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OPEN EVENING
We are holding an Open Evening for anyone interested in finding out about the sea cadets on Tuesday 18th November at 7.30pm. Invitations have been sent to local Middle Schools.
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National Trafalgar
Five Cadets from the unit joined 23 other from Cambs & Beds District to form the guard for the National Trafalgar Day parade on Sunday 26th October in Trafalgar Square, London. The cadets trained hard over a weekend at HMS Excellent and prior to the parade at Fort Blockhouse, Gosport. This was the first time they had used these weapons. The parade went off without a hitch if you ignored the torential rain.
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National Regatta 2008
Following success in the canoeing events at the area Regatta, five cadets from our unit were chosen to represent the Area in the National Regatta at the Excel center in London. Against strong competion,blustery winds and rain they finished the day with a silver medal in the relay. Well done to all cadets that took part
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District Drill And Piping
Once again Flitwick and Ampthill did brilliantly at the district drill and piping event. The results are as follows:
Unarmed Squad - 1st
Unarmed Squad Commander - 1st
Colour Party - 2nd
Piping Team - 1st
Individual Pipers - 1st and 3rd
Well done to all cadets and staff.
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David Gay Trophy
For the third year running, Flitwick and Ampthill Unit have won the David Gay trophy. This is awarded to the Unit who is making the best progress in sailing.
Well done to all cadets and staff involved.
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District Drill and Piping - 9th December 07
This Sunday is the District Drill and Piping. We have an unarmed squad, a colour party, a piping team and indivdual pipers.
We wish all the teams the best of luck and the results will follow soon.
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Five Aside Football 2007- 08
The start of a new competition year always starts off with our district 5 aside football competition.
The Results
The Juniors won their competition; unfortuantly there isn't a competiton at Area for them.
All the other teams came a respectable 3rd place. The competition was tough and all teams did well.
We also got the results for the Overall District Trophey. This trophey is for the unit who has gained the most points over the competition year in the district. Once again Flitwick and Ampthill won. This is a great achievement for the whole unit.
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National Drill
The drill squad travelled south to HMS Raleigh for the National Drill Competition earlier this year and were rewarded with a Bronze Medal. It was Cdr Smith first event as Area Officer and although he missed the display, he spoke to each of the cadets later and was pleased with the result.
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Medals Presentation
Lt Cdr R Maynard znd Lt L Maynard, father and daughter from Flitwick and Ampthill unit along with CPO A Maynard of Cambridge unit were awarded with long service medals.
The medals are awarded for the lenght of service each had done as a menber of staff in the Sea Cadet Corps, together the years added upto eighty something.
We would like to Thank both Lt Maynard and Lt Cdr Manyard for their hard work over the long years.
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Christmas Fun!!!!
For the 2006 Cadet Christmas Party. We enjoyed an evening bowling at Go Bowling in Dunstable. Everyone enjoyed at great time and the games were won by LC Murphy D and LT Waring P. JC McDougall was awarded the trophy for best sport as she was the only junior who attended.
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District Drill and Piping
December last year a large number of our cadets took part in the District Drill and Piping Competition held at Cambridge. Everyone trained hard for the weeks beforehand and had to put lots of effort into their best uniforms and boots too!
On the day it was a grand performance by all involved and the results were as follows:
Runner Up in the Colour Party Competition
1st and 3rd in the Indivual Piping
Winner in the Team Piping
Best Dressed Unarmed Squad
Winner of the Unarmed Squad
All the teams in winning events will now go through to represent the District at the Area competition at the end of February.
Well Done to all those involed and Good Luck.
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District Winners 2006
The unit has again won the District Points Trophy by gaining 64 points in total from District Competitions during the year. This is the 8th consecutive year that the cadets efforts have been rewarded with this trophy.
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5 Aside
The unit gained its best result to date at the recent District Competition in Luton, thanks to their new coach and loudest supporter Lt P Waring. Both Junior and Senior Girls teams won their competitions, the Junior Boys came 2nd and the Senior Boys 3rd. The Girls teams are now on their way to the Area Event in St Ives on 3rd December.
Update
The cadets once again done the unit proud.
Both the Junior and Senior girls teams finished in a very credible third place.
The junior girls were beaten in a penalty shootout after extra time, whilst the seniors were knocked out when the opposition hit a long hopeful ball towards our goal. Only for it to take a deflection and go in. Not a bad result for a unit who doesn't play much.
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Summer Camp
Each year, in August, the unit packs up its tents and sets off the Falmouth for a weeks sailing, camping and fun. In 2006 some 23 cadets and 12 adults joined in. We sail in the bay using the boats and equipment from RNAS Culdrose Boatstation and camp at a friendly family site in Maenporth. Cadets can gain experience in both sailing and power craft and we train everyone from complete novice to trainee instructor.
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Area ET 2006
The unit entered a team in both the Junior and Senior events, and after an enjoyable but hard work weekend, they were rewarded with both the Team competitions and the Team Leader competitions.
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Junior Team
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Senior Team
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Area Regatta 2006
We had cadets competing in nearly every event and had amazing results. The sail boat handling team won and went forward to the nationals, the kayakers did very well and LC Hellawell, LC Allen, AC Henderson N and AC Henderson D were all picked to represent the area at the national competition. There was a very high standard in the pulling boat handling where we came away with a close third.
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