RAOC Gazette - page 31
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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£to£ from &broab Headquarters BAOR SUPPLY DIRECTORATE said their farewells to Colonel John Jackson, off to AG9 to plot a few careers. Look forward to seeing you on your first visit to BAOR in your new post sir! On the sporting side of life we must con- gratulate the hockey players of the Garrison. In the recent DOS BAOR Competition, held here in Rheindahlen, a team known as Head- quarters BAOR RAOC did very well indeed. Winning all their league games, including a six nil victory! In the semi-final, Rheindahlen beat Wulfen five one and won a place in the final against 5 Ordnance Battalion. With three BAOR current players in their team, the Battalion was expected to walk it, but they were held to a very close one nil win! Also on hockey, but now as Rheindahlen Garrison, let's report the successes within Rhine Area. The Garrison team has won the Rhine Area League (undefeated again), the Rhine Area Cup and the Rhine Area Sixes, taking all three trophies, something that we don't think any other Rhine Area unit has done before! Well done to all the RAOC hockey players of Rheindahlen. After all this mention of hockey, let's hope Rheindahlen Garrison's athletics team can equal their successes in the RAOC BAOR Athletics Meeting later this year. Before we leave sport for a while, we must mention WOl Paul Sowerby, who must be the only RAOC soldier to play football for the RAF Germany Band! Paul plays lead trombone! On the airwaves of BFBS recently, a team of Lieutenant Colonel John Shircliffe (Retd), Major Steve Thornton and Corporal Andy Wilson, competed as Supply Directorate in the ' Brains of BFG '—beating their rivals thirty eight to thirty five. Let's hope they can continue this success in further rounds! Also on the radio, Major David Wright, but talking of hockey and the International Meeting held each year in Rheindahlen. The Clerks and Supply Controllers of the Directorate held a lunch party in the ' Balkanland ' to say farewell and good luck to Corporal Pauline Cove who left us for the delights of Lough- borough, all the best Pauline. Newly arrived to take her place in the ' Golden Mile' is Lance Corporal Lorraine Paisley, all the way from Comms Branch, here in JHQ. 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. Why not use Tun GAZETTE if you have previously written for publication, why not try your hand if you have not. Other arrivals and departures this month we must report: the birth of Sarah, another daughter for Sergeant Colin and Mrs Ann Lawrence, congratulations! Farewells to Major Philip Hawkins, off to 1 Ordnance Battalion, in his place Major Roger Thomas from 5 Ordnance Battalion, welcome. Belated arrivals are reported of Major Paul Wallace-Stock to BRSC and Captain David Longley to AMIS. And very belated arrival greetings to Major John West, also of AMIS. From the Staff Branches this month the sporting front headlines is being taken up with the preparation for the RAOC Dulmen Marathon. WOs2 Alan Jensen, Dave O'Brien, Staff Sergeant Dave Latham and Sergeant Kev McKernan have all been regularly seen pounding the roads round Rheindahlen. Our best wishes go with them and hopefully next month the notes may boast of some hard earned prizes. Our farewells go to Staff Sergeant Colin Low on his posting from Education Branch to MOD, W02 Geoff Read from Legal to NORTHAG and Staff Sergeant Brian Berry from BRSC to MOD. Warmest welcomes are extended to W 2 Ray Dewsnap and Staff Sergeant Steven Sambles. 3 Base A m m u n i t i o n Depot B R I G A D I E R S M I T H , DLSA was recently guest of honour at a Regimental Dinner in the Sergeants Mess, where he presented W 2 (SQMS) Paul Squirrell RAPC with his Royal Warrant. The dinner was held to dine in Colonel Hopkinson, our Commandant. To mark the occasion he was presented with a Sergeants Mess Roll of Honour written on a cricket bat. At the dinner we also said farewell to Major C. Robinson our OC. He was presented with an outsize BFT Medal in recognition of the number of people he pushed, dragged and shouted through their BFTs whilst he was at Bracht. Regimental Headquarters has recently undergone some dramatic changes. New faces are in evidence in every office. Some of the offices have been changed around to fit in with the new faces. Not to be left out, Staff Sergeant Dennis Edmunds the ' Chiefie' has decided to move his complaints department to Celle, to avoid the daily hassle. Sergeant Ricky Mayor surprised the mess members by pay- ing for a round of drinks recently. After some detective work by Sergeant Harry Mills it was discovered that ' Ricky' was celebrating his fiftieth birthday. Congrats ' Ricky,' another fifty and the telegram is yours. Bracht was once again the host for the Rhine Area Rugby Sevens. The weather was glorious and the teams put on a fine display. 3 BAD reached the final, but were beaten by 13 Signal Regiment. There is no truth in the rumour that WOl Randall the coach is posted to Malawi. The Unit sportsmen continue to shine. The squash team are to be congratulated on winning the BAOR minor units championships and being runners up in the Army Squash Championships. The cross- country team were runners-up in the Rhine Area League. The golf team came fifth in the Rhine Area Winter League, and at the Spring Meeting W02 Teegan and Staff Sergeant Ladley picked up prizes. We welcome the following to 3 BAD and hope they enjoy their tour here:—Major Hunt and Major Hewlett, Staff Sergeant Bastable, Lance Corporal Neill REME, Privates Sloat, Fowler, Pratt, Dransfield, Evenden and Leatherbarrow. We say farewell to Conductor Neale, Sergeant Carse and Corporal Gowans. Congratulations to the following on promotion Corporals Rae and Castlehouse and Lance Corporal Holmes. — 26 — |
| Book number | R0406 |