2393 SQUADRON

Monday, June 30, 2014

Bronze and Silver Expedition Dates

Dates for the bronze and silver expeditions are as follows:

Bronze practice: 26 - 27 JULY (Billericay / Brentwood area)
Bronze assessed: 20 - 21 SEPTEMBER (Danbury)

Silver practice: 05 - 07 AUGUST (Snowdonia)
Silver assessed: 25 - 27 OCTOBER (Edale, Peak District)

To attend an assessed expedition you must first complete a practice. More details to follow.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

STOCK ENROLMENT AND PRESENTATION SERVICE

REFRESHMENTS AFTER SERVICE

The notice published earlier in June said food would be available for a small cost

This has been set at £5 per head, cadets eat free

Please either send this with your cadet tomorrow (Thurs) or pay on the day
(on arrival at 18.00 hrs)

Parents who have not elected to stay for food, or who have not sent in retuerns, are still welcome to attend and see the service and staff presentation talks

Monday, June 16, 2014

STOCK ENROLMENT AND PRESENTATION SERVCIE

Letters and return slips re this went out with cadets last week

Tues 17th is the final call for parents attending and staying after for food

Please make sure your returns are sent. We will be ordering the correct amount of food Wed morning

Just a reminder for parents, Sat evening is enrolment and then presentations for cadet awards, all parents and relatives are encouraged to attend

Those attending are requested to arrive no later than 18.00 hrs

Friday, June 06, 2014

STOCK FLOWER FESTIVAL

This event over the weekend of 20-21 June involves all cadets in some way

Fri evening waiter service. Cadets required will be allocated on Tuesday evening

All other cadets are to be at All Saints Church, Stock on Saturday for 08.00 breakfast

A full briefing will be given to the cadets on Tuesday 17th June

Enrolment and presentations

Saturday evening will see our new recruits enrolled into the Squadron

In addition as is always the case, awards will be presented to other cadets

I would ask all parents to come along and support the cadets. The church is large and therefore you are welcome to invite other family members

Staff will be giving short talks on some of the activities cadets take part in

There will be food available after the church service at a small cost

A letter asking for numbers will be going out to cadets on tuesday so we can cater for the correct numbers

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Dates For Your Diary

Keep a lookout for future updates to this list.

30 MAY (evening) - South Sector Drill Competition

31 MAY - Remus Horse Sanctuary Open Day (set-up only)

01 JUN - Inter Wing Athletics (Cdt Brookes only)

15 JUN - Wing Parade

20 - 22 JUN - Stock Fete

28 - 29 JUN - Belgium Trip

02 AUG - Remus Horse Sanctuary Open Day (set-up only)

06 SEP (evening) - Inter Squadron Swimming

06 - 07 SEP - Remus Horse Sanctuary Open Day

08 NOV - Poppy Appeal Collection

09 NOV - Remembrance Sunday Parade

16 NOV - Inter Squadron Cross Country

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Wing First Aid Competition Results

Well done to the members of our first aid team who today attended the Wing first aid competition. Out of the 27 units in the Wing, 16 put an entry forward into the competition. The Wing First Aid Officer commented that "the standard of the competition was high" and the points were very close indeed.

We came in 10th place with a total of 82 points. 1st place goes to 276 (Chelmsford) with 121 points and 2nd place went to 1096 (Bishops Stortford) with 113 points. Both these teams will represent Essex Wing at the Regional Field Day.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Inter Squadron Athletics Results

Well done to the cadets who attended the inter squadron athletics on Sunday. We came away with Cdt Brookes winning gold in the Junior Girls 800m and Cpl Donley scoring points in the Boys B discus.

Total points scored in each of the categories are as follows:
Boys A - 0 points
Boys B - 2 points
Boys C - 0 points
Junior Girls - 8 points
Senior Girls - 0 points

Although our achievements in the 800m and discus is something to be celebrated, our overall squadron involvement in the athletics competition was poor. Out of the 27 units in Essex Wing we scored a total of 10 points bringing us in at 24th place. Many of the entries in Boys A and Boys C remained unfilled and as a result we didn't have any chance of scoring points in these categories.

Well done to the girls of the squadron who's involvement in this competition has drastically increased on last year and as a result the girls have in fact beaten the boys. Boys you need to pull your sport socks up!

Our next sporting competition will be the inter squadron swimming competition, which is scheduled to take place on 06 SEP 2014. Get the date in your diary as I am expecting a high level of input from you all.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Falklands Competition Results

The results are in and they are very interesting indeed! Well done to the whole team for achieving a good mid-table position. Results below show our overall position and the results for each category of the competition. I've also included who the top three were and their score in each category so you have an idea of the improvement we need to aim for in next year's competition.

This year there were a total of 32 teams, of which 25 were eligible competing teams and the remaining 7 were non-competing. The results below show our position against the eligible teams only.

Overall position: 13th
Points: 189

1st: Hutton (A) - points: 77
2nd: Woodham (A) - points: 91
3rd: Chelmsford (A) - points: 94

Navigation Exercise: 14th
Time: 4 hours 54 minutes

1st: Colchester (B) - time: 3 hours 16 minutes
2nd: Chelmsford (A) - time: 3 hours 27 minutes
3rd: Hutton (A) - time: 3 hours 31 minutes

Speed March: 15th
Time: 8 minutes 18 seconds

1st: Woodham (A) - time: 3 minutes 40 seconds
2nd: Colchester (B) - time: 3 minutes 46 seconds
3rd: Witham - time: 3 minutes 51 seconds

Missile Race: 8th
Time: 5 minutes 46 seconds

1st: Woodham (A) - time: 4 minutes 31 seconds
2nd: Braintree - time: 4 minutes 34 seconds
3rd: Southend (A) - time: 4 minutes 54 seconds

Kit Check: 18th
Points: -11

1st: Hutton (A) and Southend (A) - points: -2
3rd: Colchester (B) and Braintree - points: -3

Map Reading: 17th
Points: 28

1st: Hutton (A) - points: 90
2nd: Southend (A) - points: 63
3rd: Hutton (B) - points: 62

Archery: 11th
Points: 115

1st: Chelmsford (A) - points: 188
2nd: Hutton (A) - points: 186
3rd: Southend (A) - points: 169

First Aid: 2nd
Points: 111

1st: Woodham (A) - points: 117
2nd: Billericay and Colchester (B) - points: 111

Campcraft: 11th
Menu: 12, Stance: 33, Inspection: 58

1st: Bishops Stortford - Menu: 12, Stance 79, Inspection: 38
2nd: Brentwood - Menu: 8, Stance: 37.5, Inspection: 81
3rd: Chelmsford (A) - Menu: 12, Stance: 37.5, Inspection: 70

Shooting: 19th
Points: 105

1st: Witham and Hutton (A) - points: 187
3rd: Hutton (B) - points: 173

Initiative Test: 13th
Points: 40.5

1st: Chelmsford (A) - points: 73
2nd: Basildon and Woodham (A) - points: 58.5

Bearings: 20th
Points: 30

1st: Southend (B) - points: 80
2nd: Hutton (A) - points: 79
3rd: Southend (A) - points: 72

Observation Test: 19th
Points: 68

1st: Colchester (B) - points: 86.5
2nd: Woodham (A) - points: 85.5
3rd: Bishops Stortford - points: 83

Static Target Marking: 16th
Time: 11 minutes 46 seconds

1st: Witham - time: 6 minutes 37 seconds
2nd: Woodham (A) - time: 9 minutes 7 seconds
3rd: Wickford - time: 9 minutes 26 seconds

Air Rifle: 6th
Points: 60

1st: Brentwood - points: 90
2nd: Bishops Stortford - points: 80
3rd: Hutton (A) and Wickford - points: 75

Thursday, April 03, 2014

Corps Air Rifle Competition Results Round 3

The results from round 3 of the Corps Air Rifle Competition are in. There are 20 teams comprising of 70 cadets involved with the competition.

Our two teams are as follows:

Team A: Johnfinn, Wilby and Deacon A

Team B: Cpl Deacon T, Cpl Thorne and Cpl Donley

Team Scores (Round 3)

Team A - 1438 / 1800 - 9th

Team B - 1301 / 1800 - 11th

Individual Scores (Round 3)

Johnfinn - 501 / 600 - 19th

Deacon A - 487 / 600 - 23rd

Cpl Thorne - 485/600 - 24th

Cpl Deacon T - 468 / 600 - 31st

Wilby - 450 / 600 - 37th

Cpl Donley - 348 / 600 - 44th

Team Scores (Overall: Rounds 1 - 3)

Team A - 5th

Team B - 11th

Individual Scores (Overall: Rounds 1 - 2)

Johnfinn - 12th

Cpl Thorne - 17th

Deacon A - 19th

Wilby - 23rd

Cpl Deacon T - 28th

Donley - 62nd (New entry)

A good effort but not our best shoot so far. Team A are only just holding on to 5th place, 37 points separate us from those in 6th place and there are 72 points between us and those in 4th.

Team B dropped 3 places from 7th to 11th place, however they are well ahead of 12th place with a huge 375 point lead and there are only 3 points between them and 10th place.

We welcome Cpl Donley to the shooting team, unfortunately as he missed rounds 1 and 2 he will be at a disadvantage on the individual overall scores, however his points still contribute to Team B's overall position.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

More Cadet Exam Success!

Very well done to the following cadets who passed the next level of the cadet classification syllabus for aviation studies this week.

New Leading Cadets:
Cdt Bowles

New Senior Cadets:
Cpl Deacon
Cdt Wilby
Cdt Johnfinn

Monday, March 17, 2014

UPDATED: Activities w/c 17 MAR 2014

PARADE NIGHTS

Tuesday 18 MAR

- Junior Cadets: Sports kit, arrive at the squadron for 19:00.

- All Cadets: No3

Thursday 20 MAR

- Junior Cadets: School uniform

- All Cadets: No3

WEEKEND

- Saturday 22 MAR

Falklands team archery practice

Dining in night preparation

ACTIONS / FUTURE ACTIVITIES - be aware of the following or put your names down to attend.

04 - 06 APR - Falklands competition

27 APR - Inter Squadron athletics

04 MAY - South Sector first aid competition

18 MAY - Fun walk, sponsorship required from all cadets

15 JUN - Wing parade

20 - 22 JUN - Stock fete - All cadets expected to attend

12 - 19 JUL - Annual camp, RAF Halton

Friday, March 14, 2014

Leading Cadet Exam Success!

It's taken a while, what with all the Ultilearn and internet problems we've been having. However, I'm very pleased to announce that Cadets Andrews, Boyle and Horner all passed their Leading Cadet exams last night, which is an excellent achievement.

I hope to be announcing even more exam passes throughout the month, good luck everyone.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Senior Exam Materials

Below is the complete list of the Senior Cadet examination syllabus

Air Navigation
General Revision
Distance, speed and time
Triangle of velocities
1 in 60 rule
Compasses
Weather

Aircraft Handling and Flying Technique
Aircraft maintenance
Ground handling
Prep for flight
General flying
Aerobatics and formation flying
Emergencies

Friday, March 07, 2014

Classification Exams

We have a plan for the exams!

Its been painful for us all, what with network and Ultilearn problems, however yesterday we were able to run our first successful exam session!

Leading, Senior and Master exams will be taking place throughout this month, so it's very important for you to attend Tuesday and Thursday parade nights. Ideally, we want to have all sittings of exams completed by the end of the month.

Revision materials for Leading have been published in a later post, I'll update this later with Senior and Master revision as well.

Thursday, March 06, 2014

Corps Shooting Competition Round 3

The shooting team are to attend round 3 of the Corps competition as follows:

09:15 - Cpl Donley and Wilby

11:00 - Cpl Deacon T and Deacon A

12:30 - Cpl Thorne and Johnfinn

Leading Exam Revision

Update Your eDofE!

This has been said many times already, however I will say it again! Cadets part way through a level of the DofE need to login to the online system and upload evidence of completing the various parts.

If you don't upload the evidence then you are not going to get the award! Miss Tucker has given several lessons on how to do this. If for whatever reason you don't know how to do so or can't login then you need to tell one of us. I will be chasing individual cadets from now on if I don't start seeing evidence uploaded soon.

Sunday, March 02, 2014

Silver D of E Practice / Actual Expedition

Essex Wing are organising a Silver D of E expedition.
Expedition dates: 18 - 21 APR 2014
Preparation date: 30 MAR 2014
Cadet have to be able to attend the preparation day in order to attend the expedition
Cost: £70 (Payable on the day)
Returns needed by 06 MAR 2014 (See event notice)
You must have competed Bronze before attending Silver

Activities w/c 03 MAR 2014

PARADE NIGHTS

Tuesday 04 MAR
This is the annual pancake race at Emmanuel Church. All cadets (including Junior Cadets) are attending this.
Every cadet needs to bring £1 with them on the night.
- All cadets - Sports Kit

Thursday 06 MAR
- Leading exam - No2C (Horner E, Andrews B, Smith and Haynes)
- First aid training - No3 (Cpl Thorne, Brook, Brookes, Howlett, Welsh, Reames, Waite and the Falklands Team)
- All remaining cadets - No2C

WEEKEND

- Saturday 08 MAR - Corps air rifle competition - Shooting team will be allocated 1.5hr slots next week.

ACTIONS / FUTURE ACTIVITIES - be aware of the following or put your names down to attend.

16 MAR - Essex Wing rugby team match
22 MAR - Dining In (Returns needed ASAP)
23 MAR - Dining In clean-up

04 - 06 APR - Falklands Competition
18 - 21 APR and 30 MAR - Silver D of E practice / actual expedition (see separate post)
18 MAY - Fun walk, sponsorship required from all cadets
12 - 19 JUL - Annual camp, RAF Halton

Monday, February 10, 2014

Activities w/c 10 FEB 2014

PARADE NIGHTS

Tuesday 11 FEB
- We welcome our new Junior Cadets on their first parade night

- Falklands team - No3
- All other cadets - No2C

Thursday 13 FEB
- First aid cadets - No3

- All other cadets - No2C

Friday
- Cadets attending Berlin are to arrive at the squadron for 20:30

WEEKEND

- No activities

ACTIONS / FUTURE ACTIVITIES - be aware of the following or put your names down to attend.

22 MAR - Dining In (Returns needed ASAP)

04 - 06 APR - Falklands Competition
18 MAY - Fun walk, sponsorship required from all cadets
12 - 19 JUL - Annual camp, RAF Halton