Wing Activities Day 2010 (WAD)
started at 7am on the 27th June, with cadets arriving at the Squadron
HQ. at 7.30am the 17 cadets and 1 staff left for Worthy Down on the
coach along with Aldershot cadets. The catering detachment had already left. Arriving at Worthy Down
just after 07:30 the
squadron set up its command bunker and awaited the coach to arrive
with the cadets to help set up the inflatable Marquee and
assisted the catering detachment set up.
The weather was excellent with
temperatures reaching over 20degress before 10am, there was not a
cloud in the sky, we later discovered it was the hottest day of the
year so far and was the hottest WAD day for over 8 years, this was
good as all the ice creams we had brought to sell were all gone
before midday
The cadets participated in several events: Command Tasks, Drill, .22
Target Shooting, Banner Drill, public speaking & Aircraft Recognition.
Photographs, models and Media skills were all judged on Saturday All cadets contributed and represented the squadron well, with maximum effort in
every event from every one
The catering detachment was run buy
CI Luker, Mrs Luker, CI Prescott, Roy Barnley and F/Sgt J Cooper; making burgers,
bacon rolls and selling Mars bars and cold cans of drink, to raise
funds for the squadron
The Team was managed by Mr Cockfield
ensuring all competitors were on time at the correct events 9th is
equal to our best ever ranking and brings us a step closer towards the goal of winning WAD.
(Results)
