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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.
Four new PICO dinghies have arrived at the Unit for sail training.
Tesco Collection - Over £900 was raised with a combined effort from the unit to man the main entrance. It also proved to be a successful recruitment drive with over 12 new recruits joining the unit, much to the panic of our admin officer.
Unit Review - The unit has been awarded a "Burgee" for 2007, the second year running. This is the first time in the units history that a Burgee has been gained for two consecutive years. The whole Ship`s company have worked very hard to achieve this and thanks must go to our long serving
Commanding Officer, Lt(scc) Neil Hanson, who is stepping down from the role after ten successful years.
A great big thank you to the Big Lottery Fund and Wychavon District Council for funding the purchase of four brand new PICO dinghies, that were delivered on the 20th May.
TS Royalist, a big thank you to the Four Acres Trust for funding a Unit expedition week on TS Royalist. Every cadet aged over 13 before 1st May 2008 will be able to go sail training for a week in November.
Boating Season - Has now started, with dinghy sailing, pulling (rowing), powerboating and canoeing every parade night, except for the first Monday in each month.
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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Warwickshire District News
District Staff
New 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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SouthWest Area News
Area ET training weekend at Evesham Unit resulted in eight qualifications being gained, even in terrible wind and rain.
April found the unit attending a training weekend at Risca, Wales, further gains were had there.
May sent us to the Wye Valley and we hope in June to be at Corfe, Dorset followed by Huish Woods, Nr Taunton.
The unit is enjoying a good level of participation in ET and hopes it can arrange several others as well.
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National News
Courses
The 2008/9 National Course List has been published and 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.
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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International News
This years International Exchange offers the chance for cadets age 15yrs and over to visit one of ten countries,
Canada-U.S.A.-S.Korea-Bermuda-Russia-Hong Kong-Sweden-Australia-Netherlands-Singapore.
Last year was a first for our unit. We sent a cadet all the way to Hong Kong and she had a fantastic experience. This year the same cadet has been short listed for visiting America for several weeks in the summer.
Anyone planning on taking advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity needs forward planning.
Good Luck!
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