RAOC Gazette - page 216
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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the night by introducing one or two unscheduled games, for which his members had received secret training—we believe. The one hundredth run of the Donnington Hash took place on 19th September 1978, over a course laid by Joint Masters, Lieutenant Colonel David Parker and Mr Nobby Stiles, near to the village of Rowton. Over one hundred mem- bers ran and attended the barbeque and disco which followed the hash, in a local bam, suitably cleaned out, whitewashed and furnished, including dance floor. Great credit goes to Lieutenant Colonel Stan England REME, the 'On Sec' of the Hash for his detailed Admin Instruction, worthy of any Staff College DS. Also thanks to Staff Sergeant John Jones ACC, and cooks, WOI Tony Johnson the barman, Major Bill Woods REME, Stores Co-ord, Staff Sergeant John Jones RMP, who laid out and recovered all furnishings and finally Sergeant Don Merchant for the transport. In two years the hash has grown from the first ever run of some seven members to an average now of fifty each week. • ,: '•••'• v ? ^ 3 # & ' — : : ^ ^ ^ : >/••-••• .-. . iS:--:. : "v"-• 3 :' !-:::••:: • i ."jj'b ••'••ix ^ ww- 1 - - •'^isi^^HlrVVf" : : : ; " ^ • " ' Central Ordnance Depot Bicester SEPTEMBER marked the departure of Brigadier Page from Bicester and the arrival of Brigadier Cooke. Brigadier Page was given the traditional send off, with the help of the Bicester Military Railway of which he was very fond. He retired on 30th September to take up an appointment with International Computers Limited. Bicester officers are now busily putting away their run- ning shorts and dusting off their sou* westers. Brigadier Cooke had no sooner touched base when he was host to the DGOS, Major General Callan. This proved to be a most successful and worthwhile day culminating in a Regimental Guest Night in the Officers Mess. ^ , ,; ;1-5;'''' ; ::V %. :" • - ' Brigadier Short and his wife Tony after the one hundredth run of the Donnington Hash. Our annual shark fishing adventure training Exercise Mini Jaws took place in Falmouth, Cornwall for two weeks. Once again we used Mr Bishop's field as our camp site, and the slope of the field ensured the rain ran through the tents, rather than remain inside them. Each' week had two days deep sea fishing with that intrepid ' Captain * Nigel Hunt in his boat White Heather. Sharks were conspicuous by their absence, but SQNfS Quinney caught a nice conger on his first day. Non fishing days were spent visiting places of interest, Lands End, Mount St Michael, the Cornish Sealing, an Army Motor Museum and a Tin Mine. Captain Colin Buckle organised a walk on the lines of the German ' Volkslaufen ' a first timer in Donnington. Participants, military and civilian, were given the chance of walking five, eight, ten or fifteen miles along set routes, over country tracks and roads, and were presented with a certificate after a success- ful walk. At the end of the day £42 was given to SSAFA. There will be another one. Major John Ridding and Staff Sergeant Reg Ledingham arranged a very successful six-a-side football competition for Army Units of West Midland and Wales Districts. Needless to say Donnington won the competition, beating 22 SAS in the final four nil. W02 Bede Welsh and our team are congratulated on their win and we wish them good luck for the season. Arrivals: WOsl Clarke and Over, WOs2 Garton and Tannock, Sergeants Gill, Matthews and Irvin, Lance Corporals Beverstock and Hitchen, Privates Lovett and Reynolds. Promotions'. Staff Sergeant Welsh to W 2 ; Sergeants Bentley and Cox to Staff Sergeant; Lance Corporal Taylor to Corporal; Privates Brotherton, Edwards, Smith and Weissgerber to Lance Corporal Marriages: Corporal Taylor to Miss Ruby Hogson and Private Cureton to Miss Carol Smith. Brigadier Page finds a new hat. • Welcome back from hospital Major Fred Minchington, our very popular Garrison Adjutant. He will be dining out for many months on the stories of his experiences whilst in RAF Haltom On the 29th September we had another Royal visitor to Bicester. This time it was the turn of the Royal Pioneer Corps who entertained their Colonel-in-Chief, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. 16 BATTALION THE leave season is now behind us and there is frantic activity on the exercise front. All soldiers are involved in either regi- mental and adventurous training at Penhale in Cornwall or preparing for Shadow Unit training in BAOR over the next few weeks. Reports from Penhale indicate that all is well and it is proving so popular that some soldiers and WRAC girls are loathe to return after their two weeks training! Battalion officers are also involved as detachment commanders and Lieu- tenant Peter McGhie and Second Lieutenant Caroline Paxton are involved in adventurous training for the whole of the period Major Andy Robertson is also putting would-be sailors through their paces and, no doubt, further reports on all Penhale activity will be available in our next notes. Welcome to Sergeants Hopkinson, Davis, Robinson, W/Sergeant Robertson, Corporal Farant, Lance Corporal Thomas, Privates Penfold, Ryan, Hardy, Print, Elstud and W/Private Locke. KEEP IN TOUCH W I T H THE CORPS THROUGH THE RAOC ASSOCIATION 176 — |
| Book number | R0247 |