A team of 12 cadets from Edinburgh & South Scotland Wing recently completed a gruelling 2-day road march to enable them to qualify for the Nijmegan team to take place in July in the Netherlands later   this year. 

The qualifier is only one of three qualifying walks available for the cadets to take part in, and is rumoured to be the hardest one of them all

Edinburgh & South Scotland Wing has not been represented in Nijmegan for some considerable time. After only a few practice walks the team managed to complete the qualifier. Not the ideal preparation but the enthusiasm and dedication of the Cadets involved carried them through to achive rtye task in hand.

The International Four Day Marches Nijmegen -or Vierdaagse is the largest marching event in the world. It is organised every year in Nijmegan in mid-July as a means of promoting sport and exercise. Participants walk 30, 40 or 50 kilometers daily, and, on completion, receive a royally approved medal Vierdaagsekruis.

The participants are mostly civilians, but there are also a few thousand military participants. The annual walk thas taken place since 1909, being based at Nijmegen since 1916.

A big “Well done” to all involved, and good luck in Nijmegan.

Posted by OC2180 on Thursday 06 May 2010 - 19:15:40 | |