RAOC Gazette - page 157
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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RAOC (BAOR) ATHLETICS MEETING THE RAOC (BAOR) Athletics Meeting took place this year at the BAOR Sports Stadium, Scnnclagcr Training Centre. Eleven teams entered, comprising all RAOC units in BAOR some as far away as Celle, Rheindahlen and even Antwerp. Most of the morning was taken up with track event heals and the tug-of-war, admirably run by W02 Dardis and Staff Sergeant Gill. The five thousand metres was won convincingly by W02 Marsh who managed to lap all the other runners. Over the lunch period we were entertained by the Rhine Staff Band, conducted by the Director of Music, Captain Briggs, 3 RTR. At 1400 hours precisely, our free fall parachute display team ' The Cannonballs' under the leadership of Captain Hawthorne, dropped in to the Stadium. The display team were then intro- duced to Major General Whalley and Mrs Whalley who were our guests for the day. Second Lieutenant Hoddcr receives his prize from Mrs Whalley for the winning javelin throw. The afternoon saw some really fine athletics, the highlight being the new RAOC and BAOR javelin throw of 66.48 metres by Second Lieutenant Hodder of 6 Ordnance Battalion. Second Lieutenant Hodder also holds the Army record with a throw of over seventy metres. The overall winners of the meeting were 3 Ordnance Battalion with 6 Ordnance Battalion a close second. 3 Ord- nance Battalion also took the Field Force Trophy, while RAOC Viersen took the Team Track Trophy and 6 Ordnance Battalion the Team Field Cup. The new event, the Individual three thousand metres Steeplechase was won by Private Scott of 7 Armoured Workshop Stores Platoon, while once again the Old Soldiers Race was won by WOl Cheetham of Headquarters BAOR. Mrs Whalley, kindly presented all the prizes at the end of the meeting, and was then presented with a bouquet of flowers by the three year old daughter of Corporal Watson of 6 Ordnance Battalion. Special mention must be given to the Physical Training Corps Staff, our own officials and of course the Announcer Major Gibson, who all, with their expertise helped to make the meeting a great success. THE INS AND OUTS YOU have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in, goes out and when he's out, he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they're all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in, comes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When both sides have been in and out, including the not out, that's the end of the game. R/VOC B A O R FULL, B O R E SIIOOOTING COMPETITION. THIS year's competition was held again on Scnnclagcr Ranges. The overall organisation, administration and range staff were provided by 4 Ordnance Battalion. Twenty three different unit teams entered for the various competitions. SLR, SMG, Pistol and LMG were the four weapons used during the competition. In the individual competitions, Corporal Arrowsmith of 4 Ordnance Battalion was supreme on the SLR and high scoring on the other weapons ensured that he became Champion Shot of the Meeting. WOl (SSM) Myers of Dulmcn was a most worthy runner-up in the SLR competition forcing two re-shoots of the Roberts Cup before Corporal Arrowsmith emerged the winner. 6 Ordnance Battalion provided the winner of the Young Soldiers SLR competition in Private Sanders. Corporal King of 3 BAD won the individual SMG match whilst Staff Sergeant Watson of 4 Ordnance Battalion won the individual Pistol competition (again!). The team events were very closely contested. Dulmen 'B' won the team SLR and SMG competitions but not by a sufficiently high margin to prevent 4 Ordnance Battalion 'A' who won the team Pistol competition from becoming the overall Challenge Match Winners. The LMG Pairs winners were provided by Headquarters BAOR (Sup) in the form of Major Glasby and Sergeant Cattcrall. As usual the Falling Plate Competition provided a very exciting finale to the meeting, Headquarters BAOR (Sup) ' pip- ping' Recklinghausen by half a second only in the final. Brigadier Paviour kindly presented the prizes. For the record, the results of the competitions fired were as follows: Individual SLR, Corporal Arrowsmith; Young Soldier SLR, Private Sanders; Rank and File SLR, Corporal Arrowsmith ; Unit Team SLR, Dulmen (B); Stores PI/Sect SLR, 2 AC Sp Unit; and Falling Plate, Headquarters BAOR (Sup). Individual SMG, Corporal King; Unit Team SMG, Dulmen (B); Individual Pistol, Staff Sergeant Watson; Unit Team Pistol, 4 Ordnance Battalion (A); LMG Pairs, Headquarters BAOR (Sup); Champion Shot, Corporal Arrowsmith; Challenge Match—Runners-up, Dulmen (B); Challenge Match—Winners, 4 Ordnance Battalion (A). (See photograph on page 152.) CORPS HOCKEY IT has been some time since Corps Hockey was last reported in these pages. Keen followers of the sport will recall that our heroes' herculean efforts failed to win them either of their first two matches. This was followed by a plea that some of the ' silent majority' should come forward to drag us up out of the mire. BAOR ' Tour.' In early October, we provided a 'Touring' side for a long weekend in Rheindahlen. Spdly we were forced to borrow three players from other sources to make up a squad of twelve for the trip. We played four military sides based around the Garrison area and consistently managed to come second, despite the occasional promising flurry of play. Morale boost of the tour came when the Rheindahlen Exiles Goalkeeper came forward before full time to put away a penalty stroke and make the final score ten nil. Army Tournament. We returned to UK feeling sore but having learned some useful lessons. Our opening games in the indoor tournament were, as usual, rather slow to start and we failed to progress beyond the preliminary rounds, despite having given the Infantry a shock by having a five all draw at half time, before they went on to become eventual runners-up in the competition. The outdoor competition was played in a similar vein and our performance fluctuated from a disastrous four one defeat at the hands of the RAMC to a very fine performance in a hard fought match against the RAPC, the current inter-service champions. The Remaining Fixtures. The remainder of the season was predictably inconsistent and despite a promising upswing at the end of the year, which was marked by victories of two one against REME, six nil against the RAMC (it serves them right) and the end-of-season giggle came when the RE travelled to Blackdown and between us we could only raise sixteen players, so they borrowed one of our players and we played an amusing eight-a-side match, which we won three one. Sadly, these victories were offset by disappointing performances at Sandhurst and at Bordon, where we lost the Greenford Urn for the first time in seven years. (Continued on page 159.) — 130 — |
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