News

16/03/2013

Congratulations to CPO John MacDonald of Ardrossan Unit for his award of Youth Worker of the Year (Uniformed Services). John was recognised by YouthLink Scotland for the outstanding work he has done for young people at his unit.

John has been Officer in Charge at Ardrossan Unit since 2009 and those who know John describe him as a remarkable man - passionate, caring and truly genuine. John works as a Community Development Worker with North Ayrshire Council and volunteers to run his local unit every week.

He is dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of those he works with. John gives up all his spare time in the interests of young people, encouraging them to take on new challenges and experiences to encourage them realise their full potential.

This is the sixth National Youth Worker of the Year Awards that celebrate and recognise outstanding service and performance by managers, youth workers and peer educators in the youth work field.

There are 12 award categories for nominations and John was awarded for the uniformed youth group category. The award was presented officially  at the Awards Dinner held on March 14 2013.

15/03/2013

17 Sea Cadets from Southern Area are through to the National Indoor Rowing Championships held in London today.

Across the country 4,500 young people are taking part in their school and club teams and Sea Cadets have representatives from five units at the championships. There are 18 heats or races in total.

This is the seventh National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships (NJIRC). The annual contest – which attracts junior rowers from all over the UK – is taking place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, with competitors expected to do battle on 80 indoor rowing machines.

The championships arrive at a time when Sea Cadets all over the country are getting ready to Row the World in 80hours between April 18 - 21^st. Units have committed to collectively row 24900 miles (miles around the world) on static rowers - kindly supported by British Rowing Clubs , as part of a bid to raise money for the charity’s new ship appeal, find out more about the Rowathon challenge or donate here

Good luck Sea Cadets!

05/03/2013

Sea Cadets are appearing on Blue Peter on Thursday 7 March at  5.45pm on CBBC (Freeview channel 70, Sky 613 or Virgin 701). Cadets from Gosport, Portsmouth and City of Salford units are featured taking part in a Comic Relief Challenge with presenter Helen Skelton and doing something 'Funny for Money'.

The filming, which took place over two days in two separate locations - on board Royalist and at Salford Quay - is a great opportunity showing cadets supporting a great cause.

If you want to donate to Portsmouth and Gosport or Salford Sea Cadets for the challenges they completed and to support an amazing cause visit their pages here: Portsmouth and Gosport or City of Salford

04/03/2013

Burton on Trent Royal Marines Cadets (RMC) have been crowned champions of the Gibraltar Cup 2012 after a tremendous 29 year wait, with only a 3 point separation between them and the second place team. With only 40 points separating all six detachments and those six being chosen out of 127 detachments across the UK this is an incredible victory for them.

The Teams had a kit inspection and a test on RMC General Knowledge Test Paper followed by first aid, map reading, observation/area search, command task, judging distance and rope and river crossing skills tests on the Saturday.  Sunday morning saw an early start with the commando slide, high obstacle course, assault course, 4x4 push and log carry.  Cadets were marked on behaviour, and performance during the tasks.

Detachment Commander Sgt (SCC) Sandra Sullivan was overjoyed at their win 'It’s probably going to go down as one of the best weekends of my life so far.  It was phenomenal and I could not be prouder of the eight cadets.'
 

March 1 - 3 2013

Good luck to all Royal Marines Cadets (part of the Sea Cadets) who are taking part in this major annual competition to win the cup for the country’s best RMC detachment.

Held at the Royal Marines Commando Training Centre at Lympstone, Devon, this is a tough two day course and great fun, where cadets get a chance to test their skill in map reading, field craft and team work. There are 117 detachments across the UK including the Falkland Islands and Malta with cadets aged between 13 and 18.

So this weekend we wish all of our Royal Marines Cadets and the volunteers that train and guide them the best of luck for a cracking weekend.

To find out more about Royal Marines Cadets take a look here.

This event is not open to the public.