A good day for 1181 Syston Sqn ATC at South and East Midlands Wing Cross Country Competition

0800 hours. Sunday morning. Weather, freezing cold! 13 Cadets met in Syston to run the Inter-Squadron cross country competition at RAF Wittering.

The mood was a little subdued, (because of the cold conditions!). However, on arrival at RAF Wittering the mood soon lifted. BUT they still refused to leave the warmth of the bus until they absolutely had too!

The cadets did eventually consent to leave the relative warmth of the mini bus to "warm up" in readiness for the competition to begin. Eventually, Flt Lt Waplington started the first race! Off they went. They all put in a fantastic effort. However, 3 of the Cadets still had enough energy to do some football training! mmmm.

Once all the races had been completed, the Cadets changed into their Wedgewood blue uniforms in readiness for Final Parade. We all waited with baited breath! The cadets of 1181 Sqn finished 11th out of 29! Fantastic!

A much happier group of Cadets returned to Syston. 2 of them had also been selected for the Wing Football team! a very good day!

Congratulations and Thank you to all of the cadets who took part. 

1181 Squadron meet on a Monday and Thursday from 19:00hrs to 21:30hrs and are based in the ATC hut in the grounds of Wreake Valley College. We are actively recruit new members and any interested parties should contact Flying Officer Kenyon on oc.1181@aircadets.org