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Durham ACF Rifles Cadets win places on top Canadian marksmanship course
Three Durham ACF cadets have been awarded places on a six- week long Army Cadet Leader Instructor Marksmanship Course (ACLIM) based at Connaught Ranges, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in July and August this year.
This is a tremendous achievement for three cadets from one unit to be selected for the 14 strong squad selected from army cadets across the UK. They were selected because of their good track record in .22mm and 7.62 target rifle shooting and because they were considered to be good ambassadors for the ACF.
All Rifles cadets - Cadet Corporal Yves Hughes and Lance Corporal Kane Storey, from Chester-le-Street Detachment,
and Cpl Kathryn Burnell, from Durham Detachment - flew off
to Canada on 7 July, after participating at the Inter-Services Cadet Rifle Meeting at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley.
They will participate in three major meetings – the Canadian Cadet Full-bore meeting (solely for Cadets), and the Ontario
Rifle Association Meeting and the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Meeting, which are attended by top marksmen from around the world. There is also emphasis on learning to instruct correctly and cadets are tested on their abilities to teach subjects such as drill, marksmanship etc. They will also participate in adventure training, sports and bush-craft activities. There will be cultural visits in and around Ottawa and the highlight of their visit is to Niagara Falls. They will be totally integrated with Canadian Cadets and will make friends for life.
(L-R) Durham ACF Rifles Cadets Cpl Kathryn Burnell (Durham Det) LCpl Kane Storey and Cpl Yvues Hughes (Chester-le-Street Det) selected for the 6 weeks long Army Cadet Leader Instructor Marksmanship Course in Canada
Durham Army Cadets at the CCRS 2014 Inter-Services Cadet Rifle Meeting and Inter-Services final at Bisley
Durham Army Cadet Force once again qualified five teams to participate in the Cadet Council for Rifle Shooting 2014 Inter- Services Cadet Rifle Meeting at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley, Surrey, which
was the most teams from any unit. The competition is shot with the cadet target rifle and took place on Century Range at Bisley from 4-6 July in hot sunny conditions with driving rain on Saturday. The 106 teams were from the Army Cadet Force,
Air Training Corps, Sea Cadet Corps, the Combined Cadet Force and cadets from the Canadian Cadet Force’s National team. Major S Stebbings/SI K Dods team
was placed 3rd in The Frankfort Shield Competition, which is shot at 300 and 500 yards and consists of 2 sighting shots with 7 to count at both distances. The Rifles cadets were presented CCRS bronze
medals by Major General RMB Nitsch MBE, GOC Support Command, at a prize-giving ceremony in Bisley Pavilion. The team comprised CSjt Luke
Ten of Durham’s cadets were placed in the Cadet 100 full-bore competition and received a coveted Cadet 100 full-bore
Collins, LCpl Kane
Storey and LCpl Scott
Elliott (all from Chester-
le-Street Detachment)
and LCpl Kathryn
Burnell (Durham
Detachment). 106 teams participated.
The same team also took 8th place in
the Watts Bowl Competition, which is a cadet coached competition shot at 600 yards. Congratulations to CSjt Collins who coached the team.
Sjt T Booth (a Rifles cadet from Chester- le-Street Detachment) was placed third in the Individual 300 yards competition and received a bronze medal.
badge.
The top 16 cadets
from each Cadet Force qualified to shoot in the Inter-Services Cadet Forces Final. Durham ACF qualified
3 cadets; Cpl Matthew Newton (Durham ‘Rifles’ Detachment) and LBdr Lewis Girard (Hummersknott Detachment) were on one ACF team, whilst LCpl Scott Elliott (a Rifles cadet from Chester-le-Street Detachment) was on the second ACF team, which won, and he received a medal. All received their national colours.
Durham and Northumbria ACF at the Inter-Services Rifle Meeting at Bisley
The Rifles cadets were presented CCRS bronze medals
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