Archive
Competition
Congratulation to Beccles Det on yet again winning the
competition. Their 2004 1st prize of £50 was for with a majestic folder of
photographs and archives. 2nd were Ipswich Grenadier
Guards £35 and 3rd Bungay £25.
Detachments should now be preparing their folders for
judging at 2005 Camp at Rollestone. Prizes: 1st £65, 2nd
£40, 3rd £30.
Items displayed should relate to the Competition Year
which runs from 1 Jul to 30 Jun. eg
National Tug of War Success
for Suffolk ACF Girls Jul 04
Leek Camp Aug 04
Find where your Detachment features on this site by a
click on the link: Unit Seeker and do 'lift' photographs from this
site. However, courtesy requires you acknowledge the
source!
A copy of the rules is available from Detachment
Commanders or by
a click here.
It is important the album is compiled by Cadet and not by
Offrs or Adult Leaders! |
 Cadet Medal Congratulations to SSI Steve Gallagher (Lowestoft North, B Coy), SSI John Stewart (County 1st
Aid Offr)
and Capt Les Jackson (CAA B Coy) on the award
of their Cadet Medals (12 years of service) and to
Lt David Smart (Lowestoft North, B Coy) on the
award of his 2nd Clasp (for 24 years of service!)
Note: In Jan 05 he will have done 31 years and in 2006
will be due his 3rd clasp.
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Camp 2003 Wathgill
Sadly, some beggar in Suffolk ACF has made orf with the CD
of Wathgill photographs taken by Stuart Turkington!
However, some are on this site under 'Suffolk Army Cadet Dec 03' |
Camp 2004 Leek,
Staffordshire, Sun 15 - Fri 27 Aug Cost was £65 all-in plus
spending money. Click
here to view the 120 photographs.
Do send me any suitable photographs, especially the
amusing, with full
names and detachments. But click here
first! !
Archive
Competition -
Congratulations to Beccles Det on yet again winning the
competition 1st prize of £50 with a majestic folder of photographs and
archives.
Detachments should now be preparing their folders for judging at 2005
Camp at Rollestone. Prizes: 1st £65, 2nd £40, 3rd
£30 |
 Camp 2005 Rollestone,
Wiltshire, Sat 23 Jul - Fri 5 Aug Cost likely to be c£70 all-in
plus your spending money.
Click here for some views of the camp
For the over-16s, an additional voluntary
opportunity, for extra cost, is a static line parachute
jump from 3000’ and a tandem skydive from 10 000’.
The Suffolk ACF Webmaster will have some of that now that permission from the boss at home
has been given!
Click
here for more details of this exciting venture at the
Joint Services Parachute Training Centre, Netheravon. Get in
training for your parachute jump by clicking here! |
Communications Thanks
for the e-mails : Major JL Raybould TD
the Suffolk ACF Webmaster welcomes you to our new site;
'Tank Ace'
Mitch Lambert Stowmarket Detachment, A Coy, site compliments;
Maj Oliver Shepard, Webmaster UK National ACF site www.armycadets.com : 'I
wish more Counties were so efficient!'
Kay, a Member
of Norfolk ACF : 'I looked at your Suffolk ACF site and
thought it was brilliant.'
Capt Les
Jackson, CAA B Coy Suffolk ACF: 'Great site and
lots to see.'
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Congratulations
to Cdt SSgt Luke Hefffer of Ixworth Det on your
appointment as The Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet to The Lord
Tollemache.
Cdt John
Havelock
on your rescue
of a lady from a crashed minibus which subsequently caught
fire and burned out in a very short period of time.
To all concerned with the presentation of a £2000 cheque
in March 2004 to Brig Charles Barnes for SSAFA work in
Suffolk.
(See Castle Journal and The
Britannia and Castle Journal Jun 04)
2Lt Nick Binks, OC Stowmarket
Detachment, on your Commission. May your service be long
and rewarding.
CSM Alan Barnard, your crew
and the majestic Suffolk Team Winners in Regional Combat Cadet Apr 04.
Capt Ron
McDaid Cadet Admin Assistant C (Ipswich) Coy for your
planning and majestic photographs of the US Cadets Hosting Jul 04.
SSgt SSgt
Luke Heffer of Ixworth (Grenadier Guards) Tp, A Coy on
winning the 2004 Brooks Stick.
SSI Steve Gallagher (Lowestoft North, B Coy), SSI John Stewart (County 1st
Aid Offr) and Capt Les Jackson (CAA B Coy) on your awards
of Cadet Medals and to Lt David Smart (Lowestoft North, B Coy) on the
award of your 2nd Clasp (for 24 years of service!)
Lt Gary Day on appointment as
Assistant County Trg Offr, Oct 04.
Sarah Brown, Carl Clarke, Mo
Frampton, Luca Miceli, Joel
Redwood, Chris Roberts and
Max Ross-Pearce on
passing their ITC (Initial Training Cadre)
in Oct 04.
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 Congratulations
to SSI William Picton-Jenkins (PJ) who
successfully completed his 11-15 Nov 04
152 mile solo walk from Sudbury in Derbyshire to
Sudbury in Suffolk. Click
here for a report.
His longest day was Sat/Sun, walking for 23 hrs, 2 am to 1
am. He raised £500 in aid of the BBC 'Children in Need'
Charity. |
 Congratulations On the weekend Sat 20-Sun 21 Nov,
the Eastern
Region Girls’ Netball, Volleyball and 5-a-side Soccer
Championships was held at RAF Honington.
Our Suffolk ACF Girls won both the
Regional Netball and Volleyball Championships and were
Runners-Up in the Junior Girls Soccer. Hearty
congratulation to all competitors and to County Sports
Officer SMI Ralph Bianco on
yet again finding winning teams! |
Conversations on the DofE, 2 and
3 Star C Coy Expedition Weekend Jun 04
A Cdt who seems to do everything and features
regularly on this site, to Webmaster:
'And there I was on the Suffolk ACF site photographed with
a bearskin !'
(No spelyming mischook this time !)
SI Alan Coyne to Webmaster: 'I see you have
an IFOR badge on your bush hat?'
'Yes, where were you and when?'
'Kiseljak, Bosnia, Movements Cell, 1996.'
'Ah, I was above in the OPs Room and your OC was US Lt Col
Sharon Duffy?'
'Yes.'
'Were you at the first ever Walking Out to the local
pizzeria in May 1996, no weapons, no helmets, no body
armour - my last night on that tour?'
'Yes!'
(Swing the lamp: that '68 issued Zambia Army hat has been
worn in Uganda, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Oz, New
Zealand, USA, Naerfalk, Suffolk and in some hilly parts of
UK!)
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Did You Know About ? A CEO and Deputy Commandant 'Camping it up'? 'Mentioned in Despatches' The history of the Lucas Tooth Shield
The Shoes
The Suffolk Regt cap badge
The
unique Suffolk ACF Brooks Stick |
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Training
Days and Expeditions 2004-5
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Events 2004
Index Regional Combat Cadet Competition
Apr
Recruit
Camp West Tofts May C Coy Expedition Weekend Jun Suffolk ACF Hosting Garden Party Jun
Suffolk ACF Skill at Arms Meeting Jun Initial Training Cadre Oct
Adventure
Trg Wales Oct |
Hits 2
days after the announced launch of this site on 12 Apr 04
we had hits from The Netherlands, USA and UK. Spread the
word !
To 31 Dec 04 we had hits from Canada (3), Denmark (3), France (1), Japan (1),
Germany (2), Lithuania (10), Spain (2), The Netherlands
(23), Thailand (1), USA (190), Bolivia (1), Nicaragua (1),
Malta (1), Sudan (1) and hundreds from UK. Spread the word
!
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Photographs 2004 Index
Events
Miscellaneous
People
Sport
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Press Releases 2004 Index
Regional Cross Country Mar
Regional Combat Cadet Apr
Regional Athletics May
C Coy Expedition Weekend Jun
Suffolk ACF Skill at Arms Meeting Jun
National Tug of War Success
for Suffolk ACF Girls Jul Heartfelt thanks to society workers Dec
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Promotion Congratulations Cadet CSM Luca Miceli to County Cadet
RSM. Click
here for 2 photographs
Maj Ted Askew - OC B Coy (Lowestoft), Maj Bill Pratt
- OC C Coy (Ipswich) and Capt Malcolm
Cole - Trg Offr B Coy (Lowestoft)
SI Kevin Havelock (Ixworth
Grenadier Guards, A Coy) to SSI
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| Quote of the Year County Quartermaster Maj John Catt : 'I never believed PJ's
indent for a Tug of War rope would work but it did and it
arrived!' |
Recruit Camp 2004 Recruit
Camp West Tofts May 2004
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Regimental Journal Suffolk ACF Reports
Thanks to those who sent the Webmaster photographs and
text for the 'Castle' (The Regimental Journal of the Royal
Anglian Regt) and for the Suffolk Section of the
'Britannia and Castle' (Regimental Journal of the
Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Royal Norfolk, East Anglian and
Royal Anglian Regimental Associations).
An A4 page of
copy, plus photographs, is submitted, respectively, to the
Regimental and Suffolk Section Editors, so the SACF
Webmaster has no control over what is published!
Click below for the copy sent to the :
Jun 04 Castle Journal and The Britannia and Castle Journal of the Suffolk Regt Association
Dec 04 Castle Journal and The Britannia and Castle Journal of the Suffolk Regt Association
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Retirement In July 2003: Col Chris Burrell-Saward,
County Commandant, after 30 years of committed service to
Suffolk ACF.
(See Castle Journal and The
Britannia and Castle Journal Jun 2004)
In
2004: Mr Alan Langford, Civilian Assistant;
Lt Clive Pemberton, C Coy
Shooting Offr;
Maj Garry Turner, County
Training Officer and formerly OC C Coy (Ipswich);
Capt Jayne Tyrrell, Cty HQ 3*
Trg Offr and formerly Trg Offr B Coy (Lowestoft);
Capt Dick
Jarvis (again, but finally this time!) as
PMC (President of the Mess Committee) Officers' Mess.
Maj Gen Tony
Pollard CB CBE DL, Suffolk ACF Honorary
Colonel, since 1 Dec 92
With sincere thanks for your service and commitment. May
you all enjoy your retirement.
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Sport 2003 Index 2003
Regional
Soccer
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Sport 2004 Index
2004 County
Cross Country Ipswich Feb Regional Cross
Country Waterbeach Mar Regional Athletics and Tug of War May
National Tug of War Success
for Suffolk ACF Girls Jul 04
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Suffolk Cadet Magazine Dec 2003
Jun 2004 Dec 2004 |
Transfer
Capt Jayne Tyrrell from B Coy
to County HQ as 3 Star Trg Offr (Retired Summer 04)
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2005
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