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Congratulations go to all the cadets from C Company who took part in the Company's annual Drill Competition held on Tuesday 15th July at Arborfield Garrison. Results are shown here and photos can be seen by following the thumbnail which can be found after the results.

WO2 Dave Williams, CSM B Coy SEAE, oversaw the scoring for both the Drill and the Turnout which was worked out on the amount of mistakes picked up in both elements. The scores are as follows.

Congratulations go to SMI Brett Cave, County Shooting Officer and the cadets who went to Bisley for the annual ISCRM Shooting Competitions over the weekend 12th & 13th July. Seen in some of the photos, is Colonel Mike Vince, Commandant Buckinghamshire ACF who, many years ago was a Detachment Commander with Berkshire ACF, namely 9 Platoon Caversham!! Colonel Vince actually taught a very young Brett Cave who in turn taught SSI Dave Hobbs who has followed on and taught CSM Boyd and LCpl Hobbs - all at the Caversham Detachment.

Photos can be seen by clicking on this thumbnail.

On Saturday 21st June, 4 Platoon held a Recruitment Day at the Licensed Victuallers School Carnival. The day started out with the cadets assisting, or attempting to put up gazebo's for the other stalls. With the first command task of the day over with they then went on to erect a 12 x 12 Tent and 45 hilarious minutes later - our Recruitment Stand was up and running. Once the Carnival was well under way, the cadets successfully infiltrated the school's Tug of War Teams, we don't think anyone noticed, mind you we're not sure if they did more harm than good!!

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On Tuesday 24th June at 10 Platoon Wokingham, Colonel R B Paddison MBE, our Honorary Colonel, presented cadets and adults from C Company with Duke of Edinburgh's Award Certificates, Clasps to the Cadet Forces Medal, a couple of cadet promotions and one Cadet Company Sergeant Major appointment. The evening brought about a surprise for Captain Peter Jeanes MBE, County Duke of Edinburgh's Award Officer, as the tables were turned on him when he was invited to step up and receive the Fifth Clasp to the Cadet Forces Medal. This was awarded to Captain Jeanes in recognitition of 48 years continuous adult service with Berkshire Army Cadet Force, having previously been a cadet for 6 years - a total of 54 years!!. Also, SMI Ian Hollings was presented with the Second Clasp to the Cadet Forces Medal in recognition of his 28 years continuous service with Berkshire Army Cadet Force.

To view a selection of photos just click on the thumbnail.

The third edition of 11 Platoon Arborfield's Newsletter can be viewed HERE. If you do not already have Adobe Reader, a free copy can be downloaded from Adobe Reader.

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There were a lot of happy, smiley faces from B Company cadets during their recent training weekend held 15th and 16th June. Training aspects covered were an 8km walk around the Hampshire countryside where they enjoyed the company of several new found friends, a Junior NCO Cadre and fieldcraft training. The weather was good and everyone went home at the end of the weekend feeling happy but tired.

Just click on the thumbnail to view a selection of photos.

On Thursday 22nd May 2008 at Brock Barracks, the Honorary Colonel, Colonel R B Paddison MBE, presented Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Awards to cadets from across the County. Attending the ceremony were several former cadets of whom one was an 8 Platoon Reading cadet, namely Ryan McCartney, who is now a Craftsman serving with the REME at Arborfield. Colonel Paddison also presented two Master Cadet Awards to Cadet Sergeant Major Jamie Boyd of 9 Platoon Caversham and Cadet Sergeant Major Daniel Priddy of 10 Platoon Wokingham.

Photos of the evening can be viewed by clicking on either of the thumbnails below.

Cadets and Adults from across A Company plus one or two visitors all converged upon Browndown Training Camp near Gosport, Hampshire, to enjoy a weekend of fun and sun at the Company's annual Spring Bank Camp during the period 23rd to 26th May. Although the sun did shine during Saturday and Sunday, the rain and wind made its appearance without fail on Monday morning!!

The Commandant, Colonel Peter Webb, visited on Sunday and at a rapidly arranged Company Parade, presented Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Awards to several cadets plus two Gold Awards to CSgt Ben Allen of 1 Platoon Windsor and CSgt Tony Shergill of 3 Platoon Slough.

Photos of the weekend can be viewed by clicking on the thumbnails below.

Clay Pigeon Shooting

D of E Awards

Drill, JNCO Cadre & First Aid

Senior Cadets

Dinner Night

Cadets and adults from 4 Platoon Ascot travelled over to Northern Ireland to take part in the Irish Guards ACF Military Competition over the weekend 16th to 18th May which was open to all Irish Guards badged detachments in the United Kingdom. Accommodation was at the very new Cadet Training Centre in Magilligan and whilst the accompanying adults were discouraged from going around with their teams which unfortunately means there are no photos of the competition, they were taken on a day's sightseeing trip. One of the attractions was a rather rickety rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede, but due to Motor Cycle Racing and extra traffic in the area there wasn't time to visit the Causeway or the Whiskey Distillery!

All in all, it was an excellent weekend and both cadets and adults enjoyed themselves. 4 Platoon are now very much looking forward to the chance to go again next year and... winning!!

Just click on the cap badge to see a few photos.

Adults and Cadets from across C Company all converged at the Weekend Training Centre, Bramley for an 'action packed, fun-filled, Easter Camp 2008'. Although the weather was extremely cold and some snow came falling out of the sky, this did not deter the enthusiam of everybody. To see photos and a couple of 'Drill in Action' video clips, just click on the thumbnails below.

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Drill in Action

With permission, some of the funniest answers to recent APC Testing are reproduced HERE.

Adults and Cadets from B Company headed out West to Rollerston Training Camp, Salisbury Plain for the duration of their Easter Camp 2008. Even though the weather was freezing cold and snow put in an appearance it did not interfere with the training and the programme was completed successfully. Just click on the thumbnail below to view the photos.