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Bowling and Santa's Grotto fundraising - 19th December 2009
On Friday evening we braved the snow and cold weather and went bowling in Dunstable for our Christmas party.
After staying the night at the unit we awoke early to set up the unit for our bring and buy sale (complete with cakes, books, and barbies) and awaited Santa's arrival in our very own Grotto.
The fundraising morning was very successful, and we all had a lot of fun taking part, thanks to the staff for the bowling on Friday, and well done to everyone for raising £126.44...which will go towards the funds for our new boat.
Check out the photos..!
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District Drill and Piping 13/12/09
16 cadets from our unit travelled to Cambridge for the annual competition. Our unit entered into the unarmed squad (with LC Newton as squad commander), piping team, and two individual pipers, LC Read and LC Bettle.
We did brilliantly at the competiton with results as follows;
Unarmed squad: 1st
Lc Newton squad commander: 1st
Piping team: 2nd
Lc Read individual piper: 1st
Lc Bettle individual piper: 3rd
The competition was close this year, but well done to everyone and congratulations to the unarmed squad for winning for the 11th year in a row!
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Remembrance Day Parade
This year again the cadets took part in the parades at Flitwick and Ampthill and were proud to represent the Sea cadet corp . The weather held and all that took part looked very smart .The Best!!
This year it was the turn of the Eastern Area to go to London for the ceremonies.
Three cadets from the unit took part.
They were invited to help at the Festival of Remembrance on Saturday evening at the Royal albert Hall, AC Moss was also asked to take part in the muster during the service ,a great honour and envied by the other two cadets LC Newton and LC Howe
All three took part in the march past the Cenotaph and service on Sunday.The cadets all said the whole weekend was an amazing experience and felt very privileged to have taken part. More photos in picture gallery
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Summer Camp 2009
This year our Summer camp took place at Stewartby sailing club over bank holiday weekend in August
We arrived to put the tents up in gale force winds and wondered what the odds were for it still being windy the next day.
After a very windy night the day dawned with perfect sailing weather although it didn't suit the pulling boat class they and the sailors had a very productive weekend ending with sail race training which turned very competitive with PO Mead and PO Barnes taking part.
We all took turns with cooking supervised by the staff with AC Ben McGovern making a tasty spagehtti bolognaise.
Thanks to all the staff and especially to Stewartby Sailing Club for the use of their facilties
Check out the photos
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Advancement Board
Six cadets from our unit recently attended the advancement board at Luton, all aiming to acheive Leading Cadet.
Congratulations to ACs Newton, Howe, Bettle, Blackstaffe, Boxall, and Read for advancing to Leading Cadet.
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Christmas 2008
Cadets and Staff will be very busy over the Christmas Period. They are collecting with the Ampthill Lions Santa Rounds on Wednesday. Have a full Mess Dinner cooked and Served by the unti staff on Thursday. And will be bag packing / collecting at Tesco in Flitwick on Saturday.
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District Drill & Piping
At the recent Cambs & Beds District Drill and Piping Competition, 19 cadets with staff travelled to Cambridge to compete against the district for a place in the Area Competition. The Drill team competed against three other teams winning the squad competition and AC Charlotte Newton also received the Best Squad Commander. The Colour party came in a close second and AC Adam Read won the individual piping competition by a good margin. The Area Competition will be held over the weekend of the 21st February at Newark Showground
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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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Five Aside Football 2009-2010
The start of a new competition year always starts off with our district 5 aside football competition.
The Results
The Junior girls team won their competition, the Senior Boys were the only team entered and so automatically qualified for the area competition
We wish them well at the Area competition on the 6 December 2009
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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 and 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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