Prestigious award for 'excellent Cadet'

Fiona (Cadet of the Year), David Brown (County Commander), Matthew (Deputy Cadet of the Year), Edwina Timms (Commissioner - Youth)

Leading Cadet Fiona (pictured), from Rothley Cadets, has today been awarded the county’s most prestigious Cadet award – County Cadet of the Year, 2009/10.

Brilliant

Cadets attended from all over the county to be put through their paces in a gruelling and challenging day. Testing not only their knowledge of St John Ambulance, but also their leadership and communication skills, Edwina Timms, Commissioner (Youth) said that ‘everyone was brilliant, and it really was very hard to pick just one winner’.

Everyone was brilliant, and it really was very hard to pick just one winner.

Edwina Timms
Commissioner (Youth), Leicestershire and Rutland
Fiona who was last year’s Deputy County Cadet of the Year, will now go forward to represent Leicestershire and Rutland at the St John Ambulance National Cadet of the Year competitions, to take place later in the year.

Cadet Sergeant Matthew (pictured), from Leicester Cadets was selected as the county’s Deputy County Cadet of the Year. Matthew will assist Fiona in representing Cadets across Leicestershire and Rutland at a range of events over the course of the year.

If you’re aged between 10 and 16 years and would like to join our Cadets, then why not contact us for more information.