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781 (Newquay) Squadron are currently competing for Plymouth & Cornwall Wing against the other wings in South West Reigon at RAF Lyneham!
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At the Annual Squadron Dinner the Awards were as follows:
Academic Achievement - Cpl Kyle Maywood
Sporting Achievement - Cdt Georgie Redman
Adventure Training - Cdt Callum Terry
Marksman - Cdt Benjamin Pamplin
Aircraft Recognition - Cdt Callum Terry
Aviation Modelling - Cdt Charlie Spencer-Lane
(Highly Commended - Cdt Sam Fulbrook)
Art and Media - Cpl Briony Tobin
(Highly Commended - CWO Josh Bonfield)
Best New Recruit - Cdt Jess Keatley
Most Improved Cadet - Cpl Finlay Bell
(Highly Commended - Cdt Charlie Spencer-Lane)
Best Cadet - Cdt Sam Brewer
(Highly Commended - Cdt Benjamin Pamplin)
Best NCO - Sgt Amber Pudner
(Highly Commended - Cpl Olivia Bruce)
Congratulations to 781 Sqn
on
coming 4th out of 20 units at the Caiels Trophy competition
Doing the Station Commander's Job for A Day
As a result of the Auction on 20 May,
Cpl Bruce, Cpl Pearce and Cdt Tobin
took on this challenge on 16 August.
They had a wonderful day and learnt a great deal
See RAF St Mawgan Website
Auction 20 May 2011
Many thanks to cadets, parents, civilian committee members. Very special thanks to Mrs Hull who worked so hard to organise it.
A very successful evening raising in excess of £1500
SQN dinner 2010
The annual Sqn dinner took place on Friday 19th November, it was a great night with good food and a great disco afterwards. During the evening there was an awards presentation, the awards included Best cadet, most improved cadet, best NCO, Sporting achievment, Adventure training, Academic achievment, Photography, Aircraft modelling and shooting achievment.
Remembrance parades
On Sunday 14th November Cadets and staff from 781 sqn attended 2 remembrance parades in Newquay in the morning and St Columb Major in the afternoon. Everyone looked very smart and we had a really good turn out, well done to everyone that attended.
Popy selling
On Saturday 13th November cadets and staff from 781 sqn went to morrisons to collect money for the royal british legion poppy appeal. We had cadets bag packing, selling poppys and taking part in the static cycle challenge, our aim was to reach wootten basset 199 miles away but we reached 150 miles which is very good. Well done to all the cadets and staff that turned up.
Congratulations to 781!
781 Sqn has come First in the 2010 Lord Lieutenant's Competition for the county's cadet units in support of the British Legion and the Poppy Appeal.
Well done to everyone who has taken part in fund raising for the Poppy Appeal and support of the Remembrance and Veterans' Parades this year.
This follows the Third place achieved last year in the same competition.
Field craft and adventure training weekend
On Friday 17th September 9 cadets from 781 (Newquay) sqn and cadets from 1900 (North cornwall) and 2533 (Bodmin) sqn attened a field craft and adventure training weekend at Bodmin moor. On Friday evening we stayed at Glyn house put up our tents and watched a film.On Saturday we went on a Nav exercise to find our 24hr ration packs we would be eating during the weekend. Then we done some camouflage and concealment, we also learnt how to recon a building, then we but up our bivvys, learnt to use trangias and other camping stoves and we learnt to cook. Then we slept in the bivvys which everyone enjoyed. Then on sunday we packed up the camp, made sure we didnt leave any rubbish behind then we traveled back to Newquay. The weekend was a great success and everyone had a great time, thanks to the staff for making the weekend such a success.
Armed Forces Day
On Saturday 26th June 5 cadets, Sgt Hull, Cdt Maywood, Cdt Bell, Cdt Bruce and CPL Pudner journeyed to Truro to take part in Armed Forces day. Sea cadets, Army cadets, Air cadets and many more were there in uniform to celebrate Armed Forces Day.
Some cadets went up to the cathedral while some stayed behind at the PR tent, helping publicize Air Cadets. The church service included a multi-media presentation, a poem by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. well done to all the cadets who attended the day.
Newquay Civic Parade
We attended the annual Newquay Civic Parade on Sunday 6th June. We turned out with a well presented Squadron & marched through the town with the band & the other community groups in and around Newquay. All the cadets were commended on their appearance & commitment to their Squadron & town. I think I can say on behalf of all the cadets, the food was worth the march :) CWO Bonfield
FO Blackbourn leaves 781 SQN
FO Blackbourn has been with 781 for over 10 years and has invested a lot of time teaching cadets, organising various activities, helping out with Ten tors and getting us various equipment such as tents, mountain bikes and climbing gear. FO Blackborn has left 781 to take over as the CO of Bodmin Sqn, everyone at 781 sqn wishes him good luck.
Air cadets win overall at Tri-services event.
On Sunday 23rd May two cadets from 781 sqn attened the Cadet 150 swimming & Athletics at Carne Brae. Cadets from Plymouth and Cornwall wing were competeing agaisnt teams from the Sea cadets and the Army Cadets.
Well done Cdts Howarth and Delaney for your efforts at the Tri-Service event on Sunday.
Won Swimming, Athletics and Overall Trophy
Cadet Warrant Officer Promotion
Wing Commander Symons has interviewed FS Bonfield and signed off his promotion to Cadet Warrant Officer.
CONGRATULATIONS!
781 comes 7th at Wing Athletics
On sunday 16th May 781 sqn attended plymouth and cornwall wing athletics with 18 other sqns in the wing. The events where 100, 200, 400m, relay and 800m and long jump, high jump, discus, shotput and javalin, we tried very hard and had alot of team spirit. overall we came 7th which is a great score and we look forward to next year.
Photos can be found on the wing athletics page
Congratulations to the 781 Sqn Team who gave it 110%
Well done everyone!
There were more teams in the competition this year but you raised your game and scored more points than last year and maintained 7th place in the Wing.
NCO Promotions
On Wednesday 12th May CDTs Pearce and Howarth were promoted to the rank of CPL, they worked very hard and will add some more spirt into our strong team of NCOs at 781 sqn.
Marshalling at cubert 10 mile race
On Sunday 9th may 10 cadets helped out at the cubert 10 mile race. 4 cadets handed out water at the polly joke car park and 6 cadets went down to the beach to help with the marshalling. The day was very fun and everyone had a great time we recieved £50 for helping out which will goes towards a sqn bbq in the summer, Thank you to Mrs Bonfield for a great day.
Pictures can be found here
Basketball Tornament by CDT BELL
Friday 14th May 2010
Sometime after wing athletics, I am proposing that we have a basketball tournament with four teams, Each playing three games each, the winners could either get a prize or even just bragging rights! Hopefully we could have more tournaments of not just necessarily Basket ball, perhaps dodgeball or Football, which would help train up our squad, anyway back to the Basketball we could create teams ourselves and play it once every month as a tournament maybe an annual competition with other squadrons and maybe it will catch throughout the entire ATC! If you have any Tournament style ideas, let me or the Squadron know.
Gliding
On Sunday 9th May 4 cadets went gliding at predannack airfield which is in the Lizard. The last gliding slot was cancelled due to the volcanic ash so we had our fingers crossed that this slot would be alright and everyone would have a flight. Each Cadet had 3 flights each about 15-25 minutes each flight. Everyone had alot of fun and really enjoyed the day.
781 comes 2nd overall at the Sector competition
On Sunday 25th April 781 sqn attended north Cornwall sector competitions held at RAF ST Mawgan. 147 (Camborne) SQN and 1900 (Hayle) SQN also attended the day. The day consisted of shooting, drill and a cook off.
We tried very hard but more importantly had alot of fun. We came 2nd in both shooting and drill and we came 1st in the cook off and we came 2nd overall. we trained very hard for the competition especially for the cook off, we are very happy with the result and cant wait till the next one!
Photos from the sector competition can be found here
781 plants Trees for the local community
On Wednesday evening 31st March the sqn went to Enigma wood near St Wenn to plant trees for the local community, there were a variety of trees to plant.
Everyone who attended really enjoyed themselves and all together we manged to plant 150 trees.
Photos can be found here
NCO Promotions
On wednesday 24th March CDTS Pudner and Spittle were promoted to the rank of CPL, also SGT Bonfield was promoted to FLT SGT they have all worked very hard and will add some new spirit into our strong NCO team at 781 SQN.
Mountain Biking 21st March 2010
On Sunday 21st March 6 cadets went on an organised bike ride with our new mountain bikes. It took place at Cardinham woods and the cadets were taught bike skills and everyone who attended enjoyed themselves, thanks to CWO Bourne, FO Blackbourne and CI Grange.
JNCO Selection day
On Saturday 20th March the Squadron held a CPL selection day. Nine promising candidates attended the squadrons JNCO selection day. They all engaged in giving & receiving drill from their fellow cadets & NCO's. They were being watched & assessed by several members of staff & SNCO's throughout the day during leadership exercises, presentations, a formal interview & they're overall attitude toward the day. We were pleased with the candidates we were given to select from & we hope to promote some new spirit into our strong team of NCOs at 781 Newquay Squadron.
Sqn Cook off 2010
On wednesday 24th february the SQN held another cook off, we had five teams take part each team had between five and six cadets. Each team had to produce a three course meal which had to be cooked on a Trangia, each course was marked out of 10 on flavour, presentation, creativity, hygiene and knife skills. Each team had just 20 minutes per course, Everyone took the competition very seriously and everyone wanted to win! The winning team was team cauilflower, well done to cdt pudner, cdt bibby, cdt white, cdt wrobuel, cdt risley and cdt foster.
First Aid course
The Squadron held a first aid course at RAF St Mawgan on Saturday 30th January and Sunday 31st January, around 20 cadets, new and senior ones were all trained to conduct CPR, put someone in the recovery position and treat many other injuries. They all had a great time at the base and we are looking forward to hearing the result of the assessments. A very big thank you to CI Basher, FO Blackbourne & CI Wyness for making the weekend a great success.
Bag Pack at Sainsburys
Well done to everyone who helped out at the Squadron's Bag Pack at Sainsburys on Saturday 19th December, the total raised was £329.49!!!
A fantastic result for a days effort, decisions are being made on how the money will be spent, a huge Thank You to everyone who turned up, cadets and staff.
Surfing Day
The Squadrons first Surfing Day took place on Sunday 13th December, and was a huge success. Cadets from Newquay, St Blazey, Saltash and Plymouth took part in a surfing lesson on Fistral Beach followed by climbing at RAF St Mawgan. Thanks go out to Fg Off Blackbourn for organising the day, SaltAir Adventure for providing the surf lessons, and all the other members of staff for thier support.
Photos of the day can be found on the Surfing Photos page!
Survival School Equipment Section
The Survival Equipment Section from RAF St Mawgan came down to Newquay Squadron on 9th December to show us some different types of survival equipment. It was a very hands-on night which was great fun, especially with everyone looking so silly! Thanks go to the two RAF personnel who made it such a great night!
Photos of the squadron playing with survival equipment can be found here!
Kayaking Sessions
Kayaking pool sessions have been running for a few weeks now and is proving to be a popular activity, with six cadets attending each week all having a great time! Details will be taken on Wednesdays for Saturday sessions. If you are coming Kayaking then remember it is £5 and you will need an ACF13.
For photos go to the Kayaking page!
Squadron Dinner 2009
The annual Squadron Dinner took place on the 14th November, and it was a great night with wonderful food, good company, lots of laughs and an awesome disco afterwards!
Best Cadet: Cdt Pudner
Best New Recruit: Cdt Bruce
Most Improved Cadet: Cdt Terry
Best NCO: (ex) Flt Sgt Cartwright
Sporting Achievment: Cdt Pudner
Adventure Training: Cdt Howarth
Academic Achievment: Cpl Raw
Photography: Cdt Allday
Shooting Achievment: Sgt Bonfield
Aircraft Modelling: Cpl Hull
Group Photograph courtesy of Mel Bonfield Photography
Poppy Appeal
Well done to all who helped out fundraising for the Poppy Appeal this year, the total we raised in one day being well over £1000!!!
Photographs of the Cadet Bag Pack at Morrisons, Newquay can be found here.
