golf - Jules Akel

90 w e l l i ng ton y e a r b oo k 2 0 07 − 2 0 0 8w e l l i ng ton y e a r b oo k 2 0 07 − 2 0 0 8 91f i e l d g u nfield gun crewe had an excellent season with Ed RobertsonW[T] as captain. The first thing he did was togo around the Houses to drum up interest andget a few new recruits. With over seventy names on hislist it was no surprise that we had two complete crews.There was an almost even mix of ages in the crews whichwill help over the next few years for there is no doubt thatthe more years a crew member has had the better chancethere is of breaking the record.The Royal Navy stopped Field Gun because the RoyalTournament was being discontinued as the cost wasbecoming too great. There was never any question ofHealth and Safety being an issue, despite what many peoplemight like to think. Here at Wellington our safety recordis superb and it is certainly much safer than playing Rugby,Hockey or even Cricket. We had three minor injuriesover the six weeks training (six hours a week) and onlytwo of those required treatment from the Medical Centre.On Speech Day the b team started the display withan excellent run. James Haskell [L 1998–2003] (Waspsand England), who ran for three years while at Wellington,came to present the prizes. The a crew ran out in a veryimpressive time of 2.08 which was 21 seconds faster thanwe have ever managed with our new gun. The run back hada few problems with the limber being broken but that didn’tcause any time problems. The flying angel was superb butthe rig didn’t collapse and they lost time there. The timefor the run-back was 1.55. The run home was as fast asever but the overall time was just 3 seconds off the record.Ben Harcourt [T] won the Trainer’s Tankard foramusing Kevin Clarke (senior trainer) the most (minorhead wound). Nick Trewhella [Bd] won the Field GunOfficer’s Tankard for his superb effort in training where heoften ran other positions to fill in. There was a new prizewhich was donated by the Royal Navy for the best FieldGunner who is in the rm or Navy section of the ccf. Thiswas won by Angus Wilson [Hg] who stood out abovea very strong field. Ed Robertson won the Harris Shieldfor his superb year as Captain and Tom Melhuish [Bl]was announced as next year’s Captain.It was a shame that we didn’t have a ccf inspectionday to run at nor did we have the drum corps as the displayseparating the two runs. Let’s hope that next year thosecan be re-introduced. We are hoping to run at the SurreyShow next year and already Tom Melhuish is sorting outthe logistics of that. Bruce Rothben harcourt [t] . . . . . . 1 . . . barrel no. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ben harcourt [t]jack harcourt [hn] . . . . . 2 . . . barrel no. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jamie davies [l]charlie mann [hg]. . . . . . 3 . . . first pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ben white [bl]james wright [t] . . . . . . . 4 . . . first pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . eugene konstantinovsky [l]felix titherley [a] . . . . . . 5 . . . carriage no. . . . . . . . . . . . . . felix titherley [a]franco boydell [m] . . . . . 6 . . . carriage no. . . . . . . . . . . . . . vadim toczylkin [bl]dominic stalker [pn] . . . . . 7 . . . carriage no. . . . . . . . . . . . . . kyle ross [hn]ed bartley [bl]. . . . . . . . 8 . . . carriage no. . . . . . . . . . . . . . nick trewhella [bd]geoffrey hopkinson [hn]. . . 9 . . . flying angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . tom melhuish [bl]ruaraidh stewart [hn] . . . . 10 . . traveller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . robbie offer [pn]tom melhuish [bl] . . . . . . 11 . . 1st swing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inder virdi [pn]patrick davis [t]. . . . . . . 12 . . slat no. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . harry orpen-smellie [bl]james fotherby [a]. . . . . . 13 . . slat no. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jack stileman [l]amir idris [hl] . . . . . . . . 14 . . second pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . dom auger [t]harrison scowsill [hn] . . . 15 . . 2nd swing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . luke mortell [t]angus wilson [c] . . . . . . 16 . . second pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . patrick garratt [pn]ed robertson [t] . . . . . . . 17 . . back of box . . . . . . . . . . . . . ben cook [t]sasha ponomarenko [hl] . . . 18 . . back of box . . . . . . . . . . . . . tommy hirst [hg]1st trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kev clarke2nd trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jim harwoodfield gun officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mr b.n. rothassistant field gun officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mr i. frayneordnance artificer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . simon trendallbugler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alistair margot [s]‘A’ CrewLeft: B Crew limber. Right: Ed Robertson [T] receives the Harris Shield from James Haskell [L 1998–2003]