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TIr~ RAN's II~'" 150m Submarillr TraininK and SySft'ml Cr"t" loco'", at IIMAS STIRUNG. (PItOIO; LSPH Srotr Connolly),

(From Vic Je{(uy. Navy Public AffaIrs Officrr ( IVA)) Australia's ;'T¥!'o Ocean Navy" policy took a

mlljor step ro.-ward on March 17 ""hen the Go"cr· nor General, Bill Hayden, offi cially opened the new RA N Submarine Training and Systems Cenlre (STSC) al HMAS STIRLING in Western Australia.

The S50m complex, purpose-built by the RAN 10 lrain personnel 10 opera te: and maintain the Collins class sub­marines , will be managed by the Australian Submarine Corpora tion until 1996 in conj unction with the Western Australia-based College of Customised Training. Rockwell Ship Systems of Australia and Scientific Management Associates.

The: STSC is snuggled into the na tu ral scrub on the north-",'e"ern perimeter of HMAS STIRLING and is 10-

alongside the RAN Submarine: Escape Training Facil ity, the two being linked by a walkway ""hich skirts

playing field . An e)lample of how close the SETC building is to na­

the fact that one tiger snake has al ready been the ten tre of the facil ity_

the back doors with a great deal of caution found on concre te areas basking in the

In hiS opening address to the large aO""d of attending ""0 ,,~. Chid of Naval Staff, Vice: Admiral Ian Mac­

I :;.aid - You ,",11 truly agree that thiS IS a most 1m·

construction of this fitcility IS an Important step T .... o Ocean Na\'y basing polig ""h,ch forms

Integral pan of our §clf rehance,-Dr Don Wilhams. Managing Director of the Austra·

Submanne Corporation, thanl.:ed thc Governor I for his continued interest and the Project Diree­

Admiral Oscar Hughes, for his oooper3110n Speallng of the Signficance of the occaSion, Dr Wil·

"::',,;sald HThIS occasion marks the completion of a )tgnifiC"Jnt milestone In Colllf15 class hmor)

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forward' Hit follows \'e ry close on the heels of the ke-el laymg of

DEC HAINEUX in Adelaide on the 12th of thiS month. "Thrs bast of course will be the home of COLLINS

and the five boats which follow on , -This training facility has a most important part to

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PRIORITY Dr Williams we- nt on to:;.ay, Hit is important to remind

ourselves that the first priority of this centre is to train the triais crew of HMAS COLLINS so thltthey will be able to safely and df~ively operate the submarine when she goes on sea trials in the first half of 1m, H

The Governor General, Mr Bill Uayden spoke highly of Australia's submariners.

HMy high opmion of the quality of the Aust ralian Sub­manne Squadron .... as reinforced a few ""eeks ago when I spent 24 hours onboard HMAS OVENS dunng c:xerC'ises off Jervis Bay.

~The m"lIallon I should mention, was e)ltended by VADM fo.lacDougali. our Chief of Naval Staff. and of course a submanner himself.

-What do you say when you receive an in\'l tation to spend 24 hours on a submanne by the Chief of Naval Staff I>.ho is an c)l·submanner? [\ was a great expcri--enee:_

Speaking of hiS lime In IlMAS OVENS. Mr Ilayden :;.aId ~There ",ere ''''0 e)lerCl~S In the I l>.a5

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board. am: invol'-mg t3 kong pOotograph$ of Po;nl Per­pendt('Ular on a (actical CII"lronment. Ihe o lher ;n\'Olvw the hull reconnaissance of "IMAS MELBOU RNE.

'AN EXPERIENCE' "The submarine rose to within 20 feet of the bouom

the hull and through the periscope one could I the propeller going past, 11 was quite i layman o r a landlubber like me,

" Well I ate in the :;.ai lors· mess and slept in the droom , The precision of the operations was impressive.

HI should add that some of the ratings pointed out the re were certa in advantages to the life.

Hy ou a>me ashore a fter a lengthy voyage and use the public: transport system to go home, the accumulated whiff of dic:scl fuel and the limited opportun ities for ba­thing onboard the submarine guarantee the c1eaACSt §cat on the train o r bus!

HI must:;.ay I was impressed all round and it was fun to get up in the morning and have a good reason for not having a bath.-

Before officially opening the mc. Mr Hayden oon­c1uded by :;.aying HI e)lpc:ct you will all be impressed at the very comprehensive design and fit OUI. I certainly am.-

The STSC comprises four wmgs u tending out from the central main entrance and boasts the latest in training e-qulpmenl and tcchntque-s which Include simulators for major c:quipme-nt systems, a>mpute r aided instruction and an acoustx: training labor .. tory.

Traming began In the STSC last September ",hen the first Collins class trials erel>. mO\'ed from UMAS WAT­SON to HMAS STIRLING.

In 1995-96 the Submanne Warfare and Systems Centre Will rclocate from HMAS WATSON to Aeet Base West. thl) bemg the reason for the renaming of the RAN Sub­

School to the RAN Suhmarine Training and

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Commotio" I'~ur Dtchaint u.r, DirtclOr Gent raf, NOI'al £nginetring R equirrmellls, RAN and John McMahon, group general manager De/ence Liaison and OptraliQIIS,

ADI, sign Ihe North Wl!St CQ~ contract.

North West Cape changes

Streamlinillg of operational support aclilt'ilies is underway at the Harold E Holt Naval communica­tion Station at North West Cape in Western Au­stralia as defence company ADI, lakes up a unique role at the facility. ADI recently won the $40 million OOl1lraCI to provide base operations and support at the facility for the next thrce years.

It is the first time that such an extensive range of services at an Australian military base has been put !O contract.

ADI. together with its major teaming partners. Af­filiated Building Services PIy Ltd and S)X.ItJess Services Ltd, will be responsible by mid-April for operations and maillienancc at the base.

This will include responsibi lity for all communications activitics, maintenance including buildings, antennae and towcrs, road~ and managcment of utilities, engineering and emergency and support services such as cleanmg.

ADI managing director, Mr Ken Harris, said computer assisted management of maintenance activities and in­crcased use of modem building automation systems was already being introduced.

He said such measures would contain costs without a f­fecting the operdtional performance of the station.

" We .a lso expect to significantly reduce COS tS by intro­ducing new maillienancc and painting processes for the VLF antenna towers which arc up to 400 metres high ,~ Mr Harris said .

"To achieve consistcnt ly high levels of performance, qua lity systems arc necessary. We a im to obtain qua lity ac­credi ta tion to AS 3901 (ISO 900 1) fro m the Defenee De­pan ment during our first year of operation," he said,

A DI alll ieipates employing more than 150 civilians on the sta tion wi th as many as possible coming from the local community.

The importance of the station , which provides rad io communications in the VLF band to Royal Australian Navy and United States Navy submarines, will be in­creased with of new Coll ins class

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HIRE stalwart's ,death in UK Commander Warwick 8racegirdle, an outsland­

ing gunnery and commanding officer highly deco­rated for his involvem ent in World War II and Ihe Korean War, died snddenly in England o n March 14 aged 82.

Warwick Seymour Braccgi rdle joined the RAN College as a Cadet Midshipman in January 1925 and. beforc his dis­charge just over 32 years later. had been: -• A warded The Distin­guished Service Cross with two Bars; • Twice Mentioned in De­spatches; and • Made an Officer of the United States Legion of Merit .

His long, d istinguished career involved service in both Aust ral ian and British ships includ ing HM Ships RAMI LLES and A M PH­ION ; and HMA Ships AU-STRA LIA . STUA RT. CANBERRA . PERTH , SHRO PS HIRE and SA­TAAN .

It is elear that from the outset that S racegi rdle, son of prominent RAN G al­lipoli bridging train vete­ran, LCD R (later RADM) Leighton Seymour Brace­girdle , was an officer de-

IIMAS S UNBU RY (LCDR 0.1\-1. G ribble) has apprehended a Japanese long-line fishing vessel and CSl:ourted her 10 the port of A lbany. WA .

The long-liner, 011 MAR U, was suspected by the Fisheries Department to have underquoted her catch.

The vessel was detected by S UNBURY Jt1 the early hours.

A boarding party searehed the vessel and as­sisted fishe ries officers Ln

measuring her catch .

On returning to BUN­BURY. fisheries officer. Mr Tom Morris, calculated the figures quoted did not correlate with his figures and a decision was made to reboard the OJI MA RU.

After the OJI MARU re­trieved her 60 miles of line three members of BUN­BURY's crew remained onboard. along with a fisheries officer, and super­vised her passage to Albany.

stilled to lead by example, He earned his first DSC

as a Lieutenant onboard PE RTH : ..... for outstand-ing zeal, patience and cheerfulness and for se tting an example of wholehearted devot ion to duty , ..

Having moved originally from HMS AMPHIO N with the ship in her new guise as HMAS PE RTH , Bracegi rd le was well pre­pared for the challenge of meeting the gunner)' re­qui rements for the new H MAS SHORPSHIRE.

As one history of SHROPSH IRE has it "(Bracegi rdle) was blessed with old friends and allies in imporlant places and ar­ranged that men like (names of fi rst crew) be av­a ilable fo r the draft as the advance part ' key person­nel' for the gunnery depart­ment of SHOR PSHIRE."

In more than th ree years onboard SHRO PSHIRE. Bracegirdle took the gun-

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On arrival in Albany the captain and crew of the OJI MARU were questioned, and subsequently charged, by Austra lian authorities.

The crew faced a bai l hearing and subsequently were held over for trial in June.

Bail was posted in the vi­cini ty of S4 million (A us).

Th~ fau CMOR n'a".';ck Bractg;rdf~.

ners onboard th rough, amongst the Batt les of Leyte Gulf and Lingayen Gul f .

In the closing stages of WWII , he was Mentioned in Despatches: ..... for zeal . pa tience and cheerfu lness in dangerous waters and fo r setting an example of wholehearted devot ion to duty."

Three months late r he re­ceived the first Bar to his DSC ~ ... for ski ll. detenn i­nation and courage while serving in HMAS SHROP­SHIRE III Leyte Gulf

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operations." And he was Mentioned

in Despatches again in May '45 ~ ... for gallantry, skill and devotion to duty while serving in HMA Ships in the successful assault oper­ations in the Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Island. ~

As CO of the destroyer BATAA N in 1952. C MD R Bracegirdle "gave dose support to a landing at Ponggu Myon by South Ko­rean Wolfpack gueri llas" .

O ne repon of the inci­dent sa)'s: ~The land ing was opposed and the destroyer was hit on the ste rn by an enemy shell early in the ae· l ion.

"CMDR Braecgirdle manoeuvred his ship in d ose to the shore and si ­lenced the enemy guns whi le the guerillas ran in to lake thei r first obj«t Cho Do Island.

"A t one stag<, of the final approach the South Korean powered junks hesi tated when they heard BA­T AAN's shells passing overhead but their A meri­can advisers quietened

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their fears . - The second land ing at

Ponggu Myon was made under an accurate barrage from the destroyer and dose support from aircraft from HMS OCEAN.

"The guerillas remained ashore for seven hours ..

"BATAA N again pro­vided covering fire fo r the re-embarkation of the guerillas.

··The operation resulted in the killing of 150 enemy sold iers, the destruction of 27 enemy posts , one fie ld gun, seven machine guns and the capture of 120 bags of rice and 15 cows. ,.

CMDR Bracegird le re­ceived the second Bar to his DSC as a resul t o f this ac­tion .. ... for outstanding ga llantry in Korea ... '.,

In 1955 he received the USA Legion of Merit ir. the degree of Officer.

Warwick $e}'mour Brace­gi rdle, CMDR RAN will be remembered in Australia by a memorial service to be hdd at the Naval Chapel, Garden Island, Sydney. on Apri l 14 .

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Former RAN fighter pOOt EI'l'(lI KlI ... nagh died in the crash or • MIG IS aiftt1lft in a Canberra sub­urb on l\-1aKb 13.

He took off in the 3S­year-()Id ai rcrafl from Run­way 12 of Canberra Airport at 1610 carrying as a pas_ senger local real estate executive. Michael Maughan.

Minutes later he told the tower he had a problem and requested permission to land.

There were no funher communications with the ai rcraft but eyewitnesses saw it descend In a

nosedown altilUde and crash in an open field on the nonh-west corner of the intersection of Hindmarsh Drive and the Monaro Highway.

CMDR Kavanagh (as he was on retirement from the RAN) and his passenger were killed on impact.

Eyewitness repons suggest also that the air· craft had a fire in its fuselage before the accident.

C MDR Errol Martin Kavanagh joined the RAN in 1962 and gained his wings in 1964 to fly Fairey Gannets.

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events occurred in Darwin early in the morning of Ma«h 8, according to our correspondent onboard patrol boat HMAS CESSNOCK.

While the ent ire population was aware of the pending ar­rival of the world's largest cruise liner, few would have known that her naval escort vessel. HMAS CESSNOCK (LCDR P.l . Briers). was celebrat ing 10 years of faithful servIce.

After clearing a way through the flee t of onlooking plea­sure craft, CESSNOCK returned to Darwin Naval Base to prepare for the day's cake cutting ceremony and birthday party.

Not wasting such an opportunity, the Commanding Of­fice r extended an invita tion to his larger ship counterpan to attend as guest o f honour. which he graciously accepted.

Captain Robin Woodall's short yet typically English speech included the gem quote:

~When spending nine months o f the year travelling the world it is always refreshing and pleasurable to witness the seamanship and professionalism of the Navy, and in par· ticular this fine ship CESSNOC K. may you continue fo r a fun her 10 years in such a manner. H

Unfortunate ly the celebrat ions did not extend for (00

lo ng as the QEII departed that evening, onee again es­corted by CESSNOCK , who o n completion returned to he r pat rolling duties off the North Australian coast.

The Naval Association of Australia

extends to you a warm invitation to attend

A SERVICE OF WORSHIP and

THE UNVEILLING OF A MEMORIAL PLAQUE

to honour the late

Rear Admiral Sir David Marlin, KCMG, AD

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The Naval Chapel, Garden Island, Sydney

on Sunday, 4th April, 1993 Commencing at 1000

Dress: Uniform, l ounge Suit/Jacket, Medals may be worn

Note: As His Excellency the Govemor of New South Wales and Mrs Sinclair will be

attending, guests are requested to be seated by 0945.

Skyhawks. sel".·ed as an ex­ehange officer training US Navy pilots in the period 1971-73 and came bad: to Australia to command the minesweeper HMAS IBIS and the Australian Mine· hunting Squadron.

He commanded two Skybawk squadrons before becoming Assistant Air Boss of (carrier) MELBOURNE.

After serving as Deputy Director of Naval Plans. C MDR Kavanagh left the RAN in 1987 to fly Lear lets al NAS NOWRA.

He joined OANT AS in 1989 and had been flying Boeing 747 aircraft until

the time of the accident .

He was well known, liked and respected by all who knew him and more than 300 colleagues and friends joined his wife. Carol. and their children for a Requiem Mass per­formed at Duntroon Chapel by the Direetor General of the Chaplaincy. MONS Ian Dempsey. on March 17.

Perhaps the most eloquent tribute to Errol Kavanagh during the Mass though C".lme from lohn Hamilton . also a fonner RAN pilot now flying with QANTAS.

He told the mourners:

"For those who have flown aircraft and experi­enced the thrills aloft, I only remind you of this .

For those who have yet to savor such an experience I will say this - once it seduces you there is no other path. no other life and certainly no otber passion.

To feel the blood flow with the reslxmsc of a high performance aircraft is Ihe most exhilerating emotion imaginable, and once it be­comes part of your life. it is difflCl.dt to walk away from it.

I:.rrol was a consummate aviator of enormous talent

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Shipping hazard Marinen u~ing the South

Australian pOli of Port Lin­ooln alrell.dy ba ,'e reasoo to lI.pplaud the Royal Austra­liao Navy's efTorts .. ith the Defence Science and Technology Organisation develo ped Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) technology_

On its first stand alone­mission with the Navy. LADS discovered a p revi­ously unknown shipping hazard in the waten off POT( Lincoln.

The hazard is a huge ridge of rock, believed 10

be granite. which rises to a deplh of 11 .9 metres.

The shoal is close to ship­ping lanes in to Po rt Lincoln and might present a danger 10 deep draught ships which stray outside.

Port Lincoln quently visited

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The shoal is the first major discovery by LADS and confirms the technol­ogy's vital role in surveying and mapping Australia's cominental shelf. much of which remains unsurveyed \0 acceptable standards.

"We do expect that th is sort of discovery will be re­peated as LADS perfonns its operational role," LEUT Rod Sheperdson. from the Navy's Hydrog­raphic Office, said.

The shoal was discovered by the LADS Navy team. led by LCDR Rod Nairn. during final Navy trials.

LADS was in itially de­signed by the DSTO Salis­bury, South Australia. Under a three and a half year, $52 million contract, BHP Engineering and ils partner Vision Systems further developed the technology to an opera­tional stage.

The Pon Lincoln shoal measures 50 metres by 25 metres and rises to a depth of 11.9 metres in 20 metres of water.

The shoal is located six nautical miles east-nonh­east of Cape Donnington at the south entrance to Port Lincoln Harbour .

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The Navy Training Centre Easl (NTC [asl) is a brand new unil o( Ihe Royal Australian Navy, one which most members have nol Jet heard about.

NTC East is situated at the Ground Floor. 99 Forbes Sueet, Woolioomooloo.

The newly-refurbished floor includes SC \'cral classrooms for much of the training to be perfonned on site.

NTC East reports directly 10 COMTRAIN (CORE P.O .

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• , For the guided missile destroyer HMAS HOBART, 1992 was a particularly

1000. yur. Highlights included the

Coral Sea celebrations in Queensland and service wi th Baule G roup Uniform in RIM PAC 92.

In recognit io n of the ship's performance throughout the year HOBART also achieved an unsurp3..S$Cd ~Grand Slam" of the major fleet awards.

AwardJ received were the OtranlO Shield for pro­ficiency in gunnery; the Voyager Trophy for ASW; the Commodore Wardle Cup for mmmunications; the Combat Systems Profi­ciency Shield for rombat systcms excellence; and lhe coveted GIOOCCliter Cup and associated Gold Star.

HO BART has now re­ceived the Gloucester Cup seven out of a possible 27 times, making hcr the mOSt awarded ship in the fl eet.

The awards were pre­sented to tile ship by the Governor-General. Mr Bill Hayden, during a cere­mony onboard which in­cluded tea wi th the ship's rompany.

HOBARTs recognition of he r performance con­tinued as the runncr-up for the Wormald Shield for

NBCD and Damage Con­trol and the Australia Cup for Marine Engineering.

" HOBART is hoping to achieve similar recogni tion d uring 1993," repons our correspondent .

Meanwhi le. the HMAS HOBART Associa tion has once again led Ihe way in MNe w Ship" relal ions .

Notably they were the fi rst association 10 accept members from the current ship to bear the name . some 20 years ago.

This Ship - Association l ie was much enhanced when the association awarded the inaugural award for Ihe sailor who has shown the most Ieader­ship and developed the most professionally during the year.

The award was presented to ABElW RO&'i Oem by.

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sociation pt::Sidcnt, Me Da\'e TIbbitts, for his outstanding work wi thin the Weapom Elc:ctrical department.

The HMAS HOBART Associat ion is always wil­ling to welcome new mem-

bers who have served on either HOBART I or II.

Any enquiries should be directed to the secrelary , John Withers at 2 Mar­garetta Close, G uildford NSW 2161 or (02) 632 3401.

Briggs) and is an outstat ion of HMAS KUlTA BUL. Naval Support Command.

The primary role of NTC East is to administer and con­duct Alignmenl Traini ng and Advanced Technical Train­ing as well as the Petty Officer's Management Course: and the Leading Seaman'S Leadership Course before the end of 1993.

It is anticipa ted that as time goes by, more and more trolining will be Undertaken al the Navy Training Centre­East.

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(By Max Thomson) Jusl shon o( 1000 ships a nd shore establishments have been pan and parcel o(the scene since the RAN look ove r responsiblity (or our shores from Britain's Royal N avy over eighl decades ago.

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Men Irom.so manyOllhosc ~ip5 never had Ihe salisrac. lion of idenlifying Iheir ship on their uniform cap tally for wanime securily restrictions compelled Ihem 10 wear only Ihe !ellen H.M.A.S. on lheir cap tallies.

Yet few Ihings arc more symbolic of the "'anhips of our neet than the cap 1311y bands and just ... here Ihe beSt collections of them came to rest has al ... ays been thc sub­jeci of fascina ting speeula­tion .

Cenainly the Gardcn Is­land na~al muscum. Ihe naval re pository al Spectacle Island and service clubs gao lore all are proud o ... nen of coveted collectiolls but one of the mQ!;t sp«lacular ac­cumulations of them. built up over many yean. was dis­pla~d for decades on lhe wall of Ihe ok! Brooklyn HOlel al lhe Circular Ouay end of Sydney', George Sireel .

It was a real ~eye-opener~ collect ion .

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sure Ihat their own ship was represenled in lhe collection of cap tally band$.

Apan from identifying our own RA N warships, the collection also featured a huge range from Dutch. French. British and Ameri­can warships Ihat had vis­ited our shor~ from lime 10

time. plus even a selection of enemy ship tally bands brought back by Navy men as ..-anime sou\·enirs.

The Brooklyn Hotel was demolished 3nd speculation is rife as to just where that magnificent collect ion of na~al memorabilia finished "p.

Melbourne's Duckboard 1·louse is home to another remarkable collection in

the clubroom of the Vic­loria Branch of the Naval Associa tion.

The late Mr Anhur Robi nson, who made lhousands of wanime and peacetime naval uni forms. accumulated the collection during a long carter as a naval tai lor.

He presented it finally to the Naval Association. housed in an imprC$Sive brass cabinet behind glass.

WARTIME In the wanime years

when Ihere were some 33.211 ralings in Ihe RAN most of ... hom wore the "round rig" bell-bottom un­iform, ~ Robbie" turned out thousands of cap tally bands in his long career.

A deft exponent of the

art . he used a small three' penny piece and could tie the bow of a cap tally band in a matter of seconds, with complete salisfaclion.

The museum at HMAS CERBERUS ~Iso hoUSt's a fine display of RA N cap 1~lly bandS.

The blanks in Ihe .'phllbel· ieal display are progressively being taken up as old Navy men each )'ear dig deep inlo sea ~hests li nd old bo~e$ 10 rome up with I rew more to help complete the sequence .

Two WRANS from I-iMAS LONSDALE also at-C\lmula led a fine collection. "'hieh Ihey uitimiliely pre· senled to lhe Ikaumaris RSL OUb.

But the "'hereabouls of thai fal>lliou s display once housed 31 The Broo klyn 1I0tel'n George Street. Syd­ney - Ih ;, t'~ ... hal a 101 of old Na~y men would love ·to know about!

cla iplle ItCw-ship NEWCASTLE, CMDR Rowan MoRitl , has b«n orrtriaUy pltil.'Dled with a handcrafted tnt da k: by JOtAS NlRlMBA '. execu­tive Orrl«f, CMDR Ted Wynberg_

Many hours of work were put into creating the presenl by three craftsmen: LSr.ffi-I " Disco" Duck, LSMTH Simon Noack. and ABMTH Mick Waring.

NEWCASTLE is to be the first of her name com­missioned in the Royal Australian Navy.

There was no predeces­sor from which to inheri t Ihe Iraditional handcrafted piece of furniture .

HMAS NIRIMBA is coincidently decommission­ing at about the same time as NEWCASTLE is com­missioned.

Being the home of the navy 's tradesmen il was fit­ting NIRIMBA supply the new ship with the magnifi ­cent, handcrafted leak desk.

The inscriplion on the desk's plaque reads: ~from HMAS NIRIMBA RANA TE Handcrafted by skilled hands at sea~.

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communities Encouraged by Ihe declaration of the " Inte rna­

tional Year for Indigenous People" a Rries of "isits 10 remole aboriginal oommunilies have been under­laken.

In company with two Coastwatch officers. Commanding Offia:rofHMAS COONAWARRA. Caplain I .M . Waus. embarked in I-IMAS GEElONG 10 visit the six major aboriginal amunlJnrties on lhe Northern Territory seaboard.

With the Coastwatch orficcrs and a contingent from OEELONG CAPT Waus landed 3! Pularumpi (Melville Island), Mission Bay (Cro~cr Isl':lOd), B~thurst I§Jand . Maningrida and Elcho Island .

Bad weather prevented a planned approach 10 Mi lio­gimbi.

At each community meetings were held wilh tribal c1-ucrs at which the Coastw31ch officers spoke bricny on the imponance of suppon by aboriginal people for civil ooaSlal su .... ·eillance. CAPT WaIlS reinforced Navy's commilment 10 the lask .

Each of Ihe community leaders was presented wilh a Coastwatch crest and one from the RAN .

Coastwatch also gave away some advert ising trinkets (Hfrisbees' and hats etc) and C APT WaIlS left quantities of r«T\Jiting handoots (rulers were the m()j;t popular).

HAt every communily the reception was warm and sin­cere." CAPT Watts said.

"Where GEELONG was able to anchor close enough 10 allow children to tour the ship there was great excitement ."

The visits reeeh'ed some local press coverage and it was always intended thai a low profile approach be laken.

Leading Seaman Photographer Bill ~IcBride . himself an aborigine, accompanied GEELONG and compiled a good record .

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Lieutenant Commander Allan Hinge has won a $10,000 scholarship to study ror a Masters in Stra tegic Studies at the Austra lian National Unh 'er­sity (ANU) .

Rockwell Inlernational (Australia) is sponsoring the new scholarship which is designed to assiSI an officer from the armed forces or from the Defence Department to f urlher his or her professional education in strategic studies 3t the ANU .

Executive chai rman of Rockwell International (Au· stralia) . Mr Ken Peacock , congra tulated lCDR H inge al a gathering at ANU, prior to his commencing study this year.

lCDR Hinge has a BaChelo r of Science from the ANU and is a gfllduate o f the Royal Auslralian Naval Colkge.

Be tween 1985 and 1986, he was a Fellow in the ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, during which he wrote a monograph entitl ed Mine Warfare in AuSlralia's Firsl Une of Ddenee, that is now used as a tex tbook in the field.

Following this, he was posted 10 Jervis Bay as the offic..: r in charge of the staff course althe Royal Australian Na'":I1 College.

He taught strategic studies, management and com muni· cation skills at the Naval College.

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Friday Ih~ 131h .. as th" lasl day or Pelly Offi cen' l\I lIo ngenlenl and Servke Sl.:ills course (POMSSC) NOnl~r 100192.

Although the superstitious significance of the day bode no ills for Ihe course members , the completion of Ihe course achie ved IWO mile510nc~ .

The firsl o f these was thaI it was the I()()[h POMSSC to pass through Ihe RAN Management School in IIMAS CER­BER US.

The second milestone was rea lly Ihe end of an e ra _ the laSI o f Ihe courses 10 conduct their final practical assessment in Gitlwcll Park Siale ForcSI at Gembrook, Victoria.

Many readers will be familiar wilh GiUwell Park (remember the

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dertaking COLLINS's Class Combat System tmining. All a~reed the training prol"idcd by the subcontractor. Scientific ~13nage lll ent A II~tralia. \o\as a success

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week A IO component. LSRPAC Scott Christie was DUll of the course with an overa ll ave rage of 95"0, and

LSRP Wade Green wa, awarded the faculty sports runner of the year award. This is the final course undetaken prior to promotio n to C PO and all were looking for­

ward to ut ilising their new·found knowledge .

Martin was SEAC Dux Se.men OfTH:ers Appli·

cation Course (SEAC) 15 pbase 3 has been com­pleted .. ·ith Midshipman l\hrtin 8l1k~r . s Dux.

He is pictured right re ­ceiving his award from Captain l .R. Stapleton ~ (CO liMAS WATSON) and watched by LC DR P. Fryer- Hornsby (O IC SEAC).

MIDN Baker has now joined HMAS GLADSTONE to put his theory to practice. ..... --. ' ....

The following sailors' promotions have been announced by Navy Ort ice .

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SBLT Ian FOl"S)1h is the lint RAN ObRrHf to SIK'­

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He has sen 'ed with II Squadron RAAF since January 1991.

Initially employed as a P3C NavigatorlCom­municator (NAVCOM), he has comple ted the eight­week T ACCO Course: .

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These missions may be'as diverse as surface surveil­lance in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. a pat­rol in the South West Pacific or hunting for an O· boat in the Ea" Australian Exercise Area .

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PERFOR WO!'ofrr S.R)' Edw.rds

!las been .w.rded • Otid of N .... I Staff commenda· tion (Of" "is t'lIcmpl.ry per­formlllce .... iJe posted to RANLO Bahra'" ... 1992:.

With no pre .. ious experi­cnce in logistic manage­ment, WO Edwards quickly mastered his duties.

They involved working d osely with Allied Navy Logistic Detachments.

WO Edward's profes. Slonalism in dealing with potentially dangerous situa­tions during his posting in Bahrain gained him the respect and honour he de­serves, the commendation concludes.

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Clli~/ q/ N(nfd Slllff, VADM /dllcDqUIQII pnulfts WOMTP &rry Ed,.,QrW ..,itll Q CNS CfHNm~"dDliqlf /qr

u~mpl(lry pU/orm(l,.u 1" BQhrvin in 1992.

AI COT O ne Divisions at WATER HEN. U::DR Ian Mrt:onnodue (R ' ld ex·MC DO) who paid off after 32 years in Ihe RAN has reviewed the learn and fareweUed C PO dinr MaJ Chang USN.

CPO Chang commenced his Australian eXfO:hange on February 8. 1991 , and has left for his new posting at Vir· ginia (USA).

Some of Mar s more memorable deployments look him to Darwin. Cairns, Townsville and Guam USA.

Members of CDT One . during exercise DUGONG 1192 in Guam lasl year, ..... ere: also presented with a diver's rate badge made out of stained glass.

II was presented by CMDR Wright (CO of EOO MOB ilE UNIT FIVE) 10 the OIC of COT One, l CDR Russ Crawford and members of the team.

Exercise DUGONGs are he ld in Guam and Townsvi lle eact1 year and provide invaluable training in clearance div. ing and mine warfare. LCON McCqlf"och ltt (R ',d) / Qnwtlli"1 CPO ChQlfg_

Al tilt wqrltshqp wen; beltk ro.., (I-r): WO Cllris Nyrle, WO Eric I mla , WO Roy (Lq/ry) McMQIf U5, CI>() l/qwri (Mqt) Morrif , CPO R ql" &Q"Ielfl, CPQ R obilf (HOfJIS) AIIQrd, utO Gle"" Gn~". I-'ro"t: utO J qh" Ra"a, CPO Edd, We"dl, CPO GrvllQm SQmwa" WO Pne Btdrd, CPO Oavt Adams, WO MQrk (Bqris) Slwbi"I, CPO Wa17't" (Oixid Fqrd.

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LSETS Gnl Fil:,ervld, Mr Mtu Middfrlolf, ABCI( Puul Grun 1..uI LEUT lellll, Mo"isqlf til pns~",Qtiqn q/ Ille QWQrd.

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The aim of the work· shops is to raise the levels of I;no ..... ledge and skills of all Warran t orficers, sinfO:e the re is a bad log of Senior Saitors in managcment pos­itions who are unable to

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John Gardiner , son of Leading Seaman SN Rick Gardiner (HMAS JERVIS BAY), is a three y~ar old boy rrom Nowra " 'ho suffers rrom Cercbal Palsy (CP).

Born \U week.s early, he weighed just over one kilo and spenJ his first three months in Sydney'S Cam­perdown Children's liospi­tal fighting for his lire .

Six months later . with Rick at sea, he was diag­nosed as having C P.

This condit ion, caused by damage to the brain 's motor control centres , is characterised by paralysis or impai rment of the coor­dination of voluntary muscles.

When he was taken to the S:v\'ck a inie in West_ e rn Australia for treatment in December 1m he could nOl evcn walk o r lalk..

The progress he made in his lime al the Szivek a inie has been described as no­thing short of remarkable.

The clink in Perth is one of the few place, in the world which offers the com­ple te treatment - Olnduc­live Education and Train­ing (eEl) - for CP and brain stroke victims.

No longer bound to a l ife of inact ivity. John Gardiner has learned to walk snon di~1:ances unassisted.

The cl inic run by Hid 11-diko 5zivet . say the), are

confident he will gain a speech capability once John mn walk .

John's continued im­provement is dependent on his attending the next slllgc of the treatment, an eight week stay in Western Au­stralia al a COSI of $8,000. including air-fares and accommodation .

Thanks to a great deal of help from the Shoalha\'en Contact Group of the Reg· ular Defence Force WeI· fa re Association an appeal has been launched to raise this money.

The RDFWA lod , mcdia campaign to search fo r community assistance to help Wendy Ga{diner give her son the best possible support especially while hcr husband R ick was at sea a grea t dea l of the time.

Recently returned from Somalia , Rick saw the ef­fect of the help given by the team of 30 volunteers o r­ganised by the RDFWA in John 's improved walking and speech control.

The Gardiners have al ­ready funded t ... ·o trips to Penh and have procured the training equipment reo quired for John's exercises.

They hope to re!Urn with

Family claims a cadets' record Mrs Natalie Sheaves of To or min a, NSW, has writ·

ten to us ",.-ith what she believes is "some kind of re­cord , " 'h ieh may lake some brtaking".

The photograph (right) is of four Cadets fTom 1'5 VEl"· DE 1'1 A , Coffs l!arbour. which you migh t say is not strange ap<ln from the fact that they are all members of the same family .

They are from left Cadet AD Ben Sheaves, Recruit Mel issa Sheaves, Cadet Seaman Vicki Sheaves and Cadet PO Too Sheaves.

Too has been a long serving member joining 23.5.81 and will be discharged in April 1993 or on entering ADFA whichever comes first.

Ben joined 16.3.91, Vicki 15 .2.91 and Melissa 29.8.92. " If you haven't already realised it I am the mothl'r of

these chi ldren and I am proud of them and thei r associa­tion with the Royal Australian Navy." she adds.

John in late March to con­tinue wih the next phase of the educational process and any financi al assistance would be grea tly appreciated.

Re turning from Somalia

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Job t" play.

in February. the ship's company of HMAS JER­VIS BAY raised $1300 for the Appeal which has been $ent to the Shoalhavcn Contact Group of the RDFWA.

Donations may be sent to RDFWA , EJlecut ive Of· ficer, PO Box 548, Nowra 254 1 or contact made on (044) 460484 where an answering system has been installed .

Naval Association needs SA members Skipper' la t

Are you interested in joining the Nayal AMoclatio n of Auslndia - an organisation open 10 w n 'ing mem­bers (male and fe..we) as " 'eO as ell Na,-. I Personnel.

In South Auscralia sub- of lbe W. R.A.N.S. Subsec-sections are located at Adelaide , Beachvale (Chrislies Beach) , Port Adelaide , ElizabelhlSalis­bury, Tea Tree Gully . Po rt Pirie. Whyalla , Renmark , Mounl Gambier and the W. R.A.N.S.

Anyone inte resled in joining may contact O aire Humphris, Publicity Of­ficer of the Naval AS$Ocla·

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Other States also ha\'e the same opportunities fo r concemed and inte rested "Navy" men and women, past or present.

Write to: Oaire Hum_ phris, 33 Maughan Av­enue. Redwood Park SA 5fNl or Mrs Mary Rayner. 63 Bolling Sired. Alben Park SA S014.

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Tht sound or bagpipes drif'l ed across lh t .... tn as tbe Iwo "MAS STlRL­ING·bll5ed pat rol boats, HMAS GERALDTON (pictll red) IlIId he r sisltr ship HMAS B UNBU RY, sailtci Oft patrol rec:e.tty_

GERALDTON headed north and SUNBU RY south .

This was the last patrol for HMAS GERALDTON 's com-manding officer . LCDR Keith Johnson before he

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farewell leaves Ihe ship (0 take up a new posting in Canberra on promotion to CMDR .

Unknown to LC DR Johnson , a " temporaryH stowaway was smuggled onboard , none o the r than the kilted WOI John Donaldson of the Austra­lian Army Pipes and Drums Band with his bagpipes.

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and skill . empassioned with this type of nying and ad­mired because he did it so well - Anno)ingly' easily,

Totally prepared, totally o rganised. fully briefed, no shortcuts and ready to pit his skills against any new challenge.

For Errol to ignore a challenge '.,ould have been abou t as easy as giving up smoking o r putting the cork back in the bottle of port.

The seed was sown -many years of sa tisfying. exciting and sometimes Hovenly challenging- flying was too much background to be content with driving a -block of Oa{SM from A to B.

This is not to say that he approached his airline pilot career with any less profes­sionalism and enthusiasm than we would expect of him. and his wonh was ...-ell recognised by QANT AS.

OPPORTUNITY When he was offered the

opportunity to -utend the envelope" and fl y the MI G-15. I have no doubt it was like a new lease of life. In fact. every time we spoke of it. or Oew it . or discussed future operations, it was exciting , enjoyable and in­fectious.

1be risks were known. discussed and rationalised with as much certainty as can be expected in aviation; he en thusiastically became an expert on the aircraft .

It had F-U-N written all over it and here was an op­portunity to enjoy once agilin aU IhO!'ie marve1lous, exciting feeling rA turning fuel Into noise and nuisance.

To fly over water as low and as fast as you could - to roar through the -hole in the wall - upside down (nonh to south natun.lly)­and to then return for a perfectly execuled ap­proach and landing. What more could a man it<k for?

Many will not under­stand all of this, but th is was -o..UMP-. For the 20 odd years I ne ... · with him, he didn't change - he just got more senior.

lie was a lIlan of absolute integri ty and a professional in the true meaning of the te rm. An AVIATOR in the most honourable sense and II fine example to those who would choose this profes· SIOn because you could do no better.

He Io.'ed Oying. To understand this then.

is to understand his ffiOti\'cs in h is professional life, and if we remember nOlhing else about him (which is highly unlikely) please remember this.

I sincerely hope that Errol is nOl presently bor­ing holes in the sky over Bindook in two minu te holding palfe rns - such a waste.

Rather . I am sure. that if he asks really nicely, he may be allowed into the weaponry pallern where they guarantee 100% hits on the banner - it would be the first t ime he hit il anyway!

With this much said. Ez. farewell! You were a mar­yellous friend and menlo r.

I'll be your wingman any­time!" - JOHN HA MILTON .

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lations 10 aU tho§e ... ho were eletted to aU positions of the new CommiUH$ rOf 1"3, ud 1 look fOfWard 10 your mntinueci support_

* * * S.O.S. (SpoUSH of Sub· mariners): They meet every Monday fonnight , the next lIleeting being on Monday. March 29. Both day and night meelings are held to ca te r for Doth working wives and wives .... ith chil· dren. To find out where lhe meetings aTe held on the North Shroe, contact Hazel on 909 8359 (Day Meet­ings) o r Vanessa on 411 5552 (Night Meet ings).

* * * CERBERUS; The next funetion will be held on Tuesday, March 30 at Oub Cerberus al 1O.3Oam and it will be a Games Day. All wek:o.ne for a fun day. Bookings for O1ild Care can be made with Val on 193176.

* * * NOWRA: A lbatross Playtime meets every Mon· day 1O.000m in the creche rooms (Rat I, Canberra Drive). Please bring a piece of fruit and 5Ot. For more information oonlact Liz on 23 15560r Kim on 2 1 8402.

A Craft Group meets on Monday afternoons at 12.3Opm. 2.00pm in Flat 2 . Canberra Drive. O1ild­minding is ayailable. Kerry ( Ihe Co-ordinator) is ayail­able on 23 3089.

A Thrift Shop opens on Mondays from l2.3Opm to 2.3Opm and coffee morn· ing:s. For more informalion contact Yvonne on 23 1471 .

Coffee mornings are held on the third Wednesday of the month, commencing al 9.3Oam. Charges are $I.SO (members). $2 .00 (non­members), $2,00 per child for creche. Annual mem­bership is $6.

* * * ADELAIDE; Thc next outing will be to tbe Police Barracks on Tuesday. A pril 13 at 1O.3Oam. For 1Il0 re in­fo rmation, please oontact Faith Green on 332 2536 o r Betty11lomas on 298 2120.

* * * w~iDtN DISTRICTS: ... Please "'~ a dUlIIce or "'t~ ... The Western Dis­tricts Naval Wives will be holding lheir reunion on Salurday, May 22, 1993 at 1.00pm at HMAS NIRIMBA, Quakers H ill . NSW.

Admission is $10 per head. RSVP to 12 Cowra Street , Greystanes NSW 2 145 or phone 636 3121, 636 6459 or 831 7515 as soon as possible.

* * * Please feel free to ca ll me , a letter is not always necessary. Unli l neJlt time, I kloIt forward .10 receiving your updated aniclrs at 4 Millperra Court , Frankslon North Vic 3200 o r call me on (OJ) n6 6OJ:.9.~_

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Naval Support Commander RADM AL Hunt AO RAN l\as agreed 10 be the guesl of honour al a m&ss

j 10 farewell the old "Alma Maler-to be held in the waodtoom HMAS NIRIMBA Friday 5 :pteo,ti:a: 17, 1993.

01' inleresl from Serving OfJicers who com­their naval career as a MOBIIMUPPET should

10; LCDR Chris Luscombe 626 4Sn: or 4148.

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A Na'-y SII lling Icam, I~ad by po rn M arty b ng ( H~1.\S K lfITAB UL) h:l'l won Ihe annual sailing malch healing Ausl ralililn Dc-renee I ndu~lri es (ADI) ro r Ihe AD! Shidd .

The victory makes it three successi,'c wins for Navy.

The contesl ..... as Siaged in a shifting SQulh easle rl), breeze of 1(}'15 kno\s.

Navy was somewhat lucky 10 achieve its ,·ictory. as Ihe fi rstlwO ADI Tasars broke the start li ne and were subsequently d isqual· ified.

The race resul ts " 'e re as fo llows: firsl Benjamin! Shiridan (AOI), second TwynamfZilamans (AD I), th ird Kmghts/H('3Ih (Navy). four, h G iddingsl Foley (Navy). firth Cla rke! Rose (AD I), six th O'Con­ocr/Griffiths (AD I). seventh G oodicson/Hol­brook (Navy). eighth BelV Best (Navy). mnlh Lies­fiel d (Navy) , 10th Stewart (N avy), 11th Robinson! Bremoal (ADI). 12th Jen­sen/Chapman (Navy). 13th

Fisher/More (Navy), l -l th Burridgeffobman (A DI). 15th Langffi rook (Navy). 16th Van Eld rcn/G allaher (ADI).

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N .. ,y has lumed in some ootstanding Jl('rfonnancn a l Ihe A DJ- Squash RAc· quets Association (AD""SRA) annual cham. pionships a l RAAF WiUialntown .

Navy had ils best yea r with a record 10 out of the 85 entrants.

In the ind ividual e \".:ntS LSRO Pennie Burden reo tained h.: r nol ranking for the fifth consecutive year by fighting out a thri!!ing final to take out the .... 001(' n ·5 open e\'cnt.

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was won by POETe Jacqui Bryant, who also won the B grade .

T he Navy mcn also fared we!! wi th LE UT Mark McGowan the runner-up in the men's B grade, A BC K Scon Nicholls winning the D grade and A BATA David Cheney winning th(' men 's E grade.

The Navy women's team. consisting of LSRO Pennie Burden. ABWTR Bron· wyn Fenton, POETC Jar· qui Bryant and ABMT D Danielle Klein. was fa r too sirong for both A rmy and RAAF and took oul Iheir event oonvincingly.

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With d oudy skies over­head some 33 men and fiv e I"omen ronlesled the 1993 NSC Cross Country Run .

The course for this year' s run was similar to last . with the men running approxi­mately lOkms and the women approximately 6kms. although the leading pack of runne rs (led by LSPT Roger Roseley. POSTD Rick Bromlcy, APP Scar and LCDR Chapman) added a little to the course when they mis­<cd a fl~g and continued into the hush.

Th is Ill; nor setback didn", deter them from scHing a lerl quick pace which e"entually "IW Roger Rowley lilld LCDR Chap­man drop off the back to be replaced by ABATA Leigh Dickie.

Thi< ',"as the way it re­mainctl for the rest of the rllee and for the second year in succession Rick Bromlcy (IiMAS CRES­WELL) led them across the line in a time of 35.54 sees. only seconds outside his time from last year.

Following close behind and pushing Rick the whole way was APP Sear (HMAS NIRIMBA) in a very good time of 36.15 sees.

The third plaeegetter was ABATA Dickie (A LBAT­ROSS) in a time of 37.01 ~~.

The teams' event was re­stricted to three runne rs as not many teams had five . The first team over the line was NIRIMBA (two. four and five). with the team from ALBATROSS (three. 10, 20) coming in second, closely followed by WAT­SON ( 11.12,14).

There was a separate course fo r the womcn and this event was taken out by LEUT Barbie G UTT (NSC) in a time of 27.51 sees with LSPT Jenny G raham (WATSON) second in 30.52 sees and in th ird place LEUT Narbutas (MHO) and SBL T Sloper (NSC) in 34.46 sees.

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year , has ended its naval cricket involvement with sue·

in the I Zingari midweek competition and the Apprentices' inter·Service series.

NI RIMBA and ALBATROSS. which ceased playing I Zingari this season. had been the backbone of the com­petition since the early 19505.

training depot often ficlded two tcams in thc com­which began in 1929 with HMAS AUSTRALIA

inaugural willner. For the reco rd, NIRIMBA's first I Zingari title came

in 1953-5-'. then 1965-66. 1967-68. 1969-70. 1973-74 and 1988-89.

NIRIMBA \l ent through the 1992·9) season unde­just days after winning the Apprentice~' inter­

Service. Coach ~Dolly"' Dyer has good rea,on to be pleased

wilh his team\ M:\"enth I Zingari premiership after a five­wicket \lin over IlMAS DARWIN in last Wednesday's grand final

Thc "'dccidcr"' hegan under a grey sky after the eur'Hor had done wdl to repair a turf track d"maged by horses hoof prints.

DARWIN SCI itself for a handy fir,t innlllgs total at 6-% (>Jl a slow oulfield with \0 of its 50 o\'ers remaining.

lohn Wassell. who had bowled hi> six opening o\ers into the wind. then came back \lith thc breezc to dcvas­tate the ""tair·.

He took four wickets in five balls to dismiss DARWIN for 96 (Smi th 32. Kernahan IS).

Wasse ll finish ed with a matchwirming 5115 from 7.5 overs and was ably supported by Dave Larpen t 2114 ( 10 overs) and Mark Bado\"inac In 3.

In reply. NIRIMBA lost a wicket at eight and would have becn in deep trouble had inter-Service bat Nick Knight been caught by the wicketkeeper before he scored .

Nick (2 1 runs) and punishing lefthander George Masouris (15) sct about adding 40 runs for the second wicket.

Fall of the third wicket at 51 brought in skipper Michacl Robertson who crashed IWO sixes and three fou rs in an unbeMen 34.

NIRIM BA clinched the trophy with five wickets in hand.

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CERBERUS Rules gets a boost

Aussie Rule5 should reo ceive a boost in CER­BERUS " 'ilh Commander Brian Strapley laking o~·tr as o le Marine Engineering School.

Brian was the best centre half forward with whom I have played.

I'm sure he will be an asset. as he IS a very experienced football administrator.

His son Glen has inher· ited dad's talcnt and is cur­rently playing in the W.A. League with high hopes of breaking into the AFL.

Speaking of talent head­ong CER BERUS way. "'The Black Flash'" Bill McBride will be in resl­dcnce south of the Big Muddy soon.

Bill. who recently won the MVP award for the inter·departmental knock­out compo is still a valuable playcr and is the current Navy national coach.

Anolher recent appoint­ment has him as drug and alchohol advisor to the Brisbane Bears.

The COONAWARRA inter-departmental knock­out was really unique in that women werc allowed to play.

I cannot recall that hap­pening before in our code.

Teams to compete in the camp come from Supply. NAVCOMSTA Darwin. Executive. Shoal Bay Re­ceiving Station and D.N. B.

The conditions on the day were typically D arwin. hot and suliry, but the lads from DNB handled it well to go through undefeated and claim the trophy. Smith. who had 16 struck from his last over, completed

a fine double for his team wi th 3/31 while McG uinness took 11 19.

John Wassell ... lOok 5115 10 sp~arht'ad his fMm 10 a win in fh ~ mid-wuk crickn. Pic­fUr(: A RPH Austin R dd.

Apprentices eryd era with win In NIRIMBA's last Apprentices' inter· I POEnV Darin" Durward I partncrship of27 be tween Brant Willett

T wo other players to re­ceive awards were "'Rusty"" Hinge and Lisa Ricciar­done.

If you have trouble pro­nouncing . Lis:i7"" surname spare a thought for the commentators at the recent Tiwi Island League grand final.

cricke t match AmlY won the toss A aron Drew took bowling honours with six ~aron Williams (15) paved the way for a eleCCed to bat. overs of leg spin end ing with 3/12. He was well victory.

NI R IMBA 's bowle rs then proceeded to tear supported by Mart in Johnson who fin ished with The game was played in good spirits and w,<> heart out o f the Army batsmen. 218. a pleasure to wa tch.

The first Army wicket fell a t 12 and in sho rt NIRIMBA's ba tsmen struggled at the sta rt Five apprentices who took part in the soldiers were reeling at 6/22. a fter losing Nick Knight first ball and at 2110 then backed up and all played a I

Army'S tail wagged and it recovered to be all confidence was we ll down. NIRIMBA's victo ry in the I fo r 72. But then Drew added 34 and an unbeaten 't , , , , , , , , , , , , I I , , • • , , I , I I

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Three examples of thei r problem were players Chester Puruntatameri , Aq ui nas Tunglatalum and Dennis Tipakilippa.

Thc curtain-raiser to the G F on Thursday Island was a "" Super Rules"" ma tch featuring some well known Service foot bailers and some great stars o f by-gone da ys in the VFL.

O ne last word on football in lhe no rth . The inter-Ser­vice se ries will be played in Darwin over the period April 1·3.

Unfo rtuna tely Bill McBride and Dusty Miller will not be available due to duty.

However I'm sure players will respond we ll to the talen ted coaching staff of A ndy MacDonald and ex-sai lor Mick Sherwood.

The Father Mac Cup draws ever nearer and I await with great anticipa­tion the appearance of the Golden Oldies.

Yours in sporl , Graham ThufStans.

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