Page 48 - Cadet Review Spring 2024

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Success for Lucas at the Forces Equine National Championship
Cadet Lucas Smyth joined 2387 (Pudsey) Squadron in September 2023 at the age of 12. He was interested in flying, and inspired by
the fact that his grandfather was in the RAF. He passed out on the 16th of December with blue badges; Leadership, DofE, Radio and First Aid along with qualifying with his First Class classification.
The family is involved in equine activities, so he was already an experienced rider, and was aware of the National Championship, and that there was a class he could compete in.
Competition involved an early start – they had to be walking the horses round the arena to get them used to it by 07:15, and then once happy with that they had time to spend preparing
the horse and associated kit to look their very best. There was a 40 min warm up in a separate arena, then weeks of preparation culminated in a presentation lasting less than 7 minutes; after which it was just a case of waiting for the results – and a splendid third place. He thoroughly enjoyed the day, as did Yealand Mamzelle his horse, and was delighted to be on the podium.
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Gabriella Green, Alfie Abdy, Ryan Clark and Neo Graham with their Bronze D of E Badges
A SUCCESSFUL WELCOME TO 2024!
For members of 868 (Mirfield) Squadron, although meetings were paused for a couple of weeks over the Christmas and New Year period, that didn't stop cadets’ achievements.
Even though 2023 had closed with the Squadron’s Christmas Presentation Evening,
on the first night back to normal meetings in the New Year, there were 10 newly achieved badges for Squadron Commander Flt Lt Peter Doubell to present to cadets:
Senior Cadet: Master Cadet: BluePre-DofE: Bronze D of E:
Silver D of E:
Archie Burton
Lily Dillon SiddheshPimplapure Alfie Abdy, Ryan Carter, Neo Graham,
Gabriella Green, Mya Larder Joshua Clark, Sophie Pease
Well done to all recipients - what a great start to 2024!
Joshua Clark and Sophie Pease
with their Silver D of E Badges
Success continued in the next week, when Aiden Booth attended a Selection Board at HQ South and West Yorkshire Wing and was appointed to the rank of Cadet Warrant Officer, another achievement
for this experienced and successful cadet.