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 Scotland & Northern Ireland Regional Swimming CompetitionBarry on Sunday 19 October 2008 - 17:00:00 | Comments are turned off for this item On the 19th of October 2008 Cadet Nicole Bath and I got through to the Inter Wing Swimming Competition held at HMS Caledonia, Rosyth. Representing, not only 859 Squadron, but also representing Dundee & Central Scotland Wing. I was entered in the Junior Girls Medley Relay Team, swimming the freestyle leg, our team came 1st and won Gold.Nichol and I were entered in the Junior Girls Freestyle Relay Team, I swam the 1st leg and Nichol the 3rd, we won by a clear length from the other teams. I was over the Moon with winning two Gold medals, Nicole also getting a Gold and we will both get a Wing Sports Blue. I was then informed that I had been selected to for the Regional Squad. The Corps Swimming competition will take place at RAF Cranwell on the 22nd of November. I will be representing Scotland and Northern Ireland Region, against the other UK ATC Regions, “How cool is that!!”. Report by Cadet Samantha Holland Great report Samantha. Well done everyone and good luck. Paul GlidingBarry on Sunday 12 October 2008 - 17:00:00 | Comments are turned off for this item The Cadets of 859 Squadron had a surprise visitor join in on their glider training session on Sunday, none other than Air Commodore I R W Stewart himself. Air Commodore Stewart and his party not only turned up to watch the glider training, which was enthralling for the cadets to see; but also actively participated in launching and retrieval of the aircraft on the day. Safety and teamwork was the order of the day during any glider operations and our own 859 Squadron again put forward an impressive display of teamwork throughout the day's operations to ensure prompt retrieval and very safe launch procedures as noted and commented upon by the Air Commodore and his party. As 859 Squadron's cadets were the only cadets training that day they used their time spent with the Air Commodore to ask him questions of his time as a cadet and of course, answer his questions to them. A thoroughly enjoyable atmosphere and mornings flying ensued and we soon broke for lunch. As Corporal Muirhead and Cadet Mooney bade the Air Commodore and his party farewell and wished them a lovely lunch and a heartfelt thanks for spending their time talking to the cadets; not only did the Air Commodore invite the cadets to lunch Corporal Muirhead was asked to ride to the tower in the staff car. After lunch it was time to return to the flying training and bid the Air Commodore and his party farewell, and of course offer him an open invitation to come visit 859 Squadron whenever he wished. As was the popular consensus throughout the Squadrons staff and cadets, Air Commodore Stewart was voted “a fantastic guy” very approachable and very pleasant to talk and work with on the day. Written by C.I. Paul Mooney. Wing Swimming CompetitionPaul Mooney on Sunday 12 October 2008 - 16:00:00 | Comments are turned off for this item The cadets of 859 (Dalgety Bay) Squadron enjoyed success on Sunday 12th of October at Dundee & Central Scotland Wing's annual Swimming Competitions Day at HMS Caledonia. The day saw cadets compete against other squadrons in the wing in the pool. 859's Junior Boys Swimming Team were Cadets Callum Watson (Freestyle & Backstroke), Jonathon Pryce (Freestyle & Backstroke), Mathew Pryce (Freestyle), David Taylor (Freestyle & Backstroke) and Michael Todd (Breaststroke). All tried really hard in their event heats. Cdt Todd and Taylor both narrowly missed out on medals, David Taylor touched 0.04th of a second after the third placed swimmer. In 859's Junior Girls Swimming Team were Cadets Nicole Bath (Freestyle & Backstroke), and Samantha Holland (Freestyle & Backstroke). Samantha came 4th in the Freestyle final and 3rd in the Backstroke Final winning a Bronze medal. Nicole came 2nd in Backstroke Final winning a Silver medal. Glenrothes Club Swimmers from Cupar Squadron set the pace, but both cadets rose to the challenge. The Junior freestyle final times were quicker than the Senior girls, which is encouraging for future events. 859's Senior Boys Swimming Team sole representative was Cadet Andrew Bubb (Freestyle & Breaststroke) was placed highly in both his heats, with quick times. In the Freestyle final he came 4th and in the Breaststroke Final won a bronze medal. His achievement was also sufficient to be awarded 3rd place for the Squadron in the overall Senior Boys Swimming Team competition. Cadets Bubb, Bath and Holland have all been selected to join the Wing Swimming team in the Regional Swimming Competition. It was an overall good experience for the cadets of the squadron, most of whom were attending the swimming competitions for the first time. We were unable to field a team in either of the relays. Good luck in the Regionals. Kevin. Go to page >> News Categories |
