13th February 2013
What were you doing on Christmas morning?
Junior Cadet Courtney Openshaw and her mum joined others for a Christmas morning dip at the Pier in Walton on the Naze.
Dressed in their onesies, they braved the cold and charged into the sea!!!!!
Courtney raised £60 for the Junior Cadets. The cheque was handed over to OiC Juniors, PO (SCC) Lesley Monk, together with photographic evidence of the moment of madness.
Well done Courtney :O)
TS Illustrious are please to announce that Petty Officer Cadet Andrews has acheived an ‘A’ grade pass mark and been formal acceptanced into the Royal Engineers.
POC Andrews commented, that his experiences and skills gained in the Sea Cadets and at the Frimley Park Leadership Course prepared him for his final assessment course.
Congratulations from all the Staff and Cadets!
A big thank you to the store managers at Frinton Fiveways Coop and Iceland for allowing the Cadets to bag pack for 4 days in the lead up to Christmas.
A incredible £3964.52 was kindly donated!
Thank you for to all the customers ‘our community’ for their continuing support of the young people who attend Walton Sea Cadets!
Monies raised will help towards the running costs of our Unit and fund cadet opportunities throughout 2013.
11th December 2013
Surprise surprise for the outgoing Unit Treasurer David Mason when he attended a quiet family dinner at the Victory public house in Walton on the Naze. David must have thought it was a bit strange that the bar was full of his old Sea Cadet chums obviously deep in conversation trying their best to ignore their intended victim!!
Just as David finished his desert, the Unit Commanding Officer turned around from the bar to call for everyones attention and to present David with an engraved tankard and Certificate of Appreciation signed by the Captain of the Sea Cadet for his 11 years of stirling work as Unit Treasurer.
David said; “I was taken by surprise and it was a very pleasant shock. It was a great pleasure helping the Cadets and working with all of you”.
5th December 2013
TS Illustrious Cadet Presentation Evening was held at the Columbine Centre in Walton on the Naze. For the 3rd year this special evening has had an Oscar twist, this year the glitz, sparkle and surprise was raised even further with the cadets receiving their own personal invitations. As the cadets arrived into the hall they found they were seated on dressed over numbered tables with nibbles and soft drinks. Nearly 200 parents, grandparents and VIP’s were seated in the tiered seating behind ready for the evening to start.
The formalities got underway with the Guest of Honour London Area Officer Cdr John Greene RN and Unit Commanding Officer Gary Dodd RNR being escorted onto the stage by the glamorous assistants APO Hannah Bettany and PCI Christie Steel.
With the introduction music of ‘cry me a river’ the presentation evening was under way!
First up was the a short video with Capt Mark Windsor, National Booking Team, CEO Martin Coles and LtCdr Nick Moulton giving their apologies that they could not join the cadets on their special evening.
With the aid of video powerpoint the cadet nominations for each category was displayed on the TV with Cdr Greene announcing the winners. In between the awards the cadets and guests were treated to two extra videos giving an overview of the years activities ranging from Royal Naval Parade to the Queen’s Diamond River Pageant and the International Exchange to Bermuda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZI_rPnUbr4&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZkgVWQ-tQ&feature=plcp
Throughout the evening a stunning 35 awards were presented to the Sea Cadets/Royal Marine Cadets and Junior Sea Cadets.
The last award of the evening was the much anticipated ‘Cadet of the Year’. As the nominations for this award were called out, Lt Dodd paused for a second, the cadets replied with a spontaneous drum roll as Cdr Greene announced Leading Cadet Domonic Jacobs as the 2012 winner with a massive round of applause! Domonic was presented with his trophy along with a 11” gold Oscar statue. Also every year the Frinton and Walton Royal Naval Association present the winner with an engraved bosun call.
As the evening was brought to a close, Cdr Greene announced his own surprise that Walton Sea Cadets had been awarded the Stephenson Trophy by becoming the TOP unit in London Area (best out of 45 units). This is the 5th year in a row that this top award has been presented to TS Illustrious.
Lt Dodd said, this has been the best presentation evening EVER!
This Years Winners are:
Best Attendance OC Winter & AC Goldsmith
Best Logbook Entry Cdt Wyzkowski
Best Dressed Junior AC Milnes (awarded as an OC)
Best Dressed Senior AC Goldsmith
Best New Entry Cdt Wang
Best Junior Cadet OC Newland E
Offshore - Henry Britain AC Ranson
Boatwork Trophy AC Marsden
Ship Husbandry AC Webb
Jack Petchey Awards MC2 O’Connell & AC Durmarque
Paddlesport Awards AC Marsden, MC Rothery & MC Brown A
Endeavour Thophy MC2 Quick
Merchant Navy Ass AC Hawes
Shooting Trophy AC Hawes
Junior Sea Cadet Awards:
Attendance JC Homes-Gifford
Piping Thophy LJC Hamblion
Best Dressed JCFC Von Kanael & JCFC Robinson-Shaw
Wardrobe Malfunction JCFC Depuy
Junior Endeavour LJC Horlock
Community Award LJC Diss
Royal Marine Cadets:
Best Dressed Marine MC Newman
MCD Award MC2 Fisher
Commando Memorial MC2 Quick
CPO Steve Whitby (Offshore):
Best Shipwreck Cdt Swarbrick
Young Jack AwardJ CFC Elliott
Beaumont Award Cdt Lomas
Illustrious Award AC Rainbird
Royalist Berth AC Webb
Leadership Trophy POC Andrews
Staff Trophy APO Wilkinson
TTC Shield POC Andrews
Junior - Cadet of the Year Cdt Brook
CADET of the YEAR LC Jacobs
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