9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2001 - Page 0040
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2001 |
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40 REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) In August the Mess enjoyed good sport and glorious weather during the Polo tournament run by Major Woolley. In the evening, a splendid supper saw many local, and not so local Germans, plus the odd Norwegian (I) trying their hand at removing the cork from a champagne bottle with the sabre. Pleasingly, there were no major injuries to body or ego! The annual Fathers’ Dinner Night held in the Mess in November was another success story and a good number of relatives made the journey to Bredebeck and were looked after in fine style. Again, Schloss Bredebeck provided a splendid canvass for our hospitality. Later in November, the Officers flew en masse to London to attend the Annual Dinner at the Cavalry Club. Dinner was of a very high stan- dard and included the by now de rigeur enormous cheese souffle and was crowned by fine speeches from the Commanding Officer and the Colonel of the Regiment. Another Regimental Dinner night in early December saw the Deputy Garrison Commander, Colonel Haskell and the Commanding Officers of SCOTS DG and 113W thoroughly enjoying another great evening. The following weekend the Mess hosted their ladies and again the candles were burnt down to stubs before the guests left. As we look forward to 2002, the Mess is in great heart with plenty going on. Doubtless the BATUS commitments will make some- thing of a hole in the home team throughout the forthcoming social season but that will mean more space for those remaining officers to root out their little black books and get more guests in! A CB Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess his year, it would seem, we have been as busy as ever but this has not stopped the mess from carrying on with its fine traditions. Since the arrival in Hohne we have dined out a CO and RSM and held Mons/Moy. We started off socially this year with the traditional Valentines fianction. Traditional in that we had a Blues Brothers tribute band playing. Sometimes the PMC/PEC would do well to listen to their wives. With our new found position of being in a Garrison environment, we set about making friends and influ- encing people. This started with a football match held against Sgt Baz BNgnu//, ”AI/017g /ast/" 32 Engrs WO & Sgts Mess, which we won quite convincingly at 3-0. We played the rematch following a games night against the Cpls Mess. Not surprisingly, the Mess did not perform as well. The sight of our players being sick as they ran around the pitch will haunt us all for many years to come. Despite having a very newly promoted Sgt we still lost 3-0. We look forward to the final at the end of the year. The two games nights against the Cpls Mess that have been held in Hohne have, as always resulted in wins for us N no matter how much the Cpls Mess may disagree. A games night will always be decided on the Boat Race and, with the more profes- sional drinkers being located in the mess, it means we shouldbe able to hold our own for the foreseeable future. The mess had the privilege of dining out Lt Col Mackaness MBE at the end of 2000. All had a fine and very long night. In March we said farewell to WOl Paddy Kerr who left to go to Chillwell for his last 6 months and the Mess wish him well for the Future. This November we also said farewell to SSgt Steve Lindsay who has been the long standing Mess Manager. As we had the Lancer Band for this evening it made for an entertaining night. The Mons Moy weekend was held in July. The mess looked after and hosted the Old Comrades for the weekend and the Old Comrades thanked all the Mess Members for their hospitality and friendship. It was great to see some old faces that are now able to attend. The GU/don Pam/ SSgtHo/mes, W02 {REM/78(7)) Pegg, W02 {RSM} Cunn/ngham, W02 {TWWO} Morton |
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