Rugby Sea Cadets

Don’t forget that every 1st Monday and 3rd Wednesday of every month will be a Number 1’s Night. Cadets that miss these nights will need to parade in Number 1’s on the following parade night.

A well deserved 2nd Place was gained by the team from Rugby Sea Cadet Unit, made up of; Team Leader Leading Cadet Amy Suddens, Able Cadet Danni Parker, Ordinary Cadets Declan McKenna and Henry Spiby and Cadets Tom Soden and Dean Peasegood.

The competition consisted of a number stances which tested the cadets knowledge on chartwork, navigation, bends & hitches, the ability to carry out a rigging evolution and to identify different chart symbols.

The team from Rugby competed against three other teams from the Warwickshire District Sea Cadets; Coventry, Tamworth and Sutton Coldfield.  The scores were as follows:

1st Place – Coventry (178 Points)

2nd Place – Rugby (160 Points)

3rd Place – Sutton Coldfield (86 Points)

4th Place – Tamworth (85.4 Points)

The Coventry Sea Cadet team will go through to the South West Area Sea Cadet Seamanship Competition which will be held in Weston Super Mare in November 2009.

Rugby Sea Cadet Unit hosted the 2009 Warwickshire District .22 Shooting Competition at the Rugby TA Centre on Edward Street on Sunday 6th September.  The team, made up of Lance Corporal Ryan Bott and Marine Cadet 2nd Classes Ted Spiby, Christian Nunnally and James Barber shot well, taking First Place in the Overall Team Event for the highest amount of points as a team and the ‘Top Shot’ Award for the cadet scoring the most amount of points in the competition. The Top Shot Trophy was won by Marine Cadet 2nd Class Christian Nunnally with a score of 151 out of a possible score of 200.  The team scored 517 out of a possible 800 score with the rest of the district scoring as follows:

1st – Rugby (517 Points)

2nd – Redditch (282 Points)

3rd – Tamworth (189 Points)

3rd – Coventry (189 Points)

5th – Sutton Coldfield (150 Points)

Having spent hours of our time and effort raising money at the New ASDA Store in Rugby on Sunday 12th July 2009, we were distraught when the money raised was stolen.  The cadets, adult instructors and helpers had spent the day packing bags at the store to raise funds towards the maintenance of the Sea Cadet Unit and to purchase new equipment. The Rugby Advertiser have filmed the following video with commentary by the Officer in Charge, Sub Lieutenant (SCC) Stuart Glover RNR and Ordinary Cadet Declan McKenna.

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Two cadets, Able Cadet Danni Parker and Ordinary Cadet Matthew Moseley of Rugby Sea Cadet Unit, represented Warwickshire Ditrict Sea Cadets at the South West Area Combined Regatta 2009, held today in the Bristol Docks.  Having beaten off competition from local units including Coventry, Sutton Coldfield and Tamworth Sea Cadets, the pair competed today against cadets from West Wales District to secure their place at the National Combined Regatta at the end of August, to be held at the Royal Victoria Dock in London.

Here are the photo’s from district sailing regatta:

District Sailing Regatta

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Cadets, Adult Instructors and Helpers from the Rugby Sea Cadet Unit were at the new ASDA Store in Rugby today helping shoppers pack their bags at the tills.  The event was planned by the Parents & Supporters Association at the Sea Cadet Unit in an effort to raise money for equipment and running costs for the group.

The new ASDA store only opened its doors a few weeks back and the Sea Cadets are the first charity group to have helped shoppers in the store.  The group would like to thank the shoppers at ASDA and the staff for their donations and support during the day.

Warwickshire SCC Team

Two Cadets from Rugby and Two Cadets from Redditch Sea Cadet Units made up the Warwickshire District Sea Cadet Team for the Inter-Service Cadet Rifle Meeting held at Bisley in Surrey this weekend. Lance Corporal Ryan Bott and Marine Cadet 2nd Class Ted Spiby represented the district with the two Redditch cadets, gaining 7th place out of 18 Sea Cadet Team. This is the highest position the Warwickshire District Team has gained in the Watts Bowl Competition, shot at 600 metres. The competition saw 125 cadet teams take part from the Sea Cadets, Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps, with teams from Canda also competing. Sergeant (SCC) Alison Scholes coached the Warwickshire Team during the 6 month selection process, which picked four, 4 person teams from the South West Area of the Sea Cadets.

Warwickshire SCC Team

Cash4Clubs Logo

SPORTING clubs from Coventry, Nuneaton and Rugby netted £1,000 each thanks to Betfair’s £5,000 Big Cash Giveaway. In partnership with the Coventry Telegraph, Betfair’s Cash 4 Clubs promotion provides a vital boost to sports clubs. The five that have been rewarded for their commitment to supporting grassroots sports and encouraging the local community to take up sport are: Rugby Sea Cadets, Old Coventrians RFC, Wune Tang Martial Arts Academy, Whitnash Tennis Club and Griff and Coton Netball Club. The competition ran during November and December when Telegraph readers were asked to collect tokens from the newspaper and complete an application form stating why their club deserved the money.

Betfair’s corporate social responsibility executive, Georgie Corbett, said: “I offer the winning clubs my congratulations – they thoroughly deserve the money and I’m looking forward to seeing how they will be using the funds to help develop their club and local community.” She added: “Two entries that just missed out on winning the £1,000 award but deserve special recognition were Roger Casement’s GAA Club and Coventry Godiva Athletics Club.

Both had a very real need and we wish them every success in finding the money they need to make their plans happen.” So far 30 clubs have benefited from the Cash 4 Clubs scheme and £30,000 has been given away.

The five local winners will use their money as follows: Rugby Sea Cadets to cover sailing fees this year and allow them to redirect funds to replacing protective equipment and increasing boat maintenance; Old Coventrians RFC to provide their coaches with new kit; Rugby’s Wune Tang Academy to buy new training mats; Whitnash Tennis Club to buy new tennis nets and balls; Griff and Coton Netball Club in Nuneaton to send coaches on national level 1 and 2 coaching qualification courses.

Liz Hancock, of Griff & Coton Netball Club, said: “We are thrilled to be awarded £1,000 through the Coventry Telegraph/Betfair Clubs for Cash competition. We are a Nuneaton-based group that is keen to develop further our coaching for both the junior and senior squads. “This money will really make a difference by enabling us to pay for club members to attend UKCC Coaching Courses and for us to buy some specialised netball coaching equipment. Griff is a friendly club and is always on the look-out for more adult and junior players.” Meanwhile Zak Woon, head of the Wune Tang Academy, said: “In the current financial climate it is tremendous to get £1,000 to spend on equipment. We have bought a new competition jigsaw mat because our members trained previously on the hard floor. “In October we go to the Tang Soo Do World Championships in Poland and hopefully our competitors will benefit from practising on the mat and bring back some medals.” Clubs who were unsuccessful or did not enter can raise funds they need through Betfair’s Refer and Earn scheme, details of which can be found at www.cash-4-clubs.com.

Cash4Clubs Presentation

IN THE MONEY… From left, John Over (Old Coventrians RFC), Zac Woon (Wune Tang Academy), John Lapworth (Old Coventrians RFC), Claire Woon (Wune Tang Academy), Georgie Corbett (Betfair), Liz Hancock (Griff and Coton Netball Club), Alison Scholes (Rugby Sea Cadets), Jamie Turner (Coventry Telegraph), Graham Goodman (Whitnash Tennis Club)

Wording by Derek Brown, Coventry Evening Telegraph

LJSC Michael Suddens with CPO (SCC) Dean Marshall

Leading Junior Sea Cadet Michael Suddens has become the first Junior Sea Cadet at Rugby Unit to be awarded the Commodores Broad Pennant, an award that he has been working to for just over a year.  The Junior Sea Cadet Training Syllabus was re-vamped back in 2007 and now consists of four coloured modules; Red, Blue, Green and Yellow.

Cadets must complete a number of modules in each of the coloured modules which include unit based activities, waterborne training, outdoor & recreation and community based projects. Having completed all of the required modules, Michael completed another 15 modules to gain the Commodores Broad Pennant.

Michael will shortly turn 12 and move from the Junior Sea Cadets into the Sea Cadets. He is pictured here collecting his award from Chief Petty Officer (SCC) Dean Marshall, the Unit Training Officer.