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Dates for your diary
Mar
Fri 19th - Sun 21st PT course
Weds 24th Royal Naval Inspection - parents and other supporters invited. 7.15 at the Pier House for 7.30 start.
Apr
Sat 3rd Boat Race
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Sunday Parade Dates
The unit usually meets alternate Sundays (as well as every Wednesday) at the Pier House - however there may be additional Sundays when the unit visits another unit for training or competitions or cadets are away on courses or involved in other events
Mar 7th
Mar 14th EXTRA
Mar 21st Cancelled - most cadets and staff away at PT course
Apr 4th
Apr 18th
May 2nd
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District Drill and Piping
Congratulations to AC Reece Lewis who came 2nd in the individual piping. She is now busy getting in extra piping practice and brushing up her uniform ready for the Area competition
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At the start of the Great River Swim
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Great River Swim and Race
Sat Sept 5th
Cadets were present at the Pier House for the annual event held in relation to the Great River Race.
The first job of the day was to collect the Mayor of Hounslow, Councillor Paul Lynch and his wife and dog from Kew Pier and deliver them safely to Chiswick Pier.
They also provided safety boat cover for the Great River Swim from Chiswick Pier to Chiswick Eyot and back.This year the event was held after the Great River swim but the tide was running so strongly that two exhausted participants were rescued by the Champ. This was a novelty for the cadets - after all the times they have practised man overboard drill rescuing Trev and Bob, two water filled containers,they had a chance to rescue two real people.
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Remembrance Day at Turnham Green 2009
Chiswick unit joined the parade at Turnham Green as usual. After laying wreaths at the memorial they attended the service at Christ Church.
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Trafalgar Way Trust
Sept 1st
Admiral Boyce unveiled the latest plaque to be erected on the route that the messenger took to deliver the news about Trafalgar. A small plaque was also erected commemorating men from Brentford and Chiswick who were involved at Trafalgar. The cadets provided a guard at the Express Tavern by Kew Bridge.
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Admiral Lord Boyce talking to the cadets after the unveiling
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Henry VIII water pageant
The Tudor themed activities offered at the Pier House proved popular with a large group of children who spent time making tussie mussies, decorating sweete bags and making flags in the Tudor colours of green and white to wave at the King as he was rowed past.
Some of the cadets got a very close view from the Champ as the flotilla went past.
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BUSY BUSY MAY
PT display at Lakeside
Visit to Windsor Tattoo
Lord Mayors Big Curry Night
District Athletics Competition
Parade to celebrate election of Councillor Paul Lynch as Mayor of Hounslow
as well of course as the usual training programme
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Lakeside display
Practising for the display
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Windsor Tattoo
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Big Curry Night
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Mayor of Hounslow
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Boat Race Day at Chiswick Pier House
Choppy waters for the Champ as the Oxford and Cambridge boats go past the pier
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Association of Dunkirk Little Ships - Sun Sept 14th
Busy weekend for the cadets - having spent all Saturday at the Pier House for the Great River Race, the following day they joined with several other cadet units to sail up river with a group of Dunkirk Little Ships going upstream to Sunbury. The Chiswick and Richmond units escorted the boats whilst a team of cadets from Wandsworth unit drove from lock to lock ready to assist boats manouevring through the locks.
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Chatham Historic Shipyard
Outing
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