Sherborne School CCF

The CCF has enjoyed a customarily busy term. Our Army section entered the Rifles Cadet Cup and our Royal Marines entered the Pringle Trophy and both teams did superbly in these gruelling competitions -both came third and were the highest place teams consisting of male and female cadets.

I would like to congratulate the Army team of (Caspar Bridge (L6f); Charlie Wilson (L6d); Freddie May (L6a); Dorian Gottardello Bodnar (U6f); Mikail Albakov (U6f). Our Royal Marines cadets will now also receive their ties and certificates (Lars Ropeid (L6g); Jake Windham and Max Windham both (L6c); Freddie Hope-Hawkins (5e); Henry Cole (5g); Jack Fletcher (5d); Alex Gledhill (5f); Will Wilson (5a). 

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The highlight for many cadets is the termly Field Trip and this term our Army and RM sections spent an overnight trip on Salisbury Plain sampling rations and learning fieldcraft, whilst our Vth form cadets fired 6,000 rounds of blank ammunition. Our Royal Navy cadets went sailing. The CCF then turned its attention to the solemn duty of preparing for the School’s Remembrance events and the Town Remembrance Parade which had our Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major and Head of School, William Waters U6b, as a Standard Bearer.  

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Our Fourth Form cadets then prepared for and passed their beret tests which allows them to ‘graduate’ to wear the beret of their chosen section. The term ended with events in the fiercely contested inter-section Sherborne Shield drill competition.  

Next term for our Field Trips we hope that our Royal Navy section get to fly in a helicopter at RNAS Yeovilton with 846 Naval Air Squadron, whilst our Army and Royal Marines are hosted by 6 Rifles. 

Rob Le Poidevin, CCF Contingent Commander