9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2004 - Page 0071
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2004 |
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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) 69 'lflH-sv. will. 'I t last, a clear year for our football calendar. With all the Operational tours of the last two years it is nice to be able to write so positive about our Football season. I think we can def- initely say this season is the start of a new era in Regimental Football. Before we have a look at how the 2004/05 season has started a look back at the achievements over the last ten years. 1995/96 3 (UK) Div League Champions 3 (UK) Div Cup Winners Cavalry Cup Winners 1996/97 Cavalry Cup Winners 1997/98 Cavalry Cup Runners Up Army Cup Quarter Finals 1999/2000 Cavalry Cup Winners 2000 BA (G) 6 A Side Winners Army 6 A Side Runners Up With the achievements of the last ten years, the new era has a lot to live up to. Having said that with the skill and desire of the new lads the above achievements are well within their reach. The 2004/05 season started with the traditional Inter Sqn com- petition in September. The main aim of the Competition was to Football The Reg/memta/ Footbafl team establish enough young players for the Regimental team. After some very well contested matches, A Sqn ran out worthy win- ners beating B Sqn 5 71 in the Final. From the Competition, some talented young blood was found in the shape of Tprs Keane, Catchpole, Mann, Green (young), Green (old), Arbon. When you add this to the experience of Swain (old), Swain (young), Durrance, Clarke, Hall, Nash and Robinson, it’s easy to see why the future of Football is looking looking good. As a final mention on players, I would like to welcome Sgt “Beut” Beutell the new not so young cat. We are now at the half way stage in the season and apart from one slip up in the Army cup it is safe to say that we are ahead of the goals that we set at the start of the season. The team is cur- rently top of the BA(G) Eastern Div league having played six, won five and drawn one. Tprs Green and Arbon continue to impress in front of goal, with 4 and 3 goal tallies respectively. We now look forward to a well-earned Xmas break and on our return, will attack the business end of the season where we hope to finish top of the League. Our main aim is to have a good Cavalry Cup run ending up at Burton Court again (or for the first time in most of the players cases). Hopefully I will be writing the next journal notes telling you of our successes. The future looks bright in Football terms, not just in talented young players but also in the managerial areas with Capt Barnett, WO2 Keeney and SSgt Rathbone providing the much needed experience and continuity. 'ai‘r.‘ - |
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