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Tickled Pink!
Aug 7th 2010
Llanelli Sea Cadets sent 10 cadets to assist the Breast Cancer Charity "tickled pink" on behalf of Cancer Research UK.
The ten cadets took on bag packing duties to raise funds.
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Duck Race 2010
The 2010 Duck race was officially launched at Carmarthens Riverside Festival on the weekend of the 19th/20th June 2010.
13 ducks took to the river after spectacularly being dropped from a 40ft bridge at Carmarthen. The ducks took 30 minutes to complete their long journey watched keenly by a crowd.
Some had to be helped along by the Gwendraeth Valley Paddlers as they got themselves stuck in the muddy banks on the river!
This was the advertising race for the big event on the 22nd August 2010 at Llanelli. In this race the Carmarthenshire County Council duck came first, beating stiff competetion from the likes of the Battlefield live duck, and Cancer research Wales, amongst many other ducks.
The event was topped off with the Renault Twingo being offered as a prize, which drew in many crowds.
The Cadets also provided a cruical role at the event, patrolling the river in the new RIB, providing safety cover all day.
Duck Race - Site
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A big thank you to the Llanelli Star/Evening Post!
Llanelli Sea Cadets are receiving great publicity thanks to the Llanelli Star office who continue to show great support.
So far the paper has released regular stories and assisted with publicity for events and fundraisers.
Petty Officer Paul Jenkins is the PR officer for the unit and has said the following:
"Llanelli Star reporters have been great and supported us thoroughly, regularly publishing stories. It's great to know that even "good news" stories get published. We regularly receive emails and phonecalls thanks to these stories and have recruited cadets and staff, and even had private donations of funds and equipment thanks to them"
See some exapmples of the articles on the Evening Post website by clicking the links below.
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Online Calendar - Scroll down for more events and news!
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Weymouth Training Weekend
On the 23rd April 19 members of T.S.Echo left Llanelli to join Neath for a weekend training at STCT Weymouth.
The two units arrived at Weymouth late on Friday night and got some rest ready for the Saturdays day of Sailing and Power-boating.
A busy day in glorious conditions on the Saturday saw the two units make use of 5 of the power boats and around 20 sailing boats.
The evenings were spend with the cadets in the sports hall or up in the new cadet lounge, which includes a nintendo WII, large TV, PC and internet suite and various other games.
On Sunday we completed our training throughout the morning and after enjoying good food we headed back in the afternoon.
Brilliant weekend, we recommend Weymouth to every unit! Thank you Neath for a great weekend.
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16/04/2010 - Fundraising Meal a winner
On Monday 12th April 2010 Llanelli Sea Cadets visited the Verandah in Llanelli to enjoy a charity evening.
Mrs Davies organised the event, which was a big success with over £350 being raised through the meal and raffle.
A nice way to raise funds!
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07/04/2010 Fundraising Success
Fundraising Success
Cadets and Staff have recently hit a major fundraising drive and in two weeks have had collections at St Elli, Trostre retail park and then Bag Packing in Asda, raising well in excess of £1000.
In April we have a Curry night at Verandah on the 12th to finish off the last three weeks events.
Excellent work which will assist us with some of the current bills. Well done all. Relax and enjoy in Weymouth on the 23rd - 25th for all the hard work!
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06/04/2010 - Courses
PO P Jenkins and PPO L Jenkins visited SCTC Weymouth over the Bank Holiday weekend 1st April - 5th April to assist deliver an Area Course.
PO P Jenkins was the Meteorology Lead instructor whilst PPO L Jenkins attended to provide supervision of cadets and also qualify in Meteorology.
Following a succesful course 15 cadets obtained the Meteorology Proficiency and gained 5 points. Whislt PPO L Jenkins become a recognised meteorology instructor, and PO P Jenkins also qualified in Instructional Methods Level 1, the highest achievable grade.
Both commended the newly build SCTC Weymouth and its fantastic facilities, and cannot wait to take cadets from T.S.Echo there later in the month.
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Donation Increase
Donation increase
The committee at T.S.Echo regrettably announce that the Donations/Subs that cadets pay per month has now gone up from £5 to £7.50.
This has been a very difficult decision, and one that was not taken lightly. After reviewing the charges of other clubs in the area and investigating that the national average is well above £10, the committee decided to go half way and meet at £7.50. Some local clubs charge £20 per month, and meet once, where we are meeting twice per month for £7.50, something I am sure you will agree is a reasonable charge.
This decision has been forced upon us in order to survive and continue to offer the training that we provide on a weekly basis at such a high standard. All costs, including insurance and Gas/electric have risen over the past 5 years, where the price has remained fixed at £5 until now.
Cadets have definately noticed the increase in fundraising activities and in order to assist in releasing the burden on them we have had to take these steps.
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10/03/10 - Visit to Mayors Parlour
On Tuesday (09/03/10) the Llanelli Unit accepted an invite to the newly refurbished Mayors Parlour in Llanelli.
The Mayor Cllr J Jenkins paid tribute to the Llanelli Sea Cadets and staff, thanking them all for their commitment and hard work, especially at remembrance day parades and various activities that we carry out. The Mayor said the town would not be the same without the work that groups and organisations like the cadets do.
PPO (SCC) L Jenkins and Lt (SCC) P Killick RNR both thanked the Mayor and his consort/staff for all their help over the years and for their invite to the event.
All the Cadets and staff thoroughly enjoyed themselves and learned a lot from this evening.
The new Mayors Parlour is a wonderful sight and is very well decorated, we were all pleased to see our Crest on the Wall along with our affiliated ship Trenchant.
Photos courtesy of T Bryant. (Llanelli Town Council)
PO P Jenkins
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08/03/10 - Cadets Training Weekend at T.S.Echo
On Sunday 07th March 2010 Llanelli Sea Cadets held a training weekend at the unit for the Cadets.
PO P Jenkins and OiC PPO L Jenkins held Seamanship and Communications courses retrospectively.
In total 5 cadets finished their Seamanship 3rd Class and 2 completed the Comms Course 3rd Class.
Well done all!
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18/02/2010 - Painting
Thanks to the O2 - It's your award grant the final touches of paint was this half term being applied to the unit.
The main deck, Galley and QM's Lobby all received a lick of paint, with much more to come in the other rooms.
Cadets turned up to help out during their week off school and got very messy!
Pictures to follow!
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Swim the Channel!
The Cadets and Junior Section of T.S.ECHO invited their shipmates from Port Talbot - T.S.Resource down to Llanelli Leisure Centre on the 31st January 2010 to attempt to complete a swim the channel event.
The groups assembled at 12:00 and started their first lengths shortly afterwards. Well before their target of 15:00 the Cadets and some staff had completed a total of 1404 lengths and completed the challenge.
The cadets had earned some playtime and the staff at the leisure centre set up an inflatable assault course, where the cadets, and staff all enjoyed attempting (mostly failing) the course!
The Llanelli group has raised over £300* for the unit from this event.
*Note: Estimated total as funds still coming in at time of Web Update.
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Staff needed!
We need staff at the Llanelli Sea Cadets. Due to maternity leave, other commitments and retirements we are currently under staffed at T.S.Echo, and in order for us to be able to take on a lot more cadets, we need reliable individuals to come along and join us.
You can join as Instructional Staff (training provided), Uniformed Instructional Staff (again, Training provided), Committee members, admin officers, sailing instructors...the list goes on!
Come along to gain experience in working with youths. Maybe your looking for a career in youth work or childcare? You can gain experience with us.
Do you have a spare 3 hours twice a week? Can you make it just once a week? We are flexible as you are volunteers!
Please come along to join us, ask to speak to the Commanding Officer - PPO L Jenkins, where you will have an informal chat.
ALL STAFF ARE CRB CLEARED PRIOR TO HAVING ACCESS TO ANY CHILDREN AND ARE TRAINED IN CHILD PROTECTION.
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Children encouraged to join!
The Sea Cadets in Llanelli are now asking children aged between 10 and 18 to come along and join us before the boating season begins!
If you are between the ages above and want to get involved in activities this summer, then come along to Embankment Road, Morfa any Tuesday or Friday.
We have new boats that will be used this year, and should be out in the water a lot. It only costs £5 per month to come along and enjoy all of our activities.
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