RAOC Gazette - page 72
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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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3 Base Ammunition Depot 4 Petroleum Depot THIS month has been quiet but busy. We have seen the start of two ' silly seasons.' One being the increase of issues, receipts for the Winter training season, and most important the start of Christmas festivities. Various departments are already holding their own functions -which are proving to be most successful. Mess entertainment started with the Sergeants Mess to the Officers Mess. Pre-drinks exercise in the form of a long walk, followed by the well known chorus of "Why were they born so !" preceded this traditional arrival ' treat' The wives have been allowed to take part in the festivities, by (holding their Annual Wives Club Dinner. This went extremely well, entertainment was provided by volunteers, who performed a military version of Cinderella and a ' Mr Bracht' Contest on the lines of the ' Miss Bracht/Miss World' Com- petition. Cinderella is still trying to rub off his lines, which were inscribed on his upper limbs and Fairy Nuff is still trying to overcome his stagefright. The cast rewarded a certain Con- ductor who was in charge of proceedings for the whole Ladies Dinner Night with a well aimed custard pie in appreciation. The Sergeants Mess Christmas Draw was also held. As usual it was a splendid affair, well managed by W02 Jimmy Richardson and a very hard working committee. Sergeants Danny Daniel, Joe Hoareau, Ben Nketia and Bob Brian formed part of the ' syndicate' that monopolised the win- nings. The only black mark against the whole proceedings was the choice of egg chef at the champagne breakfast Sport is still playing no small part in life, particularly with the rugby fraternity. For the third time in five seasons, 3 BAD have reached the BAOR final of the Army Rugby Challenge Cup and will play 7 Signal Regiment on 20th February at Bad Lipp- springe. The way to the final has had a chequered path with an easy quarter final game against 3rd Divisional Headquarters and Signal Regiment by seventy five to nil. The semi-final was a different story. Drawn against The Queens Dragoon Guards the Barbarians were worked very hard. At half time we were trailing nine points to nil, but the superior fitness of Bracht paid off and we ran out eventual winners by eighteen points to nine. Unit squash is still most active, although results have been a little discouraging. It is hoped that the second half of the season will be a little more fruitful. We have entered a team in the BAOR Minor Units competition and hopes are high of some success. Staff Sergeant Dave Bradley gained a little fame recently, ending up as runner-up in the BAOR open championship. Last month.we reported the imminent departure of our popular OIC squash and Regimental Quartermaster Major Bob Cook. The squash fraternity dined him out as planned the evening before his departure. The day of departure gave him a few surprises as his breakfast was served by no less than his RQMS Ron Cosway and our Senior Chef, Sergeant Alan Breden. To his added surprise he left the Mess under a triumphant arch of racquets held by the squash team, had his bags carried by a very senior batman and was driven away by the most senior driver in the Station. The depot held a new form of competition recently, by reviving the Inter Departmental cross country competition. Reduced to a comfortable four miles it was run on a nice sunny afternoon. Staff Sergeant Alan Vanstone, Private Mark Seymoor and Staff Sergeant Dave Bradley were the first three home. Ammunition Sub-Depot, as expected, won the team event and W02 Alf Humphries won the prize for the over thirty fives. Mechanised Transport came last despite their enthusiasm, and have requested that it become a monthly event! Births are down this month, Corporal Cormack, Private Barlow and their wives are congratulated on the birth of their daughter and son respectively. We say farewell to WOl Baird, Corporal Wildmore, Lance Corporals Fox and Saunders, Privates Barter, Kelsall, Knight, Riding and Sansome. We welcome Sergeant Lack and Corporal Brown back from detachment in BATUS. Lance Corporal Powell and Private Brown. Other departures have included Captain Tony Lever our Administration Officer on posting to RMA Sandhurst. His successor Lieutenant Geoff Howard we welcome on commis- sioning from Headquarters Scotland. Margaret Hancox, for two years the popular PA to the Commandant, has also left us. We wish them all good luck on departure and all those newly arrived a happy and successful tour here in Bracht. A L L is now reasonably quiet on the Warendorf front " The Blue Flash," the OCs nickname, is regularly seen running out the Depot gates around twelve noon closely followed by the AO Captain Murray. The first frost of the cold weather has taken its' toll al- ready. Sergeant Taff Hillard has had a bill of DM250 when the back window of his Dagenham dustbin shattered. The volleyball team is doing well after a bad start to the first part of the season. The Munster bowling league (Nato) has been topped by the 4 Petroleum Depot/Dulmen team, proving that we can beat semi-pro's—which we're sure some of the Americans are! Our Australian Primate Jim Baker has just arrived back from Scotland in one piece, after a conflict with a hairy High- lander and a bottle of Whisky and several feet of snow. With only a few more weeks to go he's making the most of it. Departures: Captain Smith, Captain Elliott, Staff Sergeant Elsey, Sergeant Sinnott and Corporal Stray (on promotion). Arrivals: Captain Lloyd, Captain Harris, Sergeant Wormley and Lance Corporal Bentley. 15 Ordnance Croup ORDNANCE DEPOT VIERSEN LOOKING back at the year 1979, we have seen a number of changes. We have had a new CO and a new RSM, as previously reported. We have also seen a change in the Alpine Restaurant with a new Cook Sergeant, Sergeant Dave Groom. At the Junior Ranks Christmas Dinner, the youngest soldier in the Unit, Private Glen Roberts, stood up, and on behalf of all the Living-in Junior Ranks, proposed a vote of thanks to all the Cooks and Kitchen Staff for the excellent standard of food served to them throughout the year. A far cry from the old days when the Orderly Officer used to bang the table and shout "Any complaints!" Well done, the Cooks—we are justly proud of you for your professionalism in making the Alpine Restaurant the best one in BAOR. This view is also shared by the Wives Club which held its Christmas Dinner there—a pleasant and happy evening which was enhanced by a cabaret spot given by daughters Sally Rees and Melanie McGuire playing guitar and singing folk songs and carols. WHY NOT AIM FOR AT LEAST 50$ OF UNIT STRENGTH—OTHERS DO 1 — |
| Book number | R0403a |