Rugby Sea Cadets

Having been with Rugby Sea Cadets since September 2008, Able Cadet Aaron Snowdon has been working hard in preparation for his Leading Cadet Advancement Board, which he attended this weekend – Saturday 29th November at Shirley Sea Cadets.  Aaron was previously a cadet at Kettering Sea Cadets but transferred over to the Rugby Unit when he came to live in Rugby.

Able Cadet Aaron Snowdon

The advancement board tests every cadet’s ability to lead, motivate, influence and manage younger cadets. All candidates have to complete a series of assessments to ensure that they are of a correct standard to be promoted to Leading Cadet. Able Cadet Snowdon scored highly on the board and will now be promoted to Leading Cadet.

The Junior Boys team at Rugby Sea Cadets haven taken 1st place again at the Warwickshire District 5-a-Side Football Competition held in Coventry today.

The team, consisting of Ordinary Cadets Ian Payne (Captain), Richard Suddens, Matthew Moseley, Declan McKenna and Cadet Adam Clayton started the tournament with high spirits, having won this competition at the start of the year.

The team will go though to the South West Area 5-a-Side Football Competition in January to be held at HMS Raleigh. They will represent Warwickshire District Sea Cadets alongside the Junior Girls from Redditch Sea Cadets and Senior Girls’ and Senior Boys’ teams from Coventry Sea Cadets.

Junior Boys 5-a-Side Football Team

Cadets and Staff of the Rugby Sea Cadet Unit paraded though Rugby Town today for the 90th Anniversary of the Armistice of World War One. Sea Cadets and Marine Cadets from Training Ship Tireless joined other cadets from the Rugby Army Cadet Force, Rugby Air Cadet Force, Scouts, Cubs, Beavers, Girl Guides, Boys Brigade, Girls Brigade and St John Ambulance Cadets.  The cadet forces joined veterans from the Royal Naval Association, Rotary Clubs, crew members from HMS Tireless, the Royal British Legion and Rugby Councillors, including the Mayor of Rugby, Councillor Bill Sewell.  The service was held at the Memorial Gates on Hillmorton Road, in front of a large turnout form the public and was led by Reverend Mark Beach of St Andrews Church. Following hyms, a 2 minute silence at 11.00am and a march past and salute for the Mayor, the parade took route through the town centre and back to the TA Centre on Edward Street.

Rugby Sea Cadets take part in three Remembrance day parades each year, but this year we were represented at four parades; Rugby Town Centre, Bilton, Hillmorton and Lutterworth in Leicestershire.

Commemorative events took place all over the UK, with the Queen attending the Cenotaph in London.

Rugby Sea Cadet Unit took 3rd Place today in the Warwickshire District Sea Cadet Seamanship Competition held at Shirley Sea Cadet Unit today, Sunday 2nd November 2008.  Just four teams entered this year, from Sutton Coldfield Sea Cadets, Tamworth Sea Cadets, Coventry Sea Cadets and Rugby Sea Cadets.  The competition tested the cadets’ ability to work together as a team in various stances which included chartwork, navigation, rigging, ropework and bends & hitches. The team from Rugby, consisted of:

Leading Cadet Amy Suddens (Team Captain), Able Cadet Dani Parker, Ordinary Cadets Matthew Moseley and Ian Payne, Cadet Adam Clayton and Lance Corporal Ryan Bott. Team reserve Able Cadet Aaron Snowdon was also on hand during the day to support the team.

Scoring was extremely close this year with the following results:

1st – Coventry (159 Points)

2nd – Sutton Coldfield (155 Points)

3rd – Rugby (149 Points)

4th – Tamworth (86.7 Points)

Having won the District Seamanship Competition, Coventry Sea Cadets will go through to the Area Seamanship Competition at Weston Super Mare Unit later on this month. They will represent Warwickshire District and we wish them luck.

2008 Seamanship Team