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Transcription BIRTHDAY
HONOURS
CBE
Brigadier F. P. Crawley ADC
OBE
Lieutenant Colonel D. Baughan
Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Hurles
Headquarters BAOR winning Marathon Team receiving the Team
Cup from Mrs Alway, wife of Comd Supply BAOR.
From left
to right: W 2 Dave O'Brien, Staff Sergeant Dave Latham, Major
Colin Robinson and M r Reg Black.
MBE
Major R. A. G. Lee
BIG
BEM
Staff Sergeant T. R. Cole
Sergeant D. Fazackerley
Staff Sergeant D. Flinn
Staff Sergeant C. D. Kilnan
W02 (SQMS) P. E. O'Neill
W02 (SQMS) C. A. Payne
Staff Sergeant R. Shepherd
SQUASH
ORDNANCE SERVICES BERLIN organised a sponsored
Squash Marathon which took place from midnight 28th April
to noon on 30th April and an incredible total of one thousand
and seventy six games were played by the team of eight players
over the thirty six hour period.
The aim was to raise £1,000 or DM3,750 to purchase a
Guide Dog. At the end of the Marathon they were delighted
to hear that over DM4,000 had been raised.
Our photograph shows the team and their ' administrator.'
CIVILIAN AWARDS
OBE
Mrs J. Buroham DSCS
MBE
Mrs D. M. Edwards COD Donnington
HEADQUARTERS BAOR STAFF
WIN BAOR
MARATHON
«r
IN the first RAOC BAOR Marathon held at FOD Dulmen the
first team home was the Headquarters BAOR 'A' Team with the
Headquarters ' B ' Team coming in fourth place.
First home for the 'A' Team and in second place overall
was Mr (lately Corporal) Reg Black who ran the race in a time
of 2 hours 43 minutes. Next home in fourth and fifth positions
were SQMS Dave O'Brien and Staff Sergeant Dave Latham
both experienced marathon runners who both achieved well
deserved personal best times of 2 hours 56.55 and 2 hours 57.18
respectively. The fourth member of the team in eleventh place
overall and running his first marathon was Major Colin Robinson
who achieved a very respectable 3 hours 13.06.
The ' B ' Team was not so far adrift with Sergeant Pete
Shimmon coming in just behind Major Robinson in twelfth
place in 3 hours 13.51, followed by SQMS Al Jensen in eighteenth
place in 3 hours 24.33, a particularly good performance as
SQMS Jensen suffered from severe stomach cramp during the
majority of the race. Not far behind him in twenty fourth
place was Sergeant Kev McKearnan in 3 hours 30.01 and last
of the BAOR runners in forty fifth place was Sergeant John
Edwards with 3 hours 55.14 to his credit.
So a very good performance from the staff of Headquarters
BAOR in the first RAOC BAOR marathon, a very well organised
affair by FOD Dulmen which hopefully will become an annual
event.
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SQUASH
The team which played one thousand and seventy six games.
TAVR PAGEANT AT THE
ROYAL
TOURNAMENT
TO mark its 75th Anniversary the Territorial Army is taking
part in the 1983 Royal Tournament at Earl's Court on 18th and
19th July. The Territorial Army Display will include massed
bands, an historic tableau and individual Arms/Corps dis-
plays. RAOC TA will be represented by 93 Ord Company (V)
displaying a Unit Bulk Refuelling Equipment and 124 Ammo
Platoon (V) displaying Wheelbarrow EOD equipment.
The Royal Tournament performances in which the Terri-
torial Army are taking part are: 18th July 1983 at 1930 hours;
19th July 1983 at 1430 hours and 1930 hours.
Tickets may be obtained from: The Royal Tournament
Box Office.Earl's Court, London SW5 9TA. Tel. No. 01-371 8141.

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