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Sea Cadet Rebranding
Ladies and Gents,
With regret there will be no more updates on this website due to the new Sea Cadet Re-branding...!!
I hope the new website will up and running shortly I am currently in the process of liasing with HQ. The new website address will be:
www.sea-cadets.org/walthamforest
But this link will divert you to it once it begins!!
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Athletics Champions!!
On 18/04/2010 the unit took part in the North East District Athletics Competition pictured are all the cadets that took part. Our over 15 boys won there group and the under 15 Girls came an impressive second. The junior cadets came 4th place. The competition was the largest competition of the year to date and well done to everyone involved. You're all winners!!
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Easter Holidays 2010
Due to Training Activities and camps over Easter there will be no Cadets on the following Dates:
06/04/2010 and 08/04/2010
Our next Parade Night will be Tuesday 13/04/2010 Rig of the day will be No 4's (SCC) and CS95's (RMCD) and Junior Uniform (JSC)
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Unit Administration Website
The original Unit Webite has now been given a major facelift for 2010 with learning resources for Cadets and Staff being added.
The RM Cadets and Staff areas have been password protected due to the nature of there content if you would like access please speak to Sgt Somogyi.
Cadets can now also subscribe to the website and be notified of updates. There is also a google search facility. Why not make this your home page!!!
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Promotions 2010...!!
The unit has got off to a flyoing start this year with Able Cadet Andre passing his Leading Cadets Board well done in gaining your first hook!
The Royal Marines Cadets also saw MC2 Hubert and MC2 Essem successfully completed the company advancment board held at Crowborough Training Camp over 12-14th March. Lance Corpral Hubert is now one of the highest ranking female cadets in London area and the highest ever in the detachment.
Well done to all involved, hard to gain easy to lose...!!
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District Drill Champions!
Waltham Forest entered the District unarmed Squad Drill competition and executed an impressive display of Parade and Ceremonial Drill moves under the command of Leading Cadet Darren Osbourne. The competition was open to units across North East London and marks are awarded for Uniform Inspection, Drill and Ceremonial March past and Waltham Forest came out overall winners! Well done to all the cadets invovled
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Armed Forces Day 2010
Armed Forces Day is on 26 June 2010, and is an opportunity for the nation to show our support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community. Waltham Forest Sea Cadets working together with Waltham Forest Council, Waltham Forest Police, the local Royal British Legion, RAFA, the Territorial Army, the ACF, the ATC, and other supporting organisations will be holding a Parade to mark this event. Please show your support and attend!
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New Administration Officer
Having stepped down as Detachment Commander at the end of February 2010 Sgt (SCC) Somogyi has become the units Administration Officer. This is a new and much needed position to relieve the units Commanding Officer CPO (SCC) S. Burns with some of the paperwork it takes to run the unit.
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New Detachment Commander
The end of February 2010 saw Sgt (SCC) Somogyi hand over the reigns of the Detachment to his 2IC, Acting Sgt Goddard (See Picture Gallery) this was after 4 years of running the detachment with a number of accomplishments such as bringing the numbers up at one stage to 18 Marine Cadets and making it the largest detachment in London. The detachment continues to make progress and we wish A/Sgt (SCC) Goddard every success for the future.
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District Diary 2010
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First Parade Night 2010
The units first official Parade Night is 7th January 2010 rig of the day for Sea Cadets is No 4's and Combat 95's for the MCD. Juniors is normal working rig. Colours for 1930.(7.30pm)
We hope you've all had a great Christmas!!
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Presentation Night '09
As the end of the year draws to a close Waltham Forest Sea Cadet hosted its Annual Presentation Evening on 17th December 09. Congratulations to all the cadets who took home a trophy this year the standard was very high and while not everyone could be awarded a trophy the team work shown will undoubtedly go towards increasing the units standing within the District. Awards were as follows:
Best Sportsman : OC Dokic
Best Marine Cadet Recruit: MC2 Hubert
Expedition Leaders Award : MC2 Criscione
Best Junior Cadet : OC Brown
Best Divison : Drake
Cadet of the Year : AC Osbourne (Pictured)
Rose Mitchell Trophy : AC Osbourne
(For Dedication)
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Lord Mayors Show '09
Waltham Forest Sea Cadets were also on parade a week after Remembrance Sunday, at this years Lord Mayors Show. We provided Marine cadets who lined the stairs of St Pauls Cathedral and Sea and Junior Cadets who assisted with the float. Pictured below are the Marine Cadets who also took part in the final leg of the parade.
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Remembrance Sunday '09
Waltham Forest Sea Cadet Unit paid its respects to the fallen servicemen and women at Waltham Forest Town Hall on Remembrance Sunday. This year was the turn of the Sea Cadets to provide the guard for the cenotaph. The parade included local Army cadets, Police cadets and St John Ambulance. The borough's Deputy Lord Lieutenant together with Council officials also attended.
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Gibraltar Day Celebration, Guildhall
On 19th October 2009 the Marine Cadets attended the Guildhall, London as part of an Honour Guard with Lima Company. Amongst the guests was Captain of the Sea Cadets, Capt Windsor RN the event was to mark Gibralter day and concluded with a beating the retreat display and sunset ceremony by the Massed Bands of the Gibraltar Regiment, OIC pictured with Marine Cadets Hubert and Criscione.
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Buckingham Palace Changing of the Guard
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On 10th October 2009 Marine Cadets Criscione and Hubert were privileged in being part of a London Area Marine cadet contingent allowed into the grounds of Buckingham Palace to witness the changing of the Guards. Not only that but the cadets were allowed into Wellington Barracks and onto the sacred Drill square of the Guards!! MC2 Hubert is pictured in a Guards Box!!
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Unit Club Swinging Display Team on Paul O'Grady Show...!!
On 28th September 2009 part of the units club swinging and Hornpipe display team made up the majority of the cadets on a nautical based Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4. Mne Cdt Cris Criscione (pictured with Paul O'Grady a former Marine Cadet left), Cdt Beth Healy and Able Cdt Darren Osbourne opened the show with the Hornpipe and then put the shows guests; The Saturdays through there paces by teaching club swinging...
Click View the Show here!
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Forthcoming Activities September !!
4-6th September - Annual Marine Cadet Field Assessments
13th - September - Trafalgar Parade Selections
19th September - Junior Cadet First Aid Course
27th September - District Cross Country Competition
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Good Luck...!!
Good Luck goes to P/Sgt (SCC) Dean Barnett who has recently undertaken BCU training towards his coaching qualifications. So far Dean is well on his way to earning his BCU Level 1 coaching award and this will add to the list of skills the unit staff can offer the cadets.
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Project YOU
On 16th July the unit was privileged to take part in the opening of this Metropolitan Police lead scheme for Youth Organisations Uniform held at a garden party at Buckingham Palace attended by HRH Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall. The unit provided London Area's main body of cadets for the PT display who gave a Hornpipe and Club swinging display
Click here
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RNP 2009
This year Waltham Forest Sea Cadets put on an impressive annual parade, filled with an Armed Guard, inspection of the Divisions and not to mention displays from the Sea Cadets in Fire fighting, the Marine Cadets in Duties of a sentry and the Junior Cadets in there deck competition.
The inspecting officer was the London Area Officer Cdr Haines RN who remarked on how well the cadets had all done...
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Staff Changes...
The units Commanding Officer Lt (SCC) K. Coleman RNR will be leaving the unit after some 20 years of dedicated service in February to take on the now vacant role of Assistant District Officer for North East District, London Sea Cadets. We will no doubt be seeing him at future Unit and District events.
PO (SCC) S. Burns will from February take on the role of unit Officer in Charge for 6 months before being confirmed as Commanding Officer having already completed her Command Course. PO Burns will be the first female CO in the units history.
Sgt (SCC) J. Stilgoe subject to an impending transfer from his former Area Marine Cadet Training Officer role will become unit 1st Lieutenant. Sgt Stilgoe brings to the unit a wealth of Military and outdoor pursuits knowledge.
Good luck to all of them....!!
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Now Recruiting...!!
Waltham Forest Sea Cadet Unit is now recruiting young people aged between 10-18 in the following sections:
- Sea Cadets
- Marine Cadets
- Junior Cadets
To find out more about the opportunities we can offer you e-mail us at: walthamforestscc@tiscali.co.uk or visit the links below:
Further Information
National Sea Cadet Website
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Photo Gallery
Along with this Website we also have our own dedicated Website for all our Photos which is updated throughout the year with all the activities we cover (that is when we can remember a camera!!)
Click here
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Merry Christmas...!!
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Waltham Forest Sea Cadet Unit would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The unit is now closed for the Christmas Period and will re-open on Tuesday 6th January 2009.
Please address all enquiries over this festive period to the Unit Commanding Officer via the unit Email Address:
walthamforestscc@tiscali.co.uk
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Units First Female Marine Cadet
On 27th November, Recruit Langley (Pictured in Blues) became the first ever fully enrolled female Marine Cadet for Waltham Forest and the first ever in North East London!!
Mne Cdt Langley was awarded her Royal Marine beret and cap badge by passing a number of Physical and knowledge based assessments and as you would expect for representing one of the Armed Forces elites, probably the most challenging of assessments in any other cadet force.
Congratulations and the unit wishes her well in her future endeavours...!!
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November Ceremonies '08
Waltham Forest had an eventful weekend this year, it began on Saturday 8th November when Marine Cadets Healey and Sherwood joined other London Marine Cadets for the Lord Mayors Show, lining the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. They also took part in the second leg of the parade with the London Area Sea Cadet contingent. Not to mention fulfilling Sgt Somogyi's life long ambition of meeting Graham Cole (ITV 1's The Bill actor PC Tony Stamp!!)
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Then on Sunday 9th November the entire unit paid its respects to fallen Armed service men and women at Waltham Forest Town Hall Cenotaph. This was also the first time our two Junior Cadet Sections (10-12 year olds) had paraded together! Then MC Langley and AC Medcalf supported the North East District Parade in Enfield.
Well done to everyone that attended these events!
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Olympic flags raised at City Hall!
On 26th September 08, Waltham Forest Sea Cadet Ordinary Cdt Osbourne was amongst the cadets from London Area who took part in the raising of the Olympic Flags and Union Flag ceremony outside London City Hall meeting past, present and future Athletes not to mention Mayor Boris Johnson, Lord Coe and Tessa Jowell MP! Cadets also managed to speak to Beijing Olympic 400m gold medalist winner Christine Ohuruogu. The event was broadcast across the world and summed up by Mayor Johnson who said, "Raising the flags together at City Hall marks a historic moment for London, following the return of all our athletes who performed so brilliantly at the Beijing Games."
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Lest we forget....
Waltham Forest Sea Cadet Unit has always been proud to be known as TS ACORN, however bearing in mind the last HMS ACORN in the Royal Navy to bare the name was in the mid 1920's and prior to the standardisation of Ships badges/crests, it has always been somewhat difficult to find any information on her history.
So when Sgt Somogyi stumbled across the Bermuda Royal Naval Cemetery whilst sight seeing on his holiday at the start of August, it was somewhat of a surprise to find the largest of monuments devoted to some of the brave ships company of HMS ACORN who appeared to have sadly perished in gales between Halifax and Bermuda in April 1828.
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Waltham Forest Marine Cadets first female recruits...!!
Well after months in the planning, Waltham Forest Marine Cadet Detachment has finally been granted permission to recruit females into the ranks and to start us off, we welcome former Sea Cadets, AC Langley and Cdt Geddes who are now undertaking there recruit training cadre and as you would expect, the toughest training of any of the cadet forces.
The girls will be expected to work alongside the other male recruits and to the same high standards, all keen to earn the privilage of wearing the cap badge of the Royal Marines.
Nationally, females have been able to join the Marine Cadets for while but rules state that you must have female staff so special thanks to TI's Leaves and Geddes for making this finally happen...!!
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Formal opening of the James Shadbolt Training Annex
The long wait is finally over!! On the 3rd July 2008, the unit formally opened it's brand new Training Annex, this purpose built facility extends the 1992 building to the rear of the main deck and will serve as classrooms and overnight accommodation for cadet courses. The previous classroom block was a 20 year porta-cabin!!
The James Shadbolt Training Annex, was opened by Commodore Cameron (Portsmouth Flotilla) and is so called after the long serving Unit Life President. The annex includes a dedicated Seamanship room, MCD Barracks, Junior Section Classroom and five further classrooms for general training.
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TA100
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The unit attended Horse Guards Parade on 21st June '08 for TA100, the Territorial Army Pageant. The event was to mark the 100th anniversary of both the TA and the RFCA. HRH the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were both in attendance. The selected cadets who were chosen for there hard work over the past months leading up towards the units own opening ceremony in July '08....
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Gladiators - Sky One!!
A selection of cadets from Waltham Forest were invited to attend the filming of the Gladiators Armed Forces Special at Shepperton Studios. The cadets even got the chance to meet the presenters and some of the Gladiators after the show!! The day was a great opportunity to have a well earned break from normal cadet training and for the Marine Cadets a rare chance to be watching the contenders doing the physical stuff!!
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November Ceremonies '07
November is traditionally a busy time of year for the unit and 07 was no different. On Saturday 10/11/07 three marines cadets from Waltham Forest Marine Cadets formed part of a lining party on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral during the Lord Mayors Show. On Sunday 11/11/07 at 1100hrs, cadets from Waltham Forest took part in the Boroughs parade at Waltham Forest Town Hall. A short parade was also held from Lloyds Park to the town hall. The unit had 26 cadets and Junior cadets on parade. Well done to everyone that took part check out the photos in the Gallery area of Waltham Forest Guardian website......
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Field Assessment '07
The units Marine Cadet detachment were called into action over the 7-9th Sept 07 for the National Field Assessment. This year the detachment were put through there paces with the addition of area assessments in Field Hygiene, weapons handling, patrolling and other fieldcraft skills. Overall the detachment performed well for a new combined section that included cadets from both Albion and Bulwark divisions and acheived some of the highest marks in the area with an overall 'GOOD' ranking.
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Sea Cadet Fest '07
Cadets and staff from the unit recently took part in the Sea Cadet Fest '07, held over the 1st and 2nd of September at Lakeside shopping centre. London area provided an SA80 rifle conitunity drill display which included newly promoted POC Farress, MC2 Bonner and SGT (SCC) Somogyi. PO (SCC) Burns also assisted with the first aid stand. The Sea Cadet fest was the second time the SCC has run such an event and the next is due in Norwich next year...! Check out some of the photos in the gallery
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