On a cold Sunday 5th February 2012, the cadets and staff of 1224 (Wharfedale) Squadron travelled to York to take part in the annual Central & East Yorkshire Wing ATC Sunday service and parade - though due to the snow no parade actually took place.
The service took place inside York Minster and prior to this the Squadron band played outside the minster before the general public.
During the service the Squadrons Banner was paraded by Cpl Karl Verspyck. Also during the ceremony Cadet Warrant Officer Sam White spoke of the bands musical achievements at the National Band Competition.
After the service Group Captain Middleton, Regional Commandant of North Region personally thanked the band for their performance and even gave CWO White 10/10 for his speech.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012
RAFA Pay a Flying Visit to Wharfedale
On Monday 16th January Darrell Slater-Smith, Area Director Royal Air
Force Association along with Mr Harry Dowson of the Skipton RAFA Branch visited Squadron to provide cadets with an up to date
report on how RAFA supports both retired and current memebers of the Royal
Air Force.
It was great to hear that RAFA now provide all personnel
serving in Afghanistan with £20's worth of extra calls per month so they
could ring home. The cadets liked the story book, where staff record a
story or a special message on a CD so their children can listen to them
any time whilst they are away on duty.
Cpl Callum Parker - The highest individual collector of 2011 with Mr Dowson and Mr Slater-Smith
The next day the letter arrived to announce Cadets and Staff at
1224 (Wharfedale) Sqn were again the winners of the Sir Douglas Bader
'Wings Appeal' Trophy 2011 with a per captia average of £187.97. The
total collected £8,834.43 was the highest single amount collected by any
Squadron during the year.
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Cross Country Success for 1224
In early January 2012, a group of Cadets from 1224 (Wharfedale) Squadron attended the annual Central and East Yorkshire Wing Inter-Squadron Cross Country competition.
Hoping to build on last years results the Squadron entered teams in the Under 15 and Under 17 boys categories as well as the Junior Women's'.
The Squadron did in fact build on last years results and won the Under 15 boys whilst placing 2nd in the Under 17 boys.
There were individual third places for Cadets Danny Stainton (U17 Boys), Nina Wingate (Jnr Women) and Alex Atraszkiewicz (U15 Boys), all of whom qualify, along with Sgt Chris Cavaliere (4th in U17 Boys), to represent the Squadron and the Wing at the inter-Wing Cross country later in the year.
Also present from 1224 were WO Wood and CWO White - the latter who being too old to compete marshalled during the day - a decision which he later regretted after wearing too few layers to deal with the cold winter morning.
Hoping to build on last years results the Squadron entered teams in the Under 15 and Under 17 boys categories as well as the Junior Women's'.
The Squadron did in fact build on last years results and won the Under 15 boys whilst placing 2nd in the Under 17 boys.
There were individual third places for Cadets Danny Stainton (U17 Boys), Nina Wingate (Jnr Women) and Alex Atraszkiewicz (U15 Boys), all of whom qualify, along with Sgt Chris Cavaliere (4th in U17 Boys), to represent the Squadron and the Wing at the inter-Wing Cross country later in the year.
Also present from 1224 were WO Wood and CWO White - the latter who being too old to compete marshalled during the day - a decision which he later regretted after wearing too few layers to deal with the cold winter morning.
The 1224 Cross Country Team 2012
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Santa Specials 2011
Every weekend approaching Christmas, a team of cadets from Wharfedale
have assisted Santa at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Train Santa
Specials.
The cadets help keep Santa's grotto well stocked and also tidy! They then help Santa select the correct present for the age of the visitors. There were four trains daily so the cadets were kept busy but inbetween well supplied with sandwiches and hot drinks.
Flt Lt Sue Leighton said "We never have a shortage of volunteers for the steam trains and we have to rotate the allocation to give everyone an opportunity to attend".
The cadets help keep Santa's grotto well stocked and also tidy! They then help Santa select the correct present for the age of the visitors. There were four trains daily so the cadets were kept busy but inbetween well supplied with sandwiches and hot drinks.
Flt Lt Sue Leighton said "We never have a shortage of volunteers for the steam trains and we have to rotate the allocation to give everyone an opportunity to attend".
Magnificent Seven Parade with ACO National Band.
Seven Air Cadets from Wharfedale joined the Air Cadet National Marching
Band and took part in the Birmingham Tattoo just before Christmas. The
whole weekend gave them all the experience of performing at a much
higher level with formal dress rehearsals at the National Indoor Arena,
Birmingham.
The cadets performed on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon in front of near capacity audiences. In the finale, they joined with the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Norwegian Kings Guard Veterans Band, Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers and Band of the Liberation Army in a traditional Christmas celebration of carols.
For Cadet Corporal Jorgen Moore the weekend was made even more special
when the drummers were invited to meet the Royal Marine drummers.
See it on YouTube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO1UlpKP-fo
The cadets performed on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon in front of near capacity audiences. In the finale, they joined with the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Norwegian Kings Guard Veterans Band, Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers and Band of the Liberation Army in a traditional Christmas celebration of carols.
See it on YouTube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO1UlpKP-fo
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Promotions at 1224
During final parade on 17th November 2011 Flt Lt Leighton made four promotions.
To Corporal: Cadets Kjersti Moore, Callum Parker and Karl Verspyck
To Sergeant: Corporal Alex Raabe
Congratulations to all four cadets on their hard earned and well deserved promotions!
To Corporal: Cadets Kjersti Moore, Callum Parker and Karl Verspyck
To Sergeant: Corporal Alex Raabe
Congratulations to all four cadets on their hard earned and well deserved promotions!
Monday, 21 November 2011
Success for 1224 at the National Championships
After placing second in the Ensemble section at the National Air Cadet Band Championships in 2009, 1224 (Wharfedale) were back again to win in 2011 and they didn't disappoint!
The ensemble section of the Squadron's band - CWO Sam White (19), FS Tom Smith (17), Sgts Rhys Leighton (17), Ben Connor (18), Jamie Partovi (16) & Alex Raabe (16), Corporals Kjersti Moore (17)& Jørgen Moore (15) and Cadets Danny Stainton (15) and Daniel Chivers (13) - along with Flt Lt Leighton and WO Wood travelled down to RAF Halton to take part in the championships for the second time and after placing second last time were out to entertain again.
The band played a medley of Pirates of the Caribbean, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and Pencil Full of Lead (a Paolo Nutini song), complete with singing and dancing for the final song, and managed to win first place, much to the delight of the cadets and staff!
The ensemble section wasn't the only category that Wharfedale were playing in at the finals with Sergeants Jamie Partovi and Alex Raabe competing in the solo snare drum competition and Sergeant Rhys Leighton placing second in a close solo Bugler competition.
Flt Lt Sue Leighton, OC 1224 said "Warrant Officer Wood and I are very proud of them all. They have put alot of work into the routine and on the day of the competition they were able to show how good they are and their obvious enjoyment of the event was apparent to anyone watching".
From Sqn Ldr Collins, Wing ExO - "Very well done"
From Sqn Ldr Hitchen, Sector 5 Commander " Excellent - well done"
From Sqn Ldr Mennell, C&E Yorks Wing MCO "Very well done"
From Flying Officer Pullen " Excellent news. Pass on my congrats to the team (-:"
You can watch a video of the performance here
and you can also watch the 2009 ensemble @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlptLATKRhQ
The ensemble section of the Squadron's band - CWO Sam White (19), FS Tom Smith (17), Sgts Rhys Leighton (17), Ben Connor (18), Jamie Partovi (16) & Alex Raabe (16), Corporals Kjersti Moore (17)& Jørgen Moore (15) and Cadets Danny Stainton (15) and Daniel Chivers (13) - along with Flt Lt Leighton and WO Wood travelled down to RAF Halton to take part in the championships for the second time and after placing second last time were out to entertain again.
The band played a medley of Pirates of the Caribbean, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and Pencil Full of Lead (a Paolo Nutini song), complete with singing and dancing for the final song, and managed to win first place, much to the delight of the cadets and staff!
The ensemble section wasn't the only category that Wharfedale were playing in at the finals with Sergeants Jamie Partovi and Alex Raabe competing in the solo snare drum competition and Sergeant Rhys Leighton placing second in a close solo Bugler competition.
Flt Lt Sue Leighton, OC 1224 said "Warrant Officer Wood and I are very proud of them all. They have put alot of work into the routine and on the day of the competition they were able to show how good they are and their obvious enjoyment of the event was apparent to anyone watching".
From Regional HQ, North Region - "Very many congratulations from all of us at RHQ. We are all delighted for you – that is quite some achievement, so well done"
From Sqn Ldr Ayre, Deputy OC C&E Yorks Wing "Well Done"
From Wing Commander Wiggins, OC C&E Yorks Wing - "A great performance as we have come
to expect from 1224. Please pass on my congratulations to all involved
and I trust their efforts and hard work was all worth it with this
superb result. Well done to all at 1224."
From Sqn Ldr Collins, Wing ExO - "Very well done"
From Sqn Ldr Hitchen, Sector 5 Commander " Excellent - well done"
From Sqn Ldr Mennell, C&E Yorks Wing MCO "Very well done"
From Flying Officer Pullen " Excellent news. Pass on my congrats to the team (-:"
and you can also watch the 2009 ensemble @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlptLATKRhQ
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