.\'.-\\'Y .\ll>€WS. APRIL I971»:
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R0 Mervyn Lescott (H.M.S. Dolphin). left. goes forward against Mick Gannon of the Army in their combined services semi-final bout. Lescott upset the odds to win this right. then went on to clinch the championship. He has since won an A.B.A. quarter-final bout against Western Counties.
Champagne
return for
Poctura. t.A(Phofl Chrta l|cDorrnot1
Seven take CSBA titles Combined Services individual boxing titles picked tip by the Royal Navy at H.M.S. Nelson last month went two better than 1977's record live successes and confirmed the Navy's current domination of lntcr-Service boxing. it was a night of triumph for coach (‘PO Mick Shoot: and his team as they reaped title after title in front of a large and appreciative seven
"hontt:“ .,‘rowd. The seven were flvwetght SEA (‘liff Stores’ fll..\l.S. .-\iititni). ightwenht Ret 'l'err_\ .\larsh t('T('R.\l). |i'ht-welter All \\'.i_srie (ireen ti .\l.S .-\];i\). welterweight R0 .\ers-yn l.eseott (ll..\f.S. Dolphin). light middlewei-ht All Nick)‘ (Troombes(H..\l.S. (olltngssood). light heavy All Tom ‘aylor (ll..\l.S. ilubberston).and heavyweight S.-‘s Roy (‘ireenacre (H..\‘l.S. Vernon). lllGi[[.l(il>fTS Ariiorig the many highlights were another clinical exhibition from the classical Marsh. Green's ferocious third round assault to overcome and big Roy a brasi: and awkward opponent. Lescott‘s (‘ircen.'icre's eventual deserved win after he had ta en a standing count in the first round against England heav_\-weight Roystiin llunte. Spare a thou ht. thou vh. for two who did not quite make it ?\'A.\1 Steve Willis ( l..\l.S. l aedaltts) and CEM Mick (‘hancc (H..\f.S.
magnificent
emergence.
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l)efiance).
\\'i'llis‘s wonderful come-back after serious injury to his hands has been a major factor in the .\'av_v's success this season. He boxed brilliantly to win his semi-final and well enough to put increasing pressure in the final on Delroy Parkes. :ind ever-aggressive R.A.F. and [England middleweight.
L'.\'l.L'CKY .\lA.\‘ liaiitaniweight (‘EM .\lick (‘hance |il..\l.S. Defiance) was the other iiiilticky Navy man on the night. He started well :i ainst vast|_v citperiertccd John .\lc(}onig|e and worked busily from ‘ginning to end. but the judges gave a majorit_v decision to the fiirrner CSB.-'\ champion and Olympic squadman. To put the final seal on an already triumphant night for the Navy, R.\'B.-\ president Rear-.-Xdniiral John Lee presented the inter-Service team trophy to (‘PO Shone. L'.\'Dl-ZR-l9 TITLES Tliree l'ndcr—l‘I titles went to .\'as_\ hovers at the (‘SBA individual championships. STD J. U'l)iiss'ol| (ll..\f.S. intrepid) the icatherweivht final, unit .\l.\'l€ S .\lorris (('T 'R.\l) the light welterweight. and Si-Z.»‘s T.
Ilopltiiisun til.M.S. vcmtmi
the niidilleweight title with a first round victory. (‘ll-.\l Steve (ilccson (ll .\l.S. Desoiisliire) lost in the final of the light middlesseiihi contest. oberts f~«l-ll as (lid .\l.‘\'F. l). (‘l)()) in the welterweight divi\}illl
Table tennis
championships The (’oiiibitied Sersices indi\ltllItl table tennis t‘l1;intpiotiships take place at R..-\ F ‘s't.iniiiore l’.irlt on '\pri| lb‘ .iiid I‘) V.ts_\ iiien‘s .ind women's te.ii:i- li.i\ e done well in the last coiipic of years and will be lou'kitii.' to .|\l|l to their slIL‘L‘t'ssL's. Tli: .\.is_s's own chant ionshi is .:.'k’ being stagetl .it ll.. l 5‘ (‘ii litigwiiud on .-'\pril ii and ‘.' (ullittgwoud won the team l.'\I.‘7ll .it the expense of il..\f.S l)rj».ul .it the Portsmouth (‘ontttiatitl c’ll.'Il'nPl\'|n\l1lp\. and took the nit-it's singles and doubles titles in the individual cham»
pioti-«hips
As the Nicholson 55 borthod at H.M.S. Vernon (see picture. right). at the and of her second seven-month racs around the world a crowd of about 70 relatives. earlier crew members and friends were there to cheer her in. Adventure‘: performance on the final 5.000 miles from Rio do Janolro to Southsott put her in eighth place on hsndlca for the log and seventh overall for the race. moon competitors
Adventure
Magnificent The
Champagne corks were popping at midnight as Adventure. the Joint Service entry. crossed the finishing ltne at the and of the 27.000-mile whltbread Round-the World yacht race.
Five go on A.B.A. frail Royal Navy hoiicrs are through to the England A.B.i\. Flvc
sentl-linals at Gloucester on April 5. They earned that right during an eventful Combined Services v. Western Counties A.B.A. quarter-final match at ll.M.S. Nelson. Several excellent bouts warmed the large crowd. not least an incredible all—action punch-up between featherweight: l.CpI Ian .\IcKinnon and Steve Eden-Winn. But the flash-point of the cvcnlng was a stormy three rounds between welterweight AB Wayne Green tH..\t.S. Ajax) and revenge-seeking Chris Sa.niga.r. Green survived in.si.ilt.s. late punches. butts and a standing count before he was
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grabbed
his opportunlty to go on in the champlorshlps when he was mllcd in to replace Army veteran Johnny Mcflonlglc. the victor in their Combined Sen'icc.s
meeting. Only blows to another night of Navy boxing joy were defeats to flywclght SEA Cliff Storey tH.M.S. Antrim). lightmlddlcwcight AB Nick
Croombcs fH..\f.S. Kent) and heavyweight SA Roy Grecnacrc tH.M.S. Vernon).
Airmen show clean
Picturo: t.A(Phot) Chris Ucborrnott.
TWICKENHAM CELEBRATION month which provided enthusiasts with a feast of international rugby. pride of place in the .\’avy calendar went to the annual battle against the Army at Twickenham. writes Mike Vernon. scoreline in a match that disapThe occasion this year was l.l..-\.\’l-Il.l.l I0. R..\l. 8 enhanced by the presence of the pointed neither spectators nor Ten days after the Army those of the national Press not Duke of Edinburgh at what was match. the .\'as_\- paid their at Dublin or .\ftirr:i_vfie|d. the centenary encountcrof these first-eser sisit to Striidcy Park. ai:hie\L'tl \v.'is old adversaries. The first game .\';isf. \lL‘lt)l’_\ by .-\|thotigh Llanellt were without of tries and two a (‘lab ll-€78 between a at Ouei:n's goal. in way their four internationals standing in
a
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the officers of the
Services the Navy.
two
narrowly won by The l97l'i encounter. too. was won by the Navy with a l7—l(i
was
CROSS-COUNTRY
to :i goal. :i try and two penalty. nalttcs. For
the .\'av_\'. (‘olin inglish. .-'\rtd_v llamlett and (‘live Richards powered over for tries. anti John Leigh added a conversion and a magnificent match winning penalty in the last minutes of the game. The game reflected enormous credit on both teams and referee (‘livc .\'orling. and provided ~
entertainment. excitement, courage. spirit and sportsman-
lgevvof ofthe hi'hcst order.
shi
finer exhibition. and the image of Services rugby so often a tar et in recent years has suf cred no harm either. us
ave seen a —-
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internationals competed in the lnter~Service cross-country championships at ll.M.S. l)ryad. Cpl. J. Wild (R44.\lF.) won tlte individual title in the very f:ist time of Zilniiti. 34sec- almost :i minute ahead of l.ieut. Rees Ward (H.M.S. l"-ivcellent) who was placed third and w:is the first .\':is‘y rtinner in finish. l-‘our
The aiinieii tioniinateil the race and won with 3‘) points to the .-\rm_s's 53 The \'.is_\ were third with ‘V v\ll Steve iliill (ll..\l § Nelsonl finished llth. and the other Navy runners were P0 Terry
Osborne (ll..‘s‘l.S. Raleigh). (‘PU Keith (Ziwlc) lll..\f..'s'
l)rals'c). til .\l S
l.’\' Adrian Hobbs ('.i|cilotti.i). l.tL'l.Il John Walters tll..\l.S (‘oilingwoodl. (TU lot: ('l.irv: (ll.l\l.h Ari. Royal) and (‘pl (‘hris ll.i1elwood l('l‘(‘ l._vtnpstonci S('0Tl..-\.‘i'D l.ieut Waril w.is sL'lL‘L‘lt.'ll by !s‘eot|and for the world crosscountry championships after finishing second in the Scottish trials.
in the Navy championships. .ilso rtin .it l)ry.itl. Rees \\';ird retained his title with a time of Flmin Ilfisei: which put him ;i gnotl mintitc ahead of secondplaced All ll.ill PU Osborne was third. .77 seconds behind
Hall The junior title went to l'\' llobbs, who was fifth in the senior race. Scctind junior home was lfI~_\ear-old .l.\lli.\l (‘terry Band (ll M..\'. Sultan). who ran .i plucky race to finish nititli overall. l.ietit \‘a';ird headed the wirining Portsmouth ("omniand team. whose \I\ scoring runners all finished in the first 13 Portsmouth m.ide it a double by also capturing the tumor team title
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Navy rugby captain and sportsman of the year Paul Dunn (loft) prosonts membersof his team to the Duke of Edlnburgh before the Army match at Twlcltenham. Shaking hands with Prince Tlnson Philip la Wayne Davies. with Keith Martin and R looking on. In the background is Peter lumb.
awarded a unanimou.s decision. SI-I.\ll-Fl.\‘i-\l.§ Through to the England serni-finals with Green arc hantamwcighl CEM Mick Chance fH.M.S. Dcfianct). I tvrclght Rct Terry Marsh f CRM). welterweight R0 Mcrvyn Lt-scott (H.M.S. Dolphin) and light-heavyweight AB Torn Taylor (H..\f.S Huh-
Chance
‘Is ‘.'.v
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deservedly
bcrston).
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A deli hted UY Adrian Hobbs ( .M.$. Caledonia) crosses the line to become the 1978 Scottish Combined
League cross country champion. The championship is decided on the boot seven perfomtancos Services
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from ten races. and Adrian won five. tlod first once and came second in his final race. This year’: Navy junior cross country champion and a member of the Navy senior team. UY Hobbs has been selected to train as an officer at BRNC Dartmouth. -
R.N. 8. R-t\.F- 15 Sadly. the sparkle that brought victory against the Army was missing when the N:ivy returned to Twtckcnham on a squally liaster Saturday to take on the R.:\.F. in no time at all the airmen were nine points u and. despite .\'avy tries from oger Tinson and Keith Martin. held on to win i5—R. Tilt.‘ R.A.t-'. were generally sharper on the day and in f|_v-half (ireen they had the match winner. He scored ll of his side's itnls front the boot. An of -day for the .‘l:iv_\kickers did nothing to urther the cause. Perhaps the .-\rm_v may be able to pull the .\lavy'.s chestnuts out of the fire and produce a three-way tie for the interScrvicc championship when they meet the R./\.l". in their rearianged fixture on April 22. -
place
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by for the \l.'a|es-France Grand
Slam decider the following Sat-
the Navy could also claim to be below strength. (’olin Youldon and Mike (‘onnolly proved. however. to be fine replacements for Colin iinglish and Roger Tin.son. land played themselves into the side which op iscd the R.A.l-‘. started ominously with an early try. but were pe ed back by dour Navy (lL' ence :ind a try when Wavne Davies put the finishing touches to a forward surge started by skip 'r Paul Dunn. l. ane|li's scrum-half shot over unopposed at the start of the second half before the Navrcplietl with a try by Keit Martin. It was not .lohn Leigh's kickinv night. though. and the conversion left the .\'avy trailing .‘4—ll|. which proved to be the final score. R.N. 12. RlCH.\l0.\'l) 28 Paul Lea (2) and Peter .\'orrington Davies scored tries for the .\’:ivy in a l2—2ii .\'asy defeat against Richmond in the bttild-tip to the Army game.
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Tennis match The .\i£l‘s"\- hpiyed a ll team inter-Service tennis match against the Army at Aldcrshot on April 1 and 2. The men's team was l.ieut. Peter llolt (R.‘s'i-I(‘). ROI lluih .\lc('iuin-
(ll..\l.S.
ncss Sur eon
l)avi.s [il.. f.S. (‘ollings-rtxid). and Mid Rob
l.teut.
ulwarlt).
Bolton
lfniversity).
Steve
(Manchester