The last 5 days we have been running a Mountain Training Mountain Skills course for ArmyCadetsAT. It’s been a bit blustery with Storm Kathleen towards the end of the week & we was even stalked by a Chinook.
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Activities at Shrewsbury School

We have been running a successful Mountain Training Mountain Skills course for Shrewsbury School CCF that included an overnight expedition. They all worked extremely hard but their enthusiasm pulled them through. Well done all. The Mountain Training Association (MTA) British Mountaineering Council AdventureSmart Activities at Shrewsbury School

Congratulations to 4 brand new Mountain Training Lowland Leaders. A stellar performance from all made it easy to award them the pass on behalf of RAW Adventures. Good luck in the future & hope to see you be all in the hills someday. The Mountain Training Association (MTA) British Mountaineering Council Boundless Outdoors

Today was day 1 of the Mountain Training Lowland Leader Award Assessment for the fantastic RAW Adventures. It’s been a great day with strong performances all round after some testing nav. Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow. The Mountain Training Association (MTA) British Mountaineering Council AdventureSmart Boundless Outdoors

Today was day 2 of the Mountain Training Lowland Leader Award training course for RAW Adventures & we were concentrating on assessment techniques. A mixed day with varying degrees of visibility. Thanks to Rob who took most of the pics today. The Mountain Training Association (MTA) British Mountaineering Council

Today was day 1 of a Mountain Training Lowland Leader Award training course for the fantastic RAW Adventure. We were lucky with the weather but a keen & enthusiastic group helped the day go even better. The Mountain Training Association (MTA) British Mountaineering Council AdventureSmart

Last night we were honoured to welcome some prominent mountaineering names to Shrewsbury for the 1924 Everest Centenary Commemoration, organised by Lower Sixth form pupil Archie.
Thank you to all the guest speakers and interviewees for their incredible insights. #FloreatSalopia

Huge congratulations to the Boys' 1st XI football team on, once again, advancing to the ESFA semi-finals!

They secured their spot after a battling victory over Torquay Boys Grammar School in a challenging away game.

#FloreatSalopia

Stourbridge war memorial. Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge, West Midlands. First and Second World Wars and Gulf War. #LestWeForget

2/2 increase in girls @ Old Swinford Hospital Combined Cadet Force seen many taking leadership roles excel @ shooting drill & fieldcraft #thisgirlcan Working with our friends @ Shrewsbury School this weekend & supported by our brilliant female volunteers we go from #strength2strength

Successful day’s exercise for ⁦Old Swinford Hospital⁩ ⁦Combined Cadet Force⁩ with good friends ⁦Shrewsbury School⁩ working on cold weather #firstaid #navigation #CIS ⁦Royal Air Force⁩ ⁦TSA HQ WM⁩ ⁦Simon Cuthbert⁩ ⁦HQ CENTRE CTT WEST⁩ ⁦Rt Hon Johnny Mercer⁩ ⁦RAF Air Cadets⁩

The CTT recently conducted a couple of Range Qualification courses at Altcar

Congratulations to all who passed; your qualifications and certificates are now on Westminster.

Super proud of Old Swinford Hospital cadets who attended #stourbridgecrematorium this Christmas Eve along with Royal British Legion and Commonwealth War Graves volunteer Richard Ellis to take a moment to remember those who gave everything, including #oldfoleyan Norman Parkes OSH PA OSH Old Foleyans' Commandant RAF Air Cadets YOU West Midlands

Of the 61 Commonwealth War Graves graves Old Swinford Hospital placed lights on Christmas Eve one stood out OSH Old Foleyans' Norman Parkes who grew up in Stourbridge News before leaving for Canada. He enlisted at outbreak of war leaving fiancé Ethel Lons behind. On 8/5/1917 he was wounded and later died #lestweforget

Today is a sad day as we say goodbye to a friend of mine & of MANY others. He was an outstanding legend of Old Swinford Hospital who many years before I joined worked with OSH CCF with the RAF Air Cadets section. He will be missed by so many & our thought & prayers go to his family.

The Shrewsbury School CCF (RAF) Section recently attended the West area Royal Air Squadron Trophy competition for the first time - well done to all who trained hard for this event. Read more about the competition below. #ShrewsburyCCF

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Congratulations to 5 brand new Mountain Training Lowland Leader Award holders. A strong performance from all of them over the past 2 days saw them all well deserved passes on this fantastic RAW Adventures course. Many thanks to Richard for helping me on this course. The Mountain Training Association (MTA)

A few weeks ago you may have seen my last post about the last course of the year. However, this weekend I’m running a Mountain Training Lowland Leader Award assessment for RAW Adventures at Delamere Forest. So far so good & looking forward to tomorrow. The Mountain Training Association (MTA) British Mountaineering Council

We are deeply saddened to share the news that much-loved colleague Peter Jenkins has died.
Peter joined OSH in 1988 and has taught thousands of pupils who will no doubt speak of his kindness, generosity of spirit and legendary rugby commentary. We do and will miss him terribly.

Shrewsbury School joins the community of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and beyond in expressing deepest sympathies with the families and friends of the four young men who so tragically lost their lives.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who grieve at this very sad time.