Waendel March Report
Cadets and Staff of 2425 (Nottingham Airport) Squadron participated in the 25km (16 mile) 2 day walk in Wellingborough on the 9th and 10th May 2009 known as the Waendel Weekend. Seven cadets and four staff took part in the event and found it challenging at times! This event was the first year the squadron had taken part and found this was a great introduction for the cadets to start their road walk training for the Military Ijzer march in August.
This year was the 30th anniversary of the event, which is run annually by the Borough council of Wellingborough. This event is open to all, which included walkers from Germany, Belgium, France and America but to name a few. There were a record 6358 competitors who completed the different walks this year!
The walks are well designed and signposted for on road, off road, wheelchair and cycle routes which challenged the most experienced of walkers. The whole team finished the march in good time and received their medals on completing the course. A celebratory awards ceremony closed the event by the Mayor of Wellingborough congratulating the competitors and thanking the organisers of the event.
The event was organised and run professionally and fantastically by the Borough council of Wellingborough. They helped the squadron in any way possible to make us feel very welcome when we arrived. We will definitely be participating in this event next year and would recommend any squadron in doing so.
Article posted 15 May 09 Back to News index.