9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0064
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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tHEetHr tth ROYAL LANCEFIS nEGtMENtAL JDlJFtNAL Cross Country The tmtsn ol the Flegtrrtenlal Cross Country Racee a 5tght tor sore Iegsl The cross country season seems to get longer every year; at the ttrne ot wrtttng tt ts Sllll not over A 20 Km race ts due to beheld on 6 May at Munsterlager tn whtch we have entered a five man team and are hoptng to do well. The season started on 28 September, 1983 wtth a 7/22 Bde Meeting at Munsterlager We were narrowly beaten by strong teams from t Armd Dtv Stg Regl, l RHA and 3 HGJ. We hosted a meeting at Hohne on 16 November whtch was won by 5 Hy Regt RA, The concensus was that tt had been an entoyable 7 mtle course The 7/22 Bde League flntshed tn Verden thh the George Holden Relay held over a 5 Km course thh all our lst team tn under 78 mine We were disapootnted to gatn only 5th place, We were also 5th overall tn a well contested league Other events durtng the season showed that we have a thrtvtng core of runners wtthtn the Reglment whtch augers well for future SEBSOHS, 62 The runners who ran the lonely 26 nttles 385 yards of the Verden Marathon on a very hot 8 October deserve a mentton, Ttmes were as follows LCol Shattock 3hrsl3746mttts W02 Sewell 3hrs$l14nttns Lt Scott 3hr536 56 mtns W02 GowmarthEMEl 3hr539v54 mtns SSgt Woodard lREME) 3hr552.46 mtns 4hrsOG.42mtns 4hrstl.02mtns 4hr538.51mtns Tpr Cochrane SSgt NealtFtEMEl Tpr Pegg lndtvtdually, LCpI Edwards earned the flag for the Regtment tn an eotc marathon relay from Rome to Bergen, while LCpl Watson conttnued to flourtsh on the German scene, espeetally tn numerous half marathon events. The Regtmental Cross Country Race was held tn Wolfenbuttel over :5 SW mlle course on 9 Aprtl, HO Son carrted away the Cup narrowly defealtng D Sort. LCpl Watson won the race In a remarkable ttme of 28 rrttns 33 secs He had arnved lrom a course ltl England only hours before the start Thanks must be gtven to those who supported the team espectally the wtves', Mrs Sttattockl Sewell, Edwards and Watson provtdtng the core; long may tltetr stop watches be accurate and thetr flasks 0| Coffee hotl The only dtsappotntrnent at the season was missth the Cavalry Cup tn Osnabruck, thts event was held In the tntddle of Ragtntental Trattttttg but we shall be back next yearl We were delighted to wtn the 20 Km race held on 6 May 1984 at Munsterlager There were 70 other teams from the Brtttsh Army, Dutch Armed Forces and the Bundesweltrt The team won wtth an average lll'ne of 1 hr 25 mtns and LCpl Watson won the race wtth a ttrhe of 1 hr 16 rntns The race was run In ltghtwetght tSASl combat smocks, ltghtwatght trousers and boors~ ’when the gontg gets tough, the tough get goingl' JJSS |
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