9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2004 - Page 0081
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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) 79 10km Road Race — Commanders Trophy On the 5 May the Regiment entered a team into the 10 km road race as one of the events for the Brigade Commanders Trophy. The race was held on a really hot and sunny day in Fallingbostel. The team was made up of six willing volunteers from the rear party, in truth, the only six without sick chits who had a pair of trainers with them on that day. The race started at the Gymnasium of the SCOTS DG whose Commanding Officer got the race under way cheered on by his entire Regiment. The route was quite demanding, starting off with two laps of a circuit in barracks moving out onto the range roads. It was 5km over cobbled roads to a turn around point then 5km back the way we had just run. This meant that the race was both mentally and physically tough. There was a particularly strong field for this race resulting in the race being run at a blistering pace. Much to the joy of the com- petitors the race finished offwith a gruelling 400m uphill sprint. The team finished a credible 6th place in the Major Units cate- gory and in the following order: LCpl Marland, Sgt French, Cfn Williamson, Tpr Bull, Sgt Green and LCpl Flint. Canoeing anoeing has not quite made the ‘splash’ that we were hoping for this year. However, despite as always, the regiment being busily occupied in countries afar, there has been some canoeing activity closer to home. The return of Cpl ‘Penny Lane’ to RD and the arrival of SSgt Pete James (APTC) has meant a renewed enthusiasm with canoeing. Several trips have been undertaken on the local rivers both during Wednesday afternoon, ‘sports afternoons’ and at weekends. SSgt James and his gym staffwere often seen wearily making their way back into camp, paddles tucked under arms, following a weekend canoe- ing and camping. Exercise STILETTO LANCER, organized by CC HQ Sqn Fred Reid, saw the Wives Club enjoying a weekend outdoors in canoes and on their bikes. Once again the canoeing took place locally on the river Oertze. Despite several wives deciding to take to the water suddenly instead of staying in their canoes, the whole event was a staggering success, one that was thoroughly enjoyed by the participating wives and the directing staff. The Regiment has recently purchased 8 new canoe polo boats, paddles buoyancy aids and helmets. We were hoping to christen the new equipment in the Army canoe polo championships however the event did not actually take place. Once again it was «‘43wa j Capt Henderson and Cp/ Lane padd/mg about, some of the wives that were first to try out the new boats in the indoor swimming pool on camp. Mary Anne Charrington was the first to show the girls how it should be done. Despite the lack of Army or RAC competition up to now we are confident that with the amount of interest in canoeing within the regiment we certainly have the potential to start bringing home some trophies next year, watch this space! Game Shooting Hunting in Germany has been an interesting experience to all those who have completed theirJagdschein course. Not quite the way it is done in the UK, a few Officers can regularly be found sitting very still in a high seat of varying quality in local woods, lying in wait for an unsuspecting Red or Roe deer and the ever elusive wild boar! Hunting, of the shooting variety, is something most Germans would appear to have grown up with. The Jagdschien is a two year course for the Germans of surprising complexity, examin- ing almost every aspect of the quarry. In a stark comparison the BFG course is shorter but in no way an ‘attendance’ course, for weeks after my mind has been full of German names for the Jay, Pine Martin and a year old, virgin Red! The course is open to all ranks as are the invitations shooting; it is not a preserve of the officers. We have all been exceedingly lucky to get the shooting we have and to have had the insight into German hunting customs. Local Farmers, hunters and the Forstmeister have been very generous with their invitations and hospitality. The season has quietened down but as the lst of May draws closer (start of the Roe Buck) we are all looking forward to warmer evenings in the high chairs, rekindling the friendships we have made and con- tinuing our experience of German hunting traditions. 4. Com Clay pigeon shooting has rumbled on in the background, just before Christmas when a team of six, including the Commanding Officer, two Squadron Leaders and the Adjutant, saw offthe rest of7 Brigade (admittedly the Scots DG were beat- en by only one clay) to take home first place in the Commanders Trophy - only the second sport in the Regiment to do so!! TR] |
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