RAOC Gazette - page 75
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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gratulations to Corporals Wilks and Simpson and also to Lance Corporal Gill on his recent promotion. Finally our ins and outs: Welcome to Lance Corporal Kay from Northern Ireland and farewells and best wishes to Corporals Furze and Harrison and Lance Corporal Mynes. Photo Sergeant Voice. The Vicrsen Cross Country Teams. WOl Rumney, WOs2 Kennedy and Diviney, Staff Sergeant Nolan, Corporal Barnett and Private Kirkwood and welcome Corporals Hamilton and O'Keefe, Lance Corporal Stimson ACC and Lance Corporal Cunningham REME—may they thoroughly enjoy their stay with us here in Viersen. FORWARD ORDNANCE DEPOT DULMEN THE ARU scheduled for December was postponed because of the moratorium but the CO, Lieutenant Colonel Mike Ewens, organised his own inter-Platoon and Company competition. It was a hectic, varied and interesting day which was enjoyed by (almost) everyone. The competition included NBC, Fieldcraft, map reading, drill, .22 shooting, first aid, a Military knowledge quiz and a Command Task which entailed changing Land Rover wheels, with the minimum of equipment and the maxi- mum of brain and brawn, in the shortest possible time. After eating lunch under field conditions so the cooks didn't feel too left out of the competition, we engaged in tug-of-war, touch rugby, six-a-side soccer and basketball and the afternoon culminated in a log race over an obstacle course, designed by OC Stores Sub-Depot, Major John Wright. At the end of the day a smoker was held in the JRC and the CO presented Company and Platoon prizes. Photo Captain M. R. Parsons. Lunch in the field during the inter-Platoon and petition. Left to right: Private Hammond, Bennion, Private Brunton, Lance Corporal Shore, Lance Corporal Airey and Lance Corporal Company com- Lance Corporal Private Tinkler, Pickett. STORES SUB-DEPOT. The winning Platoon of the ARU com- petition was No. 3 Platoon, ' B ' Company, which, needless to say, is made up of SSD personnel. We not only received prizes from the CO but he also announced several promotions, in- cluded in which were two of our own Lance Corporals—so con- MOBILISATION STORES SUB-DEPOT. After good results in winning the football and tug-of-war competitions, MSSD in the shape of No. 2 Platoon were officially placed second in the overall competition but judging by the amount of beer donated by W02 Craddock at the smoker we thought we had won. The following members of MSSD recently passed their RPC ' 3—2 Courses: Lance Corporals ' T i n y ' Blyth, Dave Duxbury. Keith Howes and Roger Moody. Congratulations to them and : also to Sergeant Ray Dempsey and his wife on the birth of their son (one more for the football team). Sergeant Bill Wreyford has just returned from four weeks at Bracht on his MTI Course and all the shouting and bawling has earned him the new appointment of Provost Sergeant as well as a pass on the course. Well done also to Lance Corporal John Coulter on promotion. We bid farewell this month to W02 Barry Daunt, Sergeant Bob Morgan and Private Rocky Lawrence who leave on posting and to Private Dave Constable on discharge. We wel- come Sergeants Alan Salt and Mel Halls, Corporal Geordie Dixon and Private Taff Powell. PS. C and A Offices have not moved this month as no one can remember where they were put last time. STATION STAFF OFFICER. The SSOs Department in a small station like Dulmen is often ignored in the RAOC GAZETTE—but try to get along without it! The Station Staff Officer is Major Roger Tweed, often heard bewailing the fact that humans don't behave like computers. His Chief Clerk is Staff Sergeant Keith Jones who can never find the SSO when he wants him. Sergeant Rod Daddow is soon to depart for the Recruiting Organisation in Glasgow—got your tin hat, Rod".' Corporal Les Knight is shared with the QM as rat-catcher extraordinaire and spare time Unit rep on march in/out. Our Estate Warden is Sergeant Sean McPoland—is he really Irish? Not forgetting Frau Hilda Radford our civilian clerk who keeps the office going while all around her are doing BFTs, playing sport or quietly going round the bend. Look out—The SSOs escaped again! TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT. Congratulations to Lance Corporals Sellars and Whitwham on their recent promotions and to Lance Corporal Sellars and Private Caulfield on gaining RPC2. CDP 2 say farewell to Corporal Heath and wish he and his wife the best of luck in the future and congratulate Lance Corporal Wilkes on promotion. On the sporting side the first Dulmen Judo Club competition was held recently. The winners of the five weight groups were: Donna Parker, Lee Morgan, Phil Hunter, Gary'Fryer and Colin Morgan. Chris Duffy made the best effort of the day and Donna Parker executed the best throw of the day. Con- gratulations to the winners and thanks to the CO for presenting the prizes, to those who participated and supported and to Lance Corporal Tony Franklin and Lieutenant Paul Crossman for organising the competition. The RAOC (BAOR) Cross Country Championship was hosted by Dulmen and a full report of the event will be included in our next contribution. 89 SUPPLY DEPOT THE arrival of Second Lieutenant Jane Fausset (WRAC) caused quite a stir in this male dominated stronghold. A pleasant stir I might add. This is history in the making, the first WRAC Officer to be posted to a Supply Depot. We all wish our new acquisition an enjoyable stay. Christmas festivities got off to a very good start with the celebration of Saint Nikolaus one day early. Wine and food was served and our thanks go to Frau Irmgard Brodowski our Works Council Chairwoman for arranging it. The draw will long be remembered by members and guests of 89 Club. The success of the evening was due to the hard work put in by all members of 89, " Well done Lads." The whole function was well generalled by Sergeant Dave Jones and his merry band. Congratulations are in order for Corporal Graham Moore on his promotion; well done keep up the good work. Our greying Staff Sergeant Frank Smith has attracted a new nickname (Tufty) due to his falling asleep in the barbers chair, never mind Frank it will grow (even greyer than before). Major Ray Vincent our new OC arrived this month just in time to enjoy all the Christmas festivities. We welcome him to a pleasant stay at 89. — 306 — |
| Book number | R0404a |