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Name: Matthew Willis
Service: Army
From: Cambridge
Reasons for joining Welbeck: There was no option for me other than going into further education. It just seemed like the right thing to do. Craving the military environment I had been used to in my cadet career, Welbeck was the place for me. I knew there that I could work on my fitness, continue with my academic studies and meet a lot of new friends. Between staying at my old school and coming here, my choice was easy.

Hobbies and Interests: Rugby, Rock Climbing, Target Rifle Shooting.

Summer Update

The end of the year has come around so fast, but now I am looking forward to the well-earned break.

The past month has been rather hectic, but enjoyable to say the least. Our summer camp comprised two phases; hill walking; military. We stayed at Capel Curig training camp in Wales whilst we ventured off into the mountains. In the course of the week, I climbed Snowdon (The tallest peak in Wales), Moel Siabod (The largest, in terms of land mass), and many more. The week helped us to improve teamwork and leadership skills, whilst giving us a chance to experience some amazing walking in the mountains.

We were then shipped off to Longmoor camp in Hampshire for the second phase of our exercise. Over the course of the week we participated in orienteering, shooting, survival, and finished with a twenty four hour final exercise. Playing enemy were a select few upper sixth members and also a handful of teachers. It was our job to secure a small village, send out patrols, and neutralize enemy threat (which was certainly harder than it sounds when a car is abandoned outside the main gate!).

We then were sent off on familiarisation visits to all four technical corps. This really helped as we were given an insight as to what life as an officer would be like in each corp.

Finally came AGI week, a week of polishing boots, ironing kit, marching up and down the parade square, and when the sun melted the polish off our boots, polishing again! The end result was the AGI parade, a chance for family, friends, and senior officers to see the upper sixth show off as they pass off and begin a new adventure at university.

I look forward to next year as I am a peer mentor for the new lower sixth, and will also have moved into a new study bedroom which I shall have to myself!

Easter Update

Another term down, and exams are quickly approaching. I have had some hard times this term, but knowing my friends are there for me is a great morale booster.

We stayed for a week on the training vessel HMS Bristol in Portsmouth for our leadership cadre at which we attended lectures, executed planning exercises, and practised our drill on the HMS excellent drill square. After having bad experiences here with my previous cadet battalion, I really enjoyed the week, completing the said tasks with my platoon.

In the upcoming term, we no longer partake in CCF activities or Gas, as this time is put aside for revision time. I have never liked revising, but the structured time scales we have been given really help me to get my head down.

The thing I have taken away most from this term is that my friends and family back home are never too far away and will do anything to help me out. As we do not get the chance to shoot at college, I got in contact with my old shooting coach and now I am back on the team at home. So now I have the best of both worlds; an amazing establishment at which to take my a-levels; a chance to shoot which I really wanted. And with the sun starting to appear in the sky more often, all is good!

Winter Update

So, the first term is over and everybody has finally settled in. The majority of the LVI has passed in, earning them the right to wear single service working dress, and a larger majority have passed out at one point or another due to copious amounts of both prep and physical exercise!

It seems only a short while ago that I came to Welbeck for a Familiarisation visit and yet I sit in lessons and see some of the 09e walking round with their parents for the first time. However fast the term has gone, it has been just as tough. It has been worth it though and I wouldn’t trade my experiences for the world.

With so many new faces to get to know it seems a shame that already Stirling LVI has to say goodbye to our housemaster, Mr. Copley, in only a few days. Nevertheless, I’m sure that Mr. Jess will make a big impact on the house and that we shall maintain the dynamic that makes Stirling House who we are.

So with academics under control and a field exercise under our belts, who knows what next term holds in store!