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NAVY NEWS, JULY 2008 31
Bulwark
High wind
visits
in the
Belfast
High Peak
HIGH winds and rough water are
AMPHIBIOUS assault ship HMS not just a problem on the high
Bulwark paid her first visit to seas.
Belfast for a well-earned break – They can be pretty tough in the
and cadets from across Northern high peaks as well, such as parts of
Ireland were given the chance to Derbyshire.
explore the vessel. Tameside cadets found that to
The visit, to the port where their regret when they set out to
shipbuilders Harland and practise their sailing skills on the
Wolff constructed her famous water near Glossop, as the wind
predecessor, came at the end of made sailing impossible.
an intensive period of training for They did, however, spend time
Bulwark. on the water canoeing, there was
Cadets were given tours of the a chance to undertake community
ship, and a chance to participate work at the sailing club, and the
in an event with Royal Marines. Delta powerboat was used for
Newtownards unit, which goes
some wet and windy trips around
by the name of TS Bulwark, also
the Torside Reservoir.
made a presentation of an engraved
Over the same period the unit
silver plate to the ship marking its
hosted a party of 70 French
visit to the Port of Belfast.
students and staff from the town
And when she sailed for
of Armentiere – the third year of
Liverpool, Bulwark took with her
this arrangement.
40 cadets who took part in a
Tameside cadets have also been
three-day exercise.
out fundraising for unit coffers.
All cadets were given the
A baker’s dozen turned up at
opportunity to perform practical
the Ladysmith Shopping Centre
seamanship skills and see theory
in Ashton-under-Lyne after the
demonstrations with the ship’s
centre manager, Lyn Williams,
crew.
contacted the unit as she felt they
Among the cadets was a group ● The national massed band of the Sea Cadet Corps performs at Twickenham before the Army-Navy rugby match. Around 100 cadets drawn
could benefit from the exposure as
from TS Bulwark, who thoroughly from units around the country helped the 50,000-plus crowd warm up for the match by presenting a 30-minute programme. It was the fi rst
well as the cash.
enjoyed the hospitality of the time in the history of the Corps that such a band has been invited to play at the fi xture, and the parent organisation, the Marine Society and
Cadets helped sell Cheshire
ship. Sea Cadets, was the nominated charity of the day, giving the Corps a high-profi le location for an information and recruiting stand close to
hanging baskets as well as
One cadet commented: “The the famous stadium, and for cadets and staff to pass collecting buckets around before the game. Match sponsors Babcock also made a
collecting, and made around
chance to spend a few days at sea donation to the charity, which is being used to invest in music notation software to train the national band Picture: LA(Phot) Simmo Simpson
£650.
with the best Navy in the world is
fantastic. The future’s bright, my
future is the Royal Navy.”
Leamington
unit gets
George sorts it all out
new home
GEORGE Whitfield is an and after his application had George applied for a Youth
LEAMINGTON unit has a new
active Sea Cadet with the
succeeded the next stage was to in Action Small Grant – and
home – and its new ‘landlord’
Southwark unit, based
design the advert and arrange for once more his application was
could not be more appropriate.
For some time now, faced with
in Surrey Square in south
its publication. successful.
a decreasing membership, the
London.
But that was not all. The Youth in Action scheme,
management committee of the
When the 15-year-old is not
George then applied himself supported by T-Mobile, enables
unit have found it increasingly
involved in sailing, canoeing,
to developing his initiative a youngsters to run their own
difficult to meet the financial costs
pulling, powerboating, bugling,
stage further by planning an youth-led projects through grants
of maintaining their premises,
drumming, undertaking Duke of
open evening to be held during of up to £500.
which are leased from Warwick
Edinburgh Awards activities or
‘Volunteers Week’, an annual The money can be used to
District Council.
doing ceremonial events – and
celebration of England’s 22 run any type of event or activity
Now an agreement has been
plenty more besides – George still
million volunteers and the work which will raise the profile of the
reached between the unit and the
finds time to promote his hobby
they do. initiative in local areas and helps
local branch of the Royal Naval
within the local community.
To fund the open evening recruit new volunteers.
Association.
All things considered, George
A proposal that the cadets should
identified a problem – a shortage
hold their parades and training
of volunteers to organise
New logo motive
evenings at the RNA Club was put activities. THE 150th anniversary of the the organisation on that date.
to the Association membership, But he didn’t stop there. He formation of the cadet move- The design, by individuals or
who were unanimous in agreeing decided to do something about ment will be celebrated in 2010 teams of up to four, should be
to the arrangement. it himself. and a competition has been on one side of A4 paper or card.
The situation will be reviewed On his own initiative, George organised to design an official It does not have to be finished
jointly at the end of this year. applied for funding from the logo for all Cadet150 activities. to professional standards, but
It is hoped that, relieved of Youth Opportunity Fund to The winning designer could must contain sufficient ideas to
financial pressures, the promotional finance a volunteer recruitment win him or herself a prize and make it instantly recognisable,
efforts of the unit’s management advertisement in the local press. £1,500 for his or her unit. and can be developed for dif-
can now be concentrated on This involved submitting an The closing date is ferent media.
increasing membership by application form, followed by an September 30 this year, and For further details go to
attracting new recruits from the
interview and workshops. the competition is open to all http://seacadets.ms-sc.org/
surrounding areas. ● A ropework display during the Southwark unit open evening
None of this put George off, cadets who are members of Competitions-for-Cadets
Cadets end up with canal boot
CADETS from the Northampton Association, and cadets were given by the boats. cumbersome narrowboats.
and Wellingborough unit were the task of running the boat- The cadets were invited to take For this LC Catherine Goldfinch
given the boot when they supported handling games. part in their short (but definitely and AC Harry Boyde were presented
a narrowboat rally. This involved the filling up of a narrow) 16ft Viking Slow Motor with the Golden Boot (pictured right
More than 50 boats attended the jug of water and then carrying it Boat (pictured below), and not with PO Chris Dean, chief instructor
rally, organised by the Northampton through an obstacle course involving surprisingly completed it in a for powerboating), although both
branch of the Inland Waterways forward and backward movements fraction of the time taken by the cadets and their CO, Lt (SCC) Chris
Read RNR acknowledged that their
victory was very fortunate.
“It is very kind of the Inland
Waterways Festival Committee to
award the cadets for their boat-
handling,” said Lt Read.
“However, we feel the Viking,
at a quarter of the length of a
normal narrowboat, does not really
compare.
“We hope that the cadets will be
just as successful in the Sea Cadet
Powerboat handling competition
later this year!”
The unit presented the IWA with
a crest and cap tallies, and hopes
the event will help forge a strong
relationship with the narrowboat
community, who describe themselves
as a “linear village.”
Unit members took fourth place
in the National Final of the Drill and
Ceremonial championships, with
Guard Commander Jack Mitchell
achieving third place.
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