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Activities and Adventurous Training
Overview 
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school breaks are both a major part of cadet
life, and members of the contingent are encouraged to partake
in the numerous activities offered to the CCF.
The Armed Forces provide the cadet force with a qualified
supervisory team of military personnel known as the Cadet
Training Teams (CTT). There are several CTTs around the country and
Bournemouth School CCF is affiliated to 12 CTT. The
participation of the CTT ensures a higher level of safety both
for the cadets and for the officers, whilst always helping to
keep people cheerful with their good and sometimes peculiar
sense of humour.
Profiled below are just a flavour of some of the activities
offered to cadets during their time with the CCF:
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Adventurous training activities go on all year
round and in many different parts of the UK. Each
February a camp
is organised, normally on Dartmoor, when cadets
take part in a wide range of activities from hiking, climbing
and abseiling through to dry slope skiing and go-carting. Throughout the
rest of the year, adventurous "Field
Days" are organised on a regular basis, normally once a
term. The last camp of the year is in the October
half term holiday, when a group of cadets go to the Isle of
Arran. Adventurous training offers cadets a
great chance to get to know one another and the officers on a far
more personal level, which is both confidence building and
motivating.
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In May, the contingent enters two teams in the
infamous "Ten Tors" challenge hike across
Dartmoor. The
junior team route is 35 miles and the senior team tackles a grueling
45 miles in two days across some of the most difficult and
punishing terrain in Britain. Click
here for more info..
During the summer break, three camps usually
take place, loosely based around the three sections,
with Army Camp being the high point of the year. All camps are
a week long and are fully supported by the Armed Forces. |
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The summer weather allows cadets to gain further
proficiency in
activities such as canoeing, body boarding, windsurfing, sailing,
orienteering and many others.
Finally, the remaining major aspect of CCF life is shooting
and marksmanship. All cadets are trained on the Cadet GP
assault rifle. They have to pass a safety test supervised by a
member of the Armed Forces before they are allowed to handle
any loaded firearms.
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Second
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Third
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COMPO Annual Dinner for CCF Alumni
Adventurous Training
Annual Inspection Day
New Recruit Intake
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Ten Tors
Expedition - Dartmoor
Recruits Section Camp
National Radio Network Competition
CCF Central Camp
RAF Section Camp
Royal Navy Section - Clyde Fleet Tender "At Sea" Experience
Various residential Cadet Training Courses sponsored
and hosted by UK Armed Forces
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New Recruit Intake
Skill at Arms Meeting
Adventurous Training
Remembrance Day Parade
Annual Army Section Camp
Various residential Cadet Training Courses sponsored
and hosted by UK Armed Forces
COMPO
Plume of Feather Alumni Reunion |
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