NAVY NEWS, NOVEMBER 2008 47
Up and Adam
End of the
(Watergate)
THE North Gloucester Road Racing Club visited the
2.4 mile Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire for the final
round (No 13) of its championship.
affair
LAET Jamie Adam (RNAS Yeovilton) represented the
marina Continued from back page
Royal Navy Automobile Club in the Phoenix Open and
the George White 600.
Ed even managed to complete
Jamie qualified in 18th place for the open final
a weekend without falling out
(consisting of bikes ranging from 250cc through to
of the boat, but brother Paul
1,000cc) in a time of 1m 27s on his Suzuki GSXR 600.
generally gets the blame for that.
As the lights went green Jamie got off to a reasonable
Lastly Boat 37 (Richie Lake/
start but for some reason the bike suffered a technical
Graham Mann) finally managed
problem and the leading hand started to slide back down
to get on the podium for the first
through the order before being forced to retire on lap
time this season and shed their
five of eight.
team title of ‘Medal Virgins’.
In the George White 600 he managed to qualify fourth
The final event was celebrated
on the grid – a personal best in a time of 7m 9s over the
with a black tie awards dinner
five-lap session.
and dance at the Watergate Bay
Starting from 12th, the air engineer began in cracking
Hotel where the commando
fashion to move up to fourth place by the complex, with
team presented the Commando
all the technical problems sorted from his previous race.
Trophy for the first time (to the
He was on the pace for this five-lap race and
team which consistently showed
maintained contact with the front two until lap three
the four Commando qualities
then he started to slip back as his tyres started to wear
– courage, determination,
and was passed by the fourth and fifth-placed bikes.
unselfishness and cheerfulness).
Then the motorcycle in fourth position crashed right
This was awarded to the
in front of the sailor, before the bike in third ran wide.
Safety/Rescue team who have for
Jamie seized his opportunity to take third place for his
the last decade constantly pulled
best result of the season.
crews out of the water and saved
The day was finished off with the standard Jamie-
numerous people from serious
organised hog roast for all the guys who helped – which
injury or worse.
went down well on a very wet and windy evening in the
The Commando team
paddock.
have done well throughout

the season, they represented
Picture: PO Dutchy Holland (HMS York)
the RNRM outstandingly well
with their competitiveness and
sportsmanlike conduct.
Ladies in eleven heaven
All boats have had podium
finishes throughout the season
(Boat 37 eventually). Final results
out of a field of 35 boats were:
Team Championship: 2nd
Boat 37 ‘State Of Mind’
5th overall (4th King of the
RN FEMALE golfers
from the ten available. Wins came Hulston gained the half, but
Surf)
swept all before them in
from CPO Lee McCathie (Blyth), with wins from Kavanagh, Wade,
Boat 14 ‘Go Commando
Norris and Setterfield, while Parnell, Jones and Briggs, a second
III’: 11th overall (8th King
the recent Inter-Service
Gilbert halved. Final result RN 8½-3½ victory prompted jubilant
of the Surf)
championships played 5½-RAF 9½. scenes on the seventeenth green as
Boat 42 ‘Go Commando’:
over the delightful
Things did not get off to a good the title was secured.
17th overall (2nd

rookie,
heathland courses at the
start the following day against the This was a tremendous team
17th King of the Surf)
Army. Only Gilbert and Norris effort orchestrated by Lt Cdr
Boat 41 ‘Commando Spirit’:
Berkshire Golf Club near
managing to secure a point in the Vout who takes great credit from
19th overall (4th rookie,
Ascot. foursomes: 4-1 down at lunch bringing the RN ladies to the top.
18th King of the Surf)
The win represented the ladies’ presented a mountain to climb The signs have been there
Boat 36 ‘RMR Bristol’:
first success in 11 years – achieved and so it proved. over the past few years, but this
20th overall (7th rookie,
by a team who, on paper, were not By the time Yuill halved his year represented their best in
joint 18th King of the Surf).
as proficient as their opponents, match in the penultimate game friendly matches leading to and Details from Capt Richie
writes Cdr Garry Skins. and Setterfield followed with the culminating in this memorable Lake on 93785 4200 or
Unfortunately the men were only singles victory, the cause had victory. zapcatgocommando@aol.com
not able to emulate this success been well and truly lost: RN 2½ All eight players achieved at
finishing in third place for the Army 12½ – the heaviest defeat to least a 50 per cent record at the
second year running. the soldiers in recent years. Berkshire with both Hulston and
After a full day’s practice for all
The tour of
The final day saw the Army men Jones dropping just a single half
players, things got under way in get the better of the RAF to claim point from their four matches.
● The victorious RN women with their Inter-Services trophy
earnest the following day with the the title, while the Navy ladies The men salvaged some pride
RN taking on the RAF.
It was the afternoon singles things were not quite going the
took on the Army, the holders. when they won the Cornish
the Roses
While the Navy had two of the
where the Senior Service took same way for the RN men.
The foursomes saw them out Piskey, the final competitive event
lowest handicap golfers in POPT
complete control of proceedings. Of the five morning foursomes
with guns blazing, dropping just of the season, in Newquay.
LANCASHIRE is, as everyone
Wendy Briggs (HMS Neptune)
knows, the heartland of great
WO Sue King (AFCC matches, the Navy won two, but
one of the four points. King Led by RNGA vice chairman,
off four and OM Claire Jones (Ark
sport (so writes Lancastrian
Manchester) and Kavanagh led lost three. Team captain Cdr Neil
and Tubbs despatched their Cdr Hinch – making his final
Royal) off five, the remainder of
Sports Editor – Ed).
the way, winning the first two Hinch (SCC SW) considered
opponents way out in the country appearance before leaving
the RN ‘batting order’ appeared to
So it is only right that the
matches, the latter winning the this not insurmountable and was
and while the games involving the Service – the team of six
ship which bears the name
be up against superior opposition.
first nine holes played. convinced he had the players to
Jones and Hulston and Briggs battled through some of northern
of the county town maintains
Team captain Lt Cdr Debra
With Jones halving her match come good in the singles. with Parnell were closer affairs, a Cornwall’s most testing weather
that sporting tradition half-way
Vout (Fleet) felt that her players
in the penultimate game and wins Navy foursomes successes came two point advantage at lunch was to progress through the field of 16
around the world.
did well in the morning foursomes from four other matches, the final from LNN Scott Gilbert (MDHU a great platform to take into the teams and claim the trophy for the
The frigate, currently on a six-
to share the four points available. score of 8½-3½ to the Navy was Portsmouth)/Lt Guy Norris (771 afternoon. first time since 1991.
month Gulf deployment, is being
Navy wins came from the pairings indeed convincing. Other RN NAS) and Cdr Ian Yuill (AFPAA After the slight disappointment The triumphant team were:
kept fighting fit by club swinger
of CPO Julie Kavanagh (MWS singles points came from AB Kerry Gosport)/LPT Mike Setterfield of a final green loss in the first Lt Guy Norris, CPO Steve King
LPT Daz Hoare.
Collingwood)/PO Nikki Wade Parnell (Westminster) CPO Lee (CHF Yeovilton). The men played game, everything went completely (DE&S Bath), C/Sgt Freddie
He roused 48 shipmates out
(NBC Portsmouth) and Jones Tubbs (RAF Wittering), Hulston well in the afternoon but with to plan and only one and a half Lomas (RM School of Music),
of bed for a 7am Rock race in
partnered by Lt Lauren Hulston and Briggs. one or two breaks not going their further points went awry all AET Jamie Lown (Yeovilton) and
Gibraltar (all 48 made it to the
(824 NAS). Meanwhile on the red course, way, only 3½ points were gained afternoon. LPT Mike Setterfield.
top, with winner AB Nelson-
Smith posting a fantastic time of
Lawn of a new era in Devonport
25m 21s, followed 15 seconds
later by CO Cdr Rory Bryan.
The football side opened their
season against a Gib Combined
Services team who hadn’t been
TUESDAY September 23 witnessed a little piece of history at HMS beaten in three or four years.
Drake: the fi rst game of rugby union on the hallowed turf of the They have now. Despite the
‘wardroom lawn’. heat, Lancaster played brilliantly
And it was a defeat – but only just. The Peninsula Medical College and came away with a 4-3 win.
opened up a 22-point lead over Plymouth Command before the military Moving on to Bahrain the
men woke up and fought. ship’s rugby team got its fi rst run
Plymouth clocked up 24 points without response to take a two-point out in over a year with some new
lead... until the students bagged a try in the fading light with the last play players coming in.
of the match to snatch victory 27-24. Bahrain Rugby Club were a
The lawn is home to cricket during the summer and has been used in very strong unit for the sailors
the past for hockey, but never for RU, but senior officers at Drake are to come up against; the locals
determined to see the green space used all year round – and to see the triumphed 26-0.
102-year-old pavilion next to it revamped so sportsmen and women have The football team had another
some on-site changing facilities. run out with a few new players
The pavilion is a listed building, so the base is in dicussion with since the game in Gibraltar.
English Heritage on the best way to refurbish the structure. Lancaster were coasting at 3-0
Meanwhile in Cheshire... HMS Manchester’s clubz, LPT Louise until Bahrain FC upped their
Clarke, took several shipmates to Sale Sharks RFC while their destroyer game in the second half to claw
was in nearby Liverpool. their way back to 3-2 down with
The Sharks are one of the warship’s affiliates (moneybags Premiership ten minutes to go.
side Man City FC are another). The referee awarded a very
A dozen Mancunians were invited to watch the Sharks take on dubious penalty which Bahrain
Saracens at Edgeley Park (actually home of Stockport County FC), pose tucked away to draw the match
with mascot Sharkie (who looks more like a dolphin than a shark...), 3-3.
enjoy Sale’s hospitality in the, er, hospitality suite, exchange plaques, There’s a chance for the rugby
receive shirts – which will be worn in Argentina, Chile and Peru during team to avenge their mauling and
the ship’s impending South Atlantic deployment – and, most humbling the footballers to grab victory,
of all, receive a standing ovation from the 8,000 spectators. plus a cricket match, when the
“We were treated like royalty the whole evening,” said Louise. “It was frigate returns to Bahrain after
a surreal but fantastic evening and we felt extremely proud.” ● Some free-fl owing rugby during the historic encounter between Plymouth and medical students on the its current patrol of the Iraqi oil
For the record, the Sharks won 18-15. ‘wardroom lawn’ at Drake Picture: LA(Phot) Dave Sterratt, FRPU West platforms.
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