News

6-Dec-09
PO Lindsay organised an Inter-Cadet 5 a side football tournament for all cadets from Inverness to Elgin, played at Charleston Academy Community Complex.
There were two ATC teams from Elgin and three Sea Cadet teams - two from Inverness and one from Moray.

Kick off was noon. Inverness team A got off to a bad start but still managed to get to the semi-finals and Inverness B team got beat in every game they played.

Moray Sea Cadets came in first and the ATC teams came in second and third. Overall we had very competitive games and good fun and would like to repeat it next year.

Thanks to all cadets that came and the staff for organising the 5 a-side football.

20-22 Nov 09
Twenty-two cadets attended the Moray District Weekend in Elgin. Seven Inverness cadets attended. There were lots of courses, such as Seamanship 2nd and 3rd class, Chartwork, Marine Engineering and Piping Proficiency and there were over thirty qualifications achieved. We appreciated the five minute breaks every half an hour. It helps us to remember the information. Some went swimming on Saturday evening and some of them got qualifications. The food was fantastic and there was lots of it, Sir got very exited because there was apple pie and ice cream, AND SECONDS. The fried breakfast was the best. We give this weekend five out of five stars. We enjoyed it so much we would all like to go again SOON!

On Saturday morning we met at the Careers Office where we were given our collecting cans and poppies then went out on the streets to collect money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. It is a very important collection but standing on the streets you get very cold and we were delighted to be treated to a MacDonald’s lunch paid by the Unit Comittee (thanks sirs!). Some of us continued the street collection while other cadets went to Tomnahurich Cemetery where they laid crosses on war veterans’ graves followed by a brief Remembrance Service in the cemetery. Senior cadets then attended a church practice for Sunday.

We attended the Methodist Church on Sunday where our
Padre conducted the service. He spoke of wars past and present and of the many sacrifices by naval personnel. The church ladies fed us soup and sandwiches after the service which was much appreciated as we had the afternoon parade to attend. We assembled with the veterans, members of the Royal British Legion, members of the Armed Forces, cadet units, Sea Scouts and schools, and two Pipe Bands marched us to the Cavell Gardens behind the Colour Party where we met representatives of the council and clergy. Then a short Remembrance Service was held. After that we marched back again, and had a salute passing the church. We feel that this is an important ceremony recognising the sacrifice of so many.

21 Oct 09 (Trafalgar Day)
One of the highlights for our Unit this year was travelling to Glasgow to see HMS Defender, a type 45 Daring class Destroyer being launched. It was an amazing experience to see a ship so large being launched and it was a great honour for us to be there. The journey and ship launch took us 12 hours but it was well worth it. We are very grateful for our staff who took us.

October 2009
We travelled in our Minibus to Laggan (near Fort William) for a Nessie Hunt. We had four Cabin Cruisers for the voyage. We all had our photo taken standing on the bows of the boats at Loch Oich . We sailed on Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and Loch Ness, and went through a total of nine locks and three swing bridges in convoy! The first time many of us have done this. Although we did not find Nessie we had a lot of fun. We hope to have another Nessie Hunt soon.