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New Mayor's Cadet
This year OC Harry Younge was nominated to be the Mayor's cadet because of his good track record at the Unit. Harry attends many courses and events and is always helpful. He has been a stalwart at the Unit since his joining at age 11.
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Canoeing at Milton Keynes. 13th May 2008
Our neighbouring Unit at Milton Keynes held a canoeing course for the District, it was aimed at giving experience to the Cadets taking part and hopfully allowing the Cadets to gain qualifications in Canoeing. Two of our Cadets attended this course and had a very tiring but useful time there. Their efforts were assisted by having a familiar face helping with the training as one of our Unit Committee members, Mrs Best, was also an instructor on the course. Both came home with a BCU 1* qualification.
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Three new Cook/Stewards at Abingdon. 27th April 2008
Three of our Cadets attended a Cook/Steward training weekend at Chiltern Unit this weekend. They all came home with 3rd Class qualifications in the subject. They also made new friends and had good fun. These results will give the cadets points that will go towards gaining the next promotion.
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Cadet passes Leading Hands course. 18-04-08
Able Cadet S. Best returns from HMS Caledonia having passed his Cadet Advancement course. AC Best is a very active and keen member of our unit and was very pleased to come home with this sucess under his belt before sitting his GCSEs over the next couple of months.
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Area Drill Competition. 13th April 2008
This competition was held in Portsmouth a week later than planned. The heavy snow last week had forced a late postponement of the competition and it was re-scheduled for today. Our team was made up of Cadets from Abingdon, Oxford and Banbury units. The Team had suffered from some changes as the new date had meant that some of our experienced Cadets were not able to be there. One very new Cadet found himself in the team with only 48 hours notice, he did an brillianj job in the team. We did not win any prizes at this event, but we all had a good and long day out, finished by a welcome visit to a fast food emporium on the way home!
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Clubs & Societies Day. 5th April 2008
Abingdon Town Council hold a Clubs & Societies Day every 2 years in the Guild Hall. This is a chance for all local groups to show off some of the activities that they offer and to recruit new members. Abingdon Sea Cadets had a stall at this event and we talked to many people throughout the day. The day was also used to spend time polishing belt brasses for the Area Drill Competition tomorrow. We are competing in the Area competition after winning the District heat in February.
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District Drill Competition, 24th February 2008
Today our Drill Team took part in the Drill competition at RAF Halton, it was a beautiful sunny day and made even better when it was announced that we had won the Armed Guard section of the competition. Our Guard Commander Able Cadet Jonny Gower won the Best Guard Commander trophy.
Also at this event it was announced that Abingdon had won the Shooting Competition that was held in January and the certificates and trophies were given out.
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Cadet Mess Dinner. 25th January 2008
Thanks to a lot of hard work by members of our Committee the Main Deck was transformed to provide a large and attractive dining space for our Cadets. A fantastic meal was produced under somewhat challenging circumstances and later in the evening a small award ceremony took place. Mr Preece, our Guest of Honour, was presented with a Waterford Decanter as thanks for all the hard work and devotion he had shown to the unit over the last few years. Other people who have helped were also recognised during the evening and then the Cadets chose the Cadet that they thought showed most promise and was a good friend to all. Chris Ventom was the proud recipient of that award.
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District Shooting Competition. 13th Jan 2008
As in previous years, Abingdon hosted this competition on their Range at the unit. The day as a good chance to catch up with friends from other local units after the Christmas break while competing against them! Initial thoughts are that Abingdon may have won but we have to wait for the results to be verified.
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