RAOC Gazette - page 175
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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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DEFENCE COMMITTEE IN BAOR RECENT visitors to Combat Supplies Battalion in BAOR was a House of Commons Defence Committee together with the Commander-in-Chief, General Sir William Scottcr. Our photograph shows some of the Defence Committee members in conversation with Lieutenant General Sir Peter Lcng while Major Nigel Lampard and W02 John Burkin hover ready to field the technical questions. BAOR TO MALAYSIA SQUASH THE annual Corps squash competition was held at Rheindahlcn when, in spite of the many commitments of RAOC Units, a very successful tournament took place. The three regular RAOC members of the full BAOR side rested on their laurels (or crutches in one case) but the strength of RAOC squash in BAOR is such that the standard of play even without them was remarkably high. Sergeant Ryder of Headquarters BAOR won the open competition after excellent five set matches in both the semi- final against W02 Patchitt of 1st Armoured Division Ordnance Company and final against a previous winner Sergeant Mont- gomery of 4th Armoured Division Ordnance Company. Sergeant Montgomery did not leave empty handed however, he combined with Major Jarman and Corporal Bennett to win the team knockout cup for RAOC 4th Armoured Division. Team Competition: Winner RAOC 4th Armoured Division; Runners-up RAOC Corps Troops. Individual Open: Winner Sergeant Ryder, Headquarters BAOR (Man IDP); Runner-up Sergeant Montgomery, 4th Armoured Division Ordnance Company. Individual Novice: Winner Private Bellerby, 2nd Armoured Division Ordnance Company; Runner-up Sergeant Dean, 2nd Armoured Division Ordnance Company. Plate Competition: Winner Major Walker, 85 Supply Depot RAOC; Runner-up Sergeant Muggleton, Headquarters RAOC Corps Troops, Brigadier PRESENTATION MAJOR GENERAL P. J. O'B. MINOGUE, the Representative Colonel Commandant, recently presented a RAOC Royal Jubilee Bowl to the Malaysian Ordnance Corps. The bowl was one of those commissioned to commemorate Her Majesty The Queen's Silver Jubilee as our Coloncl-in-Chicf and the Diamond Jubilee of the grant to the Corps of the title ' Royal '—both of which occurred in 1978. This was the last to be presented to Commonwealth Ord- nance Corps to which we arc affiliated. It was the first oppor- tunity we have had to make the presentation and it was accepted by Lieutenant Colonel Mustapha Mansor of the Malaysian Ordnance Corps during a visit to DSCS Bicester. The photograph was taken in the Graven Hill Officers Mess. Crawley presents Sergeant Ryder with BAOR Individual Squash Trophy. the The last Jubilee Bowl is presented to Malaysia. VALIANT VETERANS ALTHOUGH an appraisal of the Cross Country scene appears on page 369, mention must be made of the Training Centre team that came so close to winning but still achieved three team runners-up positions and sixth out of the twelve teams in the Army finals. The runners-up positions were in the Corps, RAOC Major Robin W a t t s comes in a worthy eighth. |
| Book number | R0403a |