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Perthes Sufferer wins National Army Cadet Force Champion Cadet Competition
Each year since 2001 the Army Cadet Force Champion Cadet Competition has been held at Frimley Park to identify the very best ACF cadet of the year. This year’s winner, Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major Mathew Newton (18) from Warwickshire and West Midlands South Sector Army Cadet Force, was presented with the coveted winner’s trophy by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Mathew has suffered from Perthes disease from a young age and is hugely grateful for the help he received from the Association to cope and to achieve this fantastic milestone and is keen to show himself as an example for the benefit of others and the Association.
The Duke of Edinburgh congratulates Champion Cadet winner Cadet Regt Sergeant Major Matthew Newton
Frimley Park’s National Cadet Training Centre celebrated its fiftieth birthday on Friday (17th Oct) with a Royal visit from His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel in Chief of the Army Cadet Force.
On a colourful and sunny autumn day, the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey Mrs Sarah Goad welcomed the Duke to Frimley Park, home of the Cadet Movement, where he met cadets, adult instructors and the staff and governors of the Training Centre.
Friday was the final day of one of the Centre’s most prestigious leadership and instructional training events, a Master Cadet Course for forty of the top cadets from across the UK. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh reviewed the final parade and in an address spoke warmly of the Cadet movement, the young people involved and the vital work carried out by the adult volunteers who support them.
Each year since 2001 the Army Cadet Force Champion Cadet Competition has been held at Frimley Park to identify the very best ACF cadet of the year. This year’s winner, Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major Mathew Newton (18) from Warwickshire and West Midlands South Sector Army Cadet Force, was presented with the coveted winner’s trophy by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.