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KEIGHLEY Sea & Royal Marines Cadets have taken delivery of a new minibus.

Funding for the vehicle was received from various sources – the Trinity House charity, Keighley Town Council, the Marine Society & Sea Cadets and the David Fishwick dealership, which covered the cost of signwriting and other extras.

Keighley Sea Cadets and Royal Marines Cadets are absolutely delighted to report that Keighley Rotary Club has donated 5, 2 man Vango Tents for our Unit.  One of our targets for the year ahead once the restrictions have been lifted Keighley Sea Cadets aims to get the cadets working towards various DofE qualifications, in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh.  The tents are a vital resource to help the cadets achieve their DoE qualifications.

A huge thank you from all the Cadets and Adult Volunteers to everyone at Keighley Rotary Club who have worked extremely hard over the last year raising funds for us and other local charities and especially to President Mike Baines.  We are absolutely thrilled with this donation and we are extremely grateful for all of their support over the past few years.

Further to their success at the District competitions, our Open Boys rowing crew and AC Feaviour in Open Boys kayaking travelled to Beckingham camp to take part in the Eastern Area Combined Regatta over the weekend 17th-19th June. 

Both entries achieved 3rd place awards in their respective competitions, a fantastic achievement considering this is the first time that the cadets in question had competed in this age bracket! 

Weekend 17th - 19th July saw the Eastern Area Skill at Arms meet held at Beckingham Camp. As a lot of our more experienced shooters had other Sea Cadet commitments, we entered a team of cadets who had not shot this weapon before. 

A lot of hard work before the competition paid off as they managed to achieve a fantastic 2nd place in the Falling Plates category - an excellent achievement!

On Saturday 6th June, Able Cadet Adam Feaviour entered the West Yorkshire District Kayaking Competition. Although conditions were not fantastic and wind was against him, AC Feaviour was able to claim the 1st place award for the Open Boys category. This means that he will continue on to represent West Yorkshire at the Eastern Area Combined Regatta in July.

The success continued into Sunday 7th June for TS Dolphin, when we entered four rowing crews into the District Rowing Competition. 2nd place awards were claimed by the Junior Section, Junior Boys and Junior Girls crews, with the Open Boys crew grabbing the 1st place award in a hard fought competition!

AC Feaviour and the Open Boys crew will move forward to represent the District at Eastern Area Combined Regatta alongside cadets from Huddersfield and Wakefield units.