, The course itself was five kilometres long which included a very steep climb to the Bismark Monument and then a sharp downhill run to the finish. The race was very closely con- tested by two teams, SSD Dulmen and last year's winners, 1 Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment, who in fact are present 1977/78 BAOR Major Units Cross Country Champions. In an exciting finish Dulmen won by the narrow margin of five seconds. The winning team was: Captain Andy Jelly, Staff Sergeant Dave Towers-Clark, Sergeant Bill Wreyford, Corporal John Hladkij, Lance Corporals Andy Fox and Steve Lonnen. This was a fine achievement to start the cross country season and it is hoped that this is an omen of further success to come. LAWN TENNIS »T8— THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT DESPITE a season severely influenced by bad weather, RAOC had a successful tennis year. In the Inter-Corps League we finished second equal with the Gunners. Most of the matches were hard fought contests, but generally, because we had a well balanced team with strength in all three pairs, we were ultimately successful We lost only twice; once against RAPC the eventual league winners and once against Royal Signals. Much credit must go to Major John Woodliffe and Sergeant Smith, the first pair, and to Captain Don Young and W 2 Noutch. Private Storey who in 1977 showed much promise while still an Apprentice, showed himself well able to hold a place in the team; he should be a considerable asset to the Corps* side for many years to come, The 1978 Corps Championships were held during the first week in July. There was a reasonable sized entry with parti- cularly strong representation from CAD Kineion. Two com- petitors, Sergeant Muggleton and Corporal Charlton, came across from BAOR to participate with some success. The results of the Championships were:—Men's Open Singles, Corporal Charlton; Men's Open Doubles, Corporal Charlton and Sergeant Muggleton; Men's Plate, Sergeant Muggleton; Men's Handicap Singles: Mark Woodliffe; Men's Handicap Doubles, Major Woodliffe and Mark Woodliffe; Ladies Open Singles, Mrs O'Brien; Ladies Handicap Singles, Miss Robson; Ladies Doubles, Mrs Dennison and Mrs Bruce. BAOR TENNIS THIS year's RAOC BAOR Tennis Tournament was held at Rheindahlen; the event was a success in spite of the dull showery weather, Corporal Harry Charlton of P and S Group, SSD Viersen, and Sergeant Graham Muggleton of 1 (BR) Corps Stores Com- pany stole the show in almost a repeat performance of last year's tournament. They won the doubles competition, and also ended u p by playing each other in the finals of the singles competition. A very close match which was eventually won by Corporal Charlton seven five, four six, seven five; an exciting c^rnax to the tournament. Staff Sergeant Percy D'Souza of SSD Dulmen won the singles plate competition, winning all thirty six of the games he Played. Staff Sergeant D'Souza and Sergeant Bob Evans, also Mrs Crawley presenting the Doubles prize to Corporal Charlton of SSD Viersen. Sergeant Muggleton of 1 {BR) Corps Stores Company is in t h e background. from SSD Dulmen, took the doubles plate too, winning twenty two out of twenty four games played. The prizes were presented by Mrs Eileen Crawley, wife of Brigadier R P. Crawley, DOS BAOR. The prizewinners were as follows: —Single winner—Corporal H H W. F. Charlton, SSD Viersen; Singles runner-up—•Sergeant G. A. Muggleton, 1 (BR) Corps Stores Company; Singles plate— Staff Sergeant P. D'Souza, SSD Dulmen; Doubles winners— Sergeant G. A. Muggleton 1 (BR) Corps Stores Company and Corporal H. W. F, Charlton, SSD Viersen; Doubles runners-up —Major A. Butterworth and Private E. N. Weber, V S D Moenchengladbach; Doubles plate—Staff Sergeant P. D'Souza and Sergeant B. Evans, SSD Dulmen. *. THE BASE DEPOTS INTER OFFICERS MESS TOURNAMENT WITH the demise of Base Organisation the tournament title was changed to the Base Depots Inter Officers Mess Tournament, Four teams took part in this years tournament. They were: Bicester; Chilwell/Donnington, combined team; CADs/DLSA, combined team; CVDs/RAOC LE(A) Andover, combined team. Earlier in the summer the Bicester team won an exciting golf match by one point from the Chilwell/Donnington team who in turn finished only one point ahead of the combined CADs/ DLSA team. CADs/DLSA won the cricket match beating Bicester in the final. Following the golf and cricket results the tournament had reached a tense climax when the tennis competition was played at Chilwell. Three teams came to Chilwell still in with a realistic chance of winning overall. Tn the tennis, CVD/RAOC LE(A) came good at last finishing eleven games ahead of the CADs/DLSA team with the Chilwell/ Donnington team finishing third. So the overall tournament result was: 1st CADs/DLSA, ten points; 2nd Bicester, nine points; 3rd CVDs/RAOC LE(A) Andover, eight points; 4th Chilwell/Donnington, seven points (wooden spoon). In all this was a well balanced tournament with each team winning something—if you count the wooden spoon won by the Chilwell/Donnington team! The three competitions were well run with players and spectators alike enjoying themselves. It was very nice to see Brigadier George Ayton and Colonel Larry Dowdall at Chilwell for the tennis competition. Brigadier George Ayton donated the original Base Organisation Cup (now called the Base Depots Cup) and Larry Dowdall spent many years as the Secretary of the Base Organisation competition. Mrs Pauline Dalton presented the Base Depots Cup to the CADs/DLSA Captain and Brigadier George Ayton the Wooden Spoon to Chilwell/Donnington. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CORPS THROUGH THE RAOC ASSOCIATION |
| Book number | R0247 |