Rugby Sea Cadets

Cadets and Adult Instructors from the Rugby Sea Cadet Unit took part in the annual Remembrance Sunday Parade to commemorate those that gave their lives in World War 1 and World War 2.  The Parade took place today on Sunday 8th November 2009 on Hillmorton Road at the Memorial Gates. The cadets were joined by other youth organisations in Rugby to include the Army Cadet Force, Air Training Corps, Brownies, Scouts, Boys Brigade and Girls Brigade, as well as the Royal British Legion, Royal Naval Association and the crew of H.M.S. Tireless, the town’s affiliated Royal Naval Submarine.

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.