Category Archives: NAG Sports Competition

Inter-Flight Sports Competition & Recruiting Night

Join us tonight for our first inter-flight competition. SPORTS! Handball, Volleyball, Soccer.

RECRUITING NIGHT: bring a friend to find out what the Air Cadet program is all about. Their parents are welcome to attend. Social time with pizza for everyone at 8pm. Looking forward to seeing the competition tonight – remember the winning flight earns points toward the Top Flight Award.

Duty Officer
CI Thiffault

Dress
Sportswear. No uniforms! running shoes REQUIRED.

Wednesday Night Training

Duty Officer
Capt Lemoine

Dress
C2: All parade positions (Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1); C4: Everyone else (LAC, Cpl, FCpl)

Remember: next week is the Inter-Flight Sports Competition & Recruiting Night. Invite a friend out to join you as we get ready to crush the competition at the NAG Sports Comp on Sat 30 Jan 2016. All cadets are invited to attend! We need 7-9 cadets per sport: volleyball, hand ball, indoor soccer. Busing and lunch are provided.

Monday 18 January Training

Monday Night Trg:

Drill Team 7-8pm (bring your wedge and boots)

Sports 8-9pm –> Dress appropriately: want to be on the Squadron Sports Teams for the NAG Sports Competition this month? Come out this week. Volleyball, Handball, Soccer – all the sports we need to practice in order to crush the competition.

LOTTERY TICKETS: do you want to put your name in the draw for two movie tickets (incl. popcorn and drinks)? Then come on by the office and pick up another book of tickets to be sold. For each extra book sold, your name will go into the draw one more time.

TONIGHT! Mon Night Trg

Monday night training commences TONIGHT – Monday, 4 January 2016 at 7pm.

Drill Team from 7-8pm. Bring your wedge and parade boots.

Sports from 8-9pm. Dress appropriately: want to be on the Squadron Sports Teams for the NAG Sports Competition this month? Come out this week. Volleyball, Handball, Soccer – all the sports we need to practice in order to crush the competition.

 

TONIGHT & WEDNESDAY NIGHT: we are labeling recruiting materials. Do you have time to help? Cadets will receive community hours, just bring in your sheet. Parents will receive our eternal gratitude. 🙂

 

Wed Night Training

This Wed, 16th Dec, is our final trg night for 2015. We are are on standdown for the remainder of the calendar year.

Duty Officer
CI Lemoine

Dress
C2: All parade positions (Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1); C4: Everyone else (AC, LAC, Cpl, FCpl)

Training resumes on Monday, 4 January 2016 at 7pm with Drill Team and Sports.

IN JANUARY: look ahead to the Flying Scholarship Exams (9th), Bottle Drive (16th), NAG Sports Competition (30th).  We wish your family all the best of the holiday season.

 

Wed Night Training & Parent Briefing

WED NIGHT SPORTS TRAINING

Duty Officer
Capt Lemoine

Dress
Sports – sqn t-shirt, shorts, socks, running shoes, Sqn ball cap Don’t have a Sqn Blue t-shirt with 809 spray painted on it? Bring $5 to the Squadron on Wed night and we’ll help you make one.

PARENT BRIEFING: 815pm Classroom #1 Unfortunately, each year at least one cadet is disappointed that they can no longer apply for Summer Training because they did not follow the application process. All courses are in high demand and are selected regionally.  All dates below are not flexible – timings for paperwork are given to us by the Ontario Provincial Committee (Air Cadet League) and the London Detachment (DND). In order to have maximum selection for summer training we need to make sure we have everything: on time. Please read CAREFULLY.

For all cadets who are thinking of applying for a National Course:

  1. Go to your Guidance Counselor at school and request the previous year’s transcripts as well as the current year’s mid-term marks/report. Do this now.
  2. Read this: 2016 National Courses HB for Cadets CAREFULLY!!! There is a TON of information for you and your parents.
  3. Bring in your course request list to the Squadron NLT THIS Wednesday 25 Nov 15.
  4. PARENTS: join Capt Palumbo for a Parent Briefing dedicated to Summer Training WED 25 NOV 15 815pm – this was not previously scheduled, however due to many parents having the same questions, we would like to have you all together to share information effectively.
  5. All National Course documents are to be returned to the Squadron No Later Than (NLT)MONDAY 7 DECEMBER 2015.

For those cadets applying to 2, 3 & 6 week courses, or Staff Cadet,

  1. Course request forms are due back to the office NLT Wed 25 Nov 15.
  2. PARENTS: join Capt Palumbo for a Parent Briefing dedicated to Summer Training WED 25 NOV 15 815pm – this was not previously scheduled, however due to many parents having the same questions, we would like to have you all together to share information effectively.

NAG Sports Competition TOMORROW!!

NAG Sports Comp.

Bus provided from 809 Sqn LHQ to Dunnville Secondary School. 0645 meet at Sqn. 1700hrs pick up from Sqn.

Dress: 809 Sqn t-shirt, sports shorts, running shoes.

SPORTS: Volleyball, Indoor Soccer, Handball.

Lunch provided. Bring snacks, backpack and something to read in between games.

HEALTH CARD MUST BE PRESENTED TO 2LT LEMOINE BEFORE BOARDING THE BUS. No HC = No sports comp.

PARENTS: you are welcome to come watch and cheer! Directions on the event page. Come in the morning to avoid disappointment should our teams be knocked out early. Double-elimination tournament.

SECOND OVERALL AT NAG SPORTS COMPETITION!!!

It was a great (long) day at the Niagara Air Group Competition this past Saturday. Our teams fought hard and played their best.  We emerged as the Second Place Team overall!!

Special thanks go to Capt Jarrell for refereeing Hand Ball and to our parents for waiting for our cadets triumphant return.

Congrats to all the team members: don’t forget to wear your t-shirts every Monday night for optional trg.