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Rugby Sea Cadets pull out all the stops for Warwickshire District Sea Cadet Trafalgar Parade 2008

Cadets and Staff at Rugby Sea Cadet Unit have worked tirelessly over the past few months to host the Warwickshire District Sea Cadet Trafalgar Parade for 2008.  The parade, which included over 150 cadets and 50 adult instructors from around the district  was held in Rugby today.  Starting at the TA Centre in Edward Street, the parade took route, onto Oliver Street, over Evereux Way and into North Street, finishing outside St. Andrews Church in Church Street.  After a very interesting church service led by Reverend Mark Beach, the parade was inspected by the principal guests; Captain Martin Westwood Royal Navy and the Mayor of Rugby Councillor Bill Sewell.  Following the inspection of the band, guard, colour party and divisions, the parade made its way back to the TA Centre past the saluting dais on North Street, where Captain Westwood and Cllr Sewell took the salute. At the TA Centre, Captain Westwood congratulated all of the cadets and staff for an excellent turnout.

Our sincerest thanks go out to all those that have helped in someway to ‘pull’ the parade together.  Special thanks go to: Principal Guests: Captain Martin Westwood Royal Navy and his wife Mrs B. Westwood, Mayor of Rugby – Councillor Bill Sewell, St. Andrews Church: Reverend Mark Beach and Mary Poxon, Mayor’s Civic Assistant: Evelyn Dagley, Warwickshire Special Police Constabulary: Katherine Hancock and her team. Rugby TA Centre and representatives from the Rugby Royal Naval Association.  Thank yous also go to cadets and staff that took part in the parade, not forgetting parents and supporters that helped with transport and support.

The Trafalgar Parade is hosted by a different Unit within the District each year and the Rugby Unit look forward to hosting it again in 2018. Redditch Sea Cadets have the pleasure of hosting the parade in 2009.

Preparations are coming to an end for the forthcoming Warwickshire District Sea Cadet Trafalgar Parade 2008, to be held on Sunday 19th October 2008 in Rugby.  The parade, which will see over 200 cadets from the Warwickshire District, parade through Rugby Town Centre to St. Andrews Church for a service at 2.00pm. Details on the parade can be found on the previous post dated: 1st September 2008.

Sea-Swift 435

Teignmouth Sea Cadets are currently in the middle of a massive appeal to win a Sea-Swift 435 boat for their unit.  They have been selected from dozens of youth groups from around Devon and are now head to head with local group, Paignton Sea Scouts. The boat is being donated by Sea-Swift and has a retail value of £7100. Gemini FM are heading the appeal and are taking votes via their website.  We urge you to support Teignmouth/Teign Valley Sea Cadets, by voting. Be quick, as voting closes at Midnight on Thursday 16th October 2008.

You can vote for Teignmouth/Teign Valley Sea Cadets by going to voting page of the Gemini FM website.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held last night to elect existing and new members to the Unit Management Committee (UMC), that are responsible for the day to day  Health & Safety, Fundraising, Insurance, Transport and Finance of the Sea Cadet Unit.  Parents and Supporters from the Community gathered at the AGM and the following people were elected onto the committee for 2008/2009;

Mr Frank Marshall, Mr John Bott, Mr Jack Payne, Mrs Hilary Marshall, Mr Steve Love, Mrs Kim Facer, Mrs Vanessa Grundy, Mr Mick Phillips, Mr Andy Moseley and Captain (SCC) David Scholes RMR, the Commanding Officer of Rugby Sea Cadets.

Just a quick reminder that this Thursday will be the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Rugby Sea Cadet Unit.  Full details can be viewed on the previous post. We urge all parents of existing cadets, as well as members from the community to attend, to build an exciting and diverse Unit Management Committee for 2008/2009.

Below are a few pictures from the National Combined Regatta 2008, held at the Victoria Docks in London:

Pictures courtesy of Lt Cdr (SCC) G. Truelove RNR –

District Officer – Warwickshire District, South West Area.