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Waddington’s4-ship at 1Group AwardsRAF Waddington once againreigned supreme at the 1 GroupAwards’ Dinner on Thur 11 July,held at HQ Air Command.The ‘Waddington Double’ in2012, gave Waddington theOperational Performance (14Squadron) and EngineeringExcellence (Senior EngineeringOfficer 8 Squadron) Awardsafter only being in the Groupfor less than 7 months. RAFWaddington doubled theirefforts yet again this year to walkaway with not 2 but 4 Awards.The evening flowed in atypical Dining-In Night format,entertaining officers from every1 Group Station includingForce Commanders and StnCommanders and attendedby sponsors of the Awardsthemselves. Wing CommanderJayne Casebury, OfficerCommanding Base Support Wingat RAF Waddington, and SquadronLeader Dave McRitchie from HQAir Command, led the Ceremony(Oscar-style) and announced 15Award Recipients ranging fromOperational Command to ThePeople Award, and EngineeringExcellence to Force Development.Group Captain Al Gillespie, StationCommander Waddington proudlyreceived the MOB ExcellenceAward from BAE Systems, awardedto the MOB making the greatestcontribution to 1 Group (andthe wider Defence and RAF28 InsightMAGAZINE
community) throughout theyear. In addition he collectedthe inaugural Dowding Awardon behalf of Flight LieutenantSimon Bowes (14 Squadron,RAF Waddington) for hiscontribution to the developmentand advancement of air powerknowledge within No 1 Group. TheWaddington 4-ship also featuredWing Commander Al Marshall,Officer Commanding V (AC)Squadron, receiving The DacreTrophy, sponsored by the DacreFamily and presented on theirbehalf by Air Vice Marshall Atha, AirOfficer Commanding 1 Group. Thetrophy was awarded to the bestoverall Squadron within 1 Group.Wing Commander John Stowell,Chief of Staff FHQ, RAF Waddington,also received the Staff ExcellenceAward from Lockheed Martin UK.A good night was had by alland RAF Waddington proudlywalked away with two individual,a Squadron and a Stationaward representing the uniquecontribution made by Intelligence,Surveillance, Target Acquisitionand Reconnaissance (ISTAR) andRAF Waddington. The StationCommander was quick to passon his congratulations to all thoseacross RAF Waddington who havehelped make the last 12 monthssuch a success. Well Done!RAF WaddingtonGolf Clubin association with StoneacreVolvo Lincoln Help for HeroesOn a warm and balmy day withlight winds and clear skies...No that did not happen, itwas cold very windy andvery wet when a few bravesouls played golf as part ofthe Volvo National Golf ClubChallenge competition insupport of Help for Heroes.The RAF Waddington GolfClub and Course in associationwith Stoneacre Volvo Lincoln,hosted the competitionopened to all golfers. Theweather was less than perfectbut despite that, some goodscores were recorded. Thesescores will be forwardedto the Volvo National GolfClub Challenge organisingcommittee who will take thescores from other participatingclubs; the club with the best5 scores will go forward toregional finals and shouldthey again be successful, tonational finals to be held at theTurnberry Resort in September.In conjunction with the golfcompetition is an associationwith the local Volvo dealerto raise awareness of thework of Help for Heroesand to raise some moneyfor this very worthy cause.With RAF Waddingtonmember’s contributions andthat of Stoneacre Volvo, amagnificent sum of £600 wasraised and will be forwardedto Volvo National GolfChallenge organisers to beadded to the money raisedby other clubs and handedto Help for Heroes at theTurnberry finals.I would like to thank theRAF Waddington Golf Clubmembers for braving suchan awful day to play andcontribute to the fundraisingeffort and to Stoneacre Volvofor their support to whatturned out to be a fantasticeffort by the small band ofRAF Waddington Golf Clubmembers.Sqn Ldr WoolfsonOIC RAF WaddingtonGolf Club and CourseInsightMAGAZINE 29
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