9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1985 - Page 0096
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1985 |
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YHF. 9TH/l2Tl-l ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAL The Commanding Officer, Com- mander Armoured Brigadier Hayman- Joyce, the team Captain and Sgt Williams spent a tense night watching the team’s progress on a gigantic score board in the control centre. At 0515 hrs they were rewarded by seeing the Team secure second place overall after skilful navigation over very rough countryside. The 13/l8H followed shortly achieving a very well deserved third place Overall. So the second day of the competition ended with 9/12L still in the lead The third day was a rest day for all except Lt Martin who had to complete the Helicopter Reconnaissance Station as the patrol leader. This was not his favourite event as all through training the German helicopter had made him airsick, True to form, lo minutes before landing at the end of the missionI he kept his 100% record in -laCt. Nevertheless he still managed to score sufficient points to secure 8th place overall. We were pleased to see 'the lS/lEH patrol leader. Lt Prince- Smith get the highest score in this event At the end of the third day we were un- believably still first but our lead was being whittled away On the last morning the bad weather finally disappeared and much to our horror the sunshine came, and with it clear visibility for the patrols completing the Reece Patrol Course. Our lead looked very precarious and the only event left for us now was the Combat Swimming Station. The Regimental team were all strong swimmers and had trained hard for this event. All appeared to be going well and the team clocked the second fastest crossing time of 104 minutes. Then suddenly the bombshell burstl We were awarded penalty time points for a minor tactical infringement which brought our total time up to 5V2 minutes and reduced us to 14th position in this event. It was a bitter blow and despite protestations the penalty decision was upheldl 94 0.4 ‘ "'41-? M. 'ux. Negotiating me Still Diving Cmutc m u ('VRtTlSpntlan. Because of the change in the weather as the final day’s Reece patrol results started to come in at lunchtime, it was clear that our score was going to be bettered. We started to see our lead quickly dwindle and finally overtaken by firstly the Bundeswehr teams and then, to our consternation, the Dutch team from Verkennings — bataljon 101 It was frustrating but there was nothing we could do! The only cheerful fact was that our friends from Panzerauf'klarungs — bataillon l at Braunschweig were among those that swept past us on the last day and they completed the Recon» naissance Course in such a style that it secured them first place overall in the competition with 36550 points and with it the award of the Boeselager Trophy, We came 6th overall in the competition with 31700 points and the |
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