Suffolk ACF Camps since 1944

1944 Colchester	1945 Shrublands	1946 Thorpeness	1947 Dover	1948 Shorncliffe	1949 Lydd
1950 Colchester (Roman Way)	1951 Colchester (Fingringhoe)	1952 Stiffkey	1953 Walton on Naze	1954 Dibgate	1955 Lydd
1956 No Camp (Suez crisis)	1957 Stiffkey	1958 Stiffkey	1959 Crowborough	1960 Shorncliffe	1961 Monmouth
1962 Dibgate	1963 Rollestone	1964 Plasterdown	1965 Dibgate	1966 Penhale	1967 Crowborough
1968 Browndown	1969 Crookham	1970 Okehampton	1971 Dibgate (tents)	1972 Swynnerton	1973 Proteus
1974 Chickerell	1975 Leek	1976 Jurby (IOM)	1977 St Martin's Plain	1978 Proteus	1979 Wretham B
1980 Crowborough	1981 Westdown	1982 Nescliffe	1983 Crowborough	1984 Leek	1985 St Martin's Plain
1986 Crowborough	1987 Swynnerton	1988 Crowborough	1989 Leek	1990 Penhale	1991 Napier
1992 Longmoor	1993 Crowborough	1994 Crowborough	1995 Leek	1996 Crowborough	1997 Otterburn
1998 Sennybridge	1999 Longmoor	2000 Crowborough	2001 Westdown	2002 Fremington

For some photographs of the camps below, click the camp name

2003 Wathgill, Cumbria

2004 Leek, Staffordshire

2005 Rollestone, Wiltshire

2006 Sennelager, Germany

2007 Barry Buddon, Scotland

2008 Sennybridge, Wales

Camp 2008 Sennybridge, Wales Sun 3 - Fri 15 Aug Only days to go ! Once again, the Webmaster is away at ACF Camp on his birthday so it may be 'Drinks all round' in the Offrs Mess on 8 Aug - 080808 !

Cadets desiring to attend Annual Camp must have joined Suffolk ACF before 1 Apr and completed Basic Training.
The unique Suffolk ACF Brooks Stick is awarded annually to the most outstanding Cadet in Suffolk who exemplifies all that is good about the ACF.
It is named in honour of Col RW Brooks OBE TD who gave 44 yrs of service to SACF and was Commandant 1935-1947.
The 2003 winner was CSM Luca Miceli of Holbrook (Grenadier Guards), C Coy.
The 2004 winner was SSgt Luke Heffer of Ixworth (Grenadier Guards), A Coy.
The 2005 winner was SSgt Luke Harris of Bury St Edmunds (R Artillery), A Coy.
The 2006 winner was Sgt Ben Veasy-Lark of Beccles (R Anglian), B Coy.
The 2007 winner was CSgt Andrew Turnbull of Ipswich (Grenadier Guards), C Coy.
About the Lucas Tooth Shield, which is awarded annually to the most improved SACF detachment ?
The Army Cadet magazine ran a piece on the shield in 2002 asking if any County ACF Units awarded the Shield.
Sadly, my response, with photographs, was never published ! It was originated by a philanthropic benefactor, Sir Lucas-Tooth, who, many years ago, presented shields to each County Church Lad's Brigade unit and left a considerable sum of money in a charitable trust to support youth work. I recall from my Essex Boys' Brigade days in the 1950s we had a Battalion Lucas Tooth Championship Shield, awarded for gymnastic prowess and potential gymnasts were given a Lucas Tooth Award for attendance on a course. (I never qualified !)
The Norfolk shield resides in the entrance to the Norfolk/Suffolk Weekend Training Centre, Croxton Road, Thetford. That for Suffolk is in the Cty HQ in Ipswich.
They depict, as do all such majestic Lucas Tooth Shields, a Knight in armour, bearing a shield and sword.
The University of Kent at Canterbury have an award : 'Lucas Tooth Scholar'.
The following were recent Suffolk ACF Lucas Tooth Shield Winners:
2003 - Wattisham (Army Air Corps) A Coy
2004 - Not awarded
2005 - Joint Sudbury (Royal Artillery) A Coy / Kesgrave (PARA) C Coy
2006 - Not awarded
2007 - Not awarded