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■ THOSE Birdmen of Lincoln
have taken to the skies once
again, with a Naval team from
RAF Digby in Lincoln heading
south to Worthing to take
part in this year’s Birdman
Competition.
The team, titled ‘Katie’s
Flying Scotsman’ in honour of
the late BFBS reporter Katie
Roy hope to have raised £7,000,
shared among charities the
BFBS Big Salute, Bonner House
(a residential care home in
Digby) and Lives (Lincolnshire
Integrated Voluntary Emergency
Service).
You can find out more at www.
katiesflyingscotsman.co.uk.
■ IN SINGAPORE, Cdr Paul
Haycock, the Royal Navy Liaison ● HMS Chatham’s crew chat with former CPO 100-year-old May
Offi cer presented a cheque for
$1,000 Singapore – or £430 – to
Cdr Ross Forman of the Gurkha
Contingent Singapore Police
Force.
Past and present
The money was raised at the
2008 Trafalgar Night Dinner for
donation to the Gurkha Welfare
Trust. The Gurkha Contingent
catch up at
pipes and drums support the
● St Dunstaner Peter Bradshaw (foreground) during this year’s HMS Sultan Summer Camp prepares for
traditional Mess Dinner, the
a fl ight in a glider
annual remembrance service at
the Kranji War Memorial, and the Pembroke House
Queen’s Birthday Reception at
the British High Commissioner’s SAILORS from the present made a generous donation.
Residence in Singapore. generation have been carrying out CPO ‘JC’ Cameron-Wood,
volunteer work to help veterans one of the leaders of the working
■ THE coveted Trophy of Gold
award was won by Lt Gordon
St Dunstaners’ from another era. party, and whose father is a past
‘Knocker’ White’s team Homo
Members of the ship’s company chairman of the RNBT Pembroke
Erectus at this year’s Mangold
from HMS Chatham gave up time House Committee, said: “Since
Dangling competition at
to decorate parts of Pembroke the new extension was built
Abbeywood.
House residential home in in 2000 the facilities for the
Knocker’s team in fact netted
Gillingham, Kent. residents have dramatically
several trophies over their 13
Work was done on the reception improved.
competitors, including: Dangling
area, lounges, the bar and ‘bridge’ “I hope that our week’s efforts
Champions, Best Dressed, Welly
delight area – a lounge with ship’s wheel can mean money is channelled to
Wanglers (male and female), and
as the centrepiece –and they also other projects within the hiome.”
Wheelbarrow Racing.
had time to weed the garden Vice Admiral Fabian Malbon,
Sadly there is no record of
THE summer months bring young and old Servicemen, both blind and partially sighted, to
and tidy up the car park, flower president of the RNBT, said:
who won the Spoon of Doom.
the annual summer camp at the Gosport peninsula.
borders and patio. “Much was achieved in fellowship
The ‘ancient sport’ of mangold
In between the hard work terms between the serving men
Since 1944, Summer Camps have been taking place each year for the blind Servicemen of St Dunstan’s,
dangling is best described as
they took the chance to talk to and women and those in their
first at HMS Daedalus, due to the drive of Mrs Avis Spurway and her husband the vicar of Titchfield, then
human skittles, well, human
residents, joining them for lunch twilight years.”
with the closure of the site it moved to HMS Sultan.
skittles while standing on one
and taking part in a quiz. Pembroke House, close to the
And the men and women of the
leg on top of a beer barrel...
Some of the funding for the Historic Dockyard at Chatham, is
current Service who are on hand
The annual event is organised
work came in the form of money a nursing home for ex-RN warrant
to bring the days of the camp
by the Royal Naval Engineers
raised by the ship’s company of officers and ranks below.
alive have long been known as the
Quart Club, and this year’s
minehunter HMS Pembroke, Originally built in the 1920s as
camp’s Guide Dogs.
event raised £600 for the Chew
while the Merchant Tailors’ an orphanage, it was taken over by
This year’s ten-day camp at
Lake Association of Disabled
Company – one of Chatham’s the RNBT as a residential home
HMS Sultan brought together 23
Sailors.
affiliated organisations – also in 1952.
St Dunstaners of various ages and
■ PETERSFIELD High Street 26 ‘Dogs’, organised by Sultan’s
rang with the sound of the RN’s David Burrows and sponsored by
Field Gun run when Petersfi eld WO Martin ‘Bill’ Bailey.
Bulwark’s boost with
Rugby Football Club tackled the The activities on offer – all
tough, energy-sapping ‘short’ provided in a safe environment
version of the run, collecting with ‘Dogs’ on hand to promote bikes, baths and buns
£2,500 for charity. confidence – included: gliding,
This fundraising idea for Help sailing; sea and fresh-water BIKES, baths and buns were among the methods used by HMS Bulwark
for Heroes perhaps unsurprisingly fishing; archery; ten-pin bowling; to raise £1,000 for BLESMA, the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s
had a naval originator – Steve golf; canoeing; motorcycle rides; Association.
Penberthy, the club’s director of and RIB rides with the Gosport The assault ship’s padre, Rev Mike Hills, said that the ship took every
rugby, also happens to be sports and Fareham Inshore Rescue opportunity to contribute towards charitable causes during the recent
administrator at Portsmouth’s Service. Taurus 09 deployment.
HMS Temeraire. In addition this year Cdre Al “The unique nature of BLESMA is that they provide continuity of
He said: “We have many of Rymer, commanding officer of care, from the point of need to the grave if necessary,” he said.
our brave young people out in HMS Sultan, personally invited “Their inspirational and vital contribution to the tri-Service community
theatre, and this was a wonderful the St Dunstaners to attend the is second-to-none, and members of the ship’s company use much of
opportunity for the club and the end-of-term ceremonial divisions. their spare time dreaming up new ways of raising money in support of
town to show our support for The St Dunstaners and Dogs this and other worthy causes.● St Dunstaner Bob Crossan at the bowling alley
them.” were sat together in the VIP seating “The more athletically-able have collected sponsorship for triathlons
area, applauding the platoons as and such like whilst others deploy their creative gifts to bake buns,
■ WHEN the Portsea Community
Football Team realised that their
they marched past. donate baths, hold race nights and generally add value to morale in the
fitness was somewhat lacking,
The interaction between the process of generating donations.
they turned to the Navy for
veterans and the serving personnel “Consequently, everybody ‘wins’ to an extent.”
help.
reinforced the common military
LPT ‘Shorty’ Short from Nelson
bond and added to the sense of
Gymnasium and LH ‘Franky’
occasion for all there on the day.
Hat-trick of wins
Powell from Semaphore Tower
A strong cadre of willing
stepped up in response to the
helpers, clubs and establishments
call, getting the 18-28 year-olds
have been forged over the long
prepared for their first bleep test
years of the camp’s existence,
for climbers
of pre-season training.
ensuring continued support to this
seasonal event.
A ROYAL Navy team of climbers And for the third year out of
■ FORMER POWEA James
Originally the helpers were
has completed a hat-trick of wins three the team came home with
‘Soapy’ Watson has set himself
members of the HMS Daedalus
in a tough challenge – and notched the Most Funds Raised Award
up as a ‘tough guy’, tackling a
Fleet Air Arm Field Gun Crew,
up almost £100,000 for charity in – pledges of £30,000 meant the
tough endurance course to raise
but now volunteers from HMS
the process. climbers have garnered £94,833
awareness of a charity that he is
Sultan and the neighbourhood
Competing as Va Va Victory, since 2007.
setting up called the Dave Green
step forward to ensure that their
the four men – Lt Cdr John Scivier, The Four Peaks Challenge is
Foundation in memory of a friend
guests enjoy every day of the
LPT Dave Berry, PO(AWT) one of the main events for Wooden
who developed septicaemia from a
experience.
Robert Brown and Lt John Webb Spoon, the charity of British and
sore throat.
Both campers and Dogs
– took part in the Wooden Spoon Irish rugby, which raises money
■ THE three military forces described the 2009 event as a
Four Peaks Challenge. for disadvantaged youngsters and
joined with the police forces great success and told of their
That requires three of the team their families.
of Devon and Cornwall, thorough enjoyment of the week’s to climb Ben Nevis, Helvellyn,
Va Va Victory was so named
Warwickshire, South Wales, activities. Snowdon and Carrantuohill, peaks because three of the four members
and West Midlands for a St Dunstaner David Weltman in Scotland, England, Wales and served together in HMS Victory
plane-pulling competition said: “I haven’t laughed so much Ireland respectively – an overall in 2007.
at RAF Brize Norton, raising in years.” climb of 14,000ft, which they Lt Cdr Scivier said: “Fundraising
money for BLESMA – the And Bob Crossan added: “I’ve achieved in 11 hours, 12 minutes has been particularly difficult this
British Limbless Ex-Service had a fantastic time, could I please and 9 seconds. year, in view of the economic
Man’s Assocation that has been come back again next year?” The fact that the team worked – environment, and we have had to
helping men and women for 75 And one other sentiment Lt Cdr Scivier, team captain and be a little more inventive to secure
years. echoed among the St Dunstaners driver, stepped in as climber when the £30,000 we had targeted.
Anyone wishing to support and Dogs – in the words of Clive Dave Berry picked up an injury – “We are immensely proud to
this compound service effort Jones: “I’ve had a brilliant time. ensured that Va Va Victory were have won the award for the most
can visit www.justgiving.com/ “This has been a great camp – able to complete the task and post funds pledged for the third year
● Terry Otterwell in the Sultan Gym on Sports Day
brizenortonplanepull. with such good friends.” Pictures: LA(Phot) Darby Allen a time. running.”
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