9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1985 - Page 0091
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1985 |
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THE 9TH/lZTH ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAl ’ Ex Highland Diamond — Regimental Langlauf Team The Regimental Langlauf Team training took place in Garmisch, Southern Germany. It was an extremely comfortable five weeks, living in the American accommodation in Sheridan Camp. On 7th December a team of five left camp. consisting of 21.1 Wilson. Cpl Tyler, LCpl Bazcly, Tpr Ducker and Tpr Radbourne. The journey down was almost without incident apart from when the ‘cam rod’ flew through the engine block 30km outside Garmisch, The team arrived in style, being towed behind a ‘recker‘ into thecamp. The training for this arduous sport ' was hard. days were spent running up and down hills and valleys around the German sports track with long sessions in the American Gyrni This modern gym was well equipped to meet our simple needs and provided much amusement when studying the ‘body beautiful’ builders who. not only sat for long hours ‘flexing and admiring themselves in front of the many mirrors. but. also. claiming to have achieved great lauglaufing fears in the high mountains of New York! (They also believed we were the British National Team practicing for the World Championships in Seefeld). As training continued Tpr Ducker‘s appetite grew and grewl Business during the months of December and January reached an all time high for McDonald’s and Wendy’s burger barl Days off were on Sundays. Notable feats during these well earned and precious days were the Anglo~American outing to 'Andecs’ a monastry near Munich which brews a particularly nasty dark ale. A 9/12L pairs team climbed to the summit of ‘Wauk' Mountain in horrendous conditions! Also worth mentioning was the Anglo- German sledge run down Krammer Mountain in the dark (with a skin full) nearly losing the entire team! On New Year's day the snow came and we gladly put on the skis ready to he “beasteo” by Cpl Tyler, who always seemed to slide effortlessly across the snow and was now at a high level of fitness. Techniques improved by leaps and bounds and by the time it came to the Divisional Championships the team. still complete. was fighting fit. For the Divisional championships we moved across the border into Austria, to Axamsi In the first race the 4x 10km Relay, the team of 2Lt Wilson, LCpl Bazeiy. Tprs Ducker and Radbourne did respectably well coming 13th out of 32 teams. A good standard was kept up in the 15km Individual Race and in the 25km Patrol Race. 2Lt Wilson. Tpr Ducker and Tpr Radbourne also competed in the all rounder: Race. the 15km Langlauf and Giant Slalom. 0n the 24th January the team came back to Wolfenbuttel having acquitted themselves well at Axams. after a hard but enjoyable five weeks with the very hospitable Americans. Welcome to the biggest g. MZS Furniture Show Opening Times: Mon-Fri Sam — 6pm Sat Sam -1pm First Sat: each month 9am— 6pm YOU can view in peace our large range of M25 Furniture at reasonable prices. Information and expert advice is our speciality. Sundays — Free Furniture Show 1am-6pm Mo'beI-Zentrum Stb'ckheim ZSBratmschWE/q Stockhetm a d 84 Mascheroder W995 Tel; 0531/6 1627 s9 |
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