Melton Air Cadets Receive Prestigious Honours

A massive congratulations to two Cadets from 1279 Sqn who have recently received prestigious honours.

Seven members of the Melton RAFA Branch were invited to the Squadron presentation evening held on 22 September. During the evening awards were given out to cadets in recognition of their achievments throughout the past year. Cadet Sergeant J Blackshaw ( shown above) had the honour of being selected as the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire Cadet for 2016/2017. Cdt Sgt Blackshaw will accompany Lady Bretton on her public visits throughout Leicestershire during 2017.

Cadet Corporal Sam Page who has been appointed as Mayors Cadet for the Borough of Melton 2016/17.

‛‛Tornado Talk’’

RAF Association Melton Branch & Club Newsletter

October 2016

2016

On Saturday October 15th, the now “Annual”

Oktoberfest was held with 40 members and their guests being entertained by the Oompah band

formed by members of the Kibworth Brass Band ably led by their compare and games master

Richard Orme. (Hans Clapper) The evening started with a 3 course meal

of fresh vegetable soup and bread followed by schnitzel, potatoes sauerkraut, sauce and salad garnish and a dessert of Apfelstrudel and cream, this was then washed down with several glasses of Schnapps (Apfelkorn, Wild Berry, and Korn). As everyone was eating the band played a selection

of German Bierkeller music, then once the eating stopped it was merriment time and soon everyone was swaying to the music, standing up, sitting down, looking left looking right etc., in line with directions from the Band compare, then it was time for some “silly” games where prizes could

be won by following the compare’s instructions especially if you didn’t mind being made to look silly or embarrassed in the nicest possible sense!! Then it was back to the music with the band playing songs that people could sing along to and more importantly do the actions to – finishing up with a rousing version of “The Musicman” he Dambusters section being particularly rousing. A good time was had by all; thanks go to the band for the music and games and to all the members who attended this function.

Gemma Skydives for Wings

Gemma Fare took part in a tandem skydive in aid of RAFA’s Wing’s Appeal on August 30th.

Gemma said “ I have grown up in a RAF family, where both my parents served in the RAF for over 20 years and are now both working for RAFA the charity that supports the RAF families. I would like to raise money to help and support families like mine, who are either still serving or have served in the RAF, I believe they do a fantastic job for our country and would like to give them something in return.” If you would like to support Gemma for a very worthy cause you still can by visiting her donating page at https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/gemmafare

Forthcoming events NOVEMBER 3rd Coffee Morning 5th Bonfire Night 17th Quiz Night 19th Melton Now and Then with Arthur Payne - £2 entry 26th Ukulele Band - £8 including buffet

DECEMBER 1st Coffee Morning 10th Kids Christmas Party 11th OAPs Christmas Lunch 18th Christmas Draw 21st Tornado Brass - Get into the Christmas spirit by joining Tornado Brass for an evening

of festive music and carols.

See notice board for further details and to add names to lists

RAFA Branch/Club Melton

Saturday 19th November

Melton Mowbray

Now & Then

An Illustrated Presentation By

Arthur Payne Commencing at 2000Hrs.

Raffle, Refreshments.

Cost £2.00

Please support your Branch & Club Please put your name on list on the club notice board if attending.

Calling all

Members Sport

Teams & Clubs

Have you got anything interesting or any team news you would like to share with us? If so please email it to amanda.fare@rafa.org.uk Or alternatively leave it in an envelope marked F.A.O. Amanda Fare (Newsletter).

Membership Update We are rapidly fastly approaching the time of year again when you will need to renew your membership for 2017. You should start to receive your renewal reminders during the week commencing 31st October. You will be pleased to know that the subscriptions price has remained unchanged for 2017/2018. The cost of 1 years membership is as follows: Ordinary Membership - £20.50 Associate Membership - £8.50 (without Airmail magazine) See Note Associate Membership - £14.50 (with Airmail magazine) See Note NOTE: Associate members also have to pay a £6.00 Club membership paid locally at the Club. This will bring your total membership fee to: Associate Membership (without Airmail magazine) £14.50 (£8.50 RAFA Branch + £6.00 Club) Associate Membership (with Airmail magazine) £20.50 (£14.50 RAFA Branch + £6.00 Club)

Please bring in New Members You may recall at one of our recent meetings, that the Melton Mowbray branch has been tasked by the South East and East Area Chairman to increase our membership by 10%, that’s 27 new members we need to get by the end of the year. When you are renewing your membership, why not get your family and friends to sign up and help us to support the RAF Family?

To make it easy for you, there is a membership form attached to this newsletter. Just pass it on to those who want to join and get them to hand it in at the Club or post it to “FREEPOST Royal Air Forces Association”.

Please forward this newsletter onto anyone who you know who may be interested in joining.

Paul’s Pickled Again!

It’s that time of year again when Paul has pickled his onions in aid of wings appeal.

To purchase a jar, just pop into the club and grab a jar (while stocks last) and help us to boost our wings appeal total in the process.

Small jars £1.50 Large jars £2.50

Keep up to date with what’s happening at the Melton Mowbray Branch & Tornado Club. In addition to this newsletter, you can also keep up to date with what’s happening by following us on our social media sites: Facebook www.facebook.com/RafaMelton Twitter @RAFAMelton Website www.rafa.org.uk/melton-mowbray

So there’s no excuse to say you don’t know what’s happening!

If you have anything to share with us, please share on our social media sites or get in touch via our new email address: meltonmowbrayrafa@gmail.com