RAOC Gazette - page 174
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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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J?£to£ from &btoab NORTHAG WORK seems to have been pushed down the ladder of priorities in the last couple of months with summer leave and sport being top of the pops. Even the football season dragged on into the summer months with our gladiators taking part in a NATO tournament in AFNORTH. Headquarters NORTHAG were the eventual winners al- though most of the players were hoping that AFSOUTH would win if only for the reason that whoever wins the tournament hosts it the following year. The team had a very eventful trip to Norway managing somehow to lose most of their football kit at different stages of the journey. To prove that there are still some honest people around they retrieved bits of kit on the return journey. Without wishing to name drop Corporal Dick Chisholm was ' kit manager.' The NORTHAG athletics have come and gone with a com- bined team from G1/G2/G5/JCIS, and others, as eventual win- ners. As an added bonus the Team Captain WOl Barry Quigley won the individual prize in his age group. He has since been posted to SHAPE no doubt resting on his laurels. Corporal Dave Coole also won the individual prize in his age group. Shortly after the athletics meeting came the swimming gala which was duly won by a combined team from G4/C and E/ NSSG/Comd Group and others. Whilst no budding Mark Spitz was spotted all RAOC entrants had a good days swim— and in any case it was a day off work. Finally on the sporting scene Corporals Dave Coole, Dick Chisholm, Alan Irons and Ritch Ritchie took part in the RAOC BAOR Athletics Meeting at Sennelager where on a very hot and humid day Dave Coole won the four hundred metres and high jump. W02 Phil Careless (G-4) has been at it again—sailing that is! Under the guise of Exercise Golden Quadrant a successful weeks adventure training was had on board the RCT yacht St Christopher III. Phil skippered an international crew in- cluding a Dutch Staff Sergeant, a Belgian Corporal and an RAOC Photographer Lance Corporal Ian Sotiris. The ports visitsd were Edam, Amsterdam and Volendam, however the crew will only talk about the sailing and not what went on when visiting those exotic places. On the Rheindahlen Marches. As can be seen from the photograph G-4 (led of course by the intrepid Phil Careless) showed the flag, carried by Corporal Mick Horner, at the recently held Rheindahlen Marches. They all successfully completed the thirty kilometre course with only twenty nine blisters amongst them. Phil has since promised to stay in the office and do some work for a (short) while. Our congratulations are extended to Staff Sergeant Mike Blair of the CTS Registry on being awarded a bronze medal by the Bundeswehr for his efforts in swimming, athletics, shooting and marching. Finally in the odds and sods section we have recently bidden farewell to WOl Barry Quigley, W02 Geff Garratt (on pro- motion to WOl), W02 Phil Marriott, Staff Sergeant Bob Besseling and Corporal Dave Muir (on promotion to Sergeant). We wel- come in their stead WOs2 Pete Duffy, Ray Pett and Alan Purvis, Staff Sergeant Alan Hollis and Corporal Steve Billinger. Congratulations are due for promotion to Sergeant Steve Farrow and Corporal Jim Clelland. Headquarters BAOR IT was perhaps the hottest day of the year when nearly two thousand people took part in the annual Rheindahlen Allied Marches. It's be- come a truly international march with teams coming over from England to take part. But from within the Headquarters one or two teams deserve a mention; there was the Ladies Team from BRSC, consisting of Mrs Trish Bayles, Mrs Rona Betchley (our Chief Clerk's wife), Sergeant Nicki Keen, Corporals Karen Fulton and Debbie Thomas and Private Janine Broughton, who did fifteen kilometres. Then there was ' onetime TV star' Sergeant Nick Boal, who captained Public Info's Team for the fifteen Kilometres, Nick managed to get a picture into the Forces Weekly Echo, but couldn't get them to spell his name right! Then there was the G3 (O and D) Team of W02 Steve Kinsey, Sergeant Geordie Naisbett (newly arrived from Cyprus), Corporal Gill Flanders, Lance Corporals Perry Valentine and Martine Heron and last but not least Mrs Rachel Nutman (wife of Sergeant Nutman of 3 BAD). Our photograph shows the happy crew on their way round the fifteen kilometre route. Not to forget those who ran round this year, among them were W02 Alan Jensen, Sergeant Tom Goodwin and Lance Corporal Dave Rae who all completed the forty kilometres. And finally a mention of the Cubs of Rheindahlen who completed and hold medals for the thirty kilometres march. Well done to all who took part! On Saturday, 9th of July the Annual Rheindahlen Inter Church Fete was held on the Garrison parade ground. Supply Directorate personnel helped to raise nearly DM2,500 of the DM28,000 total raised that day, as follows: Flower stall DM500 plus, balloons DM400 plus and book stall over DM1,500. As well as the stalls, the EOD team of Staff Sergeant Graham Busby and Corporal Tim Colburn (from Wulfen) were there to demonstrate a wheelbarrow! Anyway, a good day was had by all and ten different charities stand to benefit from the proceeds! On Saturday, the 16th of July, members of the Garrison Sergeants Mess held their Summer Ball in the Rheindahlen Rooms. It was a huge success, many thanks to all the organisers. It was reported that Staff Sergeant Ken White and W02 Alan Jensen were among the last to leave on Sunday. Alan was still able to run in the West Rhine H3's fiftieth Hash and Bar-B-Q that same Sunday. Special mention is to be made of the Chief (Gourmet) Cook—WOl Wally Stopper and of Sergeant Steve Farrow who received another ' Down, Down.' He's only got another twenty eight to go (DM56)! News of cricket now. WOl Paul Sowerby and Sergeant — 145 — |
| Book number | R0406 |