RAOC Gazette - page 26
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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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Corporal Pat Mullen was leading with Major Sid Pincher in second place and W02 Julian Thompson hot on his heels. These were the final placings from the military element, al- though two civilian runners—Mr Dawes and Mr Evans— finished first and second. It is also worth mentioning that Captain Duggie McKay at forty seven years old, and Major Norman Pendlebury at fifty, finished fourteenth and twenty second respectively, a case of the old and the bold showing the youngsters a clean pair of heels—again! The Adjutant, Captain Robin Sider—a wily old fox at the best of times—hedged his bets accordingly and laid handsome odds for the OC to beat the up and coming Commando, Major Ian Coppock. The OC, having duly obliged, will now share six large beers—if and when Ian delivers the goods! Brigadier Ray Thornton sportingly offered a bottle of champagne to any military male who could beat his own time by ten minutes. Pat Mullen very narrowly failed by twenty three seconds to take the prize. The team results: — Men: Morgan's Marauders, Dalton's Desperadoes, The Hash. Ladies: Quinlan's Quickies, Brown's Bunnies, Gill's Goodies. Mrs Jules Thornton presented the prizes and a special prize was given to Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Young who won the over-43 Section at the recent Army Night Orienteering Championships held recently on Bagshot Heath. Very well done indeed, Colonel Maurice. Finally, congratulations on promotion to Privates Blake, Carroll, Greenway and Whittall. Welcome to WOsl Collyer and Hudson and Private Bird. Farewell to Sergeant Swales and Private Blyth to Germany, WOl Powell to Hong Kong. Congratulations to Corporal Mallard and Geraldine Walsh on their marriage and Corporal and Mrs Taylor on the birth of their daughter Lucy. Central A m m u n i t i o n D e p o t Kineton AT the time of writing the Unit is recovering from an Inter Company Cross Country Competition in which all—well nearly all—of Headquarters, A and B Companies participated plus a ' token force' from 522 Company RPC. On a wet and windy Friday after- noon the field was set off by the Com- mandant and proceeded to wind their tortuous way around a measured four and a half mile course that everyone swore was twice as long. The individual winner was Lance Corporal Croft of 'A' Company with Staff Sergeant Orchard the best ' over forty,' and 'A' Company being the winning Company. Everyone said they enjoyed it but a suggestion by someone that ' we should have one every month ' went down like the proverbial lead balloon. The Annual Remembrance Weekend, in which contingents from Kineton Station went to Warwick, Leamington Spa, Kineton and Gaydon for Services and Parades, in all instances acquitted themselves extremely well. The RSM can be seen with a smile on his face for the next few weeks as he remembers the occasion of having all his soldiers on parade doing ' things military' again. From a work viewpoint the Depot has been very busy over the past few weeks but time can still be found for the many sporting activities that we carry out. The Rugby Ironsides are through to the third round of the Army Cup, the animal behaviour being instilled by ' Q ' Randall into the side seems to be working! The soccer team are now winning matches after a shaky start to the season, and the Inter Company Soccer League is in full swing. We now have a golf course within the administrative area— well to be more precise nine hole pitch and putt—but judging by the number of players out there at any one time, it is going to be very successful, always providing the A41 main road which runs adjacent to the first fairway doesn't claim too many balls. At the moment my ' tally' alone is four after only five games and I'm one of the luckier ones! Those stalwarts of the links—namely Captains John Connelly and Tom Armstrong can be seen on the course, supposedly playing, but most probably looking for the formers one and only tee! I was rapped over the knuckles for referring to our golf course as a ' pitch and putt' area. It is in fact a Par 3 Course and is not an easy one at that. We have had a couple of competitions to date and the winners have had to work hard for their success. Pride of place in the WRAC Company this month goes to Lance Corporal Blackburn for winning the South West District Squash Championships—well done. In conclusion welcome to all of our new arrivals and a fond farewell to those recently departed. Central V e h i c l e D e p o t UK HEADQUARTERS THE I of E cometh. In preparation Major John Rose and Conductor Gordon Webster have been cossetted behind closed doors and are producing an establishment justification which will cause all open-minded men to wonder how we have survived this long on such a paucity of manpower. Like the man in the condemned cell the process sharpens the mind wonderfully and it is amazing how dark corners of the job descriptions are illuminated. As last years Minor Units District hockey champions it was somewhat salutory to lose to LE(A) in the first round of this years contest. We smartly redeemed ourselves by a convincing five nil win against 2 Postal and Courier Regiment RE in the first round of the District squash competition without, it should be noted, the assistance of J. Woodliffe. The latter is already initiating our new CVPO into that well established pre-Christmas replenishment expedition, euphenisticaJly known as the Technical Inspection: we hope Recklinghausen survives the experience. We extend a warm welcome to Mrs Beryl Edwards-May- cock who has joined our office staff. She confesses that she has never worked anywhere like this before: no inference is drawn. Finally, and belatedly by about two and a half years, Mrs Betty Crooks has pleasure in announcing that she is also here, alive and well and working in Registry. A case of the bibilical ladies who did not keep their lamps burning, perhaps. She, too, is most welcome. VEHICLE DEPOT ASHCHURCH THIS Autumn the Depot went down to Fremington Camp near Barnstaple for two weeks with the idea that thirty or so soldiers would spend a week following military and adventurous pursuits and then change mid-way. Each party travelled down by train and much to their horror were met by the CSMs permanent staff party who, carrying Schmieser and looking like members of the Wermacht, herded everyone onto vehicles to the Con- centration Camp. It was all in fun but some dignitaries from Barnstaple British Rail objected to Corporals Gaughan and Stott standing on the passenger carriages shouting ' Raus Raus.' Just to set the scene each party were required to participate in one of Corporal Canales short runs—' Only a mile' he said — 253 — WHY NOT THE WRITE FOR GAZETTE ? THE EDITOR welcomes new contributors, it is your Journal so why not contribute to it? Articles on any subject will be welcomed: sport, adventure, work, experience, humour, fiction—even fantasy. While articles of any length will be considered, the ideal is in the region of 2,000 words. Scripts should be double-spaced type written, though manuscript will be accepted. Pictures should preferably, be black and white but colour prints will do—some slight loss of quality occurs. A reasonable level of controversy is the life-blood of any Journal—it promotes thought and discussion. Security however, is always a consideration and, though the ultimate responsibility rests with the Editor, it should be bome in mind when touching upon possible sensitive subjects. As THE GAZETTE is principally a magazine the purely technical article should be avoided, though no hard and fast boundary exists. Why not use THE GAZETTE if you have previously written for publication, why not try your hand if you have not |
| Book number | R0403a |