Date
24 Feb 19

RO Number
19-08

Summary

I’m happy to report that we had a successful aviation exercise at the Cadet Youth Development Centre in Waterloo this weekend. We had to cut the trip a few hours short due to weather considerations, but it that didn’t take away from everyone’s education and enjoyment over the weekend.

Captain Palumbo can’t make it out on Monday, so instead of splitting the optional training night between the Drill Tem and the Marksmanship Team, we’re going to do a full two-hour session for the Drill Team. The Marksmanship Team will get a full two-hour session of their own on Thursday night in preparation for the Zone 7/8 Marksmanship Competition on Saturday. We don’t have access to the HQ for this, so we’ll be doing a Throwback Thursday and returning to an old HQ location and using the Old Virgil Public School Gym for the evening.

Training Night
27 Feb 19

CAF Member Dress
3C

Cadet Dress
C2: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C3: Cdt, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Lt Russell

Training Night Schedule

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Date
17 Feb 19

RO Number
19-07

Summary

Congratulations once again to our Effective Speaking Competition winners and thank you to all of the cadets who participated. All of you made for an insightful and enjoyable evening for everyone who attended. I believe Mrs. Mehrotra was overheard saying that this was her favourite event of the year and I’m sure she’s not alone in that thinking.

I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend. With that in mind, I’d like to remind everyone that there will be no training on Monday, 18 Feb. We’ll be back for regular training on the 20th, and we have a packed week from there. Thursday, 21 Feb will be a full night of practice and try-outs for the Marksmanship Team. Friday the 22nd to Saturday the 24th is our spring Aviation Weekend at the CYDC in Waterloo, and we’re back to Drill Team and Marksmanship Team practice on the 25th.

Heads-up for all cadets and parents/guardians. I’ll be working on final planning for March Break Activities next weekend and would like a rough idea of how many cadets will be participating. If you’re going to be in town and want to come out for some March Break fun, please let me know on Wednesday.

Training Night
20 Feb 19

CAF Member Dress
3C

Cadet Dress
C2: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C3: Cdt, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Lt Russell

Training Night Schedule

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Date
27 Jan 19

RO Number
19-04

Summary
The Niagara Air Group (NAG) Sports Competition has come and gone. Thanks very much to OCdt Couroux for supervising for the day. All reports indicate that a lot of fun was had but we, unfortunately, had a casualty. We’re all wishing him a speedy recovery.

Monday nights will be split between effective speaking preparation from 1900h-2000h *7:00pm-8:00pm) and drill team practice from 2000h-2100h (8:00pm-9:00pm) for the next two weeks leading up to our squadron effective speaking competition on the 6th of February.

Training Night
30 Jan 19

CAF Member Dress
3C

Cadet Dress
C2: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C3: Cdt, LAC, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: OCdt Couroux

Training Night Schedule

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS

Date
13 Jan 19

RO Number
19-02

Summary
Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday and helped to make our winter bottle drive a success! When the squadron and our extended family come together, there’s very little we can’t accomplish. Hopefully, we’ll have some final numbers on funds raised by our regular training night this week.

For the next few Mondays leading up to the Niagara Air Group (NAG) Sports Competition, we’ll be splitting the evening between Drill Team Practice and Sports Practice. We’ve got trophies to keep and we aren’t going to give them up to anyone else without a serious challenge.

Cadets who have applied for national courses need to know that the interviews are coming up on 26 Jan. We’ll arrange for mock interviews for you to practice your presentation before the interviews themselves. Unfortunately, the interviews are in direct conflict with the sports competition, so you won’t be able to make the trip to Cayuga with us that day.

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Ice Wine Festival being held over the next two weekends has generously offered to donate the empty bottles from the event to us, so Mr. Zalepa is looking for a few volunteers on each Sunday to assist with the pickup. If you’re available, sign-up sheets have been posted here: https://809cadets.ca/events/event-sign-ups/.

Lastly, the Niagara Cadet Winter Gala is coming up on 2 Feb 19 at the Lake Street Armoury and tickets ($25 each) will become available in the next couple of weeks. A number of cadets have expressed interest already and it’s shaping up to be an exciting event. I highly recommend attending if you can. Dress code will be semi-formal or C8 mess dress.

Training Night
16 Jan 19

CAF Member Dress
3C

Cadet Dress
C2: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C3: Cdt, LAC, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Capt Lemoine

Training Night Schedule

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS