Here is a selection of the awards presented to cadets for a range of reasons every year. here you can see winners from previous years and the current holder of any award. Most awards are presented at the squadron’s annual presentation evening at the end of the year.
Please Note: The Annual Presentation Evening for 2015 did not take place.
Cadet of the Year
Menna Evans
This is the highest award any cadet can receive (although it is occasionally given to Corporals who were only recently promoted). This cadet, over the past year, will have proven themselves to show the best cadet qualities of all their peers. Often this leads to a promotion, and thus far all our Cadets of the Year have reached at least the rank of cadet Sergeant. This doesn’t mean they will be promoted, but it does prove the constant high standards demonstrated by the Cadet of the Year.
Previous winners:
2016- Menna Evans
2015- N/A
2014- James Baker
2013- Anthony Owen
2012- Dafydd Roberts
2011- Karen Gough
2010- Elias Lewis
2009- Sophie McCarthy
2008- Nathan Langman
Most Improved Cadet
Matthew Evans
This is awarded to the cadet who has made the biggest improvement in the space of the year in their standards and abilities. This is normally awarded to someone who has had to put in a lot of effort to improve their standards and will often have impressed staff and NCO’s with a rapid increase in standards over the course of the year.
Previous Winners:
2016- Matthew Evans
2015- N/A
2014- Menna Evans
2013- Callum Palmer
2012- Lewis Hoden
2011- Zoe Davies
2010- Ebony Mullen
2009- Lloyd Taylor
Best New Cadet
N/A
This is awarded to the cadet who has joined within the last year and has displayed high ability and standards within this short space of time. The recipient of this award will normally have been in attendance at the squadron for more than six months but will have demonstrated a very quick development and high standards from the onset.
Previous winners:
2016- N/A
2015- N/A
2014- Keaton Richings
2013- James Baker
2012- Anthony Owen
NCO Development Award
N/A
Introduced in 2014, this is awarded to the NCO who has made the biggest improvement in the space of the year in their standards and abilities. This NCO only award is comparable to the Most Improved Cadet, hence explaining why a lower rank may win this award. Regardless, this award notes that the recipient has demonstrated a high development speed- fuelled by a lot of hard work. Often the recipient will, or will have, progressed up the NCO rank structure very quickly.
Previous Winners:
2016- N/A
2015- N/A
2014- Anthony Owen
Squadron Marksman
Sali Goodwin
Squadron Marksman is not the marksman badge that can be awarded through groupings, but in this case is given to any cadet rank who has demonstrated, through target shooting practices, shooting competitions and other target practices that they are the best marksman on our squadron.
Previous winners:
2016- Sali Goodwin
2015- N/A
2014- Samuel Richards
2013- Samuel Richards
2012- Samuel Richards
2011- Lloyd Taylor
2010- Elias Lewis
Sports Cadet
Katy Brown
Sports Cadet is awarded to the cadet who has been most active and successful in sports on squadron in the past year. Often measured through sports competitions, where individuals can move through the sporting levels, beginning at Wing (South East Wales), and progressing through to Regional (Wales and West England) and Corps (the whole United Kingdom) competitions. These competitions include Football, Rugby, Netball, Hockey, Cross Country, Swimming and Athletics.
Previous winners:
2016- Katy Brown
2015- N/A
2014- Dafydd Roberts
2013- N/A
2012- James Norman
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