The Admirals – Multiple Authors
Team Report – Dave Horley – 1966 & 1967
Team Report – Ian Flavell Smith – 1968 & 1969
Team Report – Steve Wormald – 1970
I took over the Admirals in February, from Ian Flavell Smith; a few minutes prior to meeting Flay and the team, I had been watching with some interest, from the ship’s rail, the leader of some unknown team, away in the distance, describing high speed circles around the driver.
It was Flay and Myff having a battle of wills:
Team Report – Brian Hill – 1971
My first introduction to the Admirals was in Dec. 1970 when, along with Sam and Kursty, I was flown out to join Sledge Tango [Steve Wormald & Ali Skinner (Geol.)] in the Traverse Mtns. on the Palmerland Plateau. Steve Wormald was then driver, and I stayed with the team until they were flown out from the field at the beginning of February 1971. I was very fortunate as it made the final handover of the team to me at relief very easy. Of course, I had still much to learn, stuff that can only be learned by driving the team oneself, but I had no team difficulty when I finally took over.