RAOC Gazette - page 271
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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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ams started on the return leg at the crack of dawn but, r 'rnbHed with the after effects of day one and again the Jj ;ili jams soon started to drop by the wayside. The final wer e . uiat twenty six complete teams and forty three s /auV--"* l^vMuats, who on route had made up composite teams finished both stages, [t was good to see our ex-Superintending Clerk, Lieutenant Jim Burden, competing as a member of the Training Systems and Advisory Branch, Blackdown, team. As one ' wag * put it .'We tried to persuade him to compete in the All Island Ludo Championship while he was serving here, but he said it was However, all joking aside, considering m uch too strenuous." (rie team did not have much time to acclimatise and get to know ,he ground, they did exceptionally well by not only completing the first stage to Troodos but also by not throwing in the -nve; until the third checkpoint on the second day. Our sole Headquarters Ordnance representative was Corporal Tom McCallion who was a member of the Eptskopi Garrison team. Unfortunately, while still going strong he became ill and had to retire. This was disappointing, especially after all the hard work and training the team had put in, The winners were again 3 Royal Anglian Regiment in a lime of five hours forty three minutes nine seconds for day one and six hours forty nine minutes fifty one seconds on day two making a total of twelve hours thirty three minutes. This win makes it three in a row for the team. On the sporting scene congratulations to Staff Sergeant Sill Gordon and the Headquarters cricket team on winning the WSBA knockout competition and to Sergeant Frank Greaney and his hockey team on beating a strong RAF Akrotiri team in the first league game of the season. On the football front the least said the better. The Garrison team in the minor Units league, which is mainly comprised of Headquarters LFC personnel, is going through a bad patch. With our old man Superintending Clerk WOl Wilf Wright being called out of retirement, W02 John Andrews being asked to exchange his whistle for the goalkeepers jersey, and Sergeant Frank Greaney's services being requested, things can only get worse! Congratulations are in order to Corporals Tom McCallion and Keith Cammack on being provisionally selected for pro- motion to substantive rank by the No. 2 Soldiers Promotion Board and to Lance Corporal Don Bennett on also being selected for promotion to Corporal. British Forces Hong Kong COMPOSITE ORDNANCE DEPOT THE main activity at the moment is the preparation for Corps week and, in particular, for the RAOC fete, an annual event of stu- pendous proportions which, like the harvests of pre- history, requires a sacrificial Corn King to ensure success. Our victim/coordinator this year is Major M. E. Newman.' We expect the angle to be strongly biased in favour of the younger generation—Noddy trains, pony rides and all the magic of pretend wonderland. This speculation is reinforced by the inadvertent, but now widely publicised discovery, that Major Newman's book, overdue from the library, is entitled * Paddington Bear's Blue Book ';—yau caa tell a lot about a man from what he reads. Further to celebrate Corps Week, a Corps shoot has been arranged to take place on Stonecutters Island. The DPO, Captain Terry Ewers has been busy as usual, A large hole was found behind the Depot. He is looking into i t It was third time lucky for the Stonecutters Youth Club boat trip. Staff Sergeant Ray Evans eventually got things under- way, tropical storms notwithstanding. The tug Clare was not able to negotiate the shallow waters around Lamma Island so 1 Ray and Major Robin Phillips resorted to rowing the children, parents, food, drink and barbecue equipment ashore. It is reported that the two scullers will not be appearing at Henley next year. Your scribe regretfully takes his leave this month of the unspoiled factories of San Po Kong, the soaring heights of concrete dwellings and the bracing atmosphere of petro- chemicals, open drainage and carbon monoxide, A new pencil will then hold sway. Welcome however, to W02 Dave Hurren RE ME, W02 Pete Coull, Sergeants Joe Addis, Pat Teegan and Lance Corporal John Allinson. &&©€ glib Gorier? British Forces Belize A LITTLE FABLE entitled * In remembrance of a good meal or how to overfeed a Liverpool Docker' written by Sergeant Pete Ferguson of marathon running fame. It came to pass in June 78 that the RNSTS (Victualling) Stores, Portsmouth decided the troops in Belize needed to be fed yet again and in all their wisdom, sent manna from Ports- mouth, (compo to the uninitiated). They proceeded hastily to issue 5,200 rations of the twenty four hours variety via Canada Dock, Liverpool. At last the great day dawned and this manna from Portsmouth finally arrived at the Compo Store in Belize, three months late and four hundred and fifty short! There was much conster- ~auon and woe when it was found that not all the manna had arrived and much shaking of heads and curses were heaped upon the local Dockers of Belize, who no doubt were feeding the local population. To everyone's surprise and shame there was then found a small note from one of the holiest of holies, a Liverpool sup- porter, who had taken the mundane occupation as a security warden, between prayers at the temple on Saturdays. The message read: We are terribly sorry for what the Dockers have done, Keep up the good work. From the Wardens. We then realised, much to our shame, that the perpetrators were in fact Liverpool Dockers, not only rich but now overfed. The moral to this story is simple for those who complain about petty DR action, remember us, we now eat ours. During September we said farewell to W02 Mike McLean, Staff Sergeant David Towers-Clark, Corporals John Longfield and John Hoi] ins, Privates Keith Edmunds and Paddy Cook, and said hello to Corporal Geordie Jones, Sergeant Malcolm Boyce, Lance Corporal Charlie Fraser and Sergeant Barry Stevens! A special welcome was arranged for Sergeant Malcolm Boyce! W *hin twenty four hours of arriving in Belize he received a tr:^ndly tap on the head from a local and overwhelmed by juch an open gesture of friendship, Sergeant Boyce felt that the least he could do in return was to give him all the cash he had a t the time. THE Committee of Management of the RAOC Aid Society acknowledge with sincere thanks the following donations totalling £1,030.88 received during the quarter ended 30ti September 1978. These donations do not include the personal subscriptions of serving and retired officers and soldiers. Staff Sergeants London and Stephen, Sergeant Carr, Lieu- tenant Colonel A. T. Hatfield, Major D. I. Manley, Sergeants Mess Chilwell, COD Bicester, 3 Infantry Brigade, Headquarters Hannover Station, 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment Workshop REME, Headquarters Training Company RAOC, RAOC Associa- tion Wulfen and from the Royal Tournament 1978. The Committee also wish to announce that during the same quarter, ninety one grants were made totalling £3,976.63. Clje Cbttor'ss jaottte* Editor: COLONEL E. RIDGEWAY, OBE (Retd.)» Treasurer: LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. A. MILLER, (Retd.). SUBSCRIPTION HATES—HOME AND ABROAD 30p per copy, or £3.60 per annum, post free. Orders for monthly sales should reach this office by 9th day of the months accompanied by remittance for previous month. Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to " Treasurer RAOC Gazette" and should oe crossed. DEAD-LINE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COPY. The "Gazette" is published monthly about the 29th of each month, and all articles, Station News Letters, etc., should reach the Editor by the 29th of the month for publication a month Utter. " Letters to the Editor" and short news items will, however, be accepted tip to the 7th of the month. Copy should be typed, if possible, and double spaced, EDITORIAL OFFICE; RAOC SECRETARIAT, DEEPCUT, CAMHERLEY, SURREY. (Telephone: Brookwood 4511, Ext. 516.) 223 — |
| Book number | R0247 |