RAOC Gazette - page 156
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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J^etog from &broatr Headquarters Allied Forces Southern Europe THIS is an attempt to have the RAOC community at Bagnoli, Naples, Italy, placed on the map for, hidden under and amongst the mountain of NATO paper- work, in a mixed, international and tri- service headquarters of Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH) are found a few RAOC personnel. These, who may be located, subject to normal contingencies, such as, sports, TDY (Temporary Duty): sun bathing; peizza digesting: spaghetti munching; pasta noshing and vino drinking, are: W02 John Watts the Administration Officer of Public Information Division. W02 Bill Hirst who may be found, subject to TDY, in the cellars at Panda, in the AFSOUTH Registry, sat amongst the archives, cob webs and dust in the same cell, but perched in another corner, is Sergeant John Stannard, who is occasionally dusted off and released to deliver the internal mail, when not trying to sort out his traffic accidents of which to date, he has claimed five in two months! In 'Tunnel Four,' a change from a cellar, but not a lot, may be found Sergeant Ian Sylvester, passing the time of day playing with a mini computer and in yet another location, in a more civilised environment, but behind locked doors, pass-words etc, may be found Sergeant Christopher Morris, working with intelligence and subject to censorship, or something. One member of the Corps, who was not available for comment, was Corporal Tony Hutchingson. An attempt to locate him for an additional subscription to THE GAZETTE is planned, but until then, the search must continue. Nostalgia Maresc Capo. Ammunition Inspectorate BAOR THE state of flux continues in the inspectorate with the departure of ATO/West, Tony Jacques, to become administration officer at 3 ADOC. Corporal Jock Craig has gone to do his Operation Banner tour and Private Scouse Williams has broken up the family quartet and disappeared to Recklinghausen. Captain Geoff Cox has come fresh from the School of Ammunition to take over from Tony and Private Ralph Thomas comes to us from Blackdown for his first tour. The Middle Management course at the School of Ordnance has been battling to turn Captain Harry Vaughan and WOI Roger Bruce into managerial executives. The school are presently trying for at least one convert from the Inspectorate with WOI Steve Harmon. Steve went straight onto the course after attending this years DLSA conference with the OC Major John Williams. We are a little short handed at Corporal level at the moment: Tony Scullion came out of hospital and went im- mediately on sick leave and Dave Bruce is away on his up- grading course. Jock Craig's tour further decreases our numbers. Our intrepid shots, Captain Andy Williams and Staff Sergeant Jim Howe, are keeping up their high competition standards. It's a mystery how they find the time to do all practicing to maintain their level. Everyone is preparing for the big move of accommodation next month. All except Corporal Tony Scull that is who is busy setting up his final fling before going to Chilwell next month. No one is any richer from the pools this month (so we will be returning all the begging letters unanswered). Our Mechanised Transport rough rider Corporal Mai Vale has been united with his family, he says that is good enough for him, and we welcome them to the Unit. Private Keith Jones wins the Cross Country at A n t w e r p . Ordnance Depot Antwerp THE highlight of the month in the Unit has been our All Ranks Dance and Draw. With the 1980 Olympic Games as the theme (some details of which appear elsewhere in this issue), there was an attendance of over three hundred out of our adult population in the garrison of just over four hundred. The thanks of all are due to the organising committee led by WOI Jim Shea for such an enjoyable evening. As ever, Mr Peter Sutherland and his merry men did a great job in con- verting the gymnasium for the occasion into a room un- recognisable as a gym. Our most successful sporting team at present, without question, is our group of smallbore marksmen under the guidance of RSM Dave Taylor. The team have an almost unassailable lead in the Rhine Area Winter League, and in the RAOC BAOR League are equal first with Viersen. The stars of the show are Sergeants Bob Hood and Bill Rice, Corporals Paul Kelly and Jim Docherty and Private Gordon Speed. The RSM has also started a very successful shooting club for our wives. The soccer team have excelled themselves with a league win over 21 Army Support Squadron RE by five goals to nil, and a similar victory in a friendly game against a local Belgian side. The golf secretary reports that recent Spring-like weather is bringing both the golfing rabbits and the real moles back to life. Having lost our two experts since last year, Captain Peter Fellows and WOI Jim Bowen, we are scratching around for a competition team. Sergeants Davey Hogg and Bill Rice are obvious contenders, but after that we are rather thin on the ground. Maybe the plan to have a professional instructor to give some lessons will help. The rugby team have suffered from a crop of fixtures cancelled by the opposition. However, we provided the facilities for a match in which the Belgian national side lost narrowly to RAF Germany. Apparently we have the only full-size pitch in Flanders; national matches are normally played in Wallonia (southern Belgium for the uninitiated). As with many sports here the national team have Flemish and Walloon co- presidents ! — 357 — |
| Book number | R0403a |