SNI Newsletter Issue 8

S&NI Newsletter

2012 Issue 8

Newsletter DateOct 2012

In this Issue:

1. 1st Aid Success for Aboyne2. HRH Opens New Cadet Centre3. Marching Band Tour in Paris5. Muchty’s Bambuster Camp6. Air Cadet Leadership Course7. Penicuik are Champions8. Regional Sports Round Up9. ACO 2012 Photo Comp

A service of thanksgiving tocommemorate the laying up of the

Edinburgh & South Scotland WingBanner and the dedication of the SouthEast Scotland Wing banner took placein St Giles Cathedral on Sunday 21October 2012.

Earlier in the day almost 300 cadetsand staff assembled at 870 (Dreghorn)Sqn to practice the drill and proceduresthat would be enacted in public later inthe day. After a quick lunch a fleet ofcoaches cars and minibusestransported the parade to EdinburghCity Centre where the main partyassembled just below the Castle tomarch to the historic St Giles Cathedraland the service while the HonourGuard assembled at St Giles with theS&NI Region Pipe Band.

The purpose of the Service ofThanksgiving was to lay up the Bannerof Edinburgh & South Scotland Wing inthe historic St Giles Cathedral on theRoyal Mile and to dedicate the newSouth East Scotland Wing Banner inaccordance with military tradition.

South East Scotland Wing was formedon the reorganisation of the ACO inScotland when the former Edinburgh &South Scotland and Dundee andCentral Scotland Wings merged.

With a large crowd of onlookers AirCommodore Dawn McCafferty RAF,Commandant Air Cadets was presentto inspect the Honour Guard and theScotland & Northern Ireland RegionPipe Band and to take the salute at themarch past.

Following the service, a reception washeld at the Edinburgh Hub which gaveAir Commodore McCafferty theopportunity to meet Cadets, AdultVolunteers, Civilian CommitteeMembers and invited guests from theformer Edinburgh and South ScotlandWing. Among the guests were anumber of former OfficersCommanding Edinburgh & SouthScotland Wing and its predecessors

and several Lords Lieutenants andfriends of the Wing

During the reception Air CdreMcCafferty spent a considerableamount of time speaking to cadets andadult staff

Wing Commander Colin McCraereceived a surprise award in front ofguests and Squadron Staff at thereception to mark the laying up of theold Edinburgh & South Scotland WingBanner and the dedication of the newSouth East Scotland Wing Banner inEdinburgh on Sunday.

Air Commodore Dawn McCaffertyalso presented Wg Cdr McCrae

with a "Defence Council Letter ofAppreciation" for the outstanding workhe did during the preparation for thestand up of South East Scotland Wing.

The letter made specific mention ofthe "outstanding leadership qualitiesand powers of persuasion"demonstrated by Wg Cdr McCraeduring the recent reorganisation of theACO in Scotland.

Inacceptingthe awardWg CdrMcCraepaidtribute tostaffacross thetwo wings that formed South EastScotland Wing for their efforts duringthe period of change.

WING MERGER FINALLY COMPLETED

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Sergeant CallumMcFadden, from 498

(Wishaw) squadron, hassuccessfully won a place atWelbeck, the UK's defencesixth form college. SergeantMcFadden had to pass anumber of interviews, aptitudetests fitness tests andcommand tasks to gain hisplace at the college located inLoughborough.

Gaining a place at the collegemeans that Callum is acertified army officer providinghe passes all his exams. Hewill attend the college for twoyears before attendinguniversity and entering thedefence technicalundergraduate scheme(DTUS) which sponsors himthrough university. After thesefive years of higher educationhe then begins his training tobecome an engineering officerin the British Army.

Callum has been a cadet in thesquadron for 3 and a half yearsand reached the rank ofSergeant. He has competed in

a number of events during hisservice to the Air TrainingCorps including: representinghis squadron, wing and regionat football, athletics andswimming, a total of 2 hoursflying, 15 minutes in a Vikingglider, passed advanced RAFswimming test, been on 3adventure training camps inWindermere and Llanbedr, afieldcraft camp in NorthernIreland, a week camp at RAFLeuchars, a wing marksmanat Barry Buddon and receiveda distinction on the Air CadetLeadership Course, the 2ndtoughest course availablewithin the air cadets. He alsohopes that as his parting giftto the squadron he is able tobring back a trophy from theupcoming West of Scotlandwing drill competition.

Callum said: "I have reallyenjoyed my time within the aircadets and is by far the bestthing I have ever done in mylife. It has helped memassively and I doubt I couldhave achieved my place atWelbeck without my trainingfrom the air training corps. Iam extremely proud of all myachievements from within thesquadron and I have metsome of my best friends andwill treasure the memories forthe rest of my life."

His commanding Officer said,"Sergeant Callum McFaddenis an extremely valuedmember of the squadron andit won't be the same after hehas left. His fellow cadets andall the staff have only praisefor him and all wish him thebest of luck in his career."

First aid: following on from their success at the Corpscompetition last weekend, Plt Off Andrew Miller and CWO

Andrew MacDonald competed at the Inter-Services first aidcompetition at RMA Sandhurst yesterday.

This is the first time that anyone from Banchory had competedat this level, and although confident the team were more intenton enjoying themselves and gaining some valuableexperience. That being said, the team were astounded todiscover that they had come third in their competition (out ofseven teams), and picked up two shiny bronze medals for theirefforts.

First aid is an integralpart of Cadet training.Within the first fewmonths of joining, basicfirst aid training isdelivered to every Cadet.We also run youth andadult first aid trainingcourses, and run our ownfirst aid competitions, aswell as competing inlocal, regional, andnational levels.

South East Scotland Wing have completed their lastevening’s paddling session for the year, which has seen

197 Paddlesport Start Certificates awarded to cadets from 23Squadrons. A total 28 sessions had been offered at threevenues, which included Musselburgh Lagoons, Forfar Lochand the Union Canal.

A new initiative introduced this year, allowed cadets and staffan experience in either a Canoe or Kayak being taught someof basic paddling skills and team games to achieve thePaddlesport Start. The skills required for the Paddlesport Startwere :-

∙   Take part in a warm up

∙   Get into a boat from the bank

∙   Balance a Boat and go forward

∙   Moving the Boat backwards

∙   Stopping the Boat

∙   Moving the Boat sideways

∙   Going forward in straight line

∙   Edging without losing balance

The sessions were organised by Sqn Ldr Barry Mcadam,Deputy Officer Commanding, South East Scotland Wing.

Wishaw Cadet wins place at Defence College FIRST AID SUCCESS FOR ABOYNE PAIR

Wing Paddling Opportunities

On Sunday 16 September over 60 cadets and staff fromNorthern Ireland Wing were invited to attend the Battle of

Britain Parade at JHC FS Aldergrove.

After the parade lunch was provided for all in theWO/Sergeant's mess.

Photo on page 4 shows the cadets and staff making their wayto the church.

Battle of Britain Parade

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“We were on the Air talking about being in the Air”

Back in July of this year members of 661VGS attendedRadio Lollipop every night for an entire week to help out

with the planned “Flying Week” program.

Each night a different member of staff went along to help out onthe radio and to give out prizes to the competition winner. Thecompetitions ranged from word searches to colouring in “flyingmachines” and children of all ages that were in the hospital tookpart in the competitions each night. Children from variouswards came to the studio to meet the staff and radio presenters(and to have a laugh and a giggle).

We gave out bundles of goodies which included Air CadetPens, Pencils Future Pilot Stickers and the most popular andvery rare “661VGS Aircrew T-Shirt (which we had madeespecially for the kids)

Flt Lt CraigHildersley (one ofthe longeststanding membersof the squadron)with Dougie ourpresenter for theevening is shown inthis picturereceiving hisCertificate for beinga Radio LollipopStar!

Everyone who attended the evenings were more than humbledby the commitment of the staff, nurses and more so the childrenwho were in the hospital.

We look forward to doing this again next year when theyorganize another “Flying Week”

The Robertson trust have provided £8000 to further the flying opportunities for cadets in 1333(Grangemouth) Squadron, Air Training Corps, The funded scheme will not only give all of the Squadron’s

Cadets at least one hour of flying per year for the next two years but in addition, the most deserving Cadetwill be given a scholarship (‘the 1333 scholarship’) opportunity to take his or her flying experience a stepfurther.

On Mon 22nd October staff, cadets and members of the Civilian Committee from 1333 squadron travelled toTayside Aviation’s facility at Dundee Airport for a training visit to look around the facilities, to meet withrepresentatives of the trust and to witness the inaugural flight for the scheme in aircraft G-GATC. They werehosted during the visit at Tayside Aviation by the Managing Director, Mr Jim Watt.

The Regional Commandant, Group Captain Jim Leggat, dropped in to see the cadets and said “This is afantastic opportunity that the Robertson Trust has made available to the squadron. Flying is just one of theactivities that cadets in the Air Training Corps undertake, but it is the one that sets us apart from other youthorganisations. I would like to thank the trust for their generous sponsorship of this scheme”

Also on Monday, the cadets had the opportunity to meet Mr Jackie Bell, who is an ex RAF veteran. DuringWWII he was a fitter working on Spitfires and was based at RAF Grangemouth Jackie was there to celebratehis 100th birthday with a flight which was organised by the Royal Air Forces Benevolent Fund (RAFBF).

All in all, It turned out to be a day which truly embraced the whole “RAF Family” concept.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal unveiled a plaqueto officially open the Combined Cadet Centre at Killin

Street, Shettleston on Monday, 8 October.

HRH was met by Lord Lieutenant Councillor Sadie Docherty,and adult instructors and cadets from both the Army CadetForce, and Air Training Corps.

During her tour of thecentre she visited anumber of standsincluding map readingand a flight simulator.

Pic Caption: CadetSergeant David Taylor(18) from Cranhill inGlasgow, who hasbeen in the Air TrainingCorps for 6 yearsmeets HRH Princess Royal in Glasgow tonight. David is atUniversity studying engineering.

This was the winingphotograph from

the competition whichwas held at MODCaledonia in earlySeptember.

The photo was takenby Cpl Rymill of 875Squadron, North EastScotland Wing.

Well done for such agreat shot.

Flying Week atThe Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh HRH Opens New Cadet Centre

Robertson Trust supports High Fliers

REGIONAL PHOTO COMP 2012

Is your unitplanning

anything forhalloween?

If you are, thensend your storiesin for the nextedition to theRegional MCOwhose contactdetails are on theback page

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Event –RAF Big Band Concert (Band of the RAF College, Cranwell)

Location – Perth Concert Hall

Time – Starts at 1930Hrs

Cost – Free to all ACO CFAVs andCadets.

Tickets – Phone the Perth Concert HallBox Office (mention the fact you are partof the ACO) 01783621031

Dress – Uniform

Link http://www.rafmusicforscottishschools.co.uk/

On Tuesday the 24th ofJuly the Air Cadet

Organisation NationalMarching Band took part in anoverseas tour to Paris. SgtDean Welsh from 1271(Bathgate squadron wasthere...

"The band practiced theprevious two days at NapierBarracks in Folkestone beforecrossing the channel on theTuesday.

The first day of the tour wasspent travelling to Paris with a4 hour bus journey after theferry crossing. When wereached Paris we first went toa French restaurant for teabefore travelling to the hotelwhere it was straight into kitprep for the first performancethe next day; a late night washad by all.

On the Wednesday wetravelled out to Euro Disney inthe morning to move all our kitinto the park before the payingpublic got in. We were thengiven the day to spend goinground the different attractionsand rides, the highlight for mebeing the rollercoaster SpaceMountain. We then met up inthe evening to prepare for ourperformance.

The band wasgoing to paradealong the routefor the gatheringcrowds around20 minutesbefore the mainparade. We had2 stops for a pairof static piecesand the rest wasfairly simplestraightmarching.

The highlight ofthis performancefor me was when the bandcame around the roundaboutat the top of the main streetUSA with all the crowdscheering. That evening was

spent redoing the uniform forthe next day.

The Thursday was our busiestday, we first had a briefrehearsal outside the hotel ofa few pieces we hadn't seensince leaving the UK. We thentravelled to the "Chans DeMars" to give a short marchingdisplay and a few pieces onthe bandstand only a shortdistance from the Eiffel Tower.The crowd at this venue was alittle bit more fluid with around200 people watching the bandwith many listening and thenmoving on. Once we finishedwe got on the bus in fulluniform in 37 degree heat totravel to the Air Museum at LeBourget airport. We first hadlunch and then had a shorttime to see around theMuseum which has anextensive collection including2 Concorde aircraft, a 747 anda Dakota, all of which you canaccess.

We then formed up as a bandfor a PR picture before goingfor a march around themuseum finishing with ourstatic pieces including theMarssiels and our ownnational anthem both of whichwere well received. That

evening we got changed andthen went for a cruise downthe Seine seeing some of thesights from the river, a niceway to end an excellent tour. "

Marching Band Tour of Paris

Hold onto your seats – theAir Cadets are about to

link up with the RAFAssociation and blast off a newweekly Lotto which will benefitall cadets.

And the fireworks areguaranteed to go with a bangas the Commandant “presses the button” on the lottery projecton November 5th. We want this project to go like a rocket!

For the first time, cadets aged over 16 and all adults in the ACOare being invited to join the RAF Association’s exclusive Wingsweekly Lotto. Every ticket stands a chance of winning a prizebut, even better, a share of the profits will directly benefitcadets, with some of the proceeds cascading back to sqns tospend on local projects. To achieve this, we need to have asmany ACO participants as possible, so spread the news!

More details will follow shortly so be sure to keep checking thewebsite and official Facebook and Twitter pages so you knowhow to join the lottery. The more who join, the more ACO prizewinners there will be, and the more money we will make,helping not only cadets but also the RAF Association, a charitywhich does so much good work in support of the RAF Family.

Cadets and Staffmarching to churchat JHC FS Alder-grove for the Battleof Britain Parede.

Story on Page 2.

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2163 (Auchertmuchty) Sqn is in the midst of its Dam BusterCamp 2012. With an obvious theme the Squadron have

visited RAFEast Kirby,where theywatched theLancaster“Jane” do a fewtaxi runs.

It was then onto RAFConingsby,where theyvisited theBBMF reachingthe parts of theflight not normally accessed by members of the public.

On return toRAF Cranwell,where thegroup arestaying theyvisited theCranwellHeritageCentre. Also onthe agenda is asocial eveningand later in theweek a trip tothe Newark AirMuseum, andthen a VIP tour

around RAF Scampton.

This will also includea visit to the RAFScampton museum,and a visit to thegrave of “Nigger”,Guy Gibson’s blackLabrador which waskilled by a car on thenight of the famousDams Raid. A visit tothe historic city ofLincoln and time to see the cathedral is also planned.

On Friday the 20th of July,the bus left 1701

(Johnstone) squadron for the11 hour bus journey toAtlantic College. First we hadto go via Ayr squadron to pickup those from there andthose from Girvan squadron.

Once that happened, wewere on the way. The journeyincluded the usual stops areservice stations. The journeydidn't feel that long as wetravelled overnight but whenwe arrived, we only had timeto change and then to gostraight to breakfast.

Atlantic College is based atSt. Donat's Castle in theSouth of Wales. It is basedright on the Bristol Channel.After breakfast, we had ourfirst day of activities. Themorning was spent playinggames on the barrack lawnwhich allowed everyone toget to know one another.Everyone was split up into 3different groups. I was in Cflight so I had the ropescourse in the afternoon. Tosay that I got muddy would bean understatement. We gotso muddy that we had to behosed down afterwards. It

was good fun. We wereallowed access to the pool from4:15 to 5. As it was so hot whenwe were down there, we allwent to the pool as it was lovelyand cold. We also had activitiesfrom 7 o'clock to 9 o'clock sowe had climbing. I'm not a fan

of heights so I helped with thebelaying. After that we had the"social". This was a disco atnight which our instructors puton for us. As usual, very fewpeople got up to dance. By theend of the camp the majority offolk were up dancing.

The rest of the days includedthree activities a day. Theyincluded high ropes, kayaking,gorge walking, initiativeexercises, pool games, miniOlympics and my favourite, thecastle adventure. This waspretty much a large scale waterfight where we were given asituation and we had to goround the castle and completetasks. However, the staff wereon the prowl with waterballoons so we got very wet.

MUCHTY’s DAMBUSTER CAMP ATLANTIC COLLEGE TRIP

The Princess Royal flew into Melrose in the Scottish Borderstoday to attend a Thanksgiving Service for the Queen’s

Diamond Jubilee. Sgt Connor Flockhart2180 (Galashiels) SqnLord Lt Cadet for Roxburgh Ettrick and Lauderdale and CplWilliam Jackson2180 (Galashiels) Sq Lord Lt Cadet forTweeddale were on hand to welcome the Princess Anne and toaccompany their respective Lords Lieutenants.

Among the invited guests was Michael Moore MP, Secretary ofState for Scotland and Air Officer Scotland and StationCommander RAF Leuchars, Air Commodore Gavin Parker.

Galashiels Cadets on Duty

Remember - as the 5th

November approaches,be safe when handlingfireworks.

Send us your stories of anyBonfire Night activities thatyour unit is involved in.

Have a good bonfire night.

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On Saturday the 7th July, Ileft home for a 6-7 hour

long journey to RAF CollegeCranwell. When I arrived, I wasnot prepared to be thrown inthe deep end. But I wasreminded throughout the weekthat "this is a course, not acamp." I was petrified but Iknew that if I stuck in I wouldfeel the benefits. We had towrite down any importantinformation that we saw wasrelevant from the briefing andthen we had to stand in front ofa warrant officer. We then hadto answer questions aboutwhat we had taken down. Wewere then told that there wereno ranks throughout the weekso we had to wear ACLC tabson our uniforms. However, wedid get a free t-shirt and waterbottle.

Once the introduction wasover, I had to quickly changeinto my dark blues to go todinner. I knew nobody so it wasquite comforting that everyonewas so nice. After dinner, wehad our camp brief with theusual formalities of when therewould room inspections, whenwe were to go to the JuniorRanks Mess (JRM) and wherewe would find the dailyprogramme.

We were all split into 4 flights,A B C D, so after the brief wewent to go and meet our flightcommanders.

On the Sunday, we had ourmile and half run at half past 5in the morning! It was horriblebut I managed it well. We thenwent back to change quicklyinto our blues for drill beforebreakfast at 7. We were allintroduced to our campmascot, Eddie the Teddy. We

had to look after him all weekas it showed our performanceas a camp.

A flight got it first so I got theresponsibility to look after him.After breakfast, we all gotready for the Singleton Walk.This was where we weredropped around 20-25kmaway from RAF CollegeCranwell and we had to walkback. The aim of the walk wasto get to know everyone in ourflight. My flight managed it welland we completed it well withinour time limit. That night, wehad a refresher course on howto use SMEAC.

The following day, we wentinto Phase one. This includedsimple tasks that allowed us touse our basic knowledge ofleadership and SMEAC to giveour briefs and to finish thetask. We also learned how tohave a proper debrief and howto do it in FALA (FunctionalApproach to LeadershipAnalysis) terms.

The following day we movedonto Phase two. These wereslightly more complex tasks ona slightly larger scale. Wewere bombarded with moreinformation and how to give abrief with more details. Wewere also given more

acronyms likeP.I.C.S.I.E. andK.I.S.S. The Tuesdaynight then included themid week interviews. Iwas worried in case Ihadn't passed so Iwouldn't go through toPhase 3 but luckily Idid. That night was

then spent packing for the twodays out in the field.

The Wednesday andThursday was phase 3 wherewe spent the two days outcamping. Over these twodays, I was the flight leader soI had to make sure A flight wason time to everywhere wewent. The first night wecamped out in proper tentsand the days included longer,more complex and large scaletasks. By this point, the flightcommanders expected us tobe able to give an affectivebrief, to be able to stand backand re evaluate the task as itwent on. We got ration packsto eat which were actually

pretty good for ourmeals. The best partof the week was theThursday night as westayed out in bashas.I only enjoyed it as itwas somethingcompletely differentand I had never doneit before. Thursdayafternoon and nightalso involved TopDog. This wasphysically demandingas we had to run

pretty much for the wholething.

The Friday was our last fullday. Throughout the week wehad to organise and plan a talkabout a specific topic that wehad been given. My flight hadto talk about a book on planesand their weapons systems.Other flights had different

topics and it was a way to helpimprove our public speakingskills. We then had an end of

course interviews wherewould have found out if wehad passed or not. The coursecommander broke it to usbefore them so we all knewwhat to expect going in. Wealso had our final drill sessionbefore our graduation parade.We went through theceremony several times tomake sure that we knew whatwe were doing and that wewere doing it perfectly. Theevent that we had all beenlooking forward to came along,the social evening. This wasspent in a room that the staffhad organised for us all. I don'tthink I've ever laughed somuch in my life. We allnaturally sat in our flights aswe had all become goodfriends with each other.

Our final morning was thegraduation parade. AirCommodore Stubbs handedout our well deserved badgesand the award for the bestflight and best cadet. C flightwon the best flight award andSgt Peck won the best cadetaward. After the ceremony,everyone was on a high as wehad officially completed thecourse. However, everyonewas sad as we all had to gohome. Everyone had becomesuch good friends and many ofus lived quite far away fromeach other. The usual ofphone number tradesoccurred before the busarrived to take those gettingthe train home to the station.

ACLC was one of the bestcourses that I have everdone and I honestlydidn't want to comehome. Although I foundit tough at the beginningas I knew nobody, bythe end it was hard toleave. I would certainlyrecommend this courseto anyone in the Corpsover the age of 16 as Ifeel that I have benefitedfrom the course both atcadets and in life.

By Cpl Jenni Adam,2175 (Rolls-Royce) Squadron.

Air Cadet Leadership Course

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869 (Penicuik) Squadron took the Overall competitionChampionship Trophy at the South East Scotland Wing

Inter Squadron Swimming competition today at DeansCommunity School Livingston West Lothian.

In addition to the Championship Trophy 869 Sqn also took theTrophy for the Squadron scoring the highest number of FemalePoints and to cap it all Cadet Deas took the Junior Girls Trophy.

The Winners of the HegartyTrophy for 2011-2012 are

once again are 1716(Roxburgh) Sqn/1716KelsoDF. The Trophy was awardedto The Squadron/DF at theSouth East Scotland InterSquadron Swimmingcompetition at DeansCommunity School Livingston.

The Top Five final positions in the 2011- 2012 Hegarty Trophywere:-

1st 1716 (Roxburgh) Sqn/1716 (Kelso) DF 188 Pts2nd 2535 (Livingston) Sqn 183 Pts3rd 870 (Dreghorn) Sqn 177 Pts4th 2180 (Galashiels) Sqn 175 Pts5th 2311 (Glenrothes) Sqn 152 Pts

The 2012 Air CadetPhotographic Competition

is now open and cadets andstaff are being urged to puttheir best images in the framein a bid to win one of two topcategories.

We are looking for the bestimages that depict life in theAir Cadet Organisation - theAir Training Corps and theCombined Cadet Force (RAF),as well as your best aviationimages.

Competition will be tough ascadets and staff from acrossthe UK fight for the covetedtrophies, the kudos of havingtheir image published, poten-tially used for promotional ma-terial and also the chance ofwinning ACO goody bags filledwith prizes!

The photographs will bejudged by a panel includingexperienced photographersand staff at HQ Air Cadets,with the results to be an-nounced in early December.

Once again, to try and helpencourage entries, the rules ofthe competition have beenkept as simple as possible:

Firstly, your image must comeunder one of the following twocategories:

Class 1 - “The ACO and itspeople” – a single photographwhere the main subject is acadet or member of adult staff.Entries may be no more thanthree images.

Class 2 - “Aircraft” – a singlephotograph of an aircraft.Again, a maximum of threeimages per entry.

*Images must have been tak-en between 31 August 2011and 1 September 2012.

All entries should arrive bymidday Monday 19 November2012.

Any entries sent after this datewill not be accepted.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

Class 1 - The photographsshould be viewed as possiblepublic relations images and soconsideration should be givento ensuring that ACO brandingis clearly visible.

Class 2 - Simply an awardwinning picture of an aircraft,flying or static. It should takeyour breath away!

Both classes are open to ca-dets and volunteers and itmust be your own work. Thework of professional photogra-phers will not be accepted.

HOW TO ENTER

Once you have selected theimages which you plan to en-ter into the competition, com-plete the following form(Photographic Competition2012 Entry Form – only oneform required per entrant) andthen you can enter one of twoways.

a. e-mail your images (ofaround 1MB) [email protected]

or

b. send your entries on a CDwith your name clearly marked(one disk per entrant) to:

Ashley NettletonDep Hd Media CommsHQ Air CadetsRoyal Air ForceCranwellLincolnshireNG34 8HB

Files should be saved as.jpgfiles (max size 1024 pixelsacross and 768 high) and asuggested naming conventionwould be:

2011-(YourName)-(Photocomp_Class1or2)-(ImageTitle)-U (Unclassified)

Penicuik are the Champions!

Hegarty Trophy 2011 - 2012

In The Frame –2012 Air Cadet Photographic Competition is Launched

REGIONAL WEBSITEUPDATED

The regional website wascurrently offline for around 10

days whilst the underlying CMSunderwent a major upgrade.

All but the photo galleries were ableto be migrated to the new system. Asimilar exercise will be carried out onthe South East Scotland Websiteduring November, and it will also gooffline for around 7 - 10 days.

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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West Scotland Wing are crowned the 2102 Champions.

Cadets from across Scotland & Ireland Region gatheredat Deans Community School Livingston West

Lothian to compete in the Annual Regional SwimmingChampionships. The competition could not have beentighter with only one point separating the top two places.In the end congratulations go to West of Scotland Wingwho beat Northern Ireland Wing into second place by asingle point. The final points tally and placing was asfollows:-

Place Points Wing1st 93 West Scotland Wing2nd 92 Northern Ireland Wing3rd 87 South East Scotland Wing4th 75 North East Scotland Wing5th 48 Highland Wing

The weather gods weresmiling on Livingston on

Sunday 7th October whenhockey and football teamsfrom across Scotland &Northern Ireland Regionarrived to do battle for the titleof Champions at the annualRegional Inter Wing Hockeyand Football Championships2012. A combination of a WingParade and transportdifficulties prevented NorthernIreland Wing from participatingso the four mainland wingscontested the trophies.

With bragging rights andregional Team places at stakethe games were keenlycontested and the competitiondeciders were fought out bySouth East Scotland and West

Scotland Wings in bothHockey and football.

In Football the final matchbetween SE Scot and W Scotended with a late comebackby the West to secure a 3-3draw with the total number ofgoals scored deciding theChampionship Having scoredone more goal than SE Scotthe title was won by WestScotland Wing.

The penultimate match in thehockey between WestScotland and SE Scot turnedout to be the Championshipdecider with the West havingto win to secure the title. Aftera thrilling game which endedin a draw and the pointsshared but SE Scot winning6-2 on Penalty Corners thetitle was taken by South EastScotland Wing who had 7points after winning 2 anddrawing 1 game to the West’s2 draws and one win with atotal of 5 Points.

Gp Capt Jim Leggat RegionalCommandant Scot & N IrelandRegion presented medals toWinners and Runners -Up.

Regional Swimming Championships 2012 Gold and Silver for Wing Teamson a Diamond of a Day!

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See you all next month………