RAOC Gazette - page 40
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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The platoon however bounced back the following week with .-onvineing win in the inter platoon workshop cross country , :c with four platoon members in the first ten. Private Gordon > .oil was fifth and Sergeant Geo ft Harland eighth, who were the other two? We sang our final farewells to Lance Corporals Mark Elking- lon. Kevin Hardman and his wife Bev and Private Ray Lashmar and his wife Tina who all return to Blighty. We welcome to Germany and the platoon Fiona Owen, wife of Private Dave Owen, welcome also to Lance Corporal Ian Mosey. 2nd Armoured Division . K M H M 1 | V O ^ H v ^ | ^ ^ ^^^^L ^ » H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H ^I^^^^^H^B HEADQUARTERS H E A D Q U A R T E R S R A O C emerged victorious from the Garrison seven-a-side rugby tournament, winning all six matches. Our Commander Supply, Lieutenant ^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ W Colonel Derek Baughan, was so pleased w t f l t n e lr IflK^^Vjlftl ' °pl">y that he arranged for ^ V ^ ^ V ^ Corporal Brummie Thynne, who success- ^^h|^^^H^^H fully kicked the most vital conversion of the a f t e r n o o n , t o be p r o m o t e d to sergeant! We congratulate Brummie on his long awaited pro- notion and also congratulate Sergeant Mick Haverty and Private Don Rollins who played starring roles in the team's success. Also on the sporting front Sergeant Pete Arnold's Headquarters RAOC Football Team emerged victorious in its warm up match for the DGOS Cup. Next stop Corps Troops Ord Company! Corporal Chris Dick is in the u hot seat * at the moment standing in for Mick Haverty, our Chief Clerk, who is away being educated. This leaves Sergeant Al Dunn alone in the C Sups office with our new S02 Major Simon Scourfield-Evans who has arrived, complete with prototype ' flasher 1 mac, from DCT, to take over from Major Mike Stacey. Major Stacey was dined out by Headquarters RAOC at a very successful social evening at which we also said farewell to Major Ray Wilson our intrepid * Long Looker' and welcomed Lance Corporal Bill Share who joins us on promotion. We tried (again) to wel- come Private Smudge Smith but he ' got involved ' in a Barrack in-night and was unable to join us. If you haven't got a sense of humour Our newly married Adjutant, Captain Simon Hall, continues to limp around the Headquarters saying he'll never play rugby again, Major Mike Dalley is busy planning exercises, W 2 Bill Tonkins is basking in the glory of another successfully organised 2nd Armoured Division Golf Meeting and our DOWO team of WO I Jim McGowan, W02 Greg Gregory and Lance Corporal Tony Broadbent are wrestling with the mysteries of casualty bag returns! And now a word from our colleagues upstairs. Under the watchful eye of the Super Clerk WO I Jim Prior and Chief Clerk Staff Sergeant Keith Newman, the Clerks of G Branch are eagerly trying to prove their worth in time for leave passes. Top of the list comes Corporal Brian Parsons, who received a glowing report for his contribution on Exercise Red Claymore, and Private Steve Prime, who also received a good report, from Vogelsang, followed closely by Private Paul Jenkins. Recently there have been a few changes in the office; Mrs Linda Simpson has left to add to the world's population and we would like to welcome Mrs Anne Dump, our new typist. Privates Mitchel and Evans arrived straight from Basic Training, we also congratulate Staff Sergeant Mai Blackburn on his recent pro- motion. and Corporal Andy Cotton on finishing top of his recent RPC2 Course. The past few weeks have been very (too) hectic for the Staff Clerks of G1/G4 Branch in Tax Haus Lubbecke. Added to the miserable weather, W 2 Phil Percival, Corporal Marc Bunn and Private Mick Crean were forced to undergo the hazards of their Annual NBC tests and APWT. Smiling and covered with fullers earth, they all returned to the office having successfully completed the strange rituals connected with these annual events. Life goes on at a hectic pace for the Clerks of G1/G4 Ops who have decided that it would be easier to live in Tax House rather than use up valuable petrol coupons travelling home to their married quarters for the odd hour or two! STORES PLATOON 15 FIELD WORKSHOP THIS time of year has had the normal round of PRE's Boards of Officers, Audits and Technical Reviews. These particular hurdles have been satisfactorily surmounted. Corporal ' Wally * Preston and the lads in the MT made sure that the vehicles were in pristine condition for the PRE while Staff Sergeant Roger Blackwood and our merry band of Sup Clks have eagerly beavered on the accounts, ready for Brigadier Simpson the Reviewing Officer. Fortunately, the past month has not been all work- Military training and sport have been predominant. A ten mile * bash ' in full kit proved to be an opportunity for a sing song and of course sore feet. NBC training the following week demonstrated the difficulties in changing a wheel in full NBC equipment. Set against the clock this simple task was a hot, sweaty experience. In the field of sport the platoon continues to provide a strong element for the Workshop football side. As of late the results have been disappointing except that is for a twenty nil victory over the local Army Air Corps side. Other sporting activities contrast to football have been ping-pong, hockey, and swimming- Private Sid Rutter is a promising deep diver while Corporal Harry Pelting has been nicknamed ' t u r t l e ' due to his unusual aquatic style. As usual we have a member of personnel on Courses. Lance Corporal Tonks, Privates Jones and Foye are all enjoy- ing the rigours of a RPC2 Course. Staff Sergeant Benny Gorbould is busy studying for his EPC(A) and Lieutenant Carins has just returned from a fencing Course. An interesting and an amusing event was Corporal Leather- barrows drive down an unopened motorway in England. ' Old Bill' thought it funny too—was it not strange not to see any other vehicles Corporal Leatherbarrow? 5 Field Force ^^^^ ^^HfV^^^^_ ^^DU%^^^^^^^__ H l f f l n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^KoBKj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^BkfiBgj^^^^^^^^^P^B^^^^ IT was Friday after- noon and the PC and A office was a hive of activity w i t h bodies no wasn't a sudden influx J E B E S L ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ of vouchers, it was the ^^E^JB-^^^^^ p r e p a r a t i o n f o r the ^^^^^ Company ' P u b night.' We had decided to have a night of self produced entertainment and what a night it turned out to be. We had acts of the calibre, of Elton Loo and Mangrove (OC and Trg Offr). The Albert Players (2IC and Ord Room), Pans Cripples (PC and A), The Riffle Skifflers (various artists) and the Warehouse (Stores Shed) players. The finale was to be, community hymn singing, or so we thought. Two members, however, chose to demonstrate their skill with a couple of unused stage ' custard pies.* Second Lieutenant Phillip and Mrs Matthews must have made military history. You see, he was standing there with this custard pie when the CSM's wife he lived to tell the tale! Exercise commitments permitting we shall start our world wide tour shortly. Windsor Davies and Co watch out! On the sporting front our Company soccer team has lived'up to the boasts of Sergeant Brian Robertson (see GAZETTE Notes for November) and are, at the time of writing, unbeaten after five league matches and have also beaten our rivals from ' Up the road ' 2 ADOC by six goals to one in a recent DOS (BAOR) Cup, though 1 have heard that after several misses lately by other team members, W02 Ted Curtis, our goalkeeper, now takes our penalties. Staff Sergeants Ray Brooks and Dave Jamieson have just returned after successfully completing a Helicopter Abseiling course. When you asked for some equipment for the Company we didn't think you would include a couple of Pumas Ray! Congratulations are also in order for Lance Corporal Jim Pow on passing his unit Documentation and Unit Projectionist Courses—which must mean something and Private Frank Irving who is now a Sup O k B3 and is talking about taking over PC and A. Unfortunately Private Ricky Rizvi failed his motorbike driving test as the motorbike finished the test before he did! Try to stay on next time Ricky, On the promotion scene we congratulate Lieutenant Worrall —who has now promised to work harder, on promotion to Captain and to Privates Morris and Noonan on promotion to Lance Corporal. Belated congratulations are in order to Lance Corporal Fazakerley and Anne on their marriage* we wish you all happiness for the future. (Will you now get off my back Foz.) We welcome to the Company Lance Corporal Martin Stevens (again) and Private Joe Gregan back from 4 Petroleum Depot and sadly say goodbye to Lance Corporals Cramman and Wayne Kenyon. Last and by no means least we congratulate the following members of the Company who participated and completed the Bielefeld Marathon a total distance of twenty six miles three hundred and eighty five yards. The team was, with times: — 309 — |
| Book number | R0250a |