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Boating Season Soon to Start
2010 is well and truely here - and unfortunety, look at the terrible weather it`s brought with it. Hopefully things will improve and the clocks will move back to british summer time, welcoming the start of the new boating season.
As well as our regular activities on the River Avon at Welford, negotiations are taking place to try and secure/fund training at Aztec Water Park. We also hope to replace our stolen pico`s and incease our fleet with a new Yole sculling boat.
Plans are in the air for an Activity Week at Croft Farm Water Park and all in all, an exciting year ahead for cadets.
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Gillingham Trophy
Four cadets attended a Seamanship Course earlier in the year - they ended up with the four highest marks!
The units name will be engraved on the trophy and displayed at SCTC HMS Raleigh.
The four cadets concerned, LC Jodie Brotherton,
OC Bradley McPhail, LC Josh Macklin and
PO Cdt Josh Karlinski will all be presented with an engraved Boatswain`s Call. WELL DONE!!
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D-Day 65th Anniversary
6 cadets 2 staff and the management team chairman accompanied members of the Evesham Royal British Legion on a visit to Normandy. This celebration of the 65th Anniversary of the D-Day landings was both educational for the cadets and emotional for all those attending. A very worth while joint venture.
Following this visit the Evesham Branch of the Royal British Legion and the Evesham Sea Cadets became officially affiliated in an attempt to mutually benefit each other in fundraising activities.
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Evesham Market Square
On Bank Holiday Monday a number of our cadets represented the unit at a ceremony held by the Royal British Legion to receive of a cheque from the National Lottery. Part of this charity donation is being used to subsidise a joint visit to France in order to attend the 65th anniversary D-Day memorial services. The cadets in attendance will be accompanying gentlemen from the Royal British Legion on their visit to remember friends, colleagues and family members who gave their lives so that we may live ours in freedom.
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Royal Naval Parade
Evesham Sea Cadets carried out its Royal Naval Parade to a well attended audience of parents and local VIP`s, The Ship`s Company greeted our inspecting officer Cdr Josh Binns RN of the South West Area Office.
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Continued Success
We have been awarded a Burgee for the fourth year running.
Congratulations to everybody involved.
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Decoration for all
Many Staff and Unit committee members have spent a lot of their own time re-decorating the entire unit in preperation for the Royal Naval Parade night. This picture is of the clean and bright main deck and mast. A vast improvement. A huge thanks goes out to all the volunteers involved.
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Help for Heroes
During the well supported evening, a presentation was made. The cadets presented a cheque for £526 to the "Help For Heroes" Charity.
Major Ian Baldry, a serving member of the T.A.,who also co-ordinates fund raising for "Help For Heroes" expressed his heartfelt thanks of appreciation to the cadets for all their efforts and gave a short briefing to all those supporting the evening ceremony. To date they have raised over £15.5 million pounds towards projects to rehabilitate injured servicemen and women.
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Ships visit - HMS Cornwall
A number of cadets took the opportunity to visit HMS Cornwall during her stopover in Avonmouth. They left the Evesham unit at 0800 in the unit minibus, ably driven by CI Rob Ormsby, they returned safely around 1400 the same day. Here we see the group on the jetty prior to boarding the Type 22 Frigate.
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TS Royalist Week
A good week for all the cadets, sailing from Gosport to Cowes, on to Weymouth and Poole and finally back to Gosport. Highlights included watching fireworks from the rigging in Poole Harbour and going to the submarine museum in Gosport. Good wind made it possible to sail up and down the Solent all week getting in lots of practice in sailing the ship.Thank you to the Four Acres Trust for their support. Every cadet that went wants to go back next year for another trip.
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Fun at Croft Farm last summer
Dinghy Sailing Thanks to a FLOSS grant all cadets have had the opportunity to take RYA dinghy sailing qualifications this summer. We have been running courses for beginners and more experienced sailors with the help of the staff at Croft Farm Sailing and Watersports Centre. Of course we have been using the brand new PICO sailing dinghies that have just arrived.
It is hoped a similar training week can be funded for 2010 - watch this space!
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Evesham Unit News
Success at Regatta - A good result was gained at the District regatta resulting in cadets attending both Area Pulling and Area Sailing. Open Boys Pulling, Junior Boys Pulling, Sailing Boat Handling, Laser Sailing and Junior Windsurfing all came 1st in their events. Laser Pico came 3rd.
National Sailing Regatta.
AC Josh Macklin aged 14 came overall first for Wind Surfing in the National Sea Cadet Championships in Southport. Previously he had won the Area Junior Windsurfing at Portsmouth which qualified him for a place in the National Competition. He was very successful in his four races, bringing home four gold medals and the Trophy for the South-West Area.
Po Cdt Rupert Owen also qualified for the Natinal Team in the PY Event sailing a Laser.
Divisions The first Monday in every month, all cadets parade at the unit in their best, (Number One Uniform). Visitors and guests are particularly invited to attend on this evening to watch the ceremony.
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SouthWest Area News
Area ET training Is due to commence in the near future. An active schedule is planned for 2010 and all the regular venue`s are on the list: Huish Woods @ Taunton, The Wye Valley, Long Mynd & More! The season will kick off with an Area Adult Acquaint weekend to be held at Evesham Unit in March.
The 2010 ET Calender has been circulated and another good year is hopeful. This coming year we hope to benefit from our newly qualified BELA and D of E Assessor staff member on board.
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Warwickshire District News
District Staff
Appointments have been confirmed and the District staff are as follows:
D.O. Warwickshire District Officer - Lt Cdr Gary Truelove
D.D.O. Deputy District Officer - Lt Cdr Frank Cea
A.D.O. Assistant District Officer - Lt Angie Bennett
District Drill Co-ordinator - CPO Karen Cousins
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National News
Courses
The 2010 National Course List`s are published and on display on cadet notice boards. All cadets are advised to book early to avoid disapointment. A wide selection of courses are available to enrolled cadets at training establishments all over the country. Other courses will be advertised throughout the coming year as they go live on the Westminster Database.
After a long closure for rebuilding work, SCTC Weymouth is finally back to open its doors and is a welcomed addition to our training venue list.
These courses include:
Boating: Dinghy Sailing, Kayaking, Pulling (rowing), Powerboating and Windsurfing.
Specialisations: Marine Engineering, Expedition Training, Diving, Meteorology, Cook/Steward, Communications, Shooting, Drill, First Aid, Writer/Stores and Seamanship.
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