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Sporting Success for Warwickshire & Birmingham Cadets
at Corps Championships

On Saturday April 21 st 2007 the Corps Open-Age Soccer and Hockey Championships took place at DCAE Cosford. Representing Central & East Region in the soccer were 4 cadets from Warwickshire & Birmingham Wing, they were:

  • FS Jamaine Donkor - 84 (Coventry Airport) Sqn
  • Sgt Dan McCarthy - 492 (Solihull) Sqn.
  • Cdt Arron Foxall - 479 (Rubery) Sqn.
  • Cdt Kyle Foxall - 479 (Rubery) Sqn.

Representing Central & East Region in the hockey we had 1 cadet from Warwickshire & Birmingham Wing, she was :

  • Cdt Flora Markham 1368 (Warwick & Royal Leamington Spa) Sqn

Sgt Donkor with Soccer TrophyCdt Markham with Hockey Trophy In the Soccer Championships Central & East Region qualified for the final after beating London & South East Region and then Scotland & Northern Ireland Region. In the final the opponents were Wales & West Region and at half-time the score was 2-2. In the second half however thanks to a hat-trick by Jamaine Donkor Central & East Region won the match 6-3 to win the trophy for the first time since 2001.

The girls hockey team, not to be outdone by the boys, also reached their final after beating both London & South East Region and Wales & West Region. In the final they played South West Region in what turned out to be a very close game with neither team managing to score. So the match was decided on Penalty Flicks which Central & East Region won 1-0 to win the trophy.

As a result of their fine performances Sgt. Donkor and Cdt. Markham have both been selected to represent the Air Training Corps in May and will be awarded Corps Blues.

 


Article Submitted by:-
Sqn Ldr Pat McCarroll Wing Sports Officer.
01May07

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