RAOC Gazette - page 9
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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won six and a half to five and a half; RCT, lost five and a half to six and a half; RE, won nine and a half to four and a half; RAPC, drawn six to six; RA, lost four to eight. 1980 SEASON. The fixtures list for 1980 is being compiled, should any reader not be on the mailing list the Hon. Secretary will be pleased to hear from you. He is:—Major H. F. Warren, School of Ordnance, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey. CORPS HOCKEY THE RAOC Hockey Team took part in the Army Indoor Com- petition held at Aldershot. THE GOLFING SOCIETY REPORT The competition started with teams .drawn in two leagues, F O R 19T9 RAOC drawn with RA, R Signals and ACC. We beat R Signals five to three in the first match and ACC seven to one in the ARMY COMPETITIONS. Once again 1979 was a busy one for second, a walkover against RA ensured our place in the semi- our golfing soldiers and officers. Although as a Corps we failed finals as league winners. to retain our interest in either the Ordnance Cup or the Egypt In the semi-finals we met RE. This was a hard fought Cup during the Army Meeting held in April, Corporal Gray won match with RAOC finding themselves a goal down after only the Army Championship for the second successive year. a couple of minutes play. Good work by Gavin Bailey created In June, Corporal Gray collected another individual prize a difficult chance for Sandy Dickie who succeeded in scoring when he won the Army Stroke Play Championship. He was the equaliser. Thereafter, although not scoring freely the also a member of the Corps Team which carried off the Inter Corps were on top and ran out winners by four to two. Corps Championship played at the Army Golf Club Tidworth. The final was played against our old indoor rivals, RCT. The full team consisted of WOsl Kearney and Powell, Staff In this game the Corps realised their full potential and playing Sergeant Ladley, Sergeant Young and Corporal Gray. Our open and attractive hockey ran out winners by eight to one. heartiest congratulations to all—especially those who travelled Sound defensive work by Dave Vincent in goal and full backs John Wood, Peter Griffen and Tommy Bunting provided from BAOR in order to compete. The other major trophy captured by a team from the - the base for forwards David Hourahone, David Jubb and Sandy Dickie to attack with confidence and score when the opportunity Corps was the UK Inter Unit Army Golf Challenge Cup which presented itself. Gavin Bailey and Geoff Harcourt ambled is a magnificent trophy over two feet high and made of solid around in mid field scoring the odd goal and generally linking silver. The report of this achievement was included in the up the defence with the attack. November issue of THE GAZETTE. In his last match before posting to Cyprus, Sandy Dickie received the Indoor Trophy on behalf of the Corps and was SPRING MEETING. The Corps Spring Meeting was held at very reluctant to part with it considering it a personal award. Blackmore GC in May when nearly forty players took on each We now go on to take part in the Inter Service Indoor other, the course and a lot of rain to compete for the various Competition. prizes. The major winners were Major Clayton who won the Corps Championship and Hill Trophy, WOl Wood won the Captains Cup and Staff Sergeant Young the soldiers Scratch Cup. CORPS SOCCER BAOR RAOC were hosted at Rinteln by the RAMC in the BAOR AUTUMN MEETING. Just over thirty officers and soldiers Inter-Corps Soccer Competition (Lloyds Cup). took part in the Autumn Meeting held in September at High The Corps ran out very easy victors seven goals to one, Post GC and some of the successful entrants were Lieutenant very one-sided, as the score suggests, but a welcome sight was Colonel Upton who carried off both the Autumn Rose Bowl the return of the Corps Captain Sergeant Ricky Attard who and the Jeans Cup—thereby ensuring his position as the Corps was playing his first competitive game of football following an Captain for the next year—Lieutenant Colonel Watts who ankle injury some five months ago. Although replaced during deserted Northern Ireland to win the Scratch Cup and WOl the second half by Lance Corporal Robo Robertson, when his Mayes kept in front of the competition to win the Brownlee lack of full match fitness began to tell, his mere presence on Putter. Other prize winners were Lieutenant Colonel Walpole the field had done a lot for the Corps team effort. (Retd), Major Rush (Retd), and Major and Mrs Griffiths. Goal scorers were Private Sooty Sutcliffe four goals, Lance Corporal Ian Crouch two goals and Private Dave Taylor one TRAVERS-CLARKE. This knockout competition attracted goal. eighteen teams from various UK Units. The rounds up to the The Corps team was: Lance Corporal Trevor Horn in semi-final were played throughout the summer. The day before goal, back four Private Jock Barr, Corporal Albert Smart, the Autumn Meeting saw two teams from Donnington, one Sergeant Ricky Attard and Private Smudge Smith, midfield from the Training Battalion and Depot and one from the Corporal Don Bennett, Private Dave Taylor and Corporal School of Ordnance assemble at High Post. The semi-finals Jimmy James, forwards Lance Corporal Ian .Crouch, Private were played in the morning resulting in wins for WOsl Powell Sooty Sutcliffe and Corporal Alan Ramage. Subs: Lance and Mayes (Donnington) in one match and Lieutenant Colonel Corporal Robo Robertson and Private Geoff Jones. Allen and Major Warren (School of Ordnance) in the other. The final was a nail biting affair with both teams playing some good golf. The match was won on the eighteenth hole by Lieu- tenant Colonel Allen (who managed a par) and Major Warren. OFFSHORE SAILING THE draft programme for 1980 is:— CORPS MATCHES. The Corps had a reasonably successful 8th January—1100 hours AGM Room 1324 Empress State year against other Societies with four matches won, three lost Building London. 25th to 28th April — Offshore/Coastal and one drawn. The most satisfying win was against the REME Practical Exam, Gosport. 21st to 27th April—RAOC Day when we took the Pioneer Cup with some excellent golf in Skippers/Competent-hand Course—Hornet. 31st May to 1st near perfect conditions. After the morning singles we were one June—RAOC Offshore Regatta, Solent. 7th to 10th June— match up which proved to be the winning margin as the after- ASA Regatta, Solent. 11th June—Princess Elizabeth Cup. 12th noon foursomes were halved. to 15th June—Services Offshore Race to Guernsey. 24th June Our most unfortunate loss was to the RA who deserved to to 26th July—' Thunderer' to BAOR Third Leg Adventure win the ' Piece of Ordnance' after thrashing the Corps Team Training Exercise. 7th to 20th July—Tela I, JSSC Yacht Ad- by four games to nil in the afternoon foursomes. We were all venture Training to Channel Islands. 8th to 18th September— square at lunch time! Tela II, ' Thunderer' Adventure Training to Channel Islands. Of the twenty four members who asked to play for the If you are interested either as individuals or as a Unit in Society twenty three were offered games. any of these events please write to Major John Cranmer, The full results were as follows: —RAOC v RAEC, lost Supply Depot Aldershot, Extension 3373 or the Booking three and a half to five and a half; R Signals, won seven and a Secretary Major Bob Willcox at DSCS St David's Barracks, half to four and a half; RAMC, won seven to five; REME, Bicester, Ext 3261. — 238 — ; ; [ j ! ! i ': ! ; |
| Book number | R0403a |