RAOC Gazette - page 179
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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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UNIVERSITY fatter* to fyt editor CHALLENGE OXFORD UNIVERSITY Modem Pentathlon Association recently invited Bicester to put up a team to give them a work- out in two of the pentathlon sports, Epec fencing and .22 pistol shooting, prior to the annual Oxford versus Cambridge Varsity match. Bicester took up the challenge and training began in earnest. Bicester then met the Oxford team with the fencing at Oxford and shooting at Bicester. VALEDICTION ,-H * *w The Bicester Biathlon Team. The Bicester team consisted of Major Reggie von Zugbach de Sugg (Headquarters COD). Captain Warwick Stanton (DSCS), Mrs Anne Turner (Headquarters COD), Mr Chris Abraham (Headquarters COD) and Mr Graham Lusher (DSCS). The train- ing paid off as they won both stages of the event and took first, second and third individual places. The overall individual winner was Graham Lusher; Warwick Stanton took second place and Reggie de Sugg third. Graham Lusher won the fencing and Reggie de Sugg took joint first place with Caroline White of Oxford in the .22 shooting. Both teams thoroughly enjoyed the event and agreed that the match must be repeated next term. As a result of this contact at least one undergraduate has joined the University OTC with a view of taking up a career in the Army after graduating! AEO, IM ANOTHER first, we believe. AEO, Captain Fred Moughton of South East District has recently been awarded the Army Symbol ' im ' by the Officers Careers Committee as a result of gaining an Oxford Diploma in Management Studies. The Careers Committee considered that this qualification equated for the symbol, to that achieved by Regular Com- missioned officers who attended Manchester University. Fred must be the only RAOC Quartermaster category officer in the Corps too hold ' im.' SENIOR OFFICER APPOINTMENTS THE following appointments are announced: — Brigadier J. L. Chappie MBE, to be Commander British Forces Hong Kong and Major General Brigade of Gurkhas, in June 1980, in the rank of Major General, in succession to Major General Sir Roy Redgrave KBE MC, who is to retire. Brigadier M. Matthews to be Direcor Personal Services (Army), Ministry of Defence, in June 1980, in the rank of Major General, in succession to Major General J. D. F. Mostyn CBE. Major General A. C. Bate OBE, to be Signal Officer-in- Chief (Army), Ministry of Defence, in June 1980, in succession to Major General A. A. G. Anderson, who is to retire. Brigadier M. F. Reynolds to be Commander Allied Com- mand Europe Mobile Force (Land), in June 1980, in the rank of Major General, in succession to Major General A. M. Weyand, United States Army. From: MAJOR GENERAL M. CALLAN CB Sir,—The occasion of my being ' dined o u t ' of the Corps together with Brigadier Bernard Biggs and Colonel John Lloyd- Joncs, was indeed an impressive and nostalgic evening. It was especially good to see that so many former DGOSs (or DOSs to be more accurate!) had been invited and more importantly, had accepted, whilst there was so many old friends from far and wide that it was not possible to meet every one for a chat, however short. I am sure that all three of us were pleased and gratified by the great support of such a large and dis- tinguished gathering and will remember' the evening with affection and gratitude. 1 thought that the Mess Staff of the Headquarters Mess ' did us proud,' as they have done on so many previous occasions during my tenure as DGOS, and I would wish to thank them publicly for all that they did on so many important Corps occasions to enhance the prestige of the Corps as well as their own Mess at the heart of the Corps. May I take this opportunity of thanking all those, known and unknown, who made my tour as DGOS and my whole career with RAOC, so fulfilling and enjoyable. But that's what it's all about, isn't it! CORPS RUGBY From: BRIGADIER A. H. FERNYHOUGH, CBE, MC Dear Editor,—As one who was actively interested in Corps Rugby Football in past years, I should like to trespass on a little of your space to convey my heartiest congratulations to 3 BAD on the splendid achievement of winning the Army Cup. Only those who have experienced the problem realise how difficult it is to keep the game going at all in a small regular army. Not so long ago the continued existence of a Corps XV was in doubt and the Hill Cup seemed to be the best prospect. BAOR gave some promise but some people, including myself, were afraid that neglect of the UK would kill the game at the source and we might have to forget about ever winning back the Palestine Cup. Yet, within a couple of years, we have won the Army Cup and regained the Palestine Cup. Not for the first time I have to eat my words and I do so with relish! Credit for planning this exercise seems to go mainly to the firm of Peter Crawley, Bill Musson and Jock Williamson. The contribution of the latter, first as a player and then as a coach, is on a par with that of Norman Bruce. The team evidently played rugger of a higher quality than that of any other team in the competition and had the guts, determination and fitness to overcome a strong defence in the final. Evidently a case of ' Now or Never.' It was disgraceful that the national press gave no account of the match, not even the score. I hope you will find room for a very full account in THE GAZETTE. The full story and pictures had not arrived from BAOR in lime for inclusion in this issue. A detailed report will, how- ever, be published in next months GAZETTE.—Editor. — 374 — SEND IT TO THE GAZETTE A short article about events—places—people is always interesting particularly when accompanied by a photo- graph. Send it to THE GAZETTE. |
| Book number | R0403a |