NAVY NEWS. DECEMBER 1992 Options
OARSOME ACHIEVEMENT
CDR Robert Hamilto (right), Director of T~:ing at HMS Sultan, tured on his w second place in t dividual Sculls 2 Royal Navy and Marines Amateur ing Association': tumn regatta at H Island, P o r t s m First place wen Lieut. Peter Gilbert (Manadon).
RN and RM ARA training manager Brian Kemp aims to bring together all the Service's experienced oarsmen in a series of training weekends in preparation for the Inter Service Head of the River Race (London Tideway) and Joint Services Regatta (Peterborough). Oarsmen interested in representing their Service should contact LAEA Brian Kemp, RN&RM ARA, 899 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton, llchester, Somerset BA22 8HL. Tel: 0935 840551 ext 6641, messages 6633 or 0935 706028.
A veteran oarsmai rowing in open events, Cdr. Hamilton also competed in the Open Pairs and the Open 4s, the latter a winning team. Picture: Lieut.-Cdr. Nigel Huxtable
Duke goes LIEUT-Cdr. Bob Duke retires at the end of this season from both the Royal Navy and Naval Air Command football. He's been involved with the latter for 31 years, as player, secretary and manager. At the close of the Bambara Soccer Championships, held at HMS Heron, Bob was presented with a cut-glass whisky decanter. The Football Bambara was won by Heron, who beat HMS Daedalus 4-1 in the final. And, fittingly, NAC won this year's Inter-Command Soccer Cup in Bob's last season in charge (see soccer report opposite). RN air station Culdrose won the Rugby Bambara, beating Daedalus 37-6 in the final at Lee-on-Solent. On completion of the game, the Chief of Staff to FONA, Cdre Chris Craig made a special presentation to CPO Paul Dunn (Heron), who has been actively involved in NAC rugby for the past 21 years as both player and administrator. After 12 years of trying, PO Garry Addison in his last Bambara Basketball Championship has finally won a winner's medal, playing for Portland, who beat Culdrose in the final. Garry has played for the Navy as well as NAC and has also been basketball sec. for the Command for many years. • Results of other NAC competitions are — Hockey: mens champions, Portland; ladies, Yeovilton. Badminton: mens champions, Culdrose; ladies, Culdrose; mens ind. champ, Lieut.-Cdr. G. Rowlands (Culdrose); ladies ind. champ, Wren T. Moran (Culdrose). Squash: team champions, Yeovilton; ind. champ, NA C. Robinson (Portland).
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Back row from left are WEA Apps Leggy Armstrong, Griff Griffin, Pat Jennings, Gee Hannah, Gary White, Cammy Cameron and Jim Bowie. Front row: WEM Pony Moore, WEM Bomber Harris, WEA App Nobby Clark, CPO T.B. Osborne, WEM Andy Spence, WEM Warren Ethridge and WEA App Scouse Powell.
OF SEVEN entries from the Solent and HMS Sultan Tae Kwon Do Club in a British Tae Kwon Do black belt dan grading event in Southa m p t o n , five achieved passes. They were CPOMEA D. Hughes (2nd Dan), CPO Norford (1st Dan), LMEM Nicholson (1st Dan) and two juniors. Lee James (1st Poom) and Adam Hill (1st Poom).
CDR Laurie Brokenshire, chairman of the Royal Navy Chess Association for six years and secretary for six years prior to that, pulled off the double at the 1992 RN Chess Championships, becoming the Service's Chess Champion and Quick Play Champion. In the main tournament he won four of his six games, drawing one and losing one other. While seven wins and two lost games saw him to the Quick Play title — games in this category having to be completed in just five minutes!
Winning run established DESPITE flying in elite runners from Hawaii and California, the US Marine Corps were unable to prevent the RN/RM marathon team winning the annual challenge trophy for the third year running, writes Lieut.-Cdr. Clive Lambshead. However, determined runThis competition for the VicThe USMC's top two runners ning in the second half of the tory Trophy (provided by HMS regrettably had disastrous runs race, particularly by Lieut. Nelson in 1978) is now in its leaving their three scorers to Steve Gough (Dolphin) and 15th year and the RN leads the finish in 2-38, 2-39 and 2-45. Cdr. Al Rich (FONA) guaranUSMC by nine to six with good In the overall competition teed success. wins in 90, 91 and 92. the RN were placed second milA tremendous run by Lieut. This year's race around the itary team behind a strong Cdr Chris Robison (819 NAS) Mexican Navy team for the monuments of Washington DC resulted in fourth place overall attracted over 11,000 runners. second year running. in 2 hrs 26 minutes. Other team The British contingent of supMarathon running continues scorers were Gough in 2 hrs 32 porters was led by Rearto be one of the RN's strongest minutes (12th) and Rich in 2 Admiral Paul Hoddinott (Comand most successful sports. hrs 34 minutes (23rd). For the mander British Naval Staff, Watch Navy News for updates second year running Rich was Washington), who took much on next year's events, particuthe first over-40-year-old to delight in presenting the trophy larly the RN Championship in finish. to the RN squad in front of the A p r i l and W a s h i n g t o n in November. Iwa Jima memorial. Remainder The race itself was run in n o n The remainder of the RN/ cool conditions, hampered by a Lieut. Sandy Gale WRNS RM team ran extremely well to strong gusty wind resulting in who is serving an exchange in finish ahead of most of the the slowest ever winning time Washington has pledged to run USMC team. PO Andy Pea(2 hr 24 mins — Rene Guerrero the Washington Marathon in cock (POST) finished 28th in 2 — Mexican Navy). The USMC 1993 in under three hours. It is hrs 36 mins, Surg. Lieut.-Cdr. runners, including previous also hoped to offer the WRNS Simon Sheard (Osprey) 38th in race winner, Sgt. Farley Simon, winner of the South Coast Mar2-38, PO Steve Cox (Ark Roystarted strongly and at halfway athon in April the opportunity al) 46th in 2-39 and Cpl Chris were causing some concern to to compete in Washington. Cook (RM Plym) 55th in 2-40. the Navy runners.
Winter sun for skiers S U N S H I N E brought a hint of the Alps to the Royal Navy Winter Sports Association's Artificial Ski Slope C h a m p i o n s h i p s , held at the J o h n N i k e Centre, Marshmills, Plymouth, and contested by 130 skiers. Neptune's foursome produced an excellent combined performance to beat CTCRM Lympstone by just % of a second and retain the Major Establishments Team Trophy.
Sultan belts up
HMS Sultan club trains Mondays and Wednesdays (1930-2100) in Sultan gym. Solent also trains Mondays and Wednesdays (1745-1930 juniors; 1930-2100 adults) at Holbrook Junior School, Wych Lane. Gosport.
COACH CPO Scouse Osborne and the HMS Collingwood under-19 soccer team have every reason to smile, having won the Navy Youth Cup. Collingwood didn't concede a single goal throughout the competition. They beat HMS Sultan 2-0 in the final, after seeing off HMS Mercury 11-0, HMS Daedalus 5-0 and HMS Raleigh 5-0.
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CAPT Keith Mills RM (above) led a six man Combined Services side to victory in the team section of Coca Cola Dash for Cash, one of Australia's more infamous ski races. It involved surviving a steep mogul field, an uphill (skis to be carried!) section and a long downhill run. Four Army men and one RAF representative completed the team, which shared the $A 2,500 team prize. On a winning roll and with confidence sky high, the six went on to win all international individual and team events in the Landrover International Ski Championships. The team thanks Qantas Airways.
In the Ship/Minor Unit competition, the RN Elementary Flying Training School from Linton-on-Ouse triumphed for the first time ever. The team was led by Mid. Robert Moir, the current Navy Champion, who also won the Dual Slalom Knockout, beating RN Ski Team captain, Capt. Keith Mills RM, in an exciting final. The Inter Command Dual Slalom Relay went "right down the wire", with the Royal Marines beating Plymouth in the final round after each had progressed unbeaten to this stage. Prizes were bolstered by financial contributions and cups presented by the Kings Ski Club, which is also sponsoring the RNWSA Alpine Ski Races in Orcieres-Merlette, January 9-23.
Rear Admiral Hoddinott congratulates (l-r) Simon Sheard, Chris Robison, Steve Gough, Andy Peacock, Chris Cook, Al Rich and Steve Cox in the heart of Washington DC.