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Sunday 13th January

The unit entered the Wessex District Five a Side Football competition with three teams:

Junior Boys

Senior Girls

and

Senior Boys

The competition was held in the Gymnasium at HMS Sultan, where all three teams played hard with great spirt and true sportsmanship, the results were good with the Junior Boys winning the Silver Medal place.

Well done to all of the competitors.

The Unit held its annual Christmas Carol Concert on Monday 17th December 2012 in the Chapel of St. Andrew in the Southampton Seafarers Centre.

The traditional service of Carols and readings was brought to a close this year with the enrolment of eleven new cadets in to the Corps.

After a short light refreshment break the evening moved in to presentation mode where the gathered Parents, Family Members, Friends and Committee Members were given a musical photographic show using photographs of numerous events and activities taken during 2012. This was then followed by the unit band playing their competition winning musical set.

The evening then moved on to the bit that the cadets wait for the Presentation of Annual Awards, which this year saw the addition of some new awards with two specifically for band members.

The traditional raffle brought the evening and the year to a close as this was the last parade night of 2012.

For some time Southampton Sea Cadets have been offering cadets the opportunity to undertake the Btec Public Services Awards.

However since the Unit started the Band in 2011 it has meant that the Btec Music Awards have now been added to the portfolio of opportunities for cadets, and we are very pleased to announce that the First BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Music with Distinction has been gained by Leading Cadet Clifford Smith, who in 2012 was also had her efforts and achievements within the Band recognised by being presented with a new Unit Award – Bandsman of the Year.

Leading Cadet Clifford Smith has also gained her Btec in Public Services alongside the Music award with both being presented at the same time.

The Commodores’ Broad pennant is awarded to Junior Sea Cadets who not only complete all four of the Junior Sea Cadet training modules,it also takes a lot of dedication and regular attendance with extra commitment to achieve, making it the ultimate award that can be earned by any Junior Sea Cadet during their Cadet experience.

We are pleased to announce that the Units’ first ever Commodores’ Broad Pennant has been well earnt and awarded to Leading Junior Sea Cadet L. Taylor, and he is congratulated on his outstanding achievement.

Q: How do you get eight cadets in to and out of a Ford Mondeo?

A: Hand them over to Hampshire & Rescue Service.

Thursday 29th November 2012, Hightown Fire Station Southampton

Eight cadets aged 15 - 17 years old attended the TRAPT (Teenage Road Accident Prevention Training) course, at Hightown Fire Station.

Following a presentation, including videos on the cause and effect of irresponsible road safety they got to inspect and trial the cutting gear and specialist power tools used to extract people from cars involved in accidents.

The last exercise of the evening was for the cadets to actually experience an actual extraction, after donning safety gear they ALL got in to one car and then the Fire Service cut the roof off. The driver was the last to be extracted and was taken out on a spinal support board.

An extremely well put together course and very thought provoking.