Corby Air Cadets Make a Splash

On Saturday 1^st October 2016 a team of 15 Corby Air Cadets made their way to Nottingham University’s Swimming Pool to compete against 28 other Squadrons in the South and East Midlands Wing Annual Swimming Competition.

Running up to the event, the team put in an amazing amount of effort and dedication to make sure that they were ready for this year’s competition.

Swimming Team 2016

The hard work certainly paid off, with the Junior Boys team placing 2^nd overall and the Junior Girls team placing 3^rd overall.  Putting the Corby based Squadron in 3^rd place overall out of 29 Squadrons.

Corporal Harry Kendall and Cadet Lucy Kendall also made the Wing Swimming Team.

Flight Lieutenant Kev Ritchie RAFVR(T) said, “What a fantastic result!  The team put in a tremendous amount of hard work and I would like to thank them and the training team for their dedication leading up to the event”.

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