The 2012 boating season is officially underway!
Every Tuesday night we will be on the water offering the cadets fixed seat rowing in the Trinity 500s, slide seat rowing in the Yole, sailing in Toppers and Picos and powerboating.
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Following the purchase of a new boat for the unit, we simplyu had to get the cadets and staff on the water in the yole! The cadets made a much better team than the staff did with LC Sample and AC Hindley managing verywell, S/Lt Healy and UA Grey, not quite so well!!!!!!
In order to raise funds for the units newly established Offshore Fund- set up to help cadets meet the cost of an offshore course, some of the cadets and staff from the unit took part in a sponsored walk from Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, to the Round Tower in Portsmouth, where on the 30th anniverasary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, a wreath was layed in memork of all the sailors who fell in that conflict.
We were set off on our walk by CDR Giles, the deputy offshore commander, who has had a good relationship with the unit since he was the tempory area officer and visited us last year. PO Phillips, the national bookings co-ordinater from the Sea Cadet courses office (National Booking Centre!-CO) joined the unit on its treck.
Well done to those who took part and a big thanks to the ladies in the NBC for the juice and biscuits before we set off!!
Its still a fair way off, but that has not stopped the units Commanding Offices, S/Lt Chris Healy getting into the spirit of it all. He took four cadets from the unit to visit the Olympic Park having won tickets ater entering the Gold challenge event. The cadets thouroughly enjoyed their behind the scenes look at how the park was coming on in London. As for the Gold Challenge, S/Lt Healy will be completing 5 Olympic events over the coming months raising funds for the unit.
Some of the units cadets got to spend a day seeing the sights on London. Our friends from Caterham Sea Cadets accomodated us overnight and PO Jones and PO Philipson showed the cadets some of the most famous sights in the world including Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, Trafalgar Square, The Houses of Parliament oh and Sea Cadet Headquarters of course!!
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