Duty Officer
OCdt Couroux
Dress
C1: All Cadets
Tonight we begin our practicing for the Annual Review Parde at the end of the month with our last CO’s Parade of the year. Make sure your shirts are pressed, your hair is cut (or up neatly for our females), your boots are polished and (males) you are freshly shaven.
The remaining Wednesday nights are very important for our completion of training. Please make every effort to attend.
DRILL TEAM: 7-8pm – wear your drill boots and wedge
FLIGHT CLUB: 8-9pm – Capt M Palumbo from the Niagara Flying Site (where we go gliding), will be out tonight to work on cross-country, touch-and-go and more complicated map and simulator flying skills.
SPORTS: 8-9pm – Let loose inside and out of the rain. Floor hockey, soccer and dodgeball. Running shoes required – no jeans.
Please join us at 809 Newark Squadron’s 2017 Awards Banquet at 6:30pm on Friday, May 26th at 6:30pm. Please notify us of the number of guests that will be attending no later than Wednesday, May 17th in order for us to make accommodations with the caterer. Dress is semi-formal. (No uniforms!)
Any special meal requirements should be communicated to CI Thiffault before the RSVP deadline.
Cadets are free, children (under 12 years of age) are $10 each and all others are $15 each.
Please make sure you include your cadet in your RSVP.
Cadets are to arrive at the Fire Station for 1:00pm on Saturday, May 27th for practices and setup. Wear your uniform (C1) but bring your tunic on a hanger. They are to report to CI Ruttan for attendance. Parents and guests are asked to arrive at the Fire Station for 2:45pm. As this is a mandatory parade, we require a note from all cadets who are unable to participate.
All parents and cadets are invited to join us following the parade for a small reception to commemorate our success this year – we have lots to celebrate! Please invite your entire family to come to the parade as it truly shows the result of the hard work the Cadets of 809 Squadron have put forward this past training year.
In order to estimate numbers for the SSC BBQ that traditionally follows the ACR, please RSVP using the link above and include your cadet in your response.
Cadets should be in uniform: C1
Guests should dress in business casual attire. (No jeans.)
See you there!
Join us for:
DRILL TEAM: 7-8pm gymnasium, wear parade boots & wedge, civilian clothing
FLIGHT CLUB: Classroom #3 8-9pm, simulator work
SPORTS: Gymnasium, 8-9pm, wear sports clothing, running shoes, NO JEANS
For those who didn’t make it to the Vimy fundraiser presentation earlier this month, the video can be found here.
Join us tonight for our final sports night and fitness testing! This is your chance to fulfill your level requirement, improve on your last score and have fun with your friends.
Dress: sports clothing – shorts, t-shirt (no tank tops, please), running shoes. squadron t-shirt, 809 ball cap. If you don’t have one, or didn’t receive one this year, see Capt Palumbo.
This Saturday the Sponsoring Committee will be sorting and packing up the remaining bottles at the VanNoort Greenhouses.
There are a LOT of bottles to get sorted before the summer – PARENTS if you have some free time, please join them. All time will count toward High School Volunteer Hours for cadets that join in.
DATE: Saturday, 22nd April, 2017
TIME: 8am-1pm
LOCATION: 236 Hunter Road (at the corner of Four Mile Creek Road)
DRESS: Civilian casual
Although we had a few issues at competition this year – a busted valve (no air compression = no power behind the shot = the pellets don’t make it to the target), and not being able to modify our butt plates for standing, our team still placed a solid 9th place! Top ten is a great place to start.
Team members were up bright and early, ready for their two opportunities to fire four targets. Two prone, two standing. 70% of each member’s score was from prone, the other 30% from standing.
Here are some photos from the competition day. Thanks to everyone who came out and cheered – and to the Competition armourer who fixed the faulty rifle! Also thank you to CI Carbone who took the time to find parts, lubricate rifles, and support us behind the scenes.
Congratulations to our team members: FSgt Lett (Captain), FSgt Zalepa, Sgt Couroux, Cpl Abt & Cpl Hill. Well done!
This Sunday is our last chance at Gliding for the 2016-17 training year. We have 20 spots (because we switched with another Squadron, we gained 10 more spots!) – so make sure you make the time to come on out on Sunday. Parents are welcome to stay with cadets at the airfield.
TIME: 1pm-4pm
LOCATION: Niagara District Airport (Hwy 55) in NOTL
MEET: At the Airport Terminal building – DO NOT ACCESS THE APRON/RUNWAY without an Escort Officer from the Gliding Centre Staff
DRESS: Civilian casual – check the weather before you head out.
SIGN-UP: Wednesday night there will be a sign-up sheet at closing parade – if we can’t fill the 20 spots, we can open it up to another unit who missed their day due to weather. Therefore, if you sign-up, make sure you show up.
BRING: backpack with snacks, book, music, something that won’t blow away and create FOD.
WEATHER: sometimes the flying day is cancelled in advance, sometimes at the last minute. Check HERE on the squadron website before heading out to the airport on Sunday. Weather that is TOO WINDY, TOO RAINY = no flying. Wear sunscreen: too sunny is not a reason to cancel 🙂