9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2002 - Page 0069
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2002 |
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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES'Sl 67 90kg after being beaten by QMSI HotTitIge AP’IC. Tpr Peters won the gold in the novice over 90kg with incredible ease show- ing his natural ability for the sport. Tpr Hopkins won the gold in the novice under 90kg winning four consecutive fights by ippon, the single highest score that you can achieve in Judor His last fight of the day was a little testier for him lasting some 90 seconds before Tpr Hopkins wrestled his opponent to the mat and got him in a chokehold called “ kuzure-kese-gatante". His opponent knew he wouldn't be able to break so he submitted out of it. Lastly on behalf ofthe iudo team I would like to congrat- ulate Tpr Hopkins on being awarded judo player of the year. And also I.Cpl Salih on being recommended for Regimental Sporting Colours. The only thing left to do now is have a well Ilrnt test then prepare for next year. RAP Sailing his year, Regimental Sailing very much carried on the motion from last, with a desire to do as much again, if not more. Two qualification courses were run by the Royal Kiel Yacht Club in the freezing Baltic, right at the start tifthc year, qualifying yet another fourteen Competent crewmen. They all performed to a particularly high standard, especially in the light of the haishness of the conditions in which they learned such a novel skill. In the Spring, planning began for a grand expedition during BATUS, and sourcing a suitable yacht was the first criteria. Captain Doherty went back to the sailing school in Gosport to complete his Offshore Yachtmastcr examination, in order to lead the expedition, while the younger Doherty sought more valuable experience for his role as Mate. The first competition this year was the RAC Seaview Regatta in which the Regiment skippered three boats. Captain Tuhhs skip- pered the QDG team, Captain Vale skippered the Bovington team and Captain Doherty skippered two of his brothers in the Regimental entry, achieving a fourth place out of the regular Regiments. Captain Everett skippered a 1 class Yacht during Cowes Week, with Dominic Doherty again getting onto the guest list during a short break from BATUS and Oliver Doherty completing a full family participation for this year. By this time young Troopers Reynolds and Elvin finished their long sailing course at Kiel, enioying slightly better weather than they had before. Their final stint, upon qualification as Coastal Skippers was to insimct a Competent Crew course themselves, involving tutorage of all aspects of sailing and safety to soldieis ofsignil'lcantly higher rank. This has been one of the greatest achievements of our recent sailing history, which will inspire many others and prove a long serving asset to Regimental adventure training. It also resulted in a ioint award of the Hugh Lindsay prize. Venues are obviously an impor- tant part of it sailor's experience and few places compare with the Desolation Sound area of the Pacific, off the west Canadian Coast. Six soldiers took the opportunity to gain Day Skippers tickets on Exercise DEEP WATER. in July. The views of waterfalls cascading off 100 foot cliffs straight into the crystal water could only he an inspiration to a budding sailor, as was PACIFIC LANCER. which took place in August and September. Tpr Reynolds vi inn d/mn again The season concluded in wonderful style with Lieutenant Eyre» Brook taking a B Squadron team to the RAC Kiel Regatta in October. Sailing the fleet standard, the Naiad 33, the team com- peted in a series of long passage races and shoner races, pre- dominately around the Danish Islands. With the crews com- bined experience being very limited, their determination proved even more resounding a success, with second place achieved in the Regatta overall. Further qualifications were gained at ERIE, for instance Captains Vale and Tubbs secured Coastal Skipper ticketsThe current undertaking is to log out extending wealth of experience and to consider even wider challenges in the future. The Sydney to Hobart race has already been thought of, so watch this space. Volleyball 2002 Even with a heavy year ofcommitmcnts in BATUS and with only a rear party in Hohne. The Volleyball team has man- aged to keep it’s head above water. In Jan DI the Regiment host- ed the ENG) Championships here in Hohne. The competition was well represented with sixteen teams taking part. The Regimental team won its league and went on to play IBW in the finals. This proved to be a well-fought match, but alas, the Clan McFiii won the Championships in a thrilling live set finale. Consolation (as the runners up in Germany) came in the form of being the only team in the competition to take two sets from the winning team and only losing three sets over both days. The long summer days of BATUS also saw a need to play vol- leyball with the activation party fielding a series of teams all containing l3 Sqn players. Unfortunately plans to play a league competition in both BATUS and as a rear party did take a knock with many other units not being able to commit teams. This left us with the final event olthe year, the Biela Plate inter Sqn competition. Slightly different in the set up for 2002 with two leagues being contested over one day. The winners of the B league (a team containing 4 players under thirty years of age) were A San, who came second in their league and then destroyed C Son in their final. In the A league A Sqn first team niet HQ Sqn in their final. A hard fought match saw HQ Sqn retain the Biela plate with the prize giving being graced by the Commandtng Officer and Mai General Brims. The path ahead looks positive for volleyball with many new faces competing to get into the Regimental team. We can look forward to again hosting the BAtG) championships in early 2003 with a view to improving on second place and a hope to match the best of the best in the Army finals later in Match 2003. |
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