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Burgee Award Winner 2009
Another successful year!
Well that’s another RNP successfully done and dusted. As crazy as it is, we once again found ourselves giving it our all for our Royal Navy Parade (annual Inspection) and what a busy night.
This years Royal Navy Parade was conducted by Commander Jos Binns RN – Deputy Area Officer (South West Area) who was joined by joined by The Right Worshipful The Mayor of Gloucester (Councillor Chris Witts) accompanied by his Mayoress (Councillor Susan Witts, Clr Pam Tracey (Unit President), members of Gloucester Royal Naval Association, Hardwick Royal British Legion, Gloucester Civic Trust, Brunswick Square Association and many more prestige guest, supporters and parents.
We decided this year to showcase our level of commitment and involvement in the community by conducting the majority of our inspection in and around our community. The evening commenced with an official arrival and greeting with Commander Binns RN, His Worship The Mayor of Gloucester and guest who were escorted by into the barge arm next to the Mariners Church in Gloucester Docks. The Inspecting group was piped aboard by Able Cadets Josh Kay and led to a display of the Unit's Corp. of Drums to the delight of crowd that had gathered. The inspecting officers were then led on to inspect his Guard of Honour followed by a ceremonial routine of Colours and evening colours.
The groups departed the docks and headed for Brunswick Square Lawn who then witnessed the cadets perform two separate displays.
Units are assessed and then compared against sea cadet units across the whole of the UK. Awards are made in three basic categories: no award, indicating that the unit is below acceptable standards; Pennant, indicating that the unit is operating effectively; and Burgee awards, which awarded to the top achievers nationally.
We are once again delighted to have been awarded a Burgee efficiency. Our Officer in Charge, S/Lt (SCC) Yonna Berry RNR, commented that "It is a fair reflection of the hard work and commitment of the whole T.S. Gloucester team and its Cadets. As always, I would like to say massive thanks to the UMC, P&SA, Staff and most of all the cadets of TS Gloucester" A fantastic team, fantastic effort! BZ all round.
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Gloucester Sport Kit now available online
Gloucester Sport Kit now available online
Staff, Cadets, UMC Members, parent and Supporters can now purchase Gloucester sports kit online.
We are happy to announce Crouch and Hold have once again agreed to sponsor our kit and have therefore negotiated a fantastic price for anyone wishing to purchase any Unit kit from them.
Items available are:
Sports kit - £50 + p&p
Fully embroidered with TS Gloucester crest
Complete kit) consisting:
- Polo shirt or t-shirt
- Hoodie
- Jacket
or
You can also buy the items individually as follows (all again come fully embroidered with TS Gloucester crest)
- Waterproof Jacket - £23 + p&p
- Hoodie - £20 + p&p
- Polo-shirt - £10 +p&p
- T-shirt - £7 + p&p
You can also have a name embroidered on the back of any garment for an additional cost of £3.00. Please contact Sue or Alan at Crouch and Hold to request this.
New items such as kit bags, jogging bottoms, hat will be added shortly.
Click here to go to Gloucester's online shop!
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Sky Dive for Gloucester SCC
On Saturday 4th July 2009 Yonna Berry (Commanding Officer), Kerry Ross (Unit Management Committee member) & Louise Horton (Cadet) risked life and limb by undertaking a 10,000 ft tandem parachute jump to raise money for Gloucester Sea Cadets.
Having waited in anticipation for their turn to jump the Yonna, Kerry and Louise were not impressed when the weather turned and threatened them with the possibility of not being able to jump. Nevertheless the persistent three and their supporters waited around for the weather to improve and eventually managed to take to the skies (after Kerry had checked her lip-gloss) to jump out of a perfectly serviced airplane whilst doing a few tricks on the ways down for an extra thrill.
Look at Kerry's picture - the lip-gloss and the nails also survived.
All three landed safely with big smiles on their faces (main picture) and celebrated as they managed to raise almost £1000 for the unit.
If anybody wants any further information about the jump, how to do jump themselves or even would like to donate money to the unit, please contact Kerry Ross on 01452 520131.
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District Boating Regatta 2009
District Pulling Regatta Winners
What a result and what a weekend!
We are so proud of all of our cadets who trained and took part in the District Boating Regatta. The weather was perfect and the spirit, effort and commitment from our cadets was something to be exceptionally proud of.
This years competition took place at Cheltenham Ladies Rowing Club in Lower Lode and resulted in Gloucester Unit winning 1st place in the Junior Girls section (age 12-14), 1st place in the Junior Boys Section (age 12-14) and 1st place in the Open girls section (12-18). 2nd place Pulling Boat Handling and 2nd place Power Boat Handling and everyone looking forward to the Southwest Area Regatta - 18 July 2009
The staff, UMC and parents would all like to extend their congratulations to all cadets. Thank you and good luck at Area.
GOOOOOOOO GLOUCESTER!
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Gloucester opens a Marine Cadet Detachment
Gloucester has turned green and opened a Marine Cadet Detachment with which, Gloucester will be one of only 3 detachments in Severn District.
If you would like more information or are interested in joining the Marine Cadets as Cadet or Staff Instructor, please feel free to come along and see what we are made of.
If you’ve got the bottle – tell it to the Marines!
And pretty soon you could be following in the footsteps of the Royal Marine commandos; the cream of Britain’s fighting forces.
Learn the combat skills of camouflage and concealment, reach a rendezvous with a map and compass or just the stars to guide you and get to grips with the firepower of some of the latest weapons.
You can test your talents against one of the toughest challenges in the book and develop new skills to give you a head start in life.
And to really impress your friends, there’s a bonus in store, for when you change out of your combat kit, for parades and ceremonial occasions you’ll wear the famous "blues" best uniform of the Royal Marines.
As you’d expect, the MCD are highly disciplined so that each member of a "troop" can depend one hundred percent on his mates. You’ll learn self-discipline and teamwork – all the battle savvy of the fighting soldier.
And because you’re part of a Sea Cadet Unit there are all the water-borne activities too. MCDs are open to boys and girls from age 13 and promotion prospects are good. So when you make Sergeant, you’ll be leading your own troops into firefights where every split second counts.
So why not move on from the action man make believe of computer games....
become a Marine Cadet -- and get real.
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Two cadets from Severn District Sea Cadets have recently been appointed Lord Lieutenant Cadets with Gloucester Sea Cadets claiming 3rd Lord Lieutenant Cadets consecutive award!
POC Doggart from Thornbury Sea Cadets and Leading Cadet Mercer from Gloucester Sea Cadets were presented with their accolades by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire Henry Elwes JP.
Daniel Mercer who has been a cadet for 4 years and has recently started studying for his A Levels at St. Peters RC Sixth Form College in Gloucester, had this to say of his appointment. "I joined Cadets to gain new experience and can say I’ve definitely done that. I have really loved being in the Sea Cadets. I’m surprised to have won the award but I’m also very proud. I am really looking forward to the year ahead. I am sure I will get some really great experiences when I accompany the Lord Lieutenant on his official business."
S/Lt Yonna Berry, Officer in Charge of Gloucester Sea Cadets said “I’m delighted Daniel was selected. I nominated Daniel in recognition of his outstanding example and devotion for duty. Daniel is extremely committed and regularly features in many of our success stories. Well done Daniel!"
The Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire Henry Elwes also commented on the success of Gloucester as a unit. Nothing, that in 16 years as the Lord Lieutenant, he has never had 3 consecutive Lord Lieutenant cadets from the same unit, POC Hanlon, POC Nash and LC Mercer.
Contact Gloucester Sea Cadets. Monday & Thursday evenings on 01452 520131.
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District Football Competition
Once again, Gloucester is extremely proud to report on the events of this years District 5 ASIDE Football Competition.
As usual Gloucester was in the thick of things at the annual district football competition. At the end of a rather exhausting day for all we came away with 1st Place Senior Boys, 1 Place Junior Girls and Second Place and a very close 'nail biting final' with a 2nd Place Junior boys.
As always, we wish each and everyone one of the and their fellow colleagues at the Area Comp (Jan 09) all the best as they go on to represent Severn District at the South West Area Competition.
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GLOUCESTER SEA CADET UNIT SUCCESS WITH BT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AWARDS
We are happy to announce that Gloucester Sea Cadets have been informed that our application to the BT Community Connections Awards was successful.
Designed to enable community and voluntary groups throughout the UK to get online, each award package is worth approximately £1,300 and provides a multi-media internet-ready computer, together with a contribution towards one year's broadband internet access through BT Total Broadband. This will enable us to take full advantage of Project Westminster when it comes online later this year.
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District Shooting Competition Winners
We are pleased to announce the following Cadets won this years District Shooting Competition:
LC Daniel Mercer
LC Niall Ross
LC Jamie Berry
AC Blu Lynes
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T.S. GLOUCESTER TAKE 1ST PLACE AT SEVERN DISTRICT DRILL COMPETITION
We are very happy to announce victory for Gloucester at this years Drill and Piping Competition held at Bishop Perowne School in Worcester.
We are delighted to bring home the following well deserved trophies in the following categories:
1st Place - Unarmed Squad
Squad Commander: POC Scott Hanlon
Squad:
LC Daniel Mercer
LC Jamie Berry
AC Henry Jones
AC Adam Mercer
AC Blue Lynes
OC Hannah McCoy-Coleman
OC Fancis Coleman
OC Tom Hoskins
Cdt Koren Sawtell
Cdt Rebecca Gooch
Cdt Tilly Jones
Cdt Chloe Salvage
Cdt John German
Cdt Alex Harding
1st Place – Best Squad Commander – POC Scott Hanlon
1st Place - Senior Piping Team:
POC Scott Hanlon
LC Daniel Mercer
LC Jamie Berry
1st Place – Senior Individual Piper – LC Daniel Mercer
1st Place – Junior Individual Piper – Junior Cadet Daniel Paget
2nd Place – Junior Individual Piper – Junior Cadet Martin Mann
I would like to take this opportunity to thanks CPO (SCC) Kim Cleary, PPO (SCC) Benjamin Nash and CPO Alan Yates RN Rt. for the commitment and continuing effort in promoting the standards in our achievements and getting us there!
I would also like to thank the parents who came to support their children and look forward to seeing many of you at the Area Competition in March.
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