Rugby Sea Cadets

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 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