Issue 87 - NWRFCA - Northwest Reserve Forces & Cadets Association

merseyside
acf
Marching group,
disciplined,
proud and smart
Cadets
are pride of
Merseyside
Merseyside ACF attended their 12 days Annual
Camp with nearly 350 cadets aged between
13 and 17 years of age, going to Otterburn
Training Camp in Northumberland.
There were also 12 Canadian Cadets who
were specially invited to the Camp. They all
completed a very comprehensive programme
which included watermanship, abseiling
and rock climbing, first aid, mountain
bikes, assault course, initiative tests, sports,
orienteering, signals cadre, confidence course,
shooting and over night exercises.
27 Cadet Training Team and the LANCS AYT
supported the Camp and a visit was made by
their Honorary Colonel and Lord Lieutenant
Canadian cadets, with red berets, and Merseyside cadets training together.
of Merseyside, Dame Lorna Muirhead, and
the Mayor and Mayoress of Wirral and Mayor
of Knowsley and Consort. Col Gerry Wells –
Cole and Col John Davies plus Brigades Capt
Phil Stewart also supported the occasion
and followed the progress of the cadets who
had the opportunity to achieve their Duke of
Edinburgh Awards along with BTEC and First
Aid qualifications.
Also using the Camp were the Army Air
Corps with 3 Apache Helicopters training for
Afghanistan. They made the Cadets most
welcome to review them.
The overall results were excellent and a
record number of 19 new instructors passed
their course run by the Regular Army.
On his 14th birthday at Camp LCpl Kieran Jones
is shown the Apache helicopter controls by Cpl
Jasper Robinson
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