On the 8th to the 10th March 'A' company embarked on their last weekend of the training year.
During the camp the basic cadets, many of whom it was their first camp, went onto Driffield training area to partake in fieldcraft for the morning and sent the afternoon completing their basic Signals course.
The 1 Stars had a full weekend of skill at arms, during this time they learnt how to use the GP safely, for many of these cadets it was the first time they had handled or even seen this weapon.
2 and 3 Stars had navigation training and testing to help them prepare for the upcoming expedition weekend. For the 2 Stars this training involved in classroom and on route lessons, followed by route card creation and a 3.8km walk on the Sunday.
2Lt Barr, Platoon Commander 2 Star, and her staff are proud of the work achieved by the 2 Stars. They worked hard for the entire camp and all passed their 2 Star navigation. The 3 Stars also had in classroom and on route lesson, but also took part in a night navigation, where they spent part of the evening navigating in the training area in the dark, and having a 7.2km walk on the Sunday morning.
At the end of the weekend Major Lenton, Officer Commanding 'A' company, asked the cadets how they felt about the weekend. There was a consensus of yeses to if they enjoyed the weekend and many stating their favourite part was weapons, fieldcraft and even the night navigation.
As always A company ended the weekend with awards. Major Lenton presented Cadet Lance Corporal (Cdt L/Cpl) Charlotte Skilbeck, Cadet Corporal (Cdt Cpl) Shaun Houlden, Cdt Cpl Elliot Robinson, Cdt Cpl Seanna Thornton and Cdt Cpl Zach Blake-Barnard with their first aid at work certificates.
Cadets Thomas McDowall, Laura Letchford, Thomas Evins and Harry Green received their basic pass certificates.
Cadet Arther Gawthorpe received his 1-star certificate and Cdt LCpl Summer Tingle received their 2-star certificates.
It isn’t just cadets who get certificates SI Hannah Cook and Major Lenton both received their First Aid at Work certificates.
The final presentation of the weekend Major Lenton had a staffing change to announce 'A' Company is sadly saying goodbye to Captain Troughton, she is moving to 'B' Company as Training Officer. She will be greatly missed by her 'A' Company family, but we look forward to Lt Donna Rea joining us as our new Training Officer.
