Thames Valley Wing has been judged the runner up at the prestigious south-west Regional Activities Day held at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall. The strong team was drawn from across Oxfordshire and Berkshire competed against hundreds of other cadets from five other Wings.
A breakdown of some of the results are below:
- 1st Aeromodelling diorama
- 1st Cadet First Aid
- 1st Photography (under 16 aviation)
- 2nd Solo bugle
- 2nd Solo drum
- 3rd Individual Air Recognition
- 3rd U16 Aircraft Recognition
- 3rd Skill at Arms
- 1st Open model CFAV and committee – Sgt Jon Last, 2499
- 1st U16 Cadet aviation photo – Cadet Corbin
- 1st Cadet RAFAC people photo – Cpl Bowers
- 2nd O16 Cadet aviation photo – Sgt Tobin
- 2nd Drill NCO – Sgt De Cruz, 1116
- 3rd Staff aviation photo – CI Kevin Davies
The trophies were awarded by Commodore Dyer and Group Captain Cole.
A wing spokesperson said:
“We took an simply awesome team along to the competition and narrowly missed out on the top prize. Along the way we faired really well in many of the competitions – we’ll be back next year to take the top spot!”
