Appointments

• SSI William Picton-Jenkins as D of E Offr for A Coy, vice Sports Offr C Coy.

• Capt Peter Malone as OC C Coy wef 1 Oct 06 and his promotion to Major.

• As Cadet RSM David Mills, Ipswich Grenadier Guards, wef 4 Aug 06.

• 2 Suffolk ACF Cadets appointed as Lord Lieutenant's Cadets to Lord Tollemache, HM Lord Lieutenant for Suffolk: Sgt Frankie Rush, Southwold Det, SACF B Coy and our 'double-bereted' Cpl Storm Rae of both Framlingham College CCF and Woodbridge Det, SACF C Coy.
  Click here for photographs and here for the March 06 Press Release.

• Cadet RSM Mathew Porter, Beccles, on assuming the appointment on 1 Apr 06

An A4 page of copy, plus photographs, is submitted, respectively, to the 'Castle' (The Regimental Journal of the Royal Anglian Regt) and Suffolk Section 'Britannia and Castle' (Regimental Journal of the Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Royal Norfolk, East Anglian and Royal Anglian Regimental Associations) Editors, so the SACF Webmaster has no control over what is published! Click below for the copy sent to the :
Jun 06 Castle Journal and The Britannia and Castle Journal of the Suffolk Regt Association
Dec 06 Castle Journal and The Britannia and Castle Journal of the Suffolk Regt Association

• BTEC Trg w/e rescheduled for Fri 19 - Sun 21 Jan 07 at WETC, Croxton Road, Thetford. See Public Services requirements chart 2006

• Suffolk ACF offer you an opportunity to gain a BTEC First Diploma in Public Services, equivalent to 4 GCSEs at A* to C Level.
  The SACF County BTEC Co-ordinator is Maj Bob West TD (a serving College Lecturer), assisted by SSI Christine Forsdike (SACF Chief Clerk ) and Maj John L Raybould TD (SACF County Webmaster and long-retired schoolmaster).
  Click here for details of BTEC.

• Congratulations to the 5 Cadets who successfully attended the first SACF BTEC Training Weekend at the WETC Thetford Jan 06:
  Sgt Alex Marks - Hadleigh; Cpl Mitch Lambert - Stowmarket; LCpl John Hoffman and Cdt Micheal Moore - Beccles; LBdr Spike Powell - Sudbury. Click here for the photographs.

• Congratulations to Sgt Alex Marks, Hadleigh - C Coy and Cpl Mitch Lambert, Stowmarket - A on submitting their completed BTEC folders by the 14 Feb 06 deadline.

• Congratulations to Sgt Mitch Lambert - Stowmarket Det, A Coy - on promotion and achieving his BTEC First Diploma in Public Services Jun 06 - the 1st in SACF - and with distinction ! Click here for a photograph.

• Congratulations to Sgt Alex Marks, Hadleigh - C Coy on being awarded his BTEC First Diploma in Public Services. Click here for a photograph.

• New 2006 / 2007 enrolment details

• BTEC Summer Newsletter Click here for it

Thanks for the e-mails and conversations:

• Darryl Whitpen (Ixworth) for the Press Cutting. In summary: 'Ixworth Grenadier Guards Det, A Coy, raised £480 from a 4-hour 10-miles Nov 2006 Sponsored Walk for the Royal British Legion and SSAFA from their Ixworth HQ to Honington, wearing full Combat-Kit. The Cadets included SSgt Paul Mildren; Cpl Ryder; Cdts Edwards, Harwood, Heffer, Kent and Powell. Accompanying adults were SI Mark Cummings and PI Darryl Whitpen. SIs Brian Emeny and Rumble were the safety drivers. The walk was dedicated to the memory of Lionel Papworth, Chairman of Ixworth RBL, who died recently.''

• Adele Nicholls (Stowmarket) for some Sennelager Camp Set 5 2006 names and a correction.

• SSI John Stewart , SACF 1st Aid Training Officer, for notification of the ACF First Aid News 35 - Nov 06 site page.

• Ashley Sewell (Bungay) for the B Coy Colonel's Cup Competition names.

• Nathan Linge (B St Eds) and Mitch Lambert (Stowmarket) for some Colonel's Cup Competition names and the A Coy news below.

• Lee Richardson, former SACF SSI in C coy 90-98ish. 'I have just trawled through the site for the last 2 hours and seen a few old faces across the companies. It brings back lots of good memories and may have stirred up a new desire to possibly return. Just wanted to mention what a good job you have done, and with all the others, what an impression you all make on the youngsters under your tuition. And tell Ron McDaid to keep the sun off his head!' [Thanks Lee. Ron has been advised !}

• Brig Mike Wharmby OBE, ACFA General Secretary : 'I've looked at your site - very impressive. I hope our new www.armycadets.com site is as good when we re-launch it later in the year.'

• Richard Collyer, Lowestoft RA : 'I found this picture of the Maltese Cross outside the Sennelager front gate when looking through the net and thought it would come in handy on the site.'

• Cleo Wollaston, a cadet in Jamaica : 'I like your web site.'

• A letter sent home by a young Australian soldier from SSI Peter Fowler.

• Kirsty Featherstone for advising I had placed the wrong photograph on the Lord Lieutenant's presentation of awards page - now corrected !

• SSI Taff Wedlock in Gwent : 'To everyone on the Apr 06 AT weekend, Id like to thank all the cadets for a great week. I had a great time and hope to see you all next year. Taff '
• Rod Leonard, Isle of Man Cadet Force shooting officer (ex-Pompadour 3 R Anglian): Greetings. 'Your site is not bad ! Good even, well OK, excellent !'
• Jess Holland, Wattisham Det and SSI John Stewart for sending Sophie Wiseman's Detachment - ref the County First Aid Competition
• SSI John Stewart for the Mar County First Aid Competition report and photographs
• Kirsty Featherstone for advising she is now at Southwold Det - ref the County First Aid Competition
• Capt Les Jackson for the photographs of the Mar Lord Lieutenant's presentation of awards
• A lecturer / author at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, who sought permission to use the Tug of War cartoon (click here for it ) to illustrate an item about an awful adoption custody battle - www.infertility.adoptionblogs.com.

• A letter sent by a Cadet from Camp to home from SI Trevor Willoughby.

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• The Webmaster, for probably the 1st time in editing 24 issues of the 'Britannia and Castle', in getting material for the Dec 06 Issue to RHQ in Norwich by the 15 Nov deadline without exceeding his quota of pages ! Click here for the SACF copy submitted.
• Maj Peter Malone - OC Coy and Capts James Preston - Trg Offr C Coy, George Haldenby - Trg Offr B Coy, on their promotions.
• Felixstowe RA on being declared the winning Det in the RFCA(EA) - Reserve Forces and Cadet Association of East Anglia - 'Annual Estates Inspection' with the best Detachment premises in the 6 Counties of East Anglia.
• The girls who competed and the adults who attended the Regional Girls Sports Weekend at RAF Honington Sat 18 - Sun 19 Nov. And to SMI Ralph Bianco who again masterminded the event. Photographs to follow.
• The B Coy Beccles Cadets, Denise Lake and Shannen Garner, who called at the Webmaster's door collecting for the RBL Poppy Appeal;  the Beccles Pl and Bury St Edmunds Det on their performance at their town Remembrance Pdes.
• Beccles Pl, inaugural winners of the Army Benevolent Fund Trophy for the best Army Cadet Force Detachment in Suffolk. It was presented on 2 Nov 06 by Gen Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson GCB to the Senior Cdt, SSgt Ben Veasey-Lark, and the newest, Cdt Keiron Fuller.
• A Coy Sgt Paul Mildren (Ixworth) on promotion to Staff Sgt;  Sgt Mitch Lambert (Stowmarket) on achieving his Bronze DofE Award.
• A Coy Cdt Tom Dowling (Haverhill), Sgt Paul Mildren (Ixworth), Sgt Mitch Lambert (Stowmarket) and Cpl Troy Finbow (Wattisham) on being awarded County Shooting Colours after representing SACF at the Brigade CADSAAM Competition.
• B Coy LCpl Robert Stanley (Beccles) on becoming Champion Shot at the Bde CADSAAM 2006.
• Bdr Eve Dale, Bdr Lewis Haighton, Sgt Tom Hammond and Bdr A Wilson of Felixstowe RA on their promotions.
• Capt Peter Malone on appointment as OC C Coy wef 1 Oct 06.
• Capt Brian Lawn, Shooting Offr, B Coy, on his appointment as a Justice of The Peace.
• Our County Executive Offr, Maj Bob Potter MBE (former Royal Anglian Viking, Tiger and Pompadour) who undertook a sponsored London to Paris cycle ride in Sep 06 in aid of the Royal British Legion. The 200 cyclists covered 280 miles in 3 legs: the 1st to Dover then 2 in France. At the conclusion they were escorted up the Champs Elysees. Bob raised £1550 !
• Cpl Ross Offord, Ixworth (Grenadier Guards) Det, A Coy, on gaining a place at prestigious Welbeck, the Defence Sixth Form College. joining 4 former SACF Cadets who went there in Sept 2005.
  The College, at Woodhouse near Loughborough in Leicestershire, has become one of the UK’s top 6th form colleges and has an outstanding academic reputation. It plays a unique role in providing a first-class education for young men and women making a head start to careers in our Armed Services and the Ministry of Defence.
• LBdr Shaun Wade, Lowestoft North Tp RA, B Coy, on winning the 'Freebie' Staybrite buttons identification. They were of the Royal Fusiliers. Click here for more info.
• Cadet RSM David Mills, Ipswich Grenadier Guards, on appointment wef 4 Aug 06.
• Sgt Ben Veasey-Lark of Beccles (R Anglian), B Coy, on being the Brooks Stick Winner 2006.
• the attending Adults and Cadets who represented E Region at the National Tug-of-War Championships in York on Sat 15 Jul. Photographs to follow
• the following PIs (Potential Instructors) on passing their ITC (Initial Training Course) and promotion to SI (Sgt Instr) :
  MJ Cockcroft, ME Jeffrey and AM Parker - C Coy; BS Roberts and Jonathan Saunders - B Coy
• the Cadets, Adults and Officers who made the Sat 24 Jun 06 Reception at Ipswich such a success. Photographs to follow.
• Jamie Dines, Tahnee Hearn and David Mills (all Ipswich Grenadier Guards) on their performance representing E Region at the National Athletics on Sat 17 Jun 06 at Grantham. A silver medal and 2 bronze placings were their reward.
• Sgt Mitch Lambert - Stowmarket Det, A Coy - on promotion and achieving his BTEC First Diploma in Public Services Jun 06 - the 1st in SACF - and with distinction !
• Capt Peter Malone of C Coy on his promotion.
• LSgt Jamie Dines, Ipswich Grenadier Guards, on setting a record time on the 'P Coy' 2-mile steeplechase and assault course at Catterick in May.
• Beccles Det on a superb evening on the occasion of the 'SSAFA Presentation' of a £1600 cheque (on behalf of all SACF Detachments) on Thu 11 May and their retaining, for the 3rd year in succession, the 'Fund Raising Trophy' for the highest amount raised.
  Click here for some of the photographs - more to follow
• all Cadet participants and Adults at the SACF County Sports in Colchester on Sat 6 May and at the Regional Sports on Sun 7 May in Lincoln
  Photographs to follow
• the SACF Girls Tug-of-War Team on winning Regional Silver medals and being selected to compete in the Nationals on Sat 15 Jul
  Click here for a report and some of the photographs - more to follow
• Jamie Dines, Tahnee Hearn and David Mills (all Ipswich Grenadier Guards) on being selected to represent E Region at the National Athletics on Sat 17 Jun 06 at Grantham.
• Beccles Det on a superb evening on the occasion of the 'Annual Visit' (aka 'Inspection' !) on Thu 27 Apr. Photographs to follow
• Cadet RSM Mathew Porter, Beccles, on assuming the appointment on 1 Apr
• B Coy Team B1 on winning the Colonel's Cup Competition Sun 26 Mar
• A Coy on winning the 19 Mar 2006 SACF Inter-Coy 1st Aid Competition and to B Coy on being Runners-Up.
• on a unique 'SACF Cadet Quintuple', to 2 Suffolk ACF Cadets appointed as Lord Lieutenant's Cadets to Lord Tollemache, HM Lord Lieutenant for Suffolk: Sgt Frankie Rush, Southwold Det, SACF B Coy and our 'double-bereted' Cpl Storm Rae of both Framlingham College CCF and Woodbridge Det, SACF C Coy; 2 SACF Adults presented with their Cadet Force Medal: SSIs Christine Forsdike and Phil Hubert, SACF Cty HQ and a Certificate for Meritorious Service to SSI Roger Hemp, Southwold Det, SACF B Coy, on 14 Mar.
  Click here for photographs and here for the Press Release.
• the 5 Cadets who successfully attended the first SACF BTEC Training Weekend at the WETC Thetford Jan 06: Sgt Alex Marks - Hadleigh;
  Cpl Mitch Lambert - Stowmarket; LCpl John Hoffman and Cdt Micheal Moore - Beccles; LBdr Spike Powell - Sudbury.
• C Coy on winning the County X-Country Championships at STANTA on Sun 15 Jan 06 County Cross Country at STANTA 15 Jan 06
• Sgt Alex Marks, Hadleigh - C and Cpl Mitch Lambert, Stowmarket - A on submitting their completed BTEC folders by the 14 Feb 06 deadline.
• the SACF Senior Boys X-C Team of Tom Tica, Jamie Dines, Ipswich Grenadier Guards; Richard Ely, Ipswich Holbrook Guards, Troy Finbow, B Cook and D Youngs who won the Senior Boys Regional X-C Competition at Waterbeach on Sun 5 Mar 06. Photographs will follow.
• Tom Tica, Jamie Dines, Ipswich Grenadier Guards and Richard Ely, Ipswich Holbrook Guards on representing Eastern Region at Warcop in the National X-C Competition on Sat 18 Mar 06. Jamie Dines became 2006 Senior Boys National X-C Champion after winning Silver Medals in 2004 and 2005.

• the SACF Junior Boys 6-a-side Soccer team J Walton and J Allen, Felixstowe; L Parsley, Holbrook Guards; R Ahmed, D Ackland and R Sajadi, Kesgrave PARA; H Beal, QRL; G Platt, Woodbridge; S Ling RTR and Reserve S Harvey, Beccles who represented Eastern Region at Warcop in the National Soccer Competition on Sat 18 Mar 06. Knocked out in the semi-finals, they deserve our sincere congratulations.

Lord Lieutenant's Presentation of Awards Mar 06   Felixstowe RA promotions Sep 06   B Coy - LCpl Robert Stanley (Beccles) on becoming Champion Shot at the Bde CADSAAM Sep 06

Retirements

SSI Clare Hazell, left, and SI MJ Nolan, A Coy; SIs James Groves (far right) and Jon Hilder, C Coy, in May 07.
Maj Bill Pratt, OC C Coy (2nd left) and SI Will Rattle, Mildenhall Det, A Coy (to Cambs ACF) in Sep 06.
SIs Clare Callow, Sudbury Det, A Coy (near right) and Ashley Sergent, Ipswich QRL Det, C Coy, in Aug 06.
With sincere thanks for your service and commitment. May you enjoy your retirement.

Thanks

• To Nathan Linge of B St Eds for some Colonel's Cup Competition names
• To Maj Bob Potter MBE, CEO SACF, for his masterpiece Admin Instructions for Ex Deutsche Cadet II - aka Camp 2006 Sennelager, Germany
• To Maj Bob Potter MBE, Capt John Catt and SSI Christine Forsdike from Cty HQ who made the Ipswich Sat 24 Jun 06 Reception such a success
• To Iain Cockburn, Wayland Partnership, Watton, Norfolk, for his help in burning a CD for the Jun 06 Suffolk Cadet
• To Capt Dick Jarvis for the Sudbury Det A Coy Litter Sweep Suffolk Free Press article Apr 06
• The PMC Officers' Mess wishes to thank those who made the Sat 4 Mar 06 Officers' Mess Dinner such a success:
  Padre Michael Woods (hotfoot back from the East Indies) for his 'Amazing Grace', Maj Bob Potter MBE, CEO SACF, for the planning, liaison with the East of England Regt and shopping for the presentation 'Thermos' flasks; Capt John Catt, QM SACF, for organising the kit; SMI Phil Hubert (Cty HQ), SSI Donna Catt (Leiston Det) and SI Andy Tasker (Halesworth Det) for their help in the setting up of the room, their work during and after the dinner.
  Cdts from B Coy who did a splendid job dispensing sustenance and refreshment: Beccles Det - Jamie Barnard, Lee Knowles and Gavin Hewitt; Bungay Det - Connor Allen and Talisa Indelicato; Lowestoft (N) (Royal Artillery) - Lee Moran and Shaun Wade;
  Lowestoft (S) Pakefield (Queen's Dragoon Guards) Det - Gary Evans; Southwold Det - Kirsty Featherstone and Frankie Rush.
  Capt (Retd) Dick Jarvis for his advice to the President of the Offrs Mess Committee - the Webmaster !
  Mrs Janine Raybould for her serviette and wine shopping.
  More photographs will follow.
• To Maj Bob West TD, SACF BTEC Offr, for sending photographs of the first SACF BTEC Training Weekend at the WETC Thetford Jan 06.
  Click here for the photographs
• To Capt Gerry Gandon CS DC* TM (Mess Secretary Norfolk ACF), Capt Tam Steele (PSAO Nfk & Sfk Coy, The East of England Regt) and former National Service Gunner Sgt Derek 'Dilligaf' Smith (Treasurer The Rotary Club of Watton and District) for their advice to the Webmaster who struggled with presenting the Officers' Mess accounts for audit, his first attempts at double-entry military accounts for 23 years. Hopefully this avoids the proverbial 'Interview without coffee' with the Commander of 49 Bde !

• To those experts who enabled 5 Cadets to successfully attend the first SACF BTEC Training Weekend at the WETC Thetford Jan 06 :
  Maj Bob Potter - CEO SACF, Col Clinton Riley - CVQO Regional Operations Manager and WO2 SD Davies - Ipswich Army Recruiting Office.

Tug of War Training offered to Dets

• SSI Trevor Willoughby is willing to visit your detachment to carry out ToW training.
  Send him an e-mail with your name, age and Det if you are interested trevortrigg@noshosting.co.uk