A huge thank you to Leeds based business, Engineering Plastic Supplies Ltd, who have generously donated £500 to our Transforming TS Cleopatra Fund this month. This brings our current donation total to £5,410!
We still have a long way to go to reach our £175,000 target, but every donation brings us a step closer.
At Harrogate Sea Cadets we are embarking on a ambitious fundraising campaign to raise the necessary money to transform our Unit headquarters - TS Cleopatra. The transformation will include:
Converting the existing boat shed into robust building and partitioning into three sections: store, specialist marine engineering workshop and new galley.
Moving galley from existing location into new conversion and converting old area into two separate classrooms
Converting existing Heads (toilet) area to include provision for gender neutral toilets and a new, spacious accessible wet room.
To make it easy to donate, we are on JustGiving and you can read more about us and the campaign there.
Another great Friday evening at the lake last week. We practised anchoring and weighing anchor - an essential skill for rowers to learn and a key component of rowing qualifications.
Sailors were also out, honing skills towards their sailing qualifications.
Fantastic work by all.
Last week our Unit, TS Cleopatra, underwent it's annual Royal Naval Parade (RNP) inspection.
The RNP is a chance for the Unit to showcase our cadets hard work to the senior members of staff in our Area. This year our Inspcting Officer was Lt Cdr (SCC) RNR Jenny Avill, who is the Eastern Area Recreaction Officer.
The inspection included a full colours parade and our Cadets then demonstrated a series of exercises on rowing, camping, band and seamanship, and our Juniors conducted a STEM experiment for the Inspecting Officer.
Cadet's parents, guardians and family were invited to the event and were able to see the inspection in action and the result of all the hard work our cadet's have put in to prepare for this inspection.
We will get our offical inspection results in due course.
Harrogate Sea Cadets were honoured to be invited to take part in the D-Day 80th anniversary Commemoration Event at Knaresborough Castle on Thursday 6th June.
Our cadets paraded alongside cadets from the Air Training Corps and Army Cadet Force, with a VIP inspection, before marching from the Castle Keep to the War Memorial. There, a Service of Remembrance took place, led by Rev. Garry Hinchcliffe, and wreaths were placed at the Memorial.
The evening ceremony culminated with the International Tribute and Lighting of the Beacon.
Beacons and Lamp Lights of Peace were lit across the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories, with special Lamp Lights of Peace lit on each of the five beaches in Normandy, at 9.15pm local time, to coincide with the lighting of beacons.
The Normandy Landings, often referred to as D-Day, took place on 6th June 1944 and was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Along with the associated airborne operations, it marked the beginning of the liberation of France and western Europe.
The Royal British Legion have a very interesting '10 Things You Might Not Know About D-Day' page if you want to learn more.
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