Sunday 10th May 2015

Last week saw 25 cadets and 5 members of staff at the JCCS Stadium in Leeds for South and West Yorkshire Wings annual Inter-Sqn athletics competition. It was an early start for some cadets as we had to meet outside SQN HQ at 0745hrs ready to board the coach (even some members of staff could not get there in time).

218 Sqn once again thoroughly enjoyed the day and participated in as many events as possible and of  course won the award for the loudest Sqn (as always!).

Selfie of the day award goes to.....

The Sqn did very well during the day coming out with 6 Gold medals, 4 Silver medals and 12 Bronze medals as well as winning the senior girls plaque and overall girls trophy.

Flt Sgt Dovey collecting the plaque for the senior girls.

Outlined below is who won what medal and for which sport:

• Cdt Darwin: Gold in 100 and 200 metres. Bronze for 4x100m relay
• FS Dovey: Gold in 800m, High Jump and Javelin
• Cdt Ward: Silver in Shot Putt
• Cdt Hosier: Bronze in 100m and Bronze in 4x100m relay
• Cdt Ellis: Bronze in 4x100m relay
• Cdt Fair.E: Bronze in 4x 100m relay, Silver in 400m and Gold in high jump
• Cdt Westbrook: Bronze in 4x100m relay
• Cdt Fair.J: Bronze in shot put
• Cdt Wood.S: Bronze in Javelin
• Cdt Clarke-Green: Bronze in 4x100m relay, Silver in shot put
• Cpl Weyman: Bronze in 4x100m relay
• Cdt Hill: Bronze in 4x100m relay
• Cdt Sutherland: Bronze in 800m, Silver in 400m

The Sqn also came third overall out of 33 squadrons in the wing. Congratulations to all who achieved on this day and thank you to all the staff who made the event possible. Special thanks to our Cadet Warrant Officer Robson who did a lot of running about with the first aid.
#RobsonFM

Sunday 12th Apil 2015

Last Sunday saw 16 cadets and 4 members of staff at Morrisons in Bramley ready to pack people's shopping in to bags for the lovely customers.

The cadets and staff were in attendance to try and raise some money to put back into the Squadron accounts for the AT week in France in the summer holidays. The cadets worked hard all day to try and raise as much money as possible.

I wish the same could be said for the staff who supervised the cadets all day.

Although Cadet Warrant Officer Robson could not join in with the actually bag packing as he was working he did do his fair share of work by pushing trolley's around all day.

Through all the hard work of the cadets they managed to raise over £1100 towards the AT France trip in the summer. They will be back at Morrison's in a couple of weeks time to try and raise some more money to put back into the Squadron funds. The reason why the money is going back into the Squadron funds is that the Squadron has subsidised the total amount for the trip by half.

Thank you for all your hard work during the day.

CWO Robson

Sunday 11th January 2015

This saw 218 participating in the first event of the year - inter-squadron cross country. The event took place at Thornes Park in Wakefield with the Squadron taking a good contingent of cadets that participated in all of the age categories.

The race is held annually and is organised by South and West Yorkshire Wing and saw cadets from across the whole of South and West Yorkshire come together to complete the 3 mile long course. 

16 Cadets and 2 Staff at Cross Country

The Squadron did very well overall as we came 2nd out of the 33 Squadrons in our Wing. We also brought home some medals with Cadet Flight Sergeant Eleanor Dovey coming first for the Senior Girls whilst Cadet Sergeant Bradley Norcliffe came 3rd for the Senior Men. The three cadets making up the Senior Men Team came first in this category and are pictured below receiving their trophy. 

The Senior Men Team with Squadron Leader B. French

For more information about our Squadron please visit www.218sqn.org

Wednesday 21st January

Just to inform all parents and cadets of the Squadron...
The planned enrolment this evening has been cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions. Another date for the enrolment will be arranged as soon as possible and posted in the relevant places. The Squadron will be closed this evening as well. We hope to see you all Friday.

Flight Sergeant Robson