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Regiment 9th/12th Lancers
Year 1984
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Rugby
The season began well under the
rnasswe gutdance ol Sgt Melvtlle, whe
exerted hts bentgn Influence over old
worthtét's and some thrusttrtg
newcomers, who Included Messrs
Cooke and Marttn, Troopers Pegg and
Hendersmt The ltxtures, cunntttgly
chnsen by ASM Tonkttt for easy early
vtctortes, mcluded l ADFA and 2m
Stgs Sun Uttlttrtunately the team was
unable to crmsolrdate lhtS succo‘s,
subsequently meettng teams such as
32 Engr Hegt and 7 Arntd Wksps
REME, who prayed too strong
However hard won the expertence,
t s useltllttess was blunted by nttullter
away ltxlttre Exetctse Eternal
Trtange Altar the whtstle had blown.
the team, bloated wtttt easy ltvtng .n
the held, had to work hard (or a
respectable performance tn the Attrty
Cup The ltrst two matches agatttst l
Arrttd DlV Tpt Regt and l RHA were
hard fought ytctmtes, it try scored by
Cpl Henry (HEMEl and a penally ltt‘tnt
Cpl Wottds respectively settled the,
contests A cottsptraw nf lrozen
pttches and mher tntshans prevented
lurttter glUlV Once agatn tmpetus
gamed at the expense m much Itard
wutk was lust because at
uncontrollable events and we were
unable to compete tn the Quarter
Ftnals
November conttttued thh an
attempt at the Cavalry Cup; a bye ltt
the first round, leund us at Sennelager
lacrng the holders. 3 RTR Alter a
dtsappmnttttg game, tn whtcl’t we were
unable to score a try, we lost 10 , 3
The Season drew lit a Close tor a spell,
lllrlll the Regtntent was firmly seated
at Wollettbuttel. ltt Aprtl Rugby awoke
wtth Sprtt‘tg, tn the form of the lhlcr
Squadron Competttton Much tttmrest
was generated by thts hard tougltt
Urttrtest. II\ parttculat the parttsatt
acltvtttes (:1 one or two olltcers not
normally noted for than tnterest lll Yam all (lurthg the Ftnal
sport. For example the 'Mr Nesty'
badge for petststent brutaltty was won
by Mr J J Scott, wlttle lew wtll forget Despy‘e the lragmerttaty nature 0'
the monoltlhtc presence on the held at We season, our DaffOn-“ance m the
Major Burgess ‘” “‘9 Fllla“ A b‘OOdV Atthy Cup was most ettcouragtng As
allatr wlttt:lt ended tn vtctory fot C we have some powerful addtltons lu
Squadron bl 14 ’ 7, CW Ma'Cha'll'S the team, tn the shape at LCpls
two trtes at the end settlmg the tssue Lockwood attrl Powley 0' the REME
and Sgt Bale ot the APTCV We have
every reason to look forward to the
1984/85 season wtth great conttdeuce
CEAC
Sgt Mclntvte makes a break dunng the
trtrerqun Ftnal
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