The C.C.F

We made two visits during the term, one, on 31st October, to the British Sugar Corporation Factory at Poppleton, and the other, on 5th December, to Richardson's Fertilizer Factory in York.

The meetings this term have been well attended and it is hoped that this high standard will be continued. W.I.M.

C.C.F. NOTES

Lieutenant D. S. Mair joined the Contingent this term, and has taken charge of the N.C.O. Cadre. Commissioned during National Service, Lieutenant Mair served in Malaya and in East Africa.

Some changes have been made in the normal training programme. On all parade days the whole Contingent now falls in for the flag lowering ceremony, and all are dismissed together. Every third week there is a march-past at the end of the parade. Apart from giving the Contingent obvious marching practice with the band, which now exists all the year, this gives us an opportunity to invite visitors to take the salute.

Since 26th November an inter-House C.C.F. competition has been running; it is to last all the year, and is worked on a system of points gained or lost by individuals for specified actions. In addition to this, Major D. K. Crews, who resigned the command of the Contingent in August, has kindly offered to present a trophy for inter-House competition, for the performance of an arduous task. It is intended that this shall be competed for every year. The Fernie Cup will thus revert to its original purpose, and will be competed for by a drill competition. It is hoped that the trophy for the main competition will be decided upon and named in the near future.

2ND OCTOBER. MAIN EVENTS OF THE TERM

The Contingent was to have been visited by the Admiral Commanding Reserves, Rear-Admiral G. Thistleton-Smith, C.B., G.M., but this visit had to be cancelled because of the epidemic.

22ND OCTOBER.

Visit by Commander R. R. Whalley, R.N., Area Officer, the North Eastern Area H.Q., Sea Cadet Corps, who took the salute at the first march-past.

12TH NOVEMBER.

Visit by Major R. F. Tomlinson, Commanding the Depot, XIV The West Yorkshire Regiment, to which the C.C.F. is affiliated. He took the salute at the march-past.

3RD DECEMBER.

The Contingent was very glad to welcome the Head Master, who took the salute at the march-past. Afterwards he presented Flying Scholarship badges to Corporals Crowe and Thorp, congratulating them on their achievement, and the Contingent on its appearance in the march-past.

ARMY CAMP, 1958

This will be at Castlemartin, near Pembroke, South Wales, from 29th July to 6th August, 1958.

R.A.F. SECTION

Flight Sergeant K. Brown became the N.C.O. in charge of the Section.

Number I Flight's training has been partly for the Advanced Proficiency Examination, and mainly in the N.C.O. Cadre.

Number II Flight has been sub-divided into two parts. One part is training for the Proficiency Examination, and the other, by choice, for the Certificate "A", Part II. This has been done to reduce the chance of cadets leaving School without a recognised qualification.

For the same reason a change has been made in the R.A.F. Basic Section, in which all cadets will take Certificate "A", Part II, before entering the R.A.F. Section.

Many N.C.O.s have, as usual, been helping as instructors in various parts of the C.C.F., not necessarily in R.A.F. subjects.

R.N. SECTION

As a considerable number of R.N. cadets left in the summer, the complement of the R.N. Section has fallen to 28. Since many Senior Cadets have assumed positions of responsibility in the Basic Section or Recruits, the Naval Squad on parade has been small, and the two Divisions temporarily combined into one.

P.O. Clark has assumed command of the Section with Lg./Sea. Bellwood second-in-command. Bellwood has, however, been much occupied with the Band. The other main positions of responsibility have been filled by Lg./Sea. J. S. Ibberson (Boat Rating), Lg./Sea. Jenkinson (Yeoman of Signals), and Lg./Sea. Burton, Mathews, and Wheeler, who are in charge of Basic or Recruit Squads. The Stores and Seamanship Room have been most adequately looked after by A.B. Evans and A.B. Gomersall, while A.B. Slater has proved to be a very reliable R.N. Writer. This term four senior members of the R.N. Section have joined the N.C.O. Cadre.

Though the training was considerably interrupted by illness, some good work was done. On the whole the drill of the R.N. Section has been satisfactory, and during the ceremonial parades the marching with rifles has been of a high order. 41