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ATC
Upton Squadron celebrate success
The Mayor and Mayoress and Flt Lt Jim Laird with the Air Cadets with their trophies
The Air Cadets 2184 Upton Squadron
continues to go from strength to strength
and to celebrate their success they held a
Presentation Dinner Evening at Prenton Golf
Club. The guests of honour were the Mayor
and Mayoress of Wirral, Councillor Alan and
Catherine Jennings who were welcomed by
Flt Lt Jim Laird, the Sqn Comd.
After the meal, the parents saw the
Mayor make the awards which went to Cdt
Mitchell (Best Female Cadet); Cdt Sindall
(Best Attendance and Sports); Cdt Rutter
(Most Improved Cadet); Cdt Cook (Best Male
Cadet); Cdt Jackson (Commander’s Shield and
Sponsorship Trophy plus Best Overall Cadet
for 2010); Cdt Hughes (Best New Recruit) and
Sgt Pybis (Best Turned Out, Best Shot plus Best
Cadet Leader).
To conclude the presentations the Mayor
presented a Second Bar to Instructor WO
Haskyne to add to his Cadet Force Medal
which denotes 20 years of outstanding
and dedicated service to the Air Cadets.
The Mayor, as an ex-Military Volunteer,
appreciated all the continuous hard work
put in by the Officers, Instructors and all
the Cadets, in making the Unit one of the
most successful not only on the Wirral but
also on Merseyside. He also praised the
supporting Committee led by Sheila Laird,
plus the brilliant fund raising that they do for
charities, especially the Royal British Legion
Poppy Appeal.
Top of the
Poppy Appeal
CADETS from Oldham and
Saddleworth collected a
record £10,970 for the Greater
Manchester Royal British Legion
National Poppy Appeal.
Cadet Force units from
across Greater Manchester met
at Smokies Hotel, Bardsley,
Oldham, to take part in the
Annual Award Ceremony.
Cadets from 2200 (Oldham)
Squadron and 2200DF
(Saddleworth) Detached Flight
took part in collections at Tesco
Supermarkets at Greenfield and
Chadderton, over a three
week period.
Cadet Cpl Ashley Millward
of Oldham Squadron, who
collected £3,850 himself ,
won the Best ATC individual
Award.
The presentation evening
was led by Col Warren
Smith, Lord Lieutenant of
Greater Manchester, who
presented the awards. Also at
the presentation was the Lord
Mayor of Manchester along with
the Mayors of Salford, Tameside,
Air Cadets from Oldham and Saddleworth at the Award Ceremony
Trafford, Bolton, Bury, Wigan,
Stockport and the hosts, Oldham.
This is the first time that
either of the two ATC units has
been in the Top Three in Greater
Manchester.
2200 (Oldham) Squadron,
based at Wellyhole Street, Lees,
also won the ‘Most Improved’
Squadron Award and 2200DF
(Saddleworth) Detached Flight
won the ‘Best New Unit’ award.
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