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skills and lead our team to gain as many points as possible
To end the week the camp was fortunate enough to receive a visit from Air Commandant Air Cadets, Air Commodore Tony Keeling, who was accompanied by the Air Officer Commanding 22 Group. On this visit they inspected the wide variety of activities taking place and spoke to the cadets to gain an insight into this multi-wing camp.
Throughout this camp, the main concern was COVID and how it would affect camps both now and in the future. However, despite the few positive cases whilst on camp, due to the honesty and responsibility of the cadets together with the quick reactions from the staff team; in conjunction with the lateral flow testing the affect was minimal and I never once felt like it was inhibiting any of the activities or opportuni- ties for the cadets on the camp.
I thoroughly enjoyed my week at Warcop and would recommend it to any cadet or cadet NCO no matter their experience, whether it is their first camp or their 10th there was truly something for every cadet to engage with and take back to their units;
in addition to the numerous connections with new friends from all over North Region.
CADET MOLLIE WADSWORTH
2431 (KEIGHLEY) SQUADRON
Warcop was a week-long camp I went on in October which gave around 190 cadets the opportunity to try a range of activities and meet people from places they had never even heard
of. There were aspects of everything, from the activities to the food, that was a new, interesting
I would recommend Warcop to any cadet... there will be something you enjoy and you will take home skills you never had before
Camp Photo Warcop 2021
Cadet Joshua Wright of 264 (Skipton) Squadron
Cadet Katie Ashford of 868 (Mirfield) Squadron
experience for everyone and that made the tiring week away from home one of the best weeks of my life.
Warcop was my fourth camp, and not one of the others has been as exciting and beneficial as it – the 7 activities we did throughout the week were challenging, yet always brought out the best in you, and sometimes even fear. My favourite example of this was the abseiling; I was convinced I wouldn’t
be able to do it, but with the help from the very supportive instructors and the encouragement from my group, I did, and it was great! Other activities included training on and shooting the L98, shotgun shooting, archery, adventure training (including mountain biking and orienteering) and aviation, which all helped to build team work and leadership skills, together with communication, confidence and strength.
When you spend a week with the same group of people doing very team-based activities like those,
it is no doubt that you’ll talk to some new people, which is arguably one of the best parts of going on camps. Whether you want to make a new friend or not, you will. When I went to Warcop, I made a friend from Blyth squadron who I am still in touch with now, along with reuniting with friends I made at previous camps. Everyone you talk to throughout the whole week, including both the staff and cadets, make your whole experience even better, and the jokes and late-night, sleep deprived, conversations will make it even more memorable.
To finish, I would recommend Warcop to any cadet – no matter how long you’ve been in the organization, your rank, experience, etc. – there will be something you enjoy and you will take home skills you never had before. I loved it.
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