Porirua Air Cadets
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Congratulations to the No 41 (City of Porirua) Squadron A Team who finished 4th out of the NZ Teams in the Ffennell Commonwealth Shooting competition. The team scored 1208 points. Congratulations also to the No 41 (City of Porirua) Squadron B Team who finished 8th with 1094 points.
Today the result of the Wallingford Shooting Competition were released. 41 Squadron’s Team A (469pts), B (413pts), C (352pts) and D (275pts) finished 2nd, 10th, 17th and 21st respectively. The A Team was 2nd over all NZCF units and the B team 12th. We retain the Central Area (The K & P.L. Bolton Rifle Shooting … Read more
The Porirua Cadet150 Parade, held on 9 November 2014 at 11am, was reviewed by The Mayor of Porirua City His Worship Nick Leggett. Mr Leggett’s special words to the parade are recounted below: “It is very significant that this year’s parade is held on Te Rauaprarha Park in the centre of Porirua. Your Units serve … Read more
Leading Air Cadet Logan Keats reports on the recent RAeS Aviation Field Day that took place on Sunday 19 October 2014. Finally the day had arrived, I was looking forward to attending the RAeS Aviation field day but also it would be fair to say I was fairly nervous too as I wasn’t sure what … Read more
LAC Grace O’Neill reports on the September JNCO Course: On Saturday the 27th of September, LAC Galvin, LAC Eagles and me went on Junior Non Commissioned Officers course. It lasted for a week and was held at the Ohakea Air base. Many cadets from Wellington to Napier came for the course. We all got put … Read more
LAC Nicole Galvin reports on her recent attendance at the JNCO Course: To be totally honest, I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the JNCO course as much as I did. Actually I wasn’t even expecting to be picked to attend, as only three people out of almost thirty get chosen, I really didn’t think that I … Read more
LAC Sean Eagles reports on his experience of the most recent Junior NCO Course (“Juniors”): It was amazing I loved almost every part of it (there were a few things like getting up at 6am that I didn’t like). But it was overall cool and anyone who can go on this course should go on … Read more
Many of the Squadron’s top shooters shot in the Ffennel Shooting Competition today. The practice sessions went very well with many improving their average scores for the year. The provisional Ffennel scores (subject to confirmation by HQ) are as follows: Team A: • LAC Ngaro 180 • WO Fowler 169 (Captain) • SGT Ogilvie 168 … Read more
Many of the Squadron’s top shooters shot in the Wallingford Shooting Competition today. The practice sessions went very well with many improving their average scores for the year. Results from the day include two new Marksman subject to confirmation by HQ The provisional Wallingford scores (subject to confirmation by HQ) are below: Team A: • … Read more
LAC Grace O’Neil reports on the Wellington league of the Inbound IACE (International Air Cadet Exchange) Tour: On Saturday the 26th of July, Sergeant Drummond and I hosted an International Cadet that was on the IACE 2014 trip to New Zealand. The person I hosted at my house was from Canada. It was really cool … Read more