Somerset Army Cadet Force

Battalion Hot Shots

Written by Lt Will Drewe and SI Julie Halford

Once again the Somerset Cadet Battalion Shooting Team secured a resounding victory at Willsworthy Range on Sunday 11 September 2011.We entered four teams into the Brigade Skill at Arms Meeting for the 5.56mm A2 Cadet GP Rifle:

Somerset Cadet Battalion A Team (Normandy Company)

Cadet Corporal Laura Scull (Midsomer Norton Platoon)
Cadet Lewis Dodge (Burnham on Sea & Highbridge Platoon)
Cadet Ben Johnson (Midsomer Norton Platoon)
Cadet Chloe Macey (Midsomer Norton Platoon)

Somerset Cadet Battalion B Team (Salamanca Company 1)

Cadet Lance Corporal Michael Burgess (Yeovil Platoon)

Cadet Lance Corporal Laura Yu (Langport Platoon)

Cadet Katie Elford (Langport Platoon)

Cadet John Rudge (Langport Platoon)

Somerset Cadet Battalion C Team (Salamanca Company 2)

Cadet Lance Corporal Kaine Bennett (Yeovil Platoon)
Cadet Lance Corporal Adam Packer (Yeovil Platoon)
Cadet Lance Corporal Joshua Williams (Yeovil Platoon)
Cadet Alex Harding (Minehead Platoon)

Somerset Cadet Battalion D Team (Jellalabad Company)

Cadet Corporal Emma Marlow (Minehead Platoon)
Cadet Corporal Sarah Parsons (Bridgewater Platoon)
Cadet Rachel Butt (Bridgewater Platoon)
Cadet Piotr Cebulak (Burnham on Sea & Highbridge Platoon)

Somerset Cadet Battalion Reserves

Cadet Corporal Benjamin Rogers (Burnham on Sea & Highbridge Platoon)
Cadet Connor Patrick (Burnham on Sea & Highbridge Platoon)
Cadet Lauren Williams (Bridgewater Platoon)

Unfortunately high winds and poor visibility on the Saturday precluded any shooting on the range so our team, under the leadership of Second Lieutenant Will Drewe for this meeting, practiced dry training and marksmanship principles for most of the day.
Sunday dawned with much improved weather conditions at Okehampton and the Montgomery of Alamein competition finally got under way. The Saturday practice day, intensive coaching delivered at Annual Camp and prior to the event paid massive dividends with Somerset scooping five out of the six prizes on offer! Our Commandant, Colonel Paul Richardson, presented the awards.

The competition results were as follows:

Top Team Somerset Cadet Battalion B Team
2 Place Team Somerset Cadet Battalion C Team
3 Place Team Somerset Cadet Battalion D Team
6 Place Team Somerset Cadet Battalion A Team
Brigade Champion Shot Cadet Lance Corporal Adam Packer (Yeovil Platoon)
Place Individual Shot Cadet Corporal Sarah Parsons (Bridgewater Platoon)

Many congratulations to all of the Somerset Cadet Battalion Shooting Team! Their success can be added to the ever growing list of cadet achievements for this year.
A big thank you goes to Colour Serjeant Dave Evans who coached the Normandy Company team, Serjeant Colin Mackenzie who assisted in coaching the Salamanca Company cadets and Potential Instructor Jonathon Crease who coached Jellalabad Company.