RAOC Gazette - page 32
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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 | 1983 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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Ordnance Services Viersen DURING the Easter holiday the unit hosted a visit of thirty five cadets of the 1st Cadet Battalion The Queens Regiment. Their stay included a night exercise on Arsbeck Training Area, follow- ing the usual build up of field and weapon training. An extremely good games night was held in the Pen and Stacker Club which was well supported by families from Viersen. Much to the relief of the PMC and PEC our own junior ranks just managed to tip the scales and win a closely fought contest, following some very creditable performances by the cadets in- cluding one short lad who could hardly reach the dart board. One sport that RAOC Viersen does well is hockey with the team a mixture of RAOC, Royal Signals and one civilian. The team had two distinct halves to the season saving the best hockey for the end of season competitions. The league results were patchy as a result of player problems, but as the situation stabilised in the New Year the results improved and at the end of the season the Viersen found themselves in third position. One of the best results was a three all draw with CPO who were BAOR Minor Unit Finalists. Photo Sergeant Forward Ordnance Depot Dulmen LOANS AND REPAIR SUB-DEPOT (RATs). We start this month by welcoming back to the fold Lance Corporal Jones from the Falklands: he is currently on well earned leave. Congratulations are in order to Lance Corporal Jock Murray on passing his RPC1. Everything he does now is with a pause of two—three. Congratulations also to Private Jock Grant on passing RPC2. King Rat Staff Sergeant Phil Phillips thought congratulations were in order for himself on promotion to Conductor but it was not to be; the driver of the one-man operated PRI Bus is a different type of conductor. Well done anyway on passing your PSV driving test. Congratulations go to Lance Corporal Ken Smith on promotion to Corporal and we wish him all the best on his detachment to the Falklands. Finally, we welcome Staff Sergeant Chalkey White and his wife Rita and Lance Corporal Chris Kirkwood and his wife Pat. We hope you all enjoy your stay in Dulmen. CDP2. After a quiet Easter, CDP2 are again moving ton upon ton of stores helping to keep units happy all over BAOR. Leading us as ever is WOl Smudge Smith, with his foremen Sergeant Tony Griffiths and Sergeant Phil Walls. Private Brian Taylor is looking ' down ' these days. It may be something to do with the Free Fall Parachuting course he completed recently. The Mosel has brought out the connoisseur in Private Yorky Askew. He's going on a Wine Tasting Holiday for a week. If his suntan is as good as Corporal Geoff Adams' back from Spain, we could have two more Portuguese workers on our books. Lance Corporal Jock Cawley and Private Andy Sales have heard of the Dulmen Dash, but don't quite understand it. Private Rab Pollard will explain REGIMENTAL ADMIN. A belated welcome to our new OC. Major Robin Lee, from Rheindahlen. He is already into the swing of unit and RAOC Hockey, not to mention assorted inter- Platoon activities. Private Dick Tulley is still flushed with success after being named ' Best Student' on a recent RPC2 course and Lance Corporal Max Maxwell is at present throwing himself out of things in the sky on a Free Fall Parachute course. Private Mitch Mitchell has just taken over the Movements Desk from Lance Corporal Scouse Russell, who is South Atlantic bound. All in the Orderly Room staff wish him well. The unit football team has done extremely well in winning the Rhine Area Minor Units Cup and the Munster Area Minor Units League. In the Rhine Area Cup we played 3 BAD and the match developed into a fine game, resulting in a two two draw. The scorers were Staff Sergeant Baxter and an own goal. In the replay we again had a hard game and came out on top three one. The scorer being Private Perry (ACC) three goals. The line up was: Private Deacon, Corporal Gant, Sergeant Osborne, Corporal Smith, Staff Sergeants Evans and Baxter, Sergeant Bateman (Captain), Corporal Howson, Privates Symons, Queen and Perry. Our photograph shows the team coach Staff Sergeant Leding- Gallagher. Corporal Hamilton passing his TOETS in the Military Skills competition supervised by W O l W e l s h . Commander Rhine Area Brigadier Russell and the CO Lieutenant Colonel Curtis look on. In the Rhine Area six-a-side competition the RAOC Viersen side played six matches, only losing one and gaining a draw and victory over two major units in the process. The one defeat was enough to prevent the team from a place in the semi-finals. The best hockey was saved for the BAOR RAOC Tournament which saw Viersen go through to the semi-finals to play 5 Ordnance Battalion who fielded 3 BAOR players and that Corps stalwart Percy De Souza. In a very hard and skilful match 5 Ordnance Battalion gained a narrow two one victory which saw them to the final (which they won). There were no outstanding players, all eleven deserve mention: Lieutenant Colonel Curtis, Major Ham, WOl Welsh, WOs2 Brathwaite and Reifer, Sergeants Pickett, Kennedy and Riches, Corporal Eames, Lance Corporals Pettitt and Turner. Other players who have represented RAOC Viersen are: W02 McGill, Sergeants Murdoch, Williamson and Green, Mr Jeffreys, Corporal Hutchinson, Lance Corporal English and Private Stanley. Congratulations to our small band of golfers who won the Rhine Area Winter League, winning every game they played. The large shiny gold cup is a welcomed boost to the trophy cabinet. The team were Mr Horton, Mr Sergeant, Mr Martin, W02 Eden supported by the CO from ICP Lieutenant Colonel Warren. Our small band of marathon runners are finishing off their preparations for the Combined Services Marathon at Swinderby. WOl George Gormley and Sergeant Phill Ritchie both took part in the Rotterdam marathon and finished well in two hours forty minutes and two hours fifty three minutes respectively. Congratulations to Corporal Jimmy and Hazel McNiven on the birth of their daughter, to Sergeant Paddy O'Keefe and Corporal Mike Burgin on their promotion to the ranks shown, and also to Private Kellaway on achieving his B2. We have said a temporary farewell to Sergeants Danny O'Toole and Pete Dawson both off to the Falklands and Private Stanley who is currently attached to BATUS. — Staff Sergeant Ledingham is presented with the trophy. 27 — |
| Book number | R0406 |