News
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15.05.13 Ten Tors Challenge 2013 - 11th-12th May 2013
Words by SSI Peter Russell. Pictures by Maj Paul Bunce & SSI Peter Russell/Public Relations Team Train hard, fight easy. A familiar motto, proved...
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07.05.13 RAF WARMA Cosford - Somerset Cadets Triumph - Again!
Words & pictures by SSI Peter Russell LBIPP/Public Relations Team Pride, hard work, determination and sheer bloody mindedness are powerful elements when mixed into...
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24.04.13 NAILSEA ARMY CADET’S MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOME AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE RUGBY CLUB
Things looked bad for Nailsea army cadets after fire destroyed their cadet hut in 2009 but in their hour of need the local community stepped in....
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17.04.13 LtCol Andy Smith Honored By Rt Hon Philip Hammond (SOS For Defence)
Words by: Maj Bunce PRO & Fortuis Media Ltd Pictures: SSI Peter Russell/Public Relations Team Army and RAF cadets in Glastonbury welcomed a VIP...
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10.04.13 4 Star Fieldcraft on Dartmoor
Words by Cdt CSjt Wesley Williams/Priorswood Platoon, 'J' Company Pictures: SSI Peter Russell/Public Relations Team On a bitterly cold evening at the end...
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29.03.13 Ms Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst B&NES Certificates for Outstanding Cadets
Sometimes it is all too easy to lose sight of the primary goal of the ACF - to help and inspire young adults to achieve...
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25.03.13 Flying but Windy Start to Ten Tors Training
Ten Tors Training - the first weekend on Dartmoor. 22nd-24th March 2013 Words by SSI Peter Russell Pictures by Maj Paul Bunce & SSI Peter...
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20.03.13 5 Top Shots in the ‘Cadet 100’ Competition
Words by: Maj Paul Bunce & Lt Col Colin Grafton. Pictures: To follow soon By Maj Bunce - PRO We all know that Somerset...
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19.03.13 Cadets Take GOLD from the Palace
Words: Maj Paul Bunce Pictures: Capt Mike Nolan Let’s not beat about the bush, achieving D of E Gold is a very big...
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17.03.13 National Signals Competition - Exercise Rolling Thunder
Words by: Cadet CSjt Wesley Williams Pictures by Maj Paul Bunce & CSjt Peter Russell/Public Relations Team Message From Camp K Needs - BSO ...
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13.03.13 SW Region Boy’s Seven-a-Side Rugby Competition & Girl’s Hockey Championships
Words by SSI Peter Russell /Public Relations Team Pictures by Maj Paul Bunce & SSI Peter Russell/Public Relations Team RNAS Yeovilton, Sunday 10th March 2013....
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13.03.13 Major Roger Evans - over half a century in the ACF with no end in sight!
Words & Pictures: SSI Peter Russell LBIPP/Public Relations Team It is with pleasure that we can announce that Major Roger Evans has been awarded...
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29.01.13 Cadets begin training for Cosford & Nijmegen Marches
Words & Pictures: CSjt Peter Russell - Somerset Public Relations Team “Whatever you do, don’t wear new boots! I’ve got...
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20.10.12 Silver Bugles Have A Blast At Royal Albert Hall
Our Silver Bugles band appeared at a special concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 18 October 2012 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Peninsula...
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02.10.12 Duke Declares New Cadet Centre Open
His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO visited Wells on Tuesday 2 October 2012 to open the brand new Joint Cadet Centre in Webbs Close....
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30.09.12 Somerset’s Sensational Swimmers
The Army Cadet Force South West Regional Swimming Championships took place on Sunday 23 September 2012 at Bovington Camp, Dorset. The Battalion entered a team of only 10...
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29.09.12 Rifles National Cadet Cup Competition 2012
Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire was the venue for The Rifles National Cadet Cup which took place on the weekend of Friday 21 September 2012...
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11.09.12 Normandy Company At Double Hills
Members of Normandy Company, 18 adults and 30 cadets, supported the Double Hills Arnhem Memorial Service near Paulton on Sunday 2 September 2012. The service remembers the first casualties...
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09.09.12 Marching Music at Montacute
The National Trust’s Montacute House was the venue for a Diamond Jubilee Tattoo on the evening of Tuesday 4 September 2012 in aid of St....
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09.09.12 Somerset Annual Awards 2012
The Commandant bestowed the following awards and prizes during a 30 minute presentation ceremony on the final day of Annual Camp, Thursday 23 August 2012, at Longmoor in...
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05.09.12 Important Changes to BTEC that Affect YOU!
Message from Major Peter Vile - Battalion BTEC Officer The latest changes to BTEC mean that the way in which you register for these extra...
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18.08.12 New Rifles Badged Website
Pleasefollow the link below to the new website for The Somerset Cadet Battalion (The Rifles) Army Cadet Force: http://www.somersetarmycadetforce.co.uk/ This site...
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15.08.12 Annual Camp Pictures
Please follow the link below to view the pitures taken at this years Annual Camp at Longmoor. http://www.somersetarmycadetforce.co.uk/New/Annual%20Camp%202012%2...
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15.08.12 Annual Camp Newsheets
The attached link will take you to the news sheets for Annual Camp. http://www.somersetarmycadetforce.co.uk/New/Annual%20Camp%202012%20News%20Sheets.html
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08.08.12 Somerset TOW Go It Alone
Although our male Tug of War team usually participate in the highly successful GOSSOM line-up with Gloucestershire Army Cadet Force, it was a Somerset only...
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02.08.12 BTEC Presentation Evening
Wells Town Hall was the venue for the latest Somerset Cadet Battalion (The Rifles), Army Cadet Force BTEC Presentations on Friday 27 July 2012. Family and friends...
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31.07.12 Inter Services Cadet Rifle Meeting
Two officers, two Adult Instructors and ten cadets attended the pre Bisley Coaching Course and the Inter Services Cadet Rifle Meeting at Pirbright, Surrey in...
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08.07.12 Martock Make Friends
A group of dignitaries, high ranking officers, family and friends assembled at the Youth Centre, Church Street in Martock on Thursday 5 July 2012 to witness the...
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06.07.12 Silver Bugles Band At Bisley
Once again our Silver Bugles band was asked to attend the victory ceremony for Her Majesty the Queen’s Medal winner at the National...
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05.07.12 Minehead Cadets Bang On Target
Eight members of Minehead Platoon, Jellalabad Company have displayed some outstanding marksmanship skills in the Cadet Hundred target shooting competition which is held annually in...
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03.07.12 Salamanca Cadets at the Fair
Salamanca Company cadets lent a hand at the Winsham Street Fair, near Chard, on Saturday 30 June 2012. The theme for this year’s fair was...
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01.07.12 Wet & Windy Weston
Weston Super Mare celebrated Armed Forces Day a week early on Saturday 23 June 2012 despite the extremely wet and windy weather forecast for the afternoon....
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30.06.12 Normandy Company in the Classroom
Members of Midsomer Norton Platoon were permitted to wear their cadet uniforms to school at Norton Hill on Wednesday 27 June 2012. Among the pupils were several...
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18.06.12 Wellington Cadets Commended
Six cadets from Wellington Platoon, Jellalabad Company, have just received a Commendation from the Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset Constabulary. This prestigious award is...
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15.06.12 Shepton’s Very Own Gold Medallist
One of the most recent recruits to our Battalion was the winner of a design competition to celebrate the Collett Park Festival 2012. This annual community...
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07.06.12 Tussles In Track & Field
The Army Cadet Force South West Regional Pentathlon took place at HMS Raleigh, Torpint, Cornwall on Saturday 12 May 2012 and Sunday 13 May 2012. Somerset Cadet Battalion (The...
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07.06.12 GLOSSOM TOW Off To A Great Start
For those not in the know, GLOSSOM are combined Tug of War youth teams from the Somerset Cadet Battalion (The Rifles) and Gloucestershire Army Cadet...
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02.06.12 Brigade SAAM 2012
As in previous years, Chickerell Camp near Weymouth in Dorset was the venue for the 43 Wessex Brigade Skill at Arms Meeting held on Saturday 27 May 2012...
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25.05.12 Dani’s South African Adventure
Ex Somerset Cadet Regimental Serjeant Major and Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet Danielle Taylor has just returned from a trip of a lifetime in South...
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21.05.12 35 Miles, 10 Tors, 1 Mission Accomplished!
It was decided that this year our Battalion would put all their efforts into just one 35 mile team for 14-15 year olds and use it...
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14.05.12 Royal Visit to Yeovil
A few fortunate members of our Battalion were involved in the royal visit to Yeovil on Wednesday 2 May 2012. Her Majesty the Queen and His...
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10.05.12 Cosford Marches 2012
The two day marches organised by the Royal Air Force Walking & Road Marching Association at Cosford, Shropshire took place over the weekend of 28 April 2012....
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07.05.12 City of Wells Honours Last Fighting Tommy
Wells bestowed its second honour on the late Mr Harry Patch on Sunday 6 May 2012 with a stone memorial in front of the city’s...
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04.05.12 Bath Platoon Meet BANES Chairman
The Chairman of Bath & North East Somerset Council, Councillor Peter Edwards, paid a short liaison visit to Bath Platoon, Normandy Company on Monday 30 April 2012....
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04.05.12 Fox’s Not Flagging
Written by Serjeant Abbey Talbot, Jellalabad Company Edited by Serjeant Major Instructor Julie Halford Despite receiving the ultimate accolade for their fundraising activities, Diana Award...
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04.05.12 Somerset Army Cadet Force Girls Hockey Team Unbeaten
The Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton hosted the Army Cadet Force Regional Girls Hockey Competition on Sunday 25 March 2012. Our Battalion girls played a blinder...
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04.05.12 Battalion 2012 First Aid Competition Results
The Cadet Centre, Drill Hall Lane in Shepton Mallet was the venue for the annual Somerset Cadet Battalion (The Rifles) First Aid Competition on Sunday 11...