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Rifle Meeting (CTRM) which was held at Beckingham Ranges near Newark on Saturday 11 May.
In poor weather, heavy rain showers and gusting winds, CTRM was particularly hard this year. The competitions were fired using the L81 A2 7.62mm Cadet Target Rifle from 300, 500 and 600 metres.
Although the team had less training than in previous years the hard work paid off with Derbyshire ACF winning all of the team matches.
Results
Team Match IV – The Frankfort Shield (Scores from 300m & 500m combined) 1st – Derbyshire C
2nd – Lincs A
3rd – Derbyshire D
Team Match V – The Watts Bowl (Team scores from 600m)
1st – Derbyshire C
2nd – Lincs A
3rd – Derbyshire D
Team Aggregate – The Beckingham Cup (Combined team scores from the above two cups)
1st – Derbyshire C
2nd – Lincs A
3rd – Derbyshire D
There was also an individual competition, the “ACF Cadet Dozen”, where individual aggregate scores were used to find the top 12 cadets.
6 cadets from Derbyshire ACF made
it into the “ACF Cadet Dozen”, claiming 1st, 2nd, 3rd 6th, 9th and 12th places. Remarkably, the individual winner, LCpl Hayley Holmes of Heanor Detachment had only ever shot this rifle once before.
ACF Cadet Dozen
1st – LCpl H Holmes C Coy 2nd – Cpl J Wadsworth D Coy 3rd – CSgt R Kudlaty B Coy 6th – Sgt K Buckley C Coy 9th – Cpl A Clarke C Coy
12th – LCpl J Preston D Coy
Duke of Edinburgh
More than 60 cadets from Derbyshire have had the opportunity to develop skills that could be useful in their future working life after achieving a bronze, silver or gold Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) awards through the Derbyshire ACF.
Between 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013, 68 young people from the County were awarded DofE passes after completing a range of different projects and activities such as volunteering and expeditions.
The DofE scheme is split into three
levels and can be completed by young people aged from 14 to 24 years. It is one of the world’s most popular development programmes and all cadets are encouraged to enter and complete DofE awards.
Hayley Holmes, aged 16, from
C Company’s Heanor Detachment in Derbyshire, is one of the cadets to achieve her DofE certificate in the last year. She said: “I was able to work towards my silver certificate whilst taking part in first aid, drill, target shooting and expeditions through the
Annual Camp
Annual Camp at Wretham had a full and varied programme for all cadets, including military training, field exercise, kayaking, clay target shooting, swimming and sports with the highlight for many being a familiarisation flight on a Merlin helicopter.
The final parade of this year’s highly successful Annual Camp at Wretham in Norfolk was the Commandant’s Prizegiving Parade on Wed 14 Aug. The winners were:
Swimming – Boys – Winning Coy
D Coy
Swimming – Girls – Winning Coy
D Coy
Swimming – Champion Coy
D Coy
TOW – Boys – Winning Coy
C Coy
TOW – Girls – Winning Coy
D Coy
Volleyball – Boys – Winning Coy
C Coy
Volleyball – Girls – Winning Coy
C Coy
Football – Boys – Winning Coy
B Coy
Football – Girls – Winning Coy
A Coy
Orienteering – Winning Coy
B Coy
Best Sporting Cadet (National TOW)
LCpl Varley, D Coy
Sports – Overall Winning Coy
C Coy
Top Cdt in Cadet 100 Match (.22 rifle)
Sgt Wadsworth, D Coy
Top Cdt at CADSAAM & CISSAM (5.56 rifle)
CSgt Buckley, C Coy
Top Cdt with Target Rifle at ISCRM (7.62 rifle)
CSgt Buckley, C Coy
SAA Match – Individual Runner Up (5.56 rifle)
LCpl Parnall, D Coy
SAA Match – Individual Champion
LCpl Anderson, A Coy
SAA Match – Winning Coy
D Coy
March and Shoot – Winning Coy
C Coy
Best Drill Instructor
CSgt Goodwin, A Coy
Drill – Winning Coy
A Coy
Superstars – Winning Coy
C Coy
Champion Coy in Camp 2013
D Coy
Most Improved Det in 2013
Chesterfield Det
Best Det in 2013
Belper Det
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