Wing Field Weekend 2015

The weekend of the 24th-26th of April saw a team of 8 cadets and 1 cadet doing radio communications from 759 Beccles Squadron Air Training Corps go away on a wing activity weekend at Wretham Camp, Thetford. The cadets competed against 28 other squadrons from Norfolk and Suffolk in a variety of activities such as First Aid, River Crossing, Aircraft Recognition, Shooting, Night exercise, leadership and archery. The team of 8 worked together to earn as many points as possible in each activity.

The team competed well in each activity and set a good standard for future teams. The team came first in the night exercise, first in aircraft recognition and fourth in First aid. For the weeks running up to the weekend the cadets put in many hours of training at parade nights and over weekends making sure they were at the best possible standard going into the competition.

The weekend is open to any cadets on the squadron and cadets always look forward to meeting up with friends from around the wing. Cadet Bedwell who has recently joined the squadron attended Wing field Weekend for the first time this year and said 'I really enjoyed the weekend meeting new people and it was a valuable experience for me. I would recommend it to other cadets on the squadron'

The team did exceptionally well coming 9th out of 29 teams that took part with an overall score of 184 points.