Sporting Achievements

We would have liked the reader to have obtained the impression over the last few months that our silence in the Wire was due to preoccupation with exercised and hard work, but here we are about to tell you of our sporting achievements of late.

For the first time in the Squadron’s history our cricket team won the Malaya Area Cricket Knock out Competition, the cup being presented by Lt. Colonel C. Adwick. The Malaya Area Athletics Cup was dashed from our lips by 2 Infantry Workshops who beat us by only one point. Craftsman Phillips (one of ours) put up, by sheer courage one of the most astonishing performances of the meeting in the 4X880 relay, but alas we lost the race. In the individual events Cpl.Toppin won the high jump at 5ft 8in beating all comers from major units. Our swimming team has been doing early morning training at the pool of late and our hopes are high as we defend. At the beginning of September, the Brigade Swimming Shield, which we won last year.

Much Coming and Going

It’s difficult to know who started all the changeovers and coming and going in the Squadron, but there’s no doubt that there’s been quite an upheaval in the last couple of months. Captain Reg Elder had returned down under whilst Captain Greatrix has gone the other way. In other words to Catterick. Replacing these two departed Officers are Lt. P. Brunton, up from Singapore and Lt. MA Cornforth from RMCS Shrivenham. We have a new Yeoman too – W02 Heaseman. Within the Squadron tracks have been worn across the compound by Lt. DJ Slade who has taken over the helm of "J" Troop; by Sgt. Lewer, who has moved to "A" Troop and Sgt Stewart, who is now "J" Troop Sgt. Our computer is trying to decide on a permutation of personnel that we haven’t tried.

We offer our congratulations to L/Cpl. and Mrs. B. Oram on the birth of their con Garry at BMH Terendak and our best wishes to Sig. Tichborn of the Royal Australian Signals who married Miss Karen Kellow on the 8^th July 1965.