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08/05/2014

Over 50 Sea Cadets will today be taking part in this year’s Royalist Regatta – a two day competitive sailing race on the Solent in Portsmouth to raise money for the charity. Seven cadets will race on a Fairview yacht against seven other yachts with crews of experienced and amateur sailors.

Practice races start today followed by a black tie dinner at HMS Warrior, where 50 Sea Cadets will join the crews for dinner. On Friday 9 May, the race will start on the Solent to cross the finish line for a chance to take home the winning trophy.

07/05/2014

On Saturday 3 May, 30 Sea Cadets from London Area were invited to play a part in the Army Navy Rugby Match 2014 at Twickenham Stadium, West London.

Sea Cadets and Royal Marines Cadets from across London held the Ensign of the White Squadron in front of 80,000 supporters as well as the Royal Navy and Army rugby teams. On the day they were also treated to a tour of the stadium.

22/04/2014

In April a host of Vauxhall employees from Ellesmere Port car plant spent a day painting Sea Cadets Chester Unit, as part of their new Corporate Social Responsibility Volunteering Programme introduced at Vauxhall, which allows employees to take one paid day per year to join in a CSR activity. Vauxhall employees spent the day repairing and repainting the unit’s deck walls and stair case, building stud walling to create two extra classrooms, fitting the skirting board to the lavatories as well as removing old unit furniture and weeds from the boat park.

11/04/2014

Sea Cadet volunteer, PO (SCC) Aaron Scholes, CO of Bedford Sea Cadets Unit, won the Bedfordshire Young Person of the Year Award for his amazing achievements at the unit. Aaron, aged 23, was nominated by Mrs Deborah Inskip, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, she says “He is a shining example and role model for the cadets and should be commended for bringing his skills and giving so many hours to this very worthwhile organisation”. Aaron is in charge of up to 40 cadets, which is a commitment – sometimes up to 30 hours a week on top of his two jobs; a support worker in a residential children’s home and an events manager.

Aaron grew up in care and found himself moved homes a few times but from the age of 10 he was in Sea Cadets. His own early life experience has equipped him to support cadets who might be in difficult situations at home or at school. “Cadets can give them security,” said Aaron, who has a degree in childhood and youth studies.

Aaron received his award from the Lord Lt of Bedfordshire (pictured).

10/04/2014

Sea Cadets across the UK are one step closer to realising their dreams of a 21st century UK flagship as they celebrate the first stage in the build process, the laying of the keel of their new £4.8million flagship.

On Thursday 10 April at the Spanish yard in Asturius, Spain, six navy board cadets, each representing part of the UK, commanding officer of the current flagship TS Royalist, and the Sea Cadets Captain, Captain Jon Holloway RN will witness the first journey in this ships new life at this traditional keel laying ceremony.

Laying the keel is the formal recognition of the start of the ship’s construction and one of four events celebrated in the life of a ship: Keel laying, launching, commissioning and decommissioning. The keel laying sees the initial placement of the central timber that forms the backbone of the vessel, the keel, today a keel module replaces the wooden timber.

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