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Congratulations to Cadet First Class Daniel, who has stormed (or sailed) his way through District and Area Sailing competition, and is now off to Nationals!

This is an incredible achievement, one which all the Ships Company are proud of. To celebrate our UTO arranged cake for everyone with CFC Daniel taking the first slice in victory!

We wish CFC Daniel well for the upcoming competition, with Uniformed Volunteers supporting him at the event in September. No matter what the result you have made history for T.S Vernon, congratulations!

Cadets and Volunteers from Birmingham Vernon and our sister ship Birmingham Stirling Sea Cadets have been representing South West Area Sea Cadets at the Flag Raising Ceremony for Invictus Games 2027. Only rarely do we get the chance to join our Army and RAFAC colleagues in supporting events such as this that show what our amazing young people can do.

A fantastic event with our very own Lance Corporal Nicole appearing on TV and grabbing a photo with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

Training Ship Vernon, and ALL of its Divisions came together for annual camp! 

With recent investiment in our camping equipment, we pitched up at Blackwell Adventure for a fantastic weekend of activities, getting our young people outside and working together.

Junior Cadets, Senior Cadets, Royal Marines Cadets and Sea Cadets from our Christ Church Division all camped out and pushed themselves to take part in challenging activites and played team games together in the sunshine. Pizzas and camp fires topped off the weekend! We look forward to doing it all again next year!

As Training Ship Vernon is now within the building of the Midlands Boat Station, we have clean, modern, and state of the art facilities for our young people. Our old building was charming, unique, and held memories from over 60 years of Cadets and Adult volunteers. 

To ensure our collective history is remembered, new murals have gone up within the gangways to remind our Cadets of the history that is in the name of Training Ship Vernon, and to hopefully inspire them to achieve as much as previous generations have. 

The various images show the old building, our massed band in front of the Ships boards, and an amazing photo taken at a Remembrance parade in 2018. 

We think they look fantastic, our thanks to SCC HQ for the assistance with this project. 

All Cadets who 'age out' from Cadets, reaching the age of 18, receive a frame from the Command Team showcasing their achievements over the years. Marine Cadet Rocco didn't quite hit 18 when he left TS Vernon, but his cohort of Cadets rallied to give him a fantastic send off. 

Marine Cadet Rocco was presented with his frame from his time as a Cadet by Cadet Corporal Elliot and Marine Cadet Poppy and was given the opportunity to 'take the deck' for the last time.

It is fantastic to see our young people supporting each other and going the extra mile for their peers - congratulations all.