Red Rock Relayers Relay for Life 2012
On 14 Feb 13, the culmination of effort by a dedicated team called the Red Rock Relayer’s made up of mostly 8 Squadron Engineers presented a cheque of a fantastic £2313.92 to Cancer Research, after a 24 hour relay, and other charity events. The event took place last year on 21st July 2012, a group of 8 Sqn engineers and family members undertook the Cancer Research UK “Relay... Read More
RAF Waddington & The Lincoln 10km Road Race
30 runners from No. 8 Squadron completed the City of Lincoln 10km road race on 7th April with the aim of raising £1000 for 3 charities which have helped personnel from the unit. 8 Squadron were part of the five thousand runners (including many more personnel at RAF Waddington) who took part in the 2013 Active Nation City of Lincoln 10km road race held on Sunday 7th... Read More
Two Teams Tied Together
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Station Inter-Section Golf Champs
March saw Blankney Golf Club host another zealously contested RAF Waddington Inter-Section Golf contest. On a day which has been all too rare in 2013 so far, even the fair weather players should have been happy to see the sun out and a relatively calm wind which made for great conditions. With 44 players out representing 7 sections from around the base most teams sent out 4 players... Read More
Waddington’s Welsh Win
RAF Waddington’s Karting Team made the best possible comeback in the 2nd Round of the RAFMSA Inter-Service Karting Championship at Llandow in South Wales, beating the other Stations convincingly during the 2 ½ hour Endurance Race on the 9th June. The disappointment of retiring early from our home race at Fulbeck had spurred the team on during the long 7 week wait to get back... Read More
Morris Shield Champions
After a spirited and hard fought campaign the RAF Waddington Rugby team have been crowned the RAF Warrington Morris Shield Champions. The Waddington Hornets produced a fantastic run of results to reach the final which included a titanic 40-20 derby win against Coningsby in the quarters, followed by a convincing 38-5 semi final triumph over Boulmer, earning a place in the final... Read More
Motorcycle Trials Riding at RAF Waddington
For a number of years now RAF Waddington has had a healthy number of motorcycle trials riders who regularly compete both locally and at inter-service level. The more experienced among you might remember the ‘Kickstart’ TV programme from the 1970s where Peter Purves would try not to laugh as riders tested themselves against a variety of natural and man-made obstacles. Well,... Read More
Winter Olympic hopeful
A recent result in Switzerland (Jan 12) for Corporal Kerry Cockman of RAF Waddington’s PEd Flt, sees her well on her way to the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi, Russia as a British Bobsleigh pilot. Kerry joined the Royal Air Force in 2004 and began her Bobsleigh career in 2007 whilst at RAF Marham, she has been around the world ever since representing the Royal Air Force and Great... Read More
RAF WADDINGTON GOLF CLUB & COURSE 2012 SEASON
Turn of the year and we start looking forward to the 2012 season but I would however like to quickly reflect on a very successful 2011 for the Club. With the very good weather in the early part 2011, the course was in fantastic condition for the time of year and the members were able to enjoy some excellent early season golf. Indeed the course remained in excellent condition throughout... Read More
Commanding Officer’s Cup 2011
The aim of the Commanding Officer’s (CO’s) Cup is to provide mass participation in sport. The events are a little different to synopsis sports so that you don’t have to be the best athlete in order to take part. It is all about having fun! The 2011 season started in January with the Seated Volleyball. This event is played exactly as it sounds- playing Volleyball whilst sitting... Read More
