218 Squadron
cadets took the first step of three on this year’s journey towards the Drill
Championship.
With strong
competition from across South and West Yorkshire Wing, but particularly this
year from 2387 Pudsey Squadron, the drill squad had to be at their very best.
Judging this year was undertaken by staff from Central and East Yorkshire Wing,
and because of the changes in weather on the day, the inspection was carried
out indoors. Outside it was raining cats and dogs.
In Psalm 97,
it says “Light shines on the righteous,” and as soon as the inspection was over
the clouds cleared to give the squad a best wishes from upstairs. The sun
remained shining down as they performed the required sequence of manoeuvers.
The squad then marched off to great applause. Literally seconds after they had
finished, the heavens open again and the rain came thumping down.
At the end of
the day Rotherham came first, continuing a tradition of being in the top 3
since 1956. FS Dovey came second as NCO i/c despite last year being 5th
in the entire ACO at the Corps championship.
Also of note
was Cdt Fair who managed a respectable third in our first year of entering the
First Aid competition.
With the
Regional Competition just 3 weeks away the members of the squad must continue
to try to find the balance between revision of GCSEs and A-Levels, and the need
to practice hard to ensure they give it their best shot at trying to get to the
Corps competition again.
Thanks go to
the Staff who put on an excellent competition day with lots going on despite
the poor weather.
Despite this
being a very successful day, I’m sure that staff and cadets would appreciate
some consideration given to the timing of the competition which clashes
unfavourably with important exams.
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