Greetings fellow Clubbies. Well here we are, nearly halfway through 2020 but who knows how far through the Covid 19 pandemic. The good news is that we can start bending our arms in the company of others again, so if you…
Greetings fellow cubbies. I hope you have come to terms with your Covid 19 lockdown days and haven't gone completely stir crazy. At the moment I feel its a little bit like waiting for that first long leave break to…
Covid 19 Lockdown While this might be one of the longest periods of detention that most of us have had to endure, we know that Clubbies will be doing their bit to make it work for everyone. As Greg Hill…
April Then and Now As we start into April and head towards week three of NZ's Alert Level 4 in the Covid 19 pandemic, there has been plenty of facebook chatter (and humour) comparing our current situation with what it…
Fellow Clubbies These are times more akin to war than peace at home. I have seen on our Facebook page how we, as ex Cadets, are reacting to the quickly changing battle front – with good humour, with encouragement to…
March Hare month According to one dictionary, a "March hare" is "a brown hare in the breeding season, noted for its leaping, boxing, and chasing in circles". I'm not sure many Clubbies were into breeding (well, not in Waiouru) but…
Warning Order As previously posted, we are about to stock the shelves with some exciting new memorabilia. We want to encourage new members to the RFCA, so a two-tier memorabilia purchasing system will be introduced. There will be a generous discounted…
February Days Although we probably all started our basic training about the third or last week of January, February was the month when 'basic' was on the menu all day every day. It was the time when we learnt how…
Area Reps The following Clubbies have volunteered (truly, they did!) to be Area Reps. The Association will provide them with a list of known ex Cadets who live in their area and they will contact you when area events are…
What's in a (blog) title? I chose "As You Were!" as the title for this blog after searching for a military term that would give a nod to our clubbie past. I also wanted a Te Reo version of the…