Scotland & Northern Ireland Region ATC : News

NORTHERN IRELAND WING WIN BEST CADET AT RIAT

bader.sni@nospam.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:40:39 +0200

27 cadets and 6 staff from Northern Ireland Wing travelled on a 14 hour trip each way to attend this year's Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford over the weekend of 17th and 18th July 2010.

In attendance there was 650 plus cadets and 150 plus staff in total at camp. Cadet Cpl Lauren McVeigh (72 Squadron) won Best Cadet and Red Sparrow (one of 12 best cadets under 14) was won by Cdt Ryan Rafferty 2241 (Regent House) Squadron.

Regional Field Day 2010

frank.wielbo@nospam.com (OC2180) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:00:08 +0200

Cadets Staff Squadrons and Wings from across the Region gather at HMS Calediona for the Annual Field Day

GWS Wing at Nijmegen 2010

bader.sni@nospam.com (Webmaster) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:52:06 +0200

Scotland and Northern Ireland Region was well represented with four out of the six wings taking part in the International 4 Day marches, also known as Nijmegen, in Holland this year. Glasgow and West Scotland, Edinburgh and South Scotland, Northern Ireland and Aberdeen and North East Scotland being the four Wings involved. Before each team even set foot in Holland they each undertook
grueling training for nearly a year and each team had to qualify either at the Scottish Garelochhead or RAF Cosford 2 day Marches.

Cadet 150 BRNC Dartmouth DofE Gold Residential

bader.sni@nospam.com (Webmaster) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:42:48 +0200

Flight Sergeant Alistair Arthur, Sergeant John Gordon and Corporal Jonathan Pryce, who hail from 2368 (Aberdeen Airport) ANES, 1701 (Johnstone) GWS and 859 (Dalgety Bay) DCS, have recently taken part in a unique residential camp at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Devon. They had been selected to attend the camp which was part of the Cadet 150 celebrations and also an element of their work towards the Gold Award on the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

The 3
specially selected cadets have been active members of the Air Cadets for around four and a half years each and during their time have thoroughly enjoyed the wide variety of activities available to them. Indeed all three cadets agreed with John after the passing out parade with senior commanders of all three services “It has been such a privilege to be part of this camp and its all adds to my life experiences. Especially being under the command of Warrant Officer Scott Stephenson RN”

SHAWBURY TEAM TAKE ON BATTLE OF BRITAIN ANNIVERSARY BIKE RIDE

bader.sni@nospam.com (Webmaster) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:22:20 +0200

A team of 12 cyclists from RAF Shawbury, in north Shropshire, are in training to take on a long distance bike ride to commemorate the 70^th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The team will be travelling to RAF Kinloss in Morayshire, northern Scotland on Thursday 23 September 2010 to begin their epic ride to Bentley Priory, on the outskirts of London.

The team will begin the journey from Kinloss on Friday 24 September and aim to cover 737 miles in 8 days. As it is the 70^th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain,
the team aim to visit at least 70 World War II airfields on their journey.

Di Gilbert completes the Seven Summits

bader.sni@nospam.com (Webmaster) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:36:23 +0200

"Mountaineers thrive on challenge: the desire to stand on top of the highest point on each of the seven continents has fired the imagination of climbing enthusiasts of all levels from around the globe.

Everest, Asia (8848m)
Aconcagua, South America (6960m)
McKinley, North America (6194m)
Kilimanjaro, Africa (5895m)
Elbrus, Europe (5642m)
Vinson, Antarctica (4897m)
Carstensz Pyramid, Oceania (4884m)

"Completion of this amazing feat, known as the Seven Summits, demands much of the climber - to travel to the remote and exotic corners of the world, scale the heights of mountain giants such as Everest and McKinley, and face extreme weather conditions and hostile environments for long periods over many years." Seven Summits, Steve Bell

A FIRST FOR S&NI AT RIAT 2010

bader.sni@nospam.com (Webmaster) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:41:14 +0200

Only two Cadets from Scotland & Northern Ireland Region attended RIAT as part of the Communications Team. Flt Sgt F Christie from Aberdeen Wing and Flt Sgt R MacLeod of Edinburgh & South Scotland Wing. Both left from Stirling on Monday 12 July 2010 on a 9 hour journey to Fairford.

Starting on Tuesday 13 July until Tuesday 20 July, up at 0530 Hrs until 2230 Hrs on a shift cycle of 2 Hrs on 2 Hrs off they helped control the movements of staff, transport, Cadets, ground Opps etc for the whole site.

VENTURE ADVENTURE - WEEK 3 BEGINS

bader.sni@nospam.com (Webmaster) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:35:10 +0200

For most of us, we endured a tiring 7 to 10 hours of endless countryside greenery to finally board the “luxurious” P&O Irish ferry. Yet again we were all dumb-founded by the vast stretch of Irish Sea.

At first the social distance was obvious to all. However, the familiar sea sickness feeling brought about conversation amongst Wings.
The food, however tasty, was undeniably expensive such as £9 for steak pie and chips, (for prices like that you’d expect Gordon Ramsey to make something ex-travagant for the same price).

Finally after the ferry docked in Ireland .

Letter of Congratulations

bader.sni@nospam.com (Webmaster) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:33:43 +0200

From Vice Admiral P J Wilkinson CB CVO BA FCIPD

Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel)

D/DCDS(Pers)/85/1

July 2010

ALL MOD SPONSORED CADET FORCES

I am writing to congratulate the entire Cadet Movement for its engagements over the Cadet 150 commemorative year so far, especially the Royal Review which took place in Central London last Tuesday.

The whole event was superb and I was very impressed by the parade on the Mall, the standard of drill and quality of the music was excellent throughout and all cadets and volunteers involved should be very proud of themselves. The cadets’ manner and bearing was of the highest order and a great advertisement for the Cadet movement.

I was particularly pleased to see so many proud parents and Adult Volunteers at Buckingham Palace for the garden party, it was clear to see they had a very good time and I hope that it went some way to repaying them for all their efforts in supporting the Cadet movement.

Occasions such as these do not take place without a great deal of work in the planning stages. Tuesday’s parade and garden party were a great success and I extend my deepest congratulations and thanks to all those who planned and executed such an impressive display.

I am sure that future Cadet 150 events, both national and local, will be of the same very high standard.

Well done,

From Vice Admiral P J Wilkinson CB CVO BA FCIPD

Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel)

D/DCDS(Pers)/85/1 July 2010

ALL MOD SPONSORED CADET FORCES

I am writing to congratulate the entire Cadet Movement for its engagements over the Cadet 150 commemorative year so far, especially the Royal Review which took place in Central London last Tuesday.