Regional Newsletter Issue 5 (2012)

S&NI Newsletter

2012 Issue 5

Newsletter DateJune 2012

In this Issue:

1. 327 benefits from volunteers2. The Flying Edgars3. 2519 Silver DOE Awards5. RAF Tealing Memorial6. Lord Provost Youth Parade7. 2180 Gold Star8. Highland Wing Parade9. News from RAF Leuchars

To commemorate the 70th

Anniversary of the formation of theAir Training Corps, the Corps waspresented with a new Corps Banner in2011, by the Chief of Air Staff, ACM SirStephen Dalton. Sunday 10th Junesaw over 200 Air Cadets andsupporting Staff from all aroundScotland and Northern Ireland Regionconverge on the fair city of Perth toattend a service of Thanksgiving at StJohns Kirk and witness the laying up ofthe previous Banner of the Air TrainingCorps in accordance with MilitaryTradition.

The reviewing officer was AirCommodore Barbara Cooper CBEFCIPD FRAeS RAF, Commandant ofthe Air Cadet Organisation.

Air Commodore Cooper remarked “Iam delighted to see our third CorpsBanner laid up in the magnificentsurroundings of St Johns Kirk inscotlands newest city.

The Air Cadet Organisation has over120 units throughout Scotland andNorthern Ireland and offers a widerange of opportunities for todays youth,and I have seen those here today dothemselves proud.“

The sermon was given by the Rev TomTait who was the Corps Chaplain from2002 till 2010. Tom was the first Scotand the first non-Anglican to hold themost senior chaplaincy post in the AirTraining Corps since the formation ofthe Corps in 1941. As Corps Chaplainhe was responsible to theCommandant Air Cadets for the day today running of the chaplaincy service.He worked closely with six RegionalChaplains and had a responsibility forsome 700 other clergy who serve theirunits throughout the country.

Padre Tait, until lately was the ministerof Rattray Parish Church, wasappointed to 2519 (Blairgowrie)Squadron as their padre in 1974 andwas later commissioned in the RAF

Volunteer Reserve from which heretired in 1988 retaining the rank ofFlight Lieutenant. He was appointedChaplain for Dundee and CentralScotland Wing in 1978 and serveduntil 1977 when he was appointed asRegional Chaplain for Scotland andNorthern Ireland.

The Air Cadet Management Boarddecided that, in recognition of PadreTait’s service as Corps Chaplain, heshould have the privilege of decidingwhere the third Corps Banner shouldbe laid up. This marks the firstoccasion when a Corps banner hasbeen laid up in Scotland.

The service was conducted by the RevJames K. Wallace who is the Ministerof St John’s Kirk of Perth and the RevAlistair K Ridland, who is the Scotland& N Ireland Regional Chaplain.

Invited guests who attended the eventincluded::Provost Liz Grant – Perth andKinross Council

Colonel and Mrs R D Gibson - ChiefExecutive Lowland Reserve Forcesand Cadets Association

Colonel and Mrs A K Miller - ChiefExecutive Highland Reserve Forcesand Cadet Association

Group Captain and Mrs A Ferguson– Previous Regional Commandant ofScotland and N Ireland

Group Captain M M A Urquhart –Previous Regional Commandant ofScotland and N Ireland

Group Captain and Mrs P Dacre –Chairman of the Air Cadet Council(Scotland and N Ireland)

Wing Commander D C McCrae – OCSouth East Scotland Wing

Wing Commander Jim Haley – OCWest Scotland Wing

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AIR CADET BANNER LAID UP IN THE FAIR CITY

Group Captain Urquhart arrives at St JohnsKirk for the Service.

Commandant Air Cadets, Air CommodoreBarbara Cooper arrives for the service andis met by Squadron Leader Eddie Carr(ARC SNI Region).

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128 cadets gathered at Garelochhead Army Training Campfor a weekend exercise from the 27th - 29th of April. Cadets

took part in activities such as clay target shooting, team buildingexercises, archery, sports, swimming, leadership, radiocontrolled model flying, orienteering, caving, radios andfieldcraft.

The wing clay target team smashed their previous record of 55cadets earning a Clay Pigeon Shooting association (CPSA)Clay Target Experience certificate, by putting 109 cadetsthrough the course.

Over 70 cadets and staff were treated to an air experience flightin a sea king courtesy of HMS Gannet.

Cadets and staff from 327 (Kilmarnock) Squadron, AirTraining Corps recently enjoyed a visit to GE Caledonian

in Prestwick. The Prestwick plant repairs and overhauls GEengines for a number of prestigious international airlines.

The evening started with a video presentation by StewartChristie, Training Manager, on the history of the company, thetype of engines that they repair and overhaul and an indicationof the wide range of customers that GE Caledonian work with.

The tour of the factory was conducted by Laura Robertson,Apprentice Co-ordinator. Laura gave a very interesting andinformative talk as she showed the cadets the engines beingstripped down, repaired, parts replaced and enginesreassembled.

The cadets asked plenty of questions and thoroughly enjoyedtheir visit. Many of the cadets were interested in theopportunities that GE Caledonian offer as the company recruitsincreasing numbers of apprentices each year.

As well as uniformed staff,the squadron has three

Civilian Instructors (CIs) whohave recently joined as well asthree who have beenvolunteers for over 5 yearsand who have completedthousands of hours to supportthe cadets.

CIs give up two nights a weekand many weekends to helprun the squadron and teachand support cadets to gainnew skills and develop intoconfident adults.

Longstanding Volunteers

Jim Cree is a former cadet andhelps run the administrationside of the squadron includingkeeping records of all thecadets achievements.

Husband and wife Joyce andBill Black got involved fiveyears ago when their son wasa cadet. Joyce does thesquadron PR and marketing,is the BTEC (Business andTechnology Training Council)Officer and assists with theadministration of the Duke ofEdinburgh Award within thesquadron. Bill is a qualifiedarchery coach and clay targetsafety officer and also teachescadets the Cadet entry levelHealth and Safety course.

Newest Volunteers - All 3 ofthe newest CIs are formercadets

Bill Robertson‘s son was acadet and he takes themodelling class which hasalready won some competitionprizes. He also teaches theCadet entry level Health andSafety course.

Matt Dorran’s son is a cadetand he is researching thehistory of the Squadron and istrying to start remote controlflying in the Squadron.

Michael Docherty has almostcompleted his BasicExpedition Leader Award andholds the Sports LeaderAwards. He will be leading awide a range of activitiesincluding sports andadventure training. Michael isalso the Squadron Duke ofEdinburgh Award co-ordinator.

All of the CIs agree that themost rewarding part for themis to watch cadets from age 13as they learn new skills, makelifelong friendships and try a

wide variety of new activities,developing into young menand women full of confidence.Many former cadets are still intouch with the Squadron andpop in to let us know what ishappening in their lives.

West Scotland Wing Camp

Air Cadets visit GE Caledonian in Prestwick

How 327 (Kilmarnock) Squadronbenefits from volunteers

Regional Summer Tactical Communications Radio Course7th - 13th July.

The course is for Leading Classification or above cadets whohave completed the VHF Radio Course and possibly haveattended a HF weekend course, but still require operationhours. Wing Deadline 20 June 12!

Tactical Comms Course

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Four members of 1001(Monklands) Squadron ATC,all from the same family haveset a scorching pace on and offthe athletic track.

The Edgar family: Cadets,Victoria and Elizabeth, Cpl.Anthony and Cadet Alexanderare indeed a family in a hurry.With twenty years service inthe ATC between them, theytrain together three times perweek, covering six miles ateach of the training sessions.

Collectively, they have wonover 60 medals in athleticcompetitions in just over fiveyears. Recently, BrothersAnthony and Alexander wonthe National Cross-Country,Gold Team Medal. Not to beoutdone (and proving the oldadage, ‘anything our brotherscan do, we can do too’.) ’Sisters Victoria and Elizabethcompleted the double act, bywinning the Team Gold Cross-Country Medal, at the NationalChampionships at RAFCranwell. Anthony also wonthe National Individual GoldMedal at the samechampionships.

Alexander has his eye oncompeting in the New York andLondon Marathon. SisterElizabeth has previously run inPortugal. Victoria and Anthonycommented: ” The ATC isgreat fun. We all love sports,meeting new friends, andevery night we do somethingdifferent and challengeourselves.”

Corps wide, it is thought thatthis is the first time that fourmembers of the same familyhave competed in a nationalchampionship.

Wing Commander BrianMunro – OC Highland Wing

Wing Commander MikeMisskimmin - OC NorthernIreland Wing

Wing Commander and MrsR L Fraser – Previously OCDundee and CentralScotland Wing, OC 662Volunteer Gliding SquadronRM Condor Arbroath andManaging Director ofTayside Aviation

Wing Commander and MrsG Campbell – Currently theCorps Shooting Officer andprevious OC Glasgow andWest Scotland Wing

Squadron Leader and MrsD Thomson – Chairman ofSouth East Scotland Wingand Previous OC 661 and662 Volunteer GlidingSquadrons.

The photos are a selection ofthose taken during the day. Agallery of photos can be viewedon the Regional Web Site.

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Cadets from 2435 (St Andrews) Sqn ATC presented MajorTim Grantham from ‘Help For Heroes’ a cheque for £840.

The cadets undertook a sponsored walk from RAF Leucharsto St Andrews Cathedral earlier in the year. In accepting thecheque, Major Grantham praised the support of the Squadronto the Charity, noting that this donation would pay for 1replacement limb for one of our wounded servicemen/women.

Some of you will beparticipating in Overseas

Camps this summer and inEurope you will require an EHICard. these are free but youhave to use the officialwebsite. To do otherwise willcost you. If you are under 16your parent must apply onyour behalf.Follow the link

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/EHIC/Pages/about-the-ehic.aspx

The Flying Edgar’s AIR CADET BANNER LAID UP IN THE FAIR CITY

Helping Hand from St Andrew's Squadron DID YOU KNOW?

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Cadets and staff from SouthEast Scotland Wing joinedforces with friends form WestScotland Wing staff and cadetsto yet again provide supportthe Scottish Ruby Union butthis time at the EmiratesGlasgow 7’s competition atScotstoun Stadium. 2535(Livingston) Squadroncontinue to build on theiractivities with the SRU and asthe Emirates Airline 7’scompetition, part of the HSBC7’s World Series competition,moved from Edinburgh toGlasgow they were joined bystaff and cadets from 62 (2ndGlasgow) Squadron.

Both Squadrons providedcadets for an honour guardwhen the Scotland 7’s teamwere playing and both staff andcadets were also engaged inhelping to hand out over 6,000“noise makers” as well as and100’s of water bottles and capsto the 30,000 crowd over twodays of competition.

Fortunately the weather stayedfine to make it an enjoyableweekend but sadly Scotlandlost (7-10) in the semi-final ofthe Bowl competition to Spain,after being knocked out of themain competition on theSaturday, but the efforts of thegroup made sure that therewas plenty of noise beingmade by the fans to help spurthem along. The maincompetition was eventuallywon by New Zealand who beatEngland in the final 29-14

Both Squadron Commanders,Flt Lt Mel Fairley (2535 Sqn)

and Flt Lt Colin Wardle (62Sqn) commented on howpleased they were to havebeen asked to help out and thecadets were unanimous intheir feedback on how muchthey enjoyed being part of itall…..especially the fun and“banter” that was emanatingfrom the “Party Stand” (wherethe supporters in fancy dresswere).

A colourful, musical andgenerally noisy event wasgreatly enjoyed by all who tookpart. In addition to numerousrugby stars (includingfavourites such as GlasgowWarriors Richie Gray makingan appearance) the main“voice” of Edinburgh Rugbyand Forth 1 DJ Grant Stott wasalso there and made time tocome and speak to the staffand cadets to thank them fortheir efforts in getting the noiselevels up! A great weekend outenjoyed by all and an ATCpresence at yet another major

Scottish sporting event!

Picture:-Forth One DJ GrantStott with cadets and staff from2535 (Livingston) and 62 (2ndGlasgow) squadronspreparing for honour guardduties for the ScotlandInternational 7's team gameagainst Spain

Cadets and stafffrom 1007

(Duns) and 2180(Galashiels)Squadrons bravedthe "interesting"early summerweather to makethe long 200+ mileround trip, to RAFLeuchars for a visit to 12 AEF and flights in the Tutor. A snapsnow fall just south of Kinross almost disrupted the journey asthe minibus approached a 7 vehicle smash in about 3 inchesof snow on the southbound carriageway of the M90. With thenorthbound carriageway clear but incredibly slippy the grouparrived at RAF Leuchars to blue skies!

Then with lunch for some and the pre flight briefing andemergency drills successfully completed it was into flying kitfor six first time flyers and out into the wild blue yonder . In alltwelve cadets flew with them group departing south just after5pm and the customary post flight meal so traditional amongAir Cadets - a Big Mac , Fries and Coke at the nearest McD!

Recently Corporal Murray Bullions and Sergeant GriegForsyth from 2519 (Strathmore) Squadron were presented

with their Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award Certificates andBadges by Flight Lieutenant Leanne Campbell WATTO (WingAdventure Technical Training Officer).

Corporal RobertRichardson also gainedhis Duke of EdinburghSilver Award but wasunable to attend thepresentation due towork commitments.

Murray, Robert andGrieg carried out mosttasks required by theaward syllabus in theSquadron andundertook their Silver Expedition in Highland Perthshire. Theyall enjoyed the syllabus required but especially the expedition,which was over three days and two nights under canvasexploring,photographing and detailing the flora and fauna of the area.

Both Corporal Murray Bullions and Sergeant Grieg Forsythnow hope to progress to start their Duke of Edinburgh GoldAward with all that is required.

Flying the flag at the Emirates Rugby 7's Sun, Rain, Snow and Flying at 12 AEF

2519 Silver DOE Awards

RAF Photographic Competition Takes-Off

Summer is nearly here and the days are getting longer, so there’snever been a better time to dust off your camera and start

looking at all of the photographic opportunities that the Air CadetOrganisation provides. See the corps website for full details of thecompetition………

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Today I was the guest of theAirfields of Britain

Conservation Trust, in mycapacity at Chairman of Angus(202) Branch of the Royal AirForces association, at theunvieling of a commemorativememorial at RAF Tealing justoutside Dundee.

The trusts aims are::

"The Airfields of BritainConservation Trust wasestablished to acknowledgethe enormous and uniquecontribution airfields havemade in numerous spheressince 1909.

A memorial is intended to beerected at each known disusedairfield site in Britain in order toprovide a permanent reminderfor future generations.

Historical information will bemade publicly available andfacilities provided to allow newfactual details to be collated."

On Sat 19th May a memorialwas unveiled at RAFMontrose, followed by thememorial at RAF Tealing onSun 29th May.

The memorial was unveiledoutside the Inveraldie VillageHall (Tealing Hall) which usedto be the station Gymnasiumand Cinema.

RAF Tealing was opened inMarch 1942 and closed in

1948, but on May 20th 1942, itsaw the the Soviet SupremeCommander Maj Gen Molotovland there en route to ameeting with WinstonChurchill.

As well as Hawker Hurricanesand Miles Magisters whichwere based there in thetraining role, it saw service inthe training of Glider Pilots forthe D-Day Invasion. This sawan influx of Wellington andDakota aircraft which acted asthe towing aircraft for theHorsa Gliders.

At 14:30 Hrs an aircraft fromTayside Aviation in Dundee,did a flypast to end theceremony.

Following the event, Tea andCoffee was served in thevillage hall.

John Walker(RMCO)

Staff from across SouthEast Scotland Wing

attended the the secondannual Wing TrainingWeekend, and Conferencewhich was held at RAFLeuchars over the weekend of26/27 May 2012.

The 2-day event covered awide range of subjectsincluding Child Protection,shooting, flying, gliding, Dukeof Edinburgh Award the recentACO Convention, and theEast Fortune and Leuchars Airshows. Staff from HQACundertook presentations andled discussions on Ultilearnand Bader and the opprtunitywa staken to hold sectormeetings to discuss commonissues and undertake planningfor the coming months.

On saturday Evening a formalDinner for Uniformed Staffwas held in the Officer’s Mess.During the dinner a number offormer SEScot Staff andRegional Staff staff were“Dined Out” including Sq LdrIsobel Eason, Sq Ldr PaulMathieson and Sq Ldr MikeStewart.

This was the first time thatOfficers and SNCOs from theWing had enjoyed a socialevening of this type and WgCdr Macrae noted that it wasalmost exactly a year sincethe formation of the newwing.The Wing Commanderpaid tribute to work, effortsand achievements of allmembers of South EastScotland Wing and thanked

RAF Leuchars for the supportgiven to the Wing and forallowing the dinner to takeplace.

SEScot Wing Warrant OfficerNorth WO Steve Ross waspresented with the

Commandants Certificate formeritorious Service by Wg CdrColin Macrae OfficerCommanding South EastScotland Wing.

Flt LtTomGray OC287(Stenhouse) Sqwaspresented withThe Dix

Alderson Memorial Trophy.287 Sq were winners of theSEScot Inter Sq First Aidcompetition. The Trophy waspresented earlier in the day toWg Cdr Macrae by membersof the local RAFA branch tocommemorate one of their latemembers.

Memorial Unveiled at RAF Tealing Wing Staff Training Weekend and Conference

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(Perth)Squadron enjoyingan evenings rockclimbing at BennyBegg.

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Contact Sqn LdrBarry McAdam atSE Scot Wing HQfor more info.

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Sat 2 Jun saw the LordProvosts Youth Parade in

Dundee City Centre. As inprevious years the Air Cadetswere represented in both theformal parade as well as inthe City Centre.

Cadets from 1232 (Dundee),2345 (Leuchars) and 2450(Dudhope) Squadronprovided cadets for theparade and also for the staticdisplay. The displayconsisted of a wing marqueewith a flight simulator andrecruiting information and theharrier cockpit from 2345(Leuchars) Sqn.

Despite an overcast start tothe day, the sun came out asthe parade set off at 2pm, andfor the remainder of theafternoon was warm andsunny.

The harrier cockpit was verypopular with the public and asteady queue was present allafternoon.

Joining the small but growinggroup of Squadrons in the

Wing who have achieved thestandard 2180 (Galashiels) Sqwas awarded the “Gold StarRating “during the HealthSafety & EnvironmentInspection carried out earliertoday.

The award was made by JimLauder the ACO HealthSafety& Environment Adviserbased at HMS Gannet inAyrshire. The inspectioncovered a wide range ofsubjects from visitor briefing torisk assessment and projectmanagement to documentaryevidence to support all of theelements of the inspection.

Deputy OC 2180 Fg Off NikWielbo who dropped in on theinspection during his lunchbreak said: “This award meansa lot to us especially after theprevious inspection where wewere caught out on a numberof aspects of the standardsrequired including the nowfabled 12 tinlets of enamelpaint issue! This is not a paperexercise - we take the subjectvery seriously. What we do asan organisation can bechallenging and not withoutrisk. Managing the risk isessential for a number ofreasons and if we stopproviding challenging activitiesfor cadets at this squadron weknow they will go elsewhere.We are delighted to have hadthe efforts of Team 2180acknowledged in this way.”

On Sunday 13th May 2012 at The Cameron Barracks,Inverness, Highland Wing of the Air Training Corps held

their annual Wing Parade. An event that brought squadron’sfrom all over the Highland Wing area to parade together.

Over 130 cadets took part in the parade which was inspectedby Highland Wings own Wing Commander, Wing CommanderBrian Munro.

Lord ProvostsYouth Parade GOLD STAR FOR 2180! HIGHLAND WING PARADE

SCOTTISH ROBOTICGAMES TOOKPLACE ON SUN

10 JUN AT SELEX INEDINBURGH.

REPORT IN NEXTEDITION.

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On Sunday 13 May the Annual Wing Athletics were held atBRA Sports field at Roughfort. There was a good turnout

for the events even though the weather was not too kind withheavy winds, but at least the rain stayed off. Results are below:

Flt Lt Hares Cup winners 825 (Bangor)2nd 1134 (West Belfast)3rd 2349 (Ballymena), 2350 (Coleraine), 817 (Lisburn)

U17 Men Shield winners 806 (Larne) and 2241 (Regent House)2nd 825 (Bangor) and 2349 (Ballymena)

Intermediate Boys Shield winners 1134 (West Belfast)2nd 2350 (Coleraine)3rd 825 (Bangor)

Sqn Ldr Fleming Cup winners 806 (Larne)2nd 2241 (Regent House)3rd 833 (Antrim)

Senior Girls Cup winners 817 (Lisburn)2nd 825 (Bangor)3rd 2349 (Ballymena) and 2350 (Coleraine)

Best Overall Squadron 825 (Bangor)2nd 2350 (Coleraine)3rd 817 (Lisburn)

His Royal Highness (HRH)The Duke of Kent has

presented 58 Squadron, RAFRegiment with a new Standardduring a parade at RAFLeuchars.

58 Sqn completed a highlysuccessful Operationaldeployment to Afghanistan in2011 as part of No 6 ForceProtection Wing. TheSquadron has by far the mostdistinguished operationalrecord of any RAF Regt Sqn.It has a total of 7 battlehonours, 6 of which are fromWorld War II, which have theright to be emblazoned on itsstandard.

During the parade, HRH TheDuke of Kent accepted thegeneral salute from theSquadron as Typhoon aircraftfrom 6 Squadron flewoverhead in recognition of thecritical role that the Gunners ofthe RAF Regiment accomplishin providing the protection onthe ground that enables theUK Armed Forces and theirallies to mount effectiveOperations in the air.

The Duke said in his address:

“The presentation of thisStandard today underlinesand encompasses everythingthat is important in terms ofmilitary ethos, and it providesdue recognition of the serviceand sacrifice made by theOfficers and Men of this fineand distinguished Squadron.

“I well recall meeting the initialfew, who comprised the newlyformed Squadron shortly afterit stood up at RAF Leucharsback in 2010. It was therefore,a great privilege to meet withthe fully formed Unit while theywere deployed on operationsin Afghanistan last summer;the transformation was quiteremarkable.

“You have every right toparade this Standard withhonour, knowing that you havetaken forward the legacy set

by your forbears in a mannerthat would make them justlyproud.”

During his visit to RAFLeuchars, HRH also madeindividual presentations toSergeant Alan Bailey, 32, andCorporal James Hudson, 25,both of whom served with 58Sqn in Afghanistan and wereMentioned in Dispatches fortheir service in responding tocasualty extractionemergencies while providingForce Protection to MedicalEmergency Response Team(MERT) personnel. Eachreceived an oak leaf for theirAfghanistan campaign medaland a certificate in recognitionof their conspicuous gallantry.

Officer Commanding 58 Sqn,Sqn Ldr David Stellitano said:

“It is not everyday that wecelebrate the achievements ofan operational Royal Air ForceRegiment Squadron in such away. The presentation of theSquadron Standard marks ourreturn to the Order of Battle,recognises our proud historyand reminds us of the actionsand deeds of those before us.

“Our recent operational tour inAfghanistan was highlysuccessful, the Squadronreceived commendations forits actions and I can only hopethat the next chapter in ourhistory is as glorious.

“I am immensely proud tohave commanded theSquadron on operations, tohave served alongside suchoutstanding Officers, Gunnersand Airmen and to be heretoday in the presence of HRHthe Duke of Kent to receivewhat is the most highlydecorated Squadron Standardin the history of our Corps. Allof this is down to the hard workand outstanding efforts ofevery man of the Squadron,they should all be very proudof what they have achieved.”

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That’s all for this Regional Newsletter. If you have any articles that you would like published in thenext edition, then send them to Regional HQ for the attention of Sqn Ldr John Walker RAFVR(T).

We will try and publish at least a quarterly newsletter, (more frequent if we have enough news!). Cadetreporters from all wings welcome.

You can also submit news and photos to the following e-mail address [email protected].

E-Mail - Text in either Word document or plain text files. Photo’s, preferably jpg or png formats (files nogreater than 2.5 Mb in Size please) and use E-Mail heading “Regional Newsletter Article” so that it isobvious as to the content.

In between issues of the Regional Newsletter, why not keep up to date by logging on to the Regional website, http://www.aircadets-sni.org.uk

Indeed we have a number of people who can submit news items directly onto the Regional Website (bothstaff and cadets). If you are involved in your squadron or Wing in newsletter creation or media commsand would like to become a cadet reporter for your wing, please get your squadron commander to dropan e-mail to [email protected] with your relevant details.

Note from the Editor

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The first S&NI RegionalAthletics competition to be rununder the new 5-wing structuretook place under the sunny butcool skies of GrangemouthStadium on Sunday 3rd June2012.

The overall winners of the2012 Championships by asmall margin was South EastScotland Wing with westScotland in second placefollowed by North EastScotland in third place.Northern Ireland and Highland

Wings took fourth and 5thplace respectively.

The keenly contestedcompetitions saw some terrificindividual performances bycadets from across the Regionwith many newcomersshowing promise for futureyears. A number of olderCadets participated for the lasttime including Flight Sgt AngusStanners 2180 (Galashiels) Sqthe current Corps Champion at100, 200 and 400m whoretained the Neish Cup

awarded to the class E Cadetscoring the most points inindividual events for thesecond successive year.Angus is looking forward todefending his Corps titles atCosford at the end of Junewhen he aims to break theCorps 100m record set in themid 1970s by none other thanLinford Christie theCommonwealth, Olympic,World Championship andEuropean Championship 100m Gold Medal winner when hewas an Air Cadet.

The MacConnell-Orr Cuppresented to the Squadronscoring the highest overallpoints went to 2180(Galashiels) Squadron.

Regional Athletics Championships 2012