Sea Cadets are delighted to deliver the 300th RS Quest to Westerham Unit. Phase two of the programme will begin to roll out in summer this year and will continue distributing the Quests and RYA Instructor Training course to volunteers and older cadets - meaning that more RS Quests will be available in 2017 with instructors on hand to teach courses.
All units with qualified sailing instructors now have either have RS Quests or access to them via an Sea Cadets boat station.
Congratulations to all the winners and finalists at this year's National Five-a-Side Football Competition!
The event took place between 24 and 26 February at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
The winners are as follows:
Trophies
Girls Junior: The Wain Cup: Eastern Area (Sheffield Unit/South Yorks District)
Boys Junior: The Ganges Cup: London Area (Greenwich Unit /London Southern District)
Girls Senior: The Wilmott Cup: Eastern Area (Leicestershire District)
Boys Senior: The Guinness Cup: Southern Area (East Kent District)
Player of the Class
Girls Junior: Marine Cadet Taylor (Eastern Area/Sheffield Unit)
Boys Junior: Cadet First Class William (Southern Area/Salisbury Unit)
Girls Senior: Leading Cadet Bethany (South West Area/Coventry Unit)
Boys Senior: Ordinary Cadet Michael (Northern Area/Greenock Unit)
The opportunities on offer with Sea Cadets have been showcased in a BBC charity appeal.
BBC Radio Ulster broadcast the appeal yesterday (Sunday 26 February) and today. In it, Cadet Paddy tells how Sea Cadets has helped him to develop as a person, while Northern Ireland Development Worker Neal Somerville explains a little more.
You can listen to the appeal here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08g7pvk
Six Sea Cadets have made the 30-person shortlist for the Duke of Westminster Award, a scheme which gives CVQO learners the opportunity to win a trip to South Africa.
The CVQO Duke of Westminster Award is designed to find the best of the CVQO cadets across the UK. When looking through applications the Duke of Westminster Award panel look for 'selfless, determined individuals who always keep their heads up and remain positive through adversity; those who have overcome a personal challenge or gone the distance to help someone.'
It's an outstanding achievement to make the shortlist, well done to:
Cadet Hannah - Birmingham Sherbourne Sea Cadets
Cadet Olivia - T S Steadfast, Kingston and District Sea Cadets
Cadet Jake - Guildford Sea Cadets RMCD
Cadet Pearce - Stafford and Rugeley Sea Cadets (RMCD)
Cadet Tierney - York Sea Cadets
Cadet Heath Hornchurch & Upminster Sea Cadets
These six cadets will go through to a selection event in Somerset, to determine which cadets will win the trip to South Africa.
An electrical engineering apprentice at First TransPennine Express was inspired to pursue the career by Sea Cadets.
Nineteen-year-old Caitlin Gent got hooked on engineering during her time in the Corps.
She is featured on today's Daily Mirror Jobs page, where, talking about her time at Sea Cadets, she says: "I realised that doing hands-on things was what I loved. That helped me realise university wasn't for me."
Caitlin is one of three women on the entire fleet, but adds: "The heavy maintenance area can be very dirty and greasy and there's a lot of banter, but I just get on with it."
Sea Cadets offers free marine engineering sessions to schools and colleges, pictured. You can find out more here: http://www.sea-cadets.org/Data/Sites/1/media/engineering/sc-marine-engineering-leaflet-v6.pdf
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