46 NAVY NEWS, SEPTEMBER 2007
Teamworks’
team works
TEAMWORKS, the endurance
kart team run by Lt Kevin
Westbrook (RNAS Yeovilton)
put in a strong performance in
the Southern Endurance Kart
Championship held at Barton
Stacey, in Hampshire, writes PO
‘Dutchy’ Holland, HMS Excellent.
Testing on the fi rst day was
hampered by showers but the
track dried up with an hour to go
and the team found a good set-up
which bode well for race day.
The main event arrived and the
weather remained dry.
Rounds four and fi ve were only
of three hours duration, which
required just one pit stop for a
driver change and refuelling.
There was a strong grid of 27
teams, with Lt Westbrook lining
up seventh on the grid having
held provisional pole position for
the majority of the session.
Teamworks were running
comfortably in fourth place after
half an hour and were threatening
● Surg Lt Dave Potter fi res the ball in during the RN’s tour of Argentina
the second and third-placed
teams until an engine misfi re
resulted in an unscheduled pit
stop. The team fi nished 16th,
determining the starting position
for round fi ve. The team’s
quickest lap time was a mere 0.04
seconds off the fastest lap in the
race.
Americas calling
Round fi ve opened with
Teamworks fi ghting through the
traffi c to eventually fi nish a very
credible sixth place having set
AFTER a nine-year hiatus,
equalised in the last minute with a It was not only a reward to the His shot rebounded off the – both incidents could have led to
some very fast times on the way. the RN senior men’s
highly-controversial goal. squad for some great successes keeper’s pads and Edwards was sendings off, but neither did – but
hockey team hit the
On Saturday we returned to over the past four years, but also there, looping round on a banana those lapses in concentration,
Buenos Aires for a weekend off helped us build for the future. run to bury the rebound. probably cumulatively led to the
Turf’s up at
road again – or rather the to rest weary legs and experience The chance to play in some very Within seconds of the restart RN conceding a short corner with
airways – as they headed
some more of what Argentina had competitive, high-standard games after the Navy’s goal, the ball a minute to go.
to Argentina.
to offer which included a tango and train together intensively over was being wobbled, dribbled and The first Indian shot was saved
Yeovilton
The tour came on the back of an
show and ranch visit. the two weeks meant the team magicked past the RN’s right brilliantly, as was a second, but
unprecedented period of success
Our penultimate game was defi nitely improved technically. back byline. Goalkeeper Micky with the keeper still on the ground,
for the squad, which has won the
against Quilmes Hockey Club. It also led to the already superb Warriner went down horizontally the Indian left winger, running
RNAS Yeovilton’s new Astro Turf Inter-Service title three time in
We were keen to get back to team spirit being enhanced even and tried to cut out the inevitable diagonally backwards towards
pitch was offi cially christened by a four years and is also the current
winning ways and put in a good further. pass to the penalty spot, the ball the 25 yard point of the sideline,
festival of sport. indoor IS champions, writes Lt
performace to beat them 5-1 with By the end of the tour players went over his despairing dive and struck the ball flat-stick-reverse
Janet Palmer, the wife of the air Matt Wesson, RNAS Yeovilton.
goals from Nicoll (two), Capt Tim were already keen to press the second Indian in line Jerom leading edge to fly over everyone’s
station’s CO Cdre Chris Palmer, Our fi rst game was played on
Archer, Capt Rich Moore and forward with their preparations Kujur was able to bury the ball heads into the far top right of the
officially opened the pitch before the day of our arrival in Buenos
LPT Rowan Edwards. for next season to retain both the into the empty RN net for 1-1, goal to level the score.
more than 30 football, volleyball Aires and although players were
Tuesday was sadly our last game indoor and outdoor Inter-Service A few minutes later and the RN Full-time whistle, 2-2, the RN
and softball teams trotted on clearly tired after 24 hours of
against a former internationals trophies. reversed the tables. Good work by had blown it.
to the new playing surface for a travelling, they put in some great
invitational side. Back on home turf, however, Mark Stanton and Mark Dixon Meanwhile, there are two
series of encounters. performances, especially LAET
The RN’s superior fi tness soon the side managed to snatch defeat made excellent use of retrieved important hockey weekends to
Cdre Palmer led his select Richard Potter in goal who went
showed through and and we ran from the jaws of victory against a possession and Moseley was able look out for this month at HMS
hockey side out against a strong on to get the ‘man of the match’
our convincing winners 6-2 with touring side from the Indian Air to stamp his class and drilled Temeraire.
RN team, losing 3-2, but the award.
goals from Capt Archer (two), Force, who began strongly. the ball into a corner with the The seven-a-side inter-branch
Naval Air Command side We went into half time 2-0 up
Lt Col Copinger-Symes, Surg Lt Gradually the marvellously goalkeeper on his line unable to contest is hosted on September 8
triumphed over the RN ladies with goals from Mne Tom Nicoll
Potter, LPT Edwards and Capt mesmeric Indian stick skills came get his foot close enough. and 9 with the emphasis as much
select team 6-2. and Lt Col Rory Copinger-
Moore. to nought, however. Under RN A ding-dong battle now ensued on fun as it is on branch bragging
The festival also saw PO Sally Symes.
As it was the end of the tour pressure, Indian possession was up to half time and for 34 of the rights.
Armstrong and Sgt Davies named The opposition, Club Ciudad
awards were presented. Mne given away cheaply, encouraging 35 minutes of the second half. Teams from the Silent Service,
as Yeovilton’s sports personalities De Beunos Aires, came back
Nicoll was awarded the ‘tourer of the Navy to hassle and harry and No matter what the Indians did warfare, logistics, engineering,
of the year for their contributions strongly in the second half and
the tour’ title for his enthusiasm win more possession through the RN were a match for it. medical specialisations, FAA, and
towards sport and fitness at the eventually drew level before Mne
both on and off the pitch. some wonderful – even impossible Unbelievable control, RM are all lined up to take part.
Somerset establishment. Nicoll put the Navy ahead with
Capt Tim Archer was named – interceptions and a number of interceptions and tackles were The following Sunday,
The new pitch will be used an excellent solo effort to clinch a
player of the tour (an award he ‘no quarters asked’ tackles. features of a wonderful action- September 16, Temeraire hosts
by the RN ladies hockey side for well-deserved 3-2 victory.
also won in the U23 European The RN opened the scoring packed second half, spoiled only the past vs present match and RN
training and matches and the We then got our fi rst taster
tour in 2003) for consistent from their first short corner; by two incidents where RN players, veterans vs England LX side.
all-weather facility is also open of some excellent Argentinean
committed performances in every Rowan Edwards’ injection from feeling hard done by, decided to For more information on navy
to local schools and sports sides hosting. Thankfully we had the
game throughout the two weeks. the defence’s right hand side was have a rant at the umpire. hockey see our website www.
to use. weekend to recover – and used the
In all our Argentine experience controlled and slipped left to Both players were out of the navy-hockey.co.uk or contact Lt
was a fantastic one James Moseley to shoot. game for several seconds or more Cdr Alan Walker on 9380 24131.
time to see an international rugby
Blanc turns
game and explore some of the
sights of Buenos Aires.
On Monday we played our
boys to men
second game against Club San
Neptune spear Seahawk
Martin, who took advantage of
a slow start to go 2-0 up at the
break. A SIX from man-of-the-match LPT with almost unbroken summer sunshine bowling extremely well took 1-34 in ten overs,
FOUR budding submariners
The RN did well to pull three
D Dawson in the fi nal over secured
after weeks of rain and uncertainty about the and all of a sudden the airmen were 198-7 then
swapped life in a ‘tin can’ for
goals back in the second half when
they were fi nally able to convert
a narrow victory for Scotland over
dampness of the wickets. 200-8, and even at 211-9 prospects of an RN
Europe’s most famous – and
The ground staff had prepared a good win looked good.
perhaps dangerous – mountain as some of their numerous chances,
Cornwall in cricket’s Navy Cup. standard, if somewhat green, set of wickets for
It was not to be though as the last RAF
part of team-building exercises. but the opposition were soon
On a pitch which looked very wet first thing, the event.
batsmen swiped at a good ball from Parker
The quartet – Stuart Harrap back on level terms. As the Navy
HMS Neptune crucially won the toss and The RAF and Army clashed on day one with
which raced away to the boundary.
from Hull, Ronnie Guffie from pushed for the victory San Martin
quickly decided to put HMS Seahawk into bat, the soldiers triumphing by 49 runs.
A most exciting end to the game – but a win
Ayrshire, Paul Wright from Wirral capitalised with a counter-attack
writes Lt Cdr David Cooke, RNCC spokesman. The RN locked horns with the Air Force on
for the RAF with 1.1 overs to spare.
and David Simpson from Luton to take a 4-3 lead.
Despite a very classy 52 from SA Foster, the tournament’s second day. Their early order
For his magnificent bowling achievement in
– faced particularly ferocious The RN tried in vain to get
wickets fell steadily and only a late flurry from batsmen made a solid if not spectacular start
the RN innings of 1-10 in ten overs, S Cooper
conditions as they assaulted another but with a near miss and
LA R Joslyn (21 from eight balls) helped the with opener Cpl Sean Needham (Cdo Logs
(RAF) was named man of the match.
Mont Blanc. disallowed goal both by Mne
air station to a respectable 177-7 from their RM) holing out on 18, skipper Lt Cdr Paul
On the final day, playing on the driest wicket
In fact eight climbers on other Nicoll it was not meant to be, and
35 overs. Bowling, SA Gilbert took 3-15 in his Snelling (Abbey Wood) needlessly run out on
of the week, the Army won the toss and elected
expeditions scaling the Franco- we tasted our fi rst defeat of the
eight overs. 36, Lt Tim Burt (815 NAS) bowled through
tour. In response, it was Gilbert who set the
to bat.
Italian peak at the same time as
the gate on 31.
Tuesday involved a coach trip to foundations for the Scottish base’s triumph However, new cap Lt John Batley (DNR)
The Navy opening bowlers of Parker and
the deeps lost their lives in the
Rosario to face a training session with a swift 18, followed by an impressive 66 was quietly accumulating runs at the other end
CPO R Astley (Chatham) immediately sent
attempt.
and two further matches. from 48 balls by Lt E Moss-Ward. and as wickets fell around him, including Lt
the Army openers back to the pavilion and
The RN party, thankfully,
The fi rst of these was against The most important contribution, however, Jonathan Parker (DCSA) 27, he managed to
when Parker trapped the very dangerous Army
reached the peak – and came
back down again – safely. Jockey Club de Rosario on an
came from LPT Dawson, who not only forced score 50 on his debut and ended the innings at
skipper Webb, LBW for 2, the opponents were
And although the climbers international-standard pitch.
Lt Moss-Ward to run singles – against the 52 not out – a very good performance.
17-3 with top batsmen back in the hutch.
came back sombre and sober, The game was the best we had latter’s wishes – but who also perfectly paced The RN total of 212-6 was going to be a
How could the Navy lose from this position?
one of the team leaders said played to date and we drew 2-2. his innings of 55. difficult target to defend, and even more so
M Heyns answered part of that question by
conquering Mont Blanc had been Mne Nicoll yet again was on target At the start of the chase, Neptune required after a very loose early over got the RAF off to
showing how easy it is to bat at Burnaby Road,
a useful experience for the trainee with a drag fl ick from a penalty five runs an over to take the cup; and so it a flying start.
hitting an impressive 65 in relatively short
deeps. corner and then LPT Rowan was that come over 35, they required five for With their score standing at 126 – 3 (Lumb
time.
“On the mountain, I am not Edwards scored from another victory, with the club swinger hitting that six again scoring well with 44) with plenty of
Backed up by O Lerwell (33) and S Hole
looking at boys in a classroom – I short corner after a well-worked off the second ball. overs in hand, the situation did not look good,
(68), the Army finished their innings at 245–7,
am looking at young men under routine. Rear Admiral Charles Montgomery however the Navy bowlers stuck to their task
the highest total of the week so far.
intense pressure. I get to see what This was justice for Rowan presented the trophy to the Scottish side after and the wily old Cdr Chris Slocombe (Abbey
The reply by the Navy was not good. Apart
they are really like,” said team having had a similar goal disallowed a day of entertaining RN cricket played in the Wood) nagging away with line and length
from Needham (20), Snelling (30) and Astley
leader WO Glen Bridgeman. in controversial circumstances. true spirit of the game. taking 3-36 leading the fight back, a turn of (18), no-one else made double figures and the
“We need the world’s best The Navy were heading for Burnaby Road was also the venue for the fortune was becoming possible. RN innings crumbled to some very good swing
sailors – and you don’t find them another well-deserved victory only three-day Inter-Services Cricket Festival. Parker speared three batsmen with terrific bowling from O Burwell (4-23) in ten overs, to
in a classroom.” to be denied when the opposition Players, officials and spectators were blessed pace, new cap S/Lt John Jackson (Atherstone) a paltry 104 all out.
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