Category Archives: Competitions

Monday Night Training

Join us for a busy night:

Drill Team 7-8pm – in the gymnasium, dress is civilian with drill boots and wedge

Flight Club 8-9pm – in classroom #3

Effective Speaking 8-9pm – in classroom #1

Rifle Team Try-Outs 8-9pm – in the gymnasium, will coincide with Flight Club & Effective Speaking, each cadet will have at least two relay chances (four targets) to fire. All cadets welcome to try-out – RANGE COMPETITION is the SAME day as the FTX. Cadets that are selected for the range team will be expected to make their own way to 23 Sqn HQ in St. Catharines, then will be transported by Capt Palumbo to the FTX at the end of the comp.

NO OTHER training will be taking place at the squadron. Classrooms #2 & #4 will be off limits – except during canteen break.

Monday Night Training

As announced at closing briefing last Wednesday, Monday night training includes:

Drill Team 7-8pm (in the gymnasium) wear drill boots and wedge with civilian clothing

Flight Club 8-9pm (in classroom #3 with Capt M Palumbo, CD from the Gliding Centre) – all welcome!

Effective Speaking 8-9pm (in classroom #1) Only two more weeks until the Sqn Competition

No other activities will be taking place this evening. Sports will resume shortly – listen to announcements on Wed night for details.

Monday Night Trg & NAG Sports Competition

Tonight is the beginning of our new Monday night format.

Drill will be taking place between 7-8pm in the gymnasium as usual. Wear civilian clothing, but bring your parade boots and wedge. Everyone needs to be out – we’re down to crunch time for the silent routine. We only have 9 more practices until the NAG Drill Competition in April.

From 8-9pm will be our first sports practice to get us ready for the NAG Sports Competition at the end of the month (Sat 28th of Jan).  WE NEED EVERY SINGLE CADET to participate on a team. We can bring 21 cadets for the day – that’s all of us! – so come out tonight and find a team that best suits your particular talents.

The sports are: volleyball, hand ball and indoor soccer. We need a minimum of 5 players on each team. It would be better if we had two subs as well – especially for soccer! There are age restrictions, and general competition rules – we’ll talk about it all tonight. WOI Lavoie & WOII Giansante will be helping Capt Palumbo run the practice. Come out ready to play right at 8pm – gym shorts (NO jeans), t-shirts and running shoes required. Wear your 809Sqn tshirt – or bring it at 7pm to get the paint touched up and ready for the comp (that’s what we wear on competition day – do you need your last name added? Bring it on Wed for CI Thiffault to work her magic).

For this Monday night there will be NO other training taking place. The classrooms will be closed/off-limits and all cadets will be in the gymnasium.

Effective Speaking

Just a reminder that the first of our Effective Speaking preparation nights takes place tonight at 2000h (8:00pm) after Drill Team practice. This is a skill that will serve you well for your entire life, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to pick up on it now. We don’t have a lot of time before the competition, so all cadets are encouraged to come out and get as much preparation in as possible.

CADET EFFECTIVE SPEAKING WORKBOOK here:es-cadet-workbook-2017-1

Capt Lemoine

Wed Training Night and Effective Speaking

CADETS & PARENTS: Please see letter here: effective-speaking-letter-to-cadets-and-parents-2016 from Mrs. Ross-Gowans, our Effective Speaking Coordinator, about the exciting opportunity available to your cadet(s) this year. A paper copy will be sent home tonight.

Duty Officer
CI Lemoine

Dress
C2B: Sgt, FSgt, WO2
C4A: AC, LAC, Cpl FCpl

Do you have PHOTOS from the Training Weekend? Send them to Tammy.Palumbo@cadets.gc.ca so we can post them on the website. Hopefully we can gather a few great shots of all the fun we had this past weekend.

Upcoming Drill Team Schedule

Per OCdt Couroux:

  1. Monday, 28 Mar 16 – No Drill Team Practice: Due to a lack of availability, there will be no drill team practice on Easter Monday.
  2. Monday, 4 Apr 16 1900h-2100h (7pm-9pm) – Drill Team Practice: Full Dress Rehersal – Dress is C2. Boots polished, uniforms pressed, proper haircuts.
  3. Saturday, 9 Apr 16 – NAG Drill Competition at 809 Squadron – We’re hosting. Do your best. Good luck!

Sqn ES Comp & CO’s Parade

Duty Officer
CI Lemoine

Dress
C1: All cadets

Squadron Effective Speaking Competition and CO’s Parade. We will start the evening with the ES Comp then move into the CO’s Parade. Parents are welcome to attend both. The top 2 cadets from the competition will advance to the NAG ES Comp on Sat 5 Mar 2016.

FOR THE PARKING LOT: Please remember to reduce speed when entering and exiting the parking lot. DO NOT drive on the grass area.  DO NOT pull through the paved area via the grass area. Parking spots are permitted along the edge of the grass (immediately adjacent to the paved surface), but not past the end of the concrete storage shed/benches.  Your patience is appreciated.

THIS COMING WEEKEND: we have both our WINTER FTX ANNEX C KIT LIST and the NAG MARKSMANSHIP COMPETITION. Make sure you are prepared for the FTX by reading the kit list above. The marksmanship competition is for the Range Team only. Capt Palumbo will be escorting the range team to and from the comp via the FTX – team members can participate in both. FTX Advanced Party: see Capt Palumbo on Wed night if you can make it (FSgt & up) – Fri 215pm pick up from school/home.

Return from NAG Sports Competition

The NAG Sports Competition is over and we’re on our way back to 809 Squadron HQ. ETA is 1750h (5:50pm), give or take a few minutes.

The cadets put in an excellent effort and showed exemplary sportsmanship, scoring second place in both handball and volleyball. They also scored 4th place in soccer – with one less player on the court!

In addition, our teams placed second for the overall competition. WOOHOO!

They have every reason to be as proud of themselves as we are of them.

Well done!

Marksmanship Results

I would like to congratulate the Range Team on their hard work over the past few months.  There was immense improvement since the first shots fired in November.

We placed 5th of 9 between air, army and sea cadets. Our combined score was 996/1600.  1st place was 1165/1600; a difference of 169 points.  To put it into perspective, if each shooter scored 1-2 higher in each of the prone targets, we would have gotten 1st.

One member was 8th overall of all participants, and another 6th overall for the juniors.

Well done!