Rugby Sea Cadets

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)

After 7 successful years at the helm as Commanding Officer, Captain (SCC) David Scholes RMR steps down and Sub Lieutenant (SCC) Stuart Glover RNR takes the position of Officer in Charge. All of the cadets and adults would like to thank Captain Scholes for his tireless efforts in making Rugby Sea Cadets a successful Sea Cadet Unit. Captain Scholes will remain at Rugby Unit and will assume the position of Boats Officer, responsible for the management of waterborne training activities.

Below are a few pictures from the National Combined Regatta 2008, held at the Victoria Docks in London:

Pictures courtesy of Lt Cdr (SCC) G. Truelove RNR –

District Officer – Warwickshire District, South West Area.

Way back in May 2008 I put up a post about the Expedition Training Team taking 2nd Place at the Warwickshire District Expedition Challenge held at Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. Well, as you will remember the team from Rugby Sea Cadets came 2nd to Sutton Coldfield Sea Cadet team, but were selected to represent the Warwickshire District at the Area Expedition Challenge, held last weekend.  Teams from the South West Area of England and Wales entered teams of six cadets to compete in various expedition disciplines over the weekend. At the end of a very long and tiring weekend the team from Rugby finished 3rd, which is very commendable.  Well done to the team, which consisted of: Petty Officer Cadet Alice Spiby, Ordinary Cadet Danielle Parker, Cadet Sarah Parsons, Ordinary Cadet Declan McKenna, Marine Cadet 2nd Class Jakk Cope and Cadet Elizabeth Barnes.

Sunday 14th September 2008 brought and e the Warwickshire District .22 Shooting Competition and a 1st for the team from Rugby, made up of Lance Corporal Ryan Bott, Marine Cadets 2nd Class Ted Spiby, James Barber and Ordinary Cadet Christian Nunnally.  The all day competition was hosted by the Rugby Sea Cadet Unit and the TA Centre in Edward Street, Rugby, with indpendent judges from District and Area Level.  being the first to shoot at the range, is never easy as you have to wait all day for the other teams to compete, but once the end of the day came, it was clear that the team from Rugby had done enough to secure 1st Place in the competition and take the trophy for “best shot”, awarded to the cadet that gains the highest score in the competition.  This year Ordinary Cadet Christian Nunnally from Rugby unit, took the “best shot” award.

The results for the competition were as follows:

1st – Rugby (556 Points)

2nd – Tamworth (283 Points)

3rd – Coventry (264 Points)

4th – Redditch (248 Points)

5th – Sutton Coldfield (179 Points)

6th – Evesham (99 Points)

The team from Rugby will go through to the Area Competition in October at HMS Raleigh, Plymouth, to represent Warwickshire District.