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19.05.13 Altcar Music Camp a Great Success

Yet again Derbyshire cadets had another successful and memorable Music Camp at Atlcar during the Easter holidays with 12 cadets and 7 adults attending. Two adults completed...

13.05.13 Teen Cadet Sam Saves Man’s Life

(Extracted from article in Derby Telegraph - Wednesday, May 08, 2013) Teen cadet Sam saves man's life By cvjones@derbytelegraph.co.uk A TEENAGE cadet trained...

11.05.13 B Coy Silver D of E Actual Expedition

Two groups fo cadets from B Company successfully completed the long weekend over May day bank holiday. Over the weekend the weather was varied...

11.05.13 Staveley Inspection Night

The Inspecting Officer from 49 Brigade presented four cadets Cpls. Mulkeen J , Wellings K, Cdts. Benjafield J , Mulkeen W. with there Regional Bars for First...

08.05.13 Exercise Climb Cadet Reaches new heights

On the weekend of 27th-28th April, Derbyshire ACF Cadets from A and D company took part in climb cadet. This was run as two...

17.04.13 B Coy Expedition Endeavour !

Congratulations to B Coy cadets who completed their D of E practice expeditions recently despite challenging weather conditions. The groups set off on the 12th....

31.03.13 Farewell Cpl Dennett!

March was a busy time for the senior cadets of C Company with at least 5 of them joining the Regular Army - Here is the...

31.03.13 New build for Long Eaton Detachment

Wednesday 20th March saw SSI Buckland, DC Long Eaton Detachment hand over the keys for the final time before the cadet hut is knocked down...

29.03.13 Csgt Kudlaty the New High Sheriff’s Cadet

Derek Mapp the newly appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire (effective from April 2013) visited Eckington Detachment this week to confirm the appointment of CSgt...

22.03.13 Rorke’s Drift Diary 2013

19 members (a new record, with all companies represented) of Derbyshire ACF Band travelled to deepest Wales during the schools February half term to take part...

22.03.13 B Coy First Aid Competiton

B Company hosted its Annual First Aid Competition on the 15th March There was a very good turnout from all the detachments, all competing to ...

17.03.13 Cross Country - Regional and National Results

On Sunday 10th March, 14 cadets from Derbyshire ACF took part in the Regional Cross Country Competition at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. It was a long and...

10.03.13 Good Luck!

Good Luck and best wishes are today with three C Company Cadets who are joining the army. Cpl Lauren Haggerty, 16 of Ilkeston Detachment is...

06.03.13 Cross Country Regionals approaching….!

This weekend will see a number of cadets from across the county who achieved good results at the County Cross Country competition progress on to...

06.03.13 Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College Opportunities

Applications for the September 2013 intake at Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College close on 30 April. DID YOU KNOW 87% of students at Welbeck gain A*-C grades...

25.02.13 Well done Wirksworth !

Congratulations are due to Wirksworth Detachment who have now been confirmed as raising an incredible £2900 from public donations while bag-packing in Sainsburys Store,...

20.02.13 SKI CADET 2013 Day Two

We have now completed two days of skiing with the groups enjoying all that the Bavarian slopes have to offer. In the beginner groups twenty...

18.02.13 SKI CADET 2013 Day One

SKI CADET 2013 DAY ONE MOUNTAIN We all arrived just after 8am at the hotel in Bad Hindelang. After offloading the kit we then went straight...

16.02.13 SKI CADET 2013 UNDERWAY

Well we are all here at Sinfin Lane and raring to go! Just waiting for the coach to be loaded and we will be heading...

07.02.13 Army Cadet Winter Magazine 2012/13

The Army Cadet Winter Magazine 2012/13 is now available online here Link uploaded by SI Shergold

07.02.13 Revision Cadet Challenge

A new National challenge has been set to reward the ACF detachment who raises the highest amount of money for The Soldiers Charity - ABF...

07.02.13 First of New First Aid Awards Presented

Follow the link below to read an article from the National ACF website about the new First Aid awards: http://armycadets.com/media-centre...

07.02.13 10 Days to go until Ex Ski Cadet 2013!!

10 Days left until Ex Ski Cadet 2013!!! All cadets should have now returned their medical consent form, along with a photocopy of their passport and...

12.01.13 Radio Course Pilot Success!

During November and December 2012, 2 detachments from C Company entered cadets into a 7 week long Cadet Radio Users Course. This course is aimed at senior cadets...

24.12.12 Wirksworth Cadets do their bit for Chloe

Bag-packing for a whole day may seem like hell to the average shopper, but not to Wirksworth Army Cadets who recently gave up their time...

09.12.12 All the right notes for 3-Star Natasha !

Natasha Jennings hit all the right notes after she attended Longmoor camp on the 21-28th October and was the first A Company cadet to...

03.11.12 Eckington Detachment Motorway Money Makers

Cadets from Eckington Detachment B Coy have been selling Poppies on both the South & North Bound Woodhall Service station on the 27th Oct, 3rd...

21.10.12 Fire (and Rescue) in Bakewell

It was a wet rainy Thursday night in Bakewell, and we all thought we were going to get even wetter when we visited Bakewell Fire...

17.10.12 Young First Aiders compete to save lives

THE NATIONAL & INTER SERVICES FIRST AID COMPETITIONS Uniformed young people from across all the cadet forces including St John cadets assembled over the...

16.10.12 LOCAL LIFESAVERS ARE THE BEST IN BRITAIN

A Chesterfield team of teenage first aiders are the best in Britain after beating 11 other teams in a national competition last Saturday, 13th October. The...

09.10.12 Long Eaton host Colonel for last time

On Monday 24th September Colonel Paulucci paid his last visit to Long Eaton Detachment before standing down as Commandant of Derbyshire ACF. Colonel Paulucci helped...

07.10.12 Buxton Sing Along !

It was time for a sing and dance at Buxton Detachment on the 6th. October, as the cadets supported a charity event with The Military...

22.09.12 and the winners are…..

D Company! County Swimming Championships On Saturday 22nd September, swimming teams from across the county travelled to Chesterfield Leisure Centre to compete in the...

21.09.12 Lucas Tooth

Congratulations to Belper Detachment, C Company who are this years Lucas Tooth Shield winners. The detachment are pictured here with the trophy with senior cadets...

20.09.12 Shooting Stars!

CADSAAM 2012 The 49 (E) Brigade Cadet Skill at Arms Meeting took place at Beckingham Ranges. 12 Teams totalling some 96 Cadets from across 49 (E) Bde took part in...

16.09.12 Ripley Detachment Honour Walk

HUGE congratulations are in order for Ripley Detachment, C Company who have this weekend completed an Honour Walk from their detachment in Ripley Derbyshire to...

16.09.12 Full Steam Ahead!!

Belper Detachment have just returned from another community event, the detachment who are kept busy by their local towns and villages have spent this weekend...

16.09.12 Testing Times for New Recruits…

Congratulations from all the staff and cadets at Hallcroft Detachment to their 11 new 1* trainers!! The recruits have been working hard towards their basic training test...

16.09.12 A Sporting Success

Congratulations are again in order for a C Company cadet after winning this years oustanding sports cadet trophy. L/Cpl Lee of Ilkeston Detachment spoke...

16.09.12 SHOOTING AT ITS BEST!

This year has been one of great successes for two C Company cadets, Cpl Clarke of Heanor Detachment has maintained and furthered her success in...

09.09.12 Cadets turn out in strength to celebrate Cadet Sunday

Once again this year the centre of Derby echoed with the sounds of 'Goodbye Dolly Gray' and over two hundred and fifty pairs of marching...

04.09.12 Ripon 2012 Camp Photo

SGTS MESS ANNUAL CAMP PHOTO 2012 Attached is the photo of all Sgts Mess staff members from this years Annual Camp held at Ripon in...

04.09.12 Army vs Air vs Sea!

Saturday 1st September was the date for this years community carnival in Stapleford which is located between three C Company detachments - Long Eaton, Ilkeston...

04.09.12 Merchant Navy Remembrance

Long Eaton Detachment were again this year invited to participate in the Merchant Navy Day remembrance parade. Thanks go to L/Cpl Blore, L/Cpl...

26.08.12 Annual Camp Diary : 1 Platoon, A Company

Monday Just before teatime, A Company cadets arrived on camp enthusiastic and ready for the week ahead. Kit was unloaded and they settled into their...

26.08.12 GOSH – What a lot we’ve raised !

Local Army Cadets were aiming high recently in a fundraising event for Great Ormond Street Hospital, but even they couldn’t have expected the...

22.08.12 2012 Drill Team Winners D Coy

The 2012 Winners of the annual camp drill team held at Deverell Barracks at Ripon Drill Instructor Cdt SM S...

18.08.12 Female TOW - First Annual Camp Trophy has been won

First Trophys of the 2012 Annual camp Ripon2 have been won Male cadet tug of war final between D and C Coy. and Final...

18.08.12 Male TOW - First Annual Camp Trophy has been won

First Trophys of the 2012 Annual camp Ripon2 have been won Male cadet tug of war final between D and C Coy. and Final...

06.08.12 Cooking up a Storm - Part 2, an adult’s perspective

Following on from the article from Cdt LCpl Jack Tymon, Lt. Gail Rawlings gives an adult perspective of the Defence Food Services School cookery course...

04.08.12 Cooking up a storm!

Monday 23rd July saw L/Cpl Jack Tymon of Belper Detachment, C Company travel to Winchester to start his cadet cookery course. On returning L...

22.07.12 Youth Engagement Review published

The MOD Youth Engagement Review was commissioned in July 2010 by the Rt Hon Andrew Robathan MP, the Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans. ...

17.07.12 Belper Food Fair

After a busy Saturday at Ambergate Carnival Belper Detachment moved straight onto Belper Food Fair held on Sunday 15th July. Over 30 cadets attended the day...

15.07.12 Ambergate Carnival

Saturday 14th July 2012 - Ambergate Carnival Belper detachment took 20 cadets along to the annual carnival in Ambergate, Derbyshire this Saturday. 10 cadets arrived early...

15.07.12 Hallcroft Det Parents Evening

On Thursday 12th July 2012 Cadets and staff from Hallcroft Detachment in C Company invited their families to the detachment for an evening of information and...

15.07.12 Crich Memorial

Sunday 1st July 2012 was the date of this years Annual Pilgrimage to Crich. This years event was supported by 50 cadets from 6 detachments of C Company...

04.07.12 Derbyshire Celebration of Youth

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen, the youth of Derbyshire came together to perform in a musical spectacular at the Assembly...

18.06.12 Derbyshire Cadets in Queen’s Jubilee Honour

Three Derbyshire cadets were last week given the tremendous honour of playing a key role in Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee visit...

11.06.12 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Beacon Lighting

In conjunction with 4200 organisations around the globe, Derbyshire Army Cadet Force lit its official beacon to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee on...

25.05.12 Exercise Kayak Cadet - Paddlers’ Paradise !

On the weekend of 19th/20th May, Derbyshire Army Cadets descended on Carsington water with the intention of getting wet as part of Exercise Kayak...

04.05.12 Cadets take on the AT Challenge

Climbing up sheer rock faces, mountain-biking down muddy tracks and orienteering across wind-swept moorland. These were the Adventurous Training challenges offered to Derbyshire Cadets over...

02.05.12 10 out of 10 for Belper Detachment!

Congratulations are in order for the staff and cadets at Belper Detachment, C Company this week. Their annual inspection was held on Monday 30th April...

09.04.12 D Coy - Down at the Carwash !

Easter weekend is normally associated with roast lamb dinner and far too much chocolate, but for a group of D company cadets it also meant...

19.03.12 County Band CD Order Now

On the weekend of 22nd January 2012 Derbyshire & Lincolnshire Band met together & recorded a CD of: “OUR KIND OF MUSIC” This was...

18.03.12 SKI CADET 2013

Preparation is already underway for SKI CADET 2013. Location: Bad Hindelang Bavaria The dates are now set and the accomadation is already confirmed. It is essenatial...

08.03.12 A Coy - Cadets Save the Day !

Two casualties lie in the road, where the car hit them. Inside the car, the driver and three passengers sit motionless. Taking control of the...

01.03.12 B Coy - RBL Certificate Presentation

Cadets from Chesterfield Detachment of Derbyshire Army Cadet Force with their Commandant, Colonel Trevor Paulucci, proudly showing off their Lord-Lieutenants’ Poppy Appeal Certificates of...

27.02.12 A Coy - PT ... with a difference!

Everybody loves a bit of variety, so imagine the cadets’ surprise at New Mills Detachment when they were invited to take part in Hula-Hooping !...

13.02.12 Exercise Ski Cadet 12

Day One We all arrived in plenty of time on Friday eveing and got way as planned . The journey to Dover went well. ...

DATES LOCATION NOTES January 13/15 Altcar Introduction to Public Relations February 24/26 Hammersmith Introduction to Public Relations/Developing PR Skills April 20/22 CTC Frimley New Media overview/taster ...

22.01.12 WEEKEND BAND PRACTICE DATES

ALL THE BAND SUNDAY'S SUBMITTED HAVE BEEN AUTHORISED, WHICH ARE: 29 JAN 26 FEB 18 MAR 29 APR AT SINFIN HQ FROM 1000HRS TO 1500HRS ALL WELCOME Capt...

22.01.12 County Band Record First Album

Derbyshire ACF have recorded their first Album over the weekend of the 20-22 Jan 12. Full details of the release date will be posted on the...

21.01.12 Well done to all those who played at the Devils Cave in the Peak

It was a really different experience and there has been a lot of great feedback and congratulations I hope you have all thawed out now! ...

05.01.12 Derbyshire adult volunteer attends Buckingham Palace reception

On Thursday 8 December 2011 Lt Andy Smith, Adventure Training Officer for Derbyshire ACF, attended a reception hosted by Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness...

15.11.11 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal

It has been confirmed that uniformed Cadet Force Adult Volunteers with at least five years' service as at February 2012 will be eligible for the...