News

2/04/2012

We are celebrating the Gibraltar Cup weekend, 2-4 March with a change of identity on our Facebook page.

www.facebook.com/seacadetsuk

Each year Royal Marines Cadets detachments from units across the UK compete at the Royal Marines Commando training centre at Lympstone, Devon, to win the Gibraltar Cup. There are 117 detachments across the UK including the Falkland Islands and Malta with cadets aged between 13 and 18.

This year we are filming it so a short clip to give a taste of the experience will feature in the next cadet magazine, Current, due out in April and available via the website for download. And we’ll post the results of the winner next week, along with pictures.

It’s a tough two day course and great fun. 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.

This event is not open to the public.

Teams from all over the country travelled to Gosport to compete in the four classes - Junior Girls, Junior Boys, Senior Girls and Senior Boys - for the National 5-a-side, with the ultimate goal of returning with the Lord Burnham Trophy awarded to the winning area.

The atmosphere was competitive but friendly as teams cheered each other on.  Eastern Area took the Wilmott Cup for the Senior Girls, OC A Gregory from London Area, OC G Phillips from Northern Ireland and OC M Watt from Northern Ireland took player of the match for Junior Girls, Senior Girls and Junior Boys respectively. 

However the overwhelming winners were North West Area who took home the Wain Cup for Junior Girls, the Ganges Cup for Junior Boys, the Guinness Cup for Senior Boys and the Lord Burnham Trophy for overall winning area, as well as Cpl C Woods winning player of the match  in the Senior Boys competition.

CSC, Captain Mark Windsor also took to the pitch in a friendly match along with two Area Officers.

Congratulations go out to all the cadets who showed great sportsmanship throughout and to the volunteers and staff who worked behind the scenes, making the event run smoothly.

Sea Cadets are in with a chance to be one of the first to see the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 Games.  We have secured a pair of tickets to preview the stadium on 1 April before it opens to the world in July.

To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is register to take part in the Gold Challenge here and email the Events team here to be entered into the draw for this once in lifetime opportunity.

Closing Date is 29 February.  The winner will be announced in March.

Valentine's day has seen Facebook and Twitter turn into a hub of activity with cadets and volunteers declaring how much they love SCC! 

We changed our profile picture for the day and invited cadets and volunteers to do the same for a chance to win prizes.  Competitions are run hourly to allow everyone a chance to win as long as they have the same profile picture and they use the code word.

To check this out or even enter visit www.facebook.co.uk/seacadetsuk or check out our Twitter feed @SeaCadetsUK

In the latest of new developments for Sea Cadets, the online shop is now open for business.

Selling a number of new clothing items for Juniors, Sea Cadets and volunteers including the option to customise them with a unit crest or name.  Also available for purchase are existing items like badges, boat parts and other accessories.

This new service is provided by Sea Cadets Stores, who normally provide a mail order service but have decided to enter the world of ecommerce following a recent review of products and services offered.

As one happy customer posted on facebook: “Just wanted to let Sea Cadets know I'm very pleased with the service from your on-line shop. Ordered Wednesday evening, you posted it Thursday, I got it this afternoon. Gave it to my daughter when she got home from school. She's happy. Job done.”

The shop has been launched with a smaller range of items initially, but this will increase throughout the year with the introduction of Royal Marines Cadets branded items and further accessories.

It couldn’t be simpler to sign up, all you need is an email address to create an account, set up a password and you’re ready to shop.

Payment is easy too; we now accept PayPal, credit/debit cards, cheques made payable to Marine Society and Sea Cadets or on collection from stores.

To visit the shop go to: www.seacadetshop.org
Or you can contact Stores on SccStores@ms-sc.org