9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2001 - Page 0065
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2001 |
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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) 65 Regimental Sport Success Downhill Ski Team In skiing terms, the end of the RAC and AAC championships in Verbier on 15 January 01 saw the Regimental team’s finest hour. Sat in a group near the front of the prize-giving hall, reg- imental skiers passed each other going backwards and forwards to collect prizes. With all the additional prizes donated by local Verbier sponsors, there was genuinely too much booty to carry! We were particularly honoured to share the experience with the newly arrived Commanding Officer, Lt Col Martin and the Adjutant, Capt Farrer. Onto the nitty gritty. The A team consisted of Capt Durie, Cpl Rutherford, LCpl Knowles, and Capt C Croft. They were unbeat- 9/72L Group/es spotted m Verb/er . .. _ir:-" ‘= The Reg/menta/ SK! Team at the Army’s/ en. Quite some waybehind were the RTR, 3 AAC and the RDG. The RAC slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G and Downhill cups are there to see in RHQ. If William Hill had an office in Verbier, the second 4 would have been clear favorites to clean up all the B team trophies. They should have won their competition but a couple of strokes of terrible luck resulted in them being eased into 2nd place by the KRH B Team. Despite their disappointment, it was an excellent performance by Captain Simpson, LCpl Bennison, Capt Preston, ZLt Eyre-Brook, Tpr White and Capt Clifford. By achieving 2nd place in the B team competition, theybeat a major- ity ofother Regimental A Teams. We didn’t come away unscathed however. Tpr Sadler sustained a serious shoulder injury and bro- ken arm in a snowboard accident. I’m skeptical, but apparently snowboarding helps one learn to ski better. If old wives were around when the snowboard was invented, I think they would be telling some tales! Whilst we trained hard, we also played hard. 9th/12th Royal Lancers yet again hosted the New Year party in the ski bus depot. It sounds like an unexciting venue but when the Verbier Chalet girl contingent arrives, the cold warehouse feel gets rather warmer! Early on in the season Capts Durie and Preston were selected to take part in a 24hr charity ski marathon in aid of land mine victims. The event was organized by the world champion free style skier, Dominic Peret. (He jumps out of small planes onto steep snowfields in Alaska and races the ensu- ing avalanche to the bottom). Silly clothes were mandatory and issued miners lamps were next to useless. Advice for next year; take some night vision goggles. The whole event raised tens of thousands ofpounds for the charity and the 12 RAC participants assisted in enhancing the already excellent reputation of the British Army in Verbier. Capt Dur/e at speed |
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