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Leader Magazine
SPRING 1962.
HOBBY CLUBS REVIEW.
The activities of some of our 36 hobby dubs have lately been reaching a wider public. In February, Model Railway News featured photographs of the Model Railway Club, and it is likely that an article on the Club will appear later. In the same month, The Aeromodeller contained a photograph of Sgt. Bott receiving the Arthur Mullett Memorial Trophy which was won last year by the Aero-modelling Club at the British National Model Championships held at Grantham. The Club are hoping to defend and retain this trophy at this year's Championship. One of the photographs in this edition of Leader of members of the Archery Club, is also reproduced from a national magazine, The Shooting Times.
Hoping to achieve a rather different kind of wider renown are the members of the Art Club who are entering paintings for the British North Atlantic Committee's Poster Competition. The subject is "Freedom versus Bondage". The Club's pottery section is also thriving and J/Sig. Robson of 'D' Company has produced an excellent pottery horse. Members are toying with the idea of making a quantity of pot piggy banks as a contribution to the "Save While You Serve" campaign.
FANFARES AND GO-KARTS
The biggest of the non sporting hobbies, and the only hobby ever to appear on parade, the Regimental Band, has now 62 members, with opportunities to learn flute, trumpet, bugle and a variety of drums. Trained by Drum Major Perris, and now led by J/Pte. Long, 'A' Company, the band, apart from its duties within the Regiment will be performing outside- during the year. Dolgelley Carnival is on the list, and the trumpeters are looking forward to playing a fanfare this month for Dolgelley's Football Queen of the Year.
Apart from the martial rhythms of the Band, another characteristic Tonfanau sound is the crackling roar from the exhausts of the Go-Kart Club. Four Karts were on the road for the meeting in February when a series of knock-out races were run to find the champion driver of the Club. J/Fus. Collins, 'C' Company was victorious.
MARKSMEN AND TURTLES
The Shooting Club, of "Seventeen Trophies" fame, have been gaining further distinction. The Secretary of the National Smallbore Rifle Association conveyed his personal congratulations to all the Regiment's competitors in the Marksman Badge Competition, in which we finished a close second to H.M.S. Ganges the Royal Navy Training Ship. J/Sig. Davidson, 'C' Company, the senior team captain, has made best score of the term with 101 points.
The improving weather is watched eagerly by the Sailing and Canoe Clubs. The Sailing Club waits for April 1st (an apt date?) to take to the waves with eight G.P.'s and report that a number of their members are eager to gain full membership of the Turtle Club. Building of boats is to continue and G.P.'s are to be entered at Dovey, Barmouth and Rhyl in the coming season.
A tour of the Clubs shows an impressive range of articles of all kinds in different stages of completion. The Leatherwork Hobby has travelling bags, moccasins, belts and a knitting bag (!) coming along. The Model Boats Hobby has a flotilla of twenty boats in production, whilst the Metalwork Hobby point out that in making their ashtrays and bowls they gain Bronze and Silver Awards by working in copper.
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