2484 Bassingbourn Squadron Atc

-WAENDEL WALK WEEKEND- This weekend both Cdt Collins and Cdt Banks both completed the Waendel walk, a 50mile march over 2 days. The walk is completed as part of the girls ongoing training for the Nijmegan march this July in Holland. Very well done girls.

This week nine 2484 cadets attended Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshires wings 26th annual easter camp held at Stanta training area. The cadets took part in a huge variety of activities including laser clay shooting, archery, PT, raft building, and a 36 hour exercise all held as a inter-flight competition. Other activities included STEM, fieldcraft training, arms drill and BTEC.
All had a extremely enjoyable week with 2 of out cadets involved in the winning Flight and SGT Brangwyn 2IC of the flight that won the exercise.

-MARCH MADNESS CELEBRATIONS- On the 24th March the Squadron celebrated its 55th Anniversary. To celebrate this month cadets have gained awards and qualifications in huge numbers making it one of ore most successful months on record.
Awards/Qualifications gained:
... Blue Leadership Cdt Duer Riggs Paterson Shroeder Shallan Brangwyn . L Haughey Baldwin Collins Clapham Cpl Hopwood Clarke
Aviation Wing Cdt Haughey Clapham
Aviation Familiarization Course Certificate Cdt Paterson Shroeder
Bronze First Aid - St Johns Youth First Aid Cdt Banks Collins Haughey Clapham Baldwin Shallan Brangywm Cpl Foumakis Hopwood clarke Cox Titchmarsh
Leading Cadet Cpl Hopwood Clarke
Bronze DofE Cpl Titchmarsh Foumakis
ILM Level 2 Award in Leadership and Team Skills Cdt Collins Cpl Foumakis
BTEC - Level 2 Diploma in Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community Sgt Brangwyn . R FS Rule
Marksman - L98 FS Rule
Wing Blue - Netball Cdt Banks Collins Riggs
And Finally Cpl Titchmarsh was Promoted to the Rank of Sergeant by Flt Lt Kyprianou for his hard work and dedication. He will now leave his position in Delta Rebel Flight to take up the role of 2IC of Memphis Belle Flight.
Congratulation to everyone involved in this months of celebration.
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CONGRATULATIONS CLAIRE Today Ex 2484 Cadet Warrant officer Claire Kelly graduated Initial Officer training at RAF College Cranwell.
Claire left 2484 after reaching the rank of CWO, to go University in London where she studyed for a number of years. While at university she joined the University Air Squadron where again she excelled and progresses her experiences. After leaving university Claire began her RAF application and in August 2018 arrived at the gates of RAF Cranwell ...to begin training. After 6 months today she graduates IOT and will now go on to begin her trade training. We wish you luck with the rest of your career Claire.
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On Friday 22nd, 4 cadets from 2484 (Bassingbourn) Sqn went flying at RAF Wittering. A near perfect day for flying. I think the smiles on their faces say it all. If you would like to join the RAF Air Cadets please contact us at 2484@aircadets.org for more details.

It was perfect running conditions on Sunday for cadets from Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire wing who traveled up to RAF Cranwell for the inter region X-Country competiton. Cdt Nia Collins represented 2484 in the Junior Girls competition and with 1k left to race she moved her self from 4th into the 3rd place position to take the Bronze medal and secure a place in the region team. Thanks to her efforts and the rest of the junior girls team they placed a 2nd over all in the junior girls category. Acting Wing Sports Officer FS Buckle said that “Despite Cdt Collins clearly struggling in the last leg she battled extremely hard to catch 3rd and take the bronze a perfect finish” Congratulations Cdt Collins a very well ran race.

Today 2484 ventured to The Royal Air Force Museum, London. Looking at the history of flight and the history of the RAF. We all had a informative and fun day.

PLENTY TO SMILE ABOUT
Monday’s parade saw smiles all round with many awards being handed out.
Cpl Foumakis was awarded her leading cadet syllabus badge after passing all her exams.
... 7 Cadets from our Phase 2 training where also awarded their Blue Communications badge after completing all training and displaying a competence level worthy of the qualification.
And Finally FS Murphy was pleasantly surprised when he was called to the front my the CO to receive his BTEC L2 extended certificate in Teamwork and personal development.
Congratulations to you all.
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On Saturday 26th January Cdt FS Ella Rule traveled up to RAF Honnington for the wing shoot. After her last wing shoot she was unlucky to narrowly miss out on gaining her marksman badge so this time she was determined to achieve it and she did in fantastic fashion. Not only did FS Rule attain a score of 56 points to gain the Marksman badge, but with the coaching of Sgt Hornsby and the other range staff she then went on to get a perfect score of 60 and all 15 rounds were within 65mm congratulation Flight Sergeant Rule. Thank you to all the Wing staff for running the shoot.

Happy new year from all of us at 2484. Bring on 2019.

2484 (Bassingbourn) Squadron Wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

-‘Bag Pack Update’- The total is in and with your support we have managed to raise an amazing £951.54, from Sundays bag pack. This will go towards renewing the squadrons IT systems. From all of us at 2484 we thank the local community for all the support.

Come and support us today at Royston Tesco Extra, where we are bag packing and recruiting. All support is appreciated.

MONTHLY REPORT
It’s been a busy month for all at 2484 and a month to remember for 2 Cadets in particular.
We start with Cadet Oliver Rogers who in mid July earnt a much deserved Promotion to Corporal. Cadet Rogers had consistently demonstrated a high level across all ATC areas, his transition since joining the ATC has been brilliant and he has met every challenge with great enthusiasm. We are sure he will be a great and effective addition to the NCO team at 2484.
... We then go to Corporal Brangwyn who has had a very busy month. On Saturday 14th July he attended the ACLC (Air Cadet Leadership Course) at RAF Cranwell, in the week that followed he was taught assessed and challenged on a multitude of areas such as Command Tasks, Leadership Theory, Physical Ability, Interviews and Leadership Particle Exercise in the field. Corporal Brangwyn graduated the course on the Friday earning himself not only a Gold Leadership badge but a qualification and valuable experience.
It didn’t stop there as Corporal Brangwyn was then bused directly to the Cadet Drill and Ceremonial Camp, This was another week long camp where cadets are taught drill to a high standard as well as Rifle Drill and Continuity drill. Cadets are also given the opportunity to take part in activities such as clay pigeon shooting and rock climbing.
Upon his return to the squadron on Wednesday 1st August Corporal Brangwyn was Promoted to the Rank of Sergeant and now joins the SNCO team.
On the 4th August Sergeant Brangwyn and Corporal Rogers joined the rest of the Squadron as our annual Camp in Wales where cadets took part in a large variety of adventurous training activities such as climbing coasteering, walking, swimming and sea kayaking ect. All Cadets involved thoroughly enjoyed the experience and had a great time.
The Busy period doesn’t stop there as this week Cdt Banks, Sgt Rule and CI Rowson-Brown are all one annual camp at RAF Cosford. (Report to follow)
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Tonight the cadets had an inter-flight cooking challenge - with Delta Rebel winning with their Chicken Fajitas & Eton Mess

Nice to hear about some of the work our ex cadets get up to sounds like ex cadet Matt Smith is working hard.