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Number 3
Welsh Wing Nijmegen
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The Nijmegen Marches takes place in the
Netherlands during July each year and always
starts on the third Tuesday of the month.
This high-profile international event organised
by the Royal Dutch League for Physical Culture
(KNBLO) and the Dutch military and is recognised
as an official Air Training Corps (ATC)
activity. Every year No 3 Welsh Wing will
send teams of cadets to take part in the
marches. |
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Entry to the Marches must not be undertaken
lightly. Many months of arduous training are
necessary for successful completion of the
marches. Each team member is required to
march 40 km (25 miles), per day for each of 4
consecutive days, culminating in the ‘March
Past’ on the final day.
Approximately 11 hours per day are allowed to
complete each day’s march with the starting time
between 0430 hrs and 0600 hrs daily and teams
must have completed the days march by 1700 hrs.
Male military marches who are aged between 19
and 49 years of age on the year that they march
must carry 10kg of “ballast” in their bergen
while they are marching. |
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The marches continue to be very popular, so much
so that the numbers of participants have to be
capped at 40,000 civilian and 5000 military
marchers. The British Forces are the
largest foreign military contingent with
normally over 800 service and cadet forces
personnel participating with a further 100
acting as support on route and at Kamp
Heumensoord. Each ATC team are an integral
part of the RAF Element of the British Military
Contingent (BMC). |
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Entry to the marches must not be under taken
lightly, on average 10% for marchers and 16% for
first timers fail to complete the marchers every
year. Training for the Marches starts in
November on the weekend after remembrance Sunday
and will take place once a month until the
marches are completed in July. Team
members will take part in a progressive training
schedule that will build up their fitness,
toughen their feet and get them used to march
long distances that will enable cadets to
successfully complete the marches. Also
all Marches who will be apart of the British
Military Contingent will have to qualify to take
part in the Nijmegen marches they will have to
complete a 2 day 80 Km march. No 3 Welsh wing
will use the RAF 2 Day Marches to qualify to
represent the ATC in Nijmegen. |
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Due to the
arduous nature of this event, Headquarters Air Cadets
has place an age limit of cadet participants, Cadets
have to be 16 years and over on the Friday before the
start of the Nijmegen marches to be eligible to take
part. |
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For
further information please contact the Wing Organised
Marches Officer, details are available in the wing
location list or Wing Routine Orders in September and
October. |
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Overview and pictures very kindly
supplied by :
Flt Lt C Evans OC 1358
(Pontardawe) Squadron / Number 3 Welsh Wing Nijmegen Officer. |
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Nijmegen Marches
2011__________________________________________________________________________ |
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The briefing and training weekend on the 19-21
November 2010 is open to all interested staff
and cadets who wish to take part in the Nijmegen
Marches or the RAF 2 Day Marches in 2011. The
Minimum age for the Nijmegen Marches is 16 years
old on the 15th Jul 2011. There will
also be a junior team for the RAF 2 Day Marches
only, cadets will have to be 15 years old by the
14th July 2011 (proof of age
required). Volunteer staff are also required to
help run weekends and act as safety cover for
the training marches. |
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Those who wish to to join the team need
to read and action the JI's and inform
myself via
e-mail that
they will attend |
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Due to the arduous nature and training required
for these events NO staff or
cadets will be allowed to join the team after
the December training weekend. |
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Staff and
Cadets require squadron commander’s permission
to attend. Login
here for Joining Instructions |
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Nijmegen 2011
Initial Joining Instructions |
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Nijmegen 2 Day Marches RAF
Cosford 2010 |
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Nijmegen Marches 2007, 2008 and 2009______________________________________________________________ |
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