48 NAVY NEWS, AUGUST 2007
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A date with
Daring
– at sea with
the new
destroyer
... and a date
with Tyne
– on fi shery
patrol in the
Irish Sea
A decade of
Brands
power
TWO sailors who prefer
two wheels to four hit the
legendary tarmac of Brands
domination
Hatch for rounds eight and
nine of the NG Road Racing
championships.
‘Humanity
CPO Gary Morris
(currently on a WO2 course
after victory’
at Collingwood) represented
the RN Automobile Club in
the 400cc Streetstock and
– Colin White
Formula 400 events, while
TEN years of near-total domination
The contribution made by Mne Chris points for fi fth place.
newcomer L/Cpl Tom Carver
on the RN’s
In the 100m Blue Riband freestyle Joe Tellett
(Sniper Troop 40 Cdo) took
of Inter-Services swimming
Bumby, who has persisted with his training
destroyed all the opposition with a very fast
to his Honda CBR600FX
compassion
continued for the RN’s men team,
despite radiotherapy and chemotherapy
51.6s, Navy skipper Nic Vaughan was a very
in the George White 600cc
treatment for cancer, the most recent of which
but their female counterparts faced
race, writes PO ‘Dutchy’
was just four weeks ago was inspiring. creditable third behind the RAF’s Gaz Daniell.
Holland (Phoenix NBCD
a 45th year of heartache.
Chris cut a majestic fi gure in the 400m Our man from Brazil, Joel Roberts clocked
School).
Both squads headed to the spiritual home
freestyle with what looked like a newly-shaved his second win in the 100m backstroke with
After starting on the grid
of the RAF at Cranwell for two days of action
head, challenging the RAF’s Buchan and the AET Richard Martin in third.
in a lowly 24th place, Gary
in and out of the water (as well as swimming,
Navy’s Andrews. Andrews strolled it in 4m 26s, Ali Witt and Stu Mantle (pictured below by
(pictured by PO Holland on
there was diving); the men had clinched the
the RAF took second and third place, with the LA(Phot) Pete Smith, FRPU Whale Island) took
his Kawasaki ZXR 400 with its
title in eight out of the past nine years prior to Royal taking fourth – and three more points for
the expected 11 points for a one-two fi nish and
distinctive Royal Navy livery)
the 2007 contest, but the women’s team had the RN overall score.
Joe Tellett and Matt Dawson received eight
fought his way through the
not tasted victory since 1962. There were other notable contributions too.
points from the 50m freestyle.
field to finish 11th in his
Beginning with the men, in the 800m Former Chief PTI Jim Storey, still coaching,
Heading into the relays the Army were on 53
class.
freestyle, Rick Andrews polished off all the swimming and diving, is waiting for heart
points, the RAF 81½ and the RN on 98½.
Unfortunately, his bike
opposition winning in 9m 10s; he never really surgery and kidney stone treatment – he was
Surprisingly the RN were pipped into second
then suffered engine
‘Let us die
looked troubled, writes Alan Walker RNRMSA. there as ever as was our dear Sam Wakefi eld
place in the medley relay 0.34 seconds behind
problems which ruled it out
Chris Collins and the RAF’s Cpl Wooldridge – 67 years young; his back is killing him but
the RAF. of the final and the second
like brothers’
were neck and neck for the whole event with he’s still there coaching supported as always by
In the 6x50 freestyle relay however, the day of racing.
Wooldridge taking third in 9m 40s and Chris his wife Jayne.
Navy took eight points, while the RAF were He was, however, able to
a few hundredths of a second behind with a Navy Swimming is fortunate to have such
disqualifi ed for undue movement at the start compete in the Formula 400.
– honouring
personal-best time. people who care passionately about the sport
of the race. Weather conditions swung
There was a first for Joel Roberts in the 100m and the people within it – a great big RN
In the end that disqualifi cation was academic between rain and sunshine,
the men of
butterfly, with Nic Vaughan posting fourth. In a swimming family. LWtr Andy Grundy hasn’t
as the Senior Service had an unassailable lead, making tyre selection and
thrilling 200m backstroke Stu Mantle and the been very well of late but always is on hand to
clinching the title with 112½ pts, 23 ahead of suspension settings a
the SS Mendi
RAF’s Cpl Poulton were inseparable – reaching help out where he can – a true unsung hero.
the Air Force. lottery, and after starting
the fi nish in a dead-heat. The Army’s Cpl Ferguson was always going
But for several missing stars in the ladies’ 16th in the qualifying race he
Dan McSweeney won the 100m breaststroke to be trouble in the Men’s 4x2 individual
events, the Navy would probably have won that
was pushed back to 22nd in
with a record time with Surg Lt Simon Hornby
Inter-Service title too.
the main race on a very wet
Plus
medley – and so it proved. He ran Ali Witt into
from Sheffi eld Hospital coming fourth in 1m a creditable second place and Mark Franklyn
PO(WEA) Becky Kerchey returned to the
1.2-mile Indy circuit.
11s to add to the RN team’s growing tally. in his fi nal Inter-Services event received two
He managed two places
marina Continued on page 46
better in the Formula 400cc
Culdrose’s
race, posting his fastest time
of the weekend.
Diamond
Meanwhile, his green
beret comrade found his
Jubilee
first visit to the Kent circuit
hairy to say the least, having
raced on the first day using
Air Day
the wrong tyres.
Mistake corrected for the
second day of racing, Tom
gave the more seasoned
R6 Cup riders a run for their
money.
Although he finished
some way down the field,
the commando is using his
rookie year to qualify for his
clubman licence – and to
ditch the luminescent vest
he has to wear to signal his
inexperience.
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