2028 Southam Squadron is pleased to announce that Cadet Sergeant Daniel Gellender has gained the Academic Grades he needed to go to Welbeck. Sgt Gellender, his family and the Staff on Squadron had been eagerly waiting for his School exam results.

Dan recently heard the excellent news that he had the GCSE grades required to attend the Sixth Form College.

He will now start his two year A-level course in September 2007 studying Maths, Physics, Electronics and Computing. He will also take part in many non-curricular activities; the one he is most looking forward to is joining the Combined Cadet Force. This is very similar to the ATC, but with a greater emphasis on leadership and personal development.

These two years will be followed by studying an engineering course at university. On completion of a degree, he will return to RAFC Cranwell to start Initial Officer Training for six months.

After passing this and graduating from the college, he will be posted to an engineering training unit before starting his career as an engineering officer in the Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Moreton, the Squadron CO said, "This is tremendous news for Daniel Gellender , I know how much this means to him and his family. He has worked extremely hard since he joined the Air Training Corps, his enthusiasm knows no bounds and we will miss him here at 2028 Squadron. I wish him every success for the future and we all hope to see him back here one day as an RAF Officer."

For more information relating to the Defence Sixth Form College - Welbeck
please See our previous article Welbeck Selection Journey or visit the Welbeck website www.welbeck.mod.uk