Rugby Sea Cadets Take 2nd at Seamanship Competition
CPO SCC Dean Marshall | November 1, 2009
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.
