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CADET OF THE YEAR
As you know the unit’s annual Cadets of the Year Awards evening was due to take place on Friday 18 December 2009. Unfortunately, due to the snow we had to postpone the evening.
Cadet of the year will now be on Friday 5th March 2010 and you are all cordially invited to attend.
During the evening the cadets will put on displays and at the end of the evening various awards will be presented to cadets who have excelled and achieved during the year.
The unit will open from 6.15pm, all cadets are required to arrive promptly, and visitors are requested to be onboard by 7.00pm so that you can be seated by the time our VIP’s arrive. The Inspecting Officer will be Capt N S Roberts RN
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Events Calander
March 2010
2nd Unit Review
5th Cadet of the Year & Subs due
6-7th Area Drill
8th UMC Meeting – Wardroom @ 7.30pm
13-14 Adult Shooting
19-21 Cadet MACT
26-27 Staff Et
April 2010
9th Subs Due and Blues night for all cadets
9-11 Adult MAST
12th UMC Meeting – Wardroom @ 7.30pm
16-18 Cook Steward
May 2010
1-2 1st Aid, Comms, Met advanced
7th Subs Due and Blues night for all cadets
7-9 Marine Eng, Piping
10th UMC Meeting – Wardroom @7.30pm
14-16 Adult Boat Work
21-23 District staff Et
29-30 District sailing
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Cadets do well in football
Our unit pulled together and entered several teams with the following results:
Junior Boys
Senior Girls
Aggregate football trophy
Also won District Competition trophy
Well done all!
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National Trafalgar Oct 25th
PO cadet Rowe and Leading cadet Dordieska along with PO Sabin supported National Trafalgar parade by playing in the band. POC Rowe and LC Dordieska plus three others perfomed a core of drums solo.
Almost every year High Wycombe provides musicians for the national mass band.
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Poppy Appeal Launch before London Wasps game - 11th Oct
Each year the band forms part of the official poppy launch. This year it was suddenly brought forward and held at Adams Park before the London Wasps crowd. The weather was not pleasant and prior to the match the band played in drizzle keeping the supporters entertained. The band was preparing to solo before the whole stadium at the end of the official announcement but unfortunately the commentator took longer than expected and the slot was lost. This was a massive disappointment
For once we managed to get a smile.
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Area Boating
On Sunday 5th July 2009 our girls gained a bronze in the open girls race the team was LC B.Driver (Oxford Unit), AC N. Dordieska, MC2 C.Campbell, MC H.Lawrence and MC R.McGowan.
The Junior Girls gained a silver in their race with the help of AC S.McKay-Smith, OC H.Watts, OC J.Blake and two cadets from Oxford Unit
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Area Paddlesports
On Saturday 4th July 2009 Cadets AC McKay-Smith and OC Watts, travelled to HMS Excellent and gained a Bronze medal in the Junior Girls 1 mile open paddlesports. They also came 4th in the 400. Well done girls!
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Royal Navy Parade & Review
Our Last Royal Navy Parade, following our RN unit review, was held on Tuesday 24th February 2009 when we were presented with a 'Pennant' for 2008-2009 and were declared 'Fit to train'.
Southern Area Commanding Officer CDR A R Giles RN was our inspecting officer for the evening presented badges to cadets who had achieved higher ranks and proficiencies. Various staff were awarded good service awards.
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Autumn Concert
We produced a concert in partnership with Ascott Brass at John Hampden School in September 2008. The proceeds were shared between ourselves and the Mayor's appeal for South Bucks Hospice. The Ascot Brass web site is
http://www.ascotbrass.org.uk
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St Georges Day Parade
Again this year we were invited to lead the St George's Day Parade for High Wycombe Scouts in April. It is a great honour to lead another uniformed youth movement's annual event.
The Parade starts from behind the Swan Theatre on the Sunday afternoon
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Our Cadets Meet Queen Elizabeth
Five of our cadets were chosen to represent the Corps at the Marine Society 250th Celebrations aboard HMS Albion in Greenwich. They joined the ship in Plymouth and sailed round to Greenwich
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RFA Sir Galahad
We have been associated with RFA Sir Galahad since she was launched 20 years ago.
We took the band down for her last voyage from Marchwood to Portsmouth in June 2006. We played as she entered Portsmouth harbour for the last time.
In June 2007 we attended and took part in the twenty five year memorial service for those who perished when the previous Sir Galahad was bombed in 1981. We still maintain our links with the 'Sir Galahad association'
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