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Corporals’ Mess
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
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Let the Showdown begin.
It was a quiet start to 2023 for the Corporals’ Club, with B and C Squad- rons posted to various places around the world, chiefly Kuwait, Texas and Germany. With A Squadron beginning to prepare for their PDT
was put in from all involved, balancing the fast-approaching leave period and choosing to do a contact sport in the form of Zorb fighting. You could imagine the headache when it came to the various
an entertaining event but be responsible for the safety of all involved. It was at this point I looked away and wasn’t leading from the front.
Rounding out the year, we like to finish with the Regimental Christmas Day. It is a good chance to eat the Christmas Dinner and then throw it at each other immedi- ately after the RSM looks away. We had the pleasure to have Tpr Jude Brown sing a carol that can only be described as unrepeatable but hilarious. The games then began, JNCO vs the Tprs, involving classics such as Boat Racing, Doss Bag Racing and Toy Soldiers. Another poor show was put in by the Tprs, and as usual, they did not win a single event. There is always next year however, maybe the Corporals Club shall let them win one event to keep their Christmas spirits up.
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cycle for Op CABRIT 14, it
did not leave many people
to keep the Mess engaged.
However, with the Regiment
back by the summer, it was
all go. Tea and Toast was
back open on a Wednesday,
with Cpl Bernard delivering
the equipment. A money
saver meaning we did not
have to spend any cash to
get it going, which in my
eyes as the PMC is a win.
Tea and Toast is a great opportunity that enables JNCOs to catch up, have a moan and, most importantly, a medium to okay brew - but for 50p who’s complaining. A chance to get out of work for 30 minutes and leave the Tprs in charge is well worth it.
The onset of summer brought about the organisation of the summer function for the Cpls’ Club. An immense effort
health and safety hoops that we needed to jump through. You could imagine my panic to be told that morning, that the Risk Assessment was not quite adequate for fighting in giant inflatable zorbs, but after a bit of a rush about and sitting down with the right people we got the go ahead. With things finally going our way, despite a heat wave we had been in for several weeks, the clouds suddenly broke and
a rainstorm followed. However, as with any typical British Soldier, we donned our slightly hideous Hawaiian shirts, got kitted out and all ganged up on Cpl Hutchings who, even after a valiant effort, was taken down for all his previous sins to the Cpls’ Club. Running the Cpls’ Mess means you are required to not just host
...a carol that can only be described as unrepeatable but hilarious
Cpl Duthie-Thomas taking a break from Mountain Biking.
B Sqn Hero’s... can tell by their sleeves.