RAOC Gazette - page 243
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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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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CORPS FOOTBALL For the Corps, Griffiths, Snead and Lowe all had promising introductions to Corps level football whilst Wells and Grimsley both confirmed that they have a promising future ahead of them. Stewart in goal was as sure as ever and Young showed deter- mination and ability on the right wing. Overall it was a good performance by both teams and they should be congratulated for providing the spectators with a most enjoyable match. Corps Team. Lance Corporal Stewart 10 Ordnance Sup- port Battalion, Private Grimsley C A D Kineton, Corporal Holliday COD Donnington, Corporal Holt CAD Kineton, W 2 Gallagher LE(A), Corporal Wells COD Chilwell, Staff Sergeant O'Meara 41 RP Company, Corporal Morton COD Donnington, Sergeant Griffiths Commando Training Regiment, Lance Corporal Snead 10 Ordnance Support Battalion, Lance Corporal Young 150 Squadron RCT, Substitute Lance Corporal Lowe COD Bicester. RAOC 1 RCT 1 TflE annual match between the Corps and the Royal Corps RCT kicked off with a D f Transport was held a t Donnington. strong wind at their backs and immediately put the Corps BAOR FOOTBALL goalkeeper Stewart under pressure. After he had dealt confidently THE MALONEY CUP with a number of high crosses from the wings he brought off a superb save from a fierce drive from twenty yards. THE Maloney Cup, the annual BAOR soccer fixture between It was against the run of play that the Corps took the RAOC and REME, was played at * Little Wembley* Detmold. lead in the tenth minute. The ball was taken upfield after good REME completely dominated the first half, but through work by Wells and O'Meara, and a low cross from the right stern defensive work they were limited ta few chances to score wing by Young found Sutcliffe unmarked in front of goal. The and those chances were easily dealt with by Lance Corporal Bicester striker made no mistake and casually side footed the Trevor Hom who had a fine game. The score at half time ball past the goalkeeper. RCT came back into the game again was 0-0. and with Blanche, the current Army Captain, showing much The second half started in the same vein as the first with skill in midfield they were rewarded with a penalty in the thirty REME dominating the play up to the Corps eighteen yard fifth minute which Blanche converted. For the remaining ten box. After ten minutes play the Corps had their first real minutes in the first half the RAOC team mounted a number chance when Private Ian Crouch broke from the centre circle of attacks on the RCT goal and were perhaps a little unlucky and completely outstripped the REME defence only to see his not to regain the lead. shot hit the post with the goalkeeper beaten. In the second half the home side lost the rhythm they had REME substituted their two left flank forwards and put maintained early in the game but with Gallagher, Holt and Lance Corporals Albert Smart and Karl Dagnall who had both Holliday all playing confidently at the back, managed to keep received bad knocks, under a lot of pressure, RAOC sent on the opposition at bay. one substitute, but within the next fifteen minutes REME went The final twenty minutes was by far the most exciting two up with the award of a goal, which every player on the phase of the match. Both sides pushed forward and con- field afterwards admitted had not crossed the line and a penalty. v centrated on attacking football. The result was that the game However, the score of two nil was just reward for R E M E V swung from end to end and both goals had a number of near dominance of the game up to that stage. misses. Sutcliffe, and Snead his replacement after eighty minutes, The last fifteen minutes saw a complete change. RAOC both hit the side netting from narrow angles with the goal- broke down the right where their two substitutes had been keeper well beaten. The final whistle was blown to the relief of placed and from a cross by Lance Corporal Paddy O'Keefe, both sides for it would have been cruel justice for either side to , Private Dave Pennant scored. Constant pressure caused con- have lost this hard fought but sporting contest siderable panic in the REME defence; two shots hit the cross- RAOC Team: Lance Corporal Stewart 10 Ordnance Sup- bar, three were magnificently saved by their keeper and two port Battalion, W 2 Gallagher LE(A), Corporal Holt CAD were scrambled or! the line but the score remained REME two Kineton, Corporal Holliday COD Donnington, Private Robert- —RAOC one. son COD Chilwell; Lance Corporal Wells C O D Chilwell, The result was probably fair overall but RAOC were Lieutenant Singer CAD Kineton, Private Grimsley CAD Kine- extremely unlucky in the last fifteen minutes not to have ton, Staff Sergeant O'Meara 41 RP Company, Lance Corporal equalised. The RAOC team was, Lieutenant T. Horn in goal. Sutcliffe COD Bicester, Lance Corporal Young 150 Squadron Back four Lance Corporal Smart, Private Robertson, Corporal RCT Workshop Stores Section, Twelfth Man Private Snead 10 Napolitano and Private Barr. Midfield Lance Corporal Dagnall, Ordnance Support Battalion. Sergeant Leitch, Lance Corporal Crawford Front men Private Robbins, Private Crouch, Private Pennant. Substitutes Captain Auton, Lance Corporal OTteefe. Coach Sergeant M. Allan. RAPC 4 RAOC 3 No-one is worthy of special mention. It was a good team effort THE match between the Corps and RAPC took place at Worthy Down and turned out to be a most exciting, sporting encounter. RAOC, with a number of their team only recently returned CORPS SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS from exercise in BAOR, opened the scoring in the first five minutes when a low cross from Grimsley was misjudged by the THE results of the Squash Championships, held at Blackdown, RAPC goalkeeper and curled inside the far post. This sparked were as follows: — off a period of mounting pressure on the Corps goal and Open Championship: Winner—Major J. A. Woodliffe, CVD after twenty minutes, a determined sliding tackle by Gallagher Ashchurch; Runner-up—Staff Sergeant D . Bradley, Employ- was judged unfair by the referee and the opposing Captain ment Training School. converted the resulting penalty. Novice Championships: Winner—Sergeant N, P. Botfieid, RAPC went ahead almost immediately when their nippy Apprentices College; Runner-up—Sergeant Collins, Ordnance striker followed u p a long through ball and beat Stewart with Depot Northern Ireland. a low shot The Corps came back into the game with good Plate Competition: Winner—Corporal K. B. Bonsu, CVD work by Holliday, Wells and O'Meara, and failed to con- Ashchurch; Runner-up—WOl P, Snow, Employment Training solidate their position when Morton hit the crossbar from a School. penalty kick just before half time. Under Nineteen Championship: Winner—A/Lance Corporal In the second half the home team made good use of the N, F. Crampton, Apprentices College; Runner-up—A/Private strong following wind and the well known Worthy Down M. Adams, Apprentices College. slope; after Wells had equalised rather against the run of play Inter-Unit Championship: Winner—Training Centre ' A ' ; the Corps found themselves four to two down. Within a Runner-up—CVD Ashchurch. minute however, they fought back and Griffiths scored with an The standard of squash was high, especially in the Novice excellent goal to reduce the deficit to four to three. The Corps competition. This, coupled with an entry of forty seven came more into the game in the last ten minutes and after players, is indicative of the large following the game has in the hitting the woodwork twice were unlucky not to draw level Corps. Eleven Unit teams entered, including 1 Combat Supplies. before the final whistle was blown. Battalion from BAOR and Ordnance Depot, Northern Ireland. 199 — |
| Book number | R0247 |