Archive for the ‘Sea Cadet Awards’ Category

Indefatigable Old Boys, are invited to attend the following event and ceremony.

INDEFATIGABLE CUP WINNERS for 2016:

T.S. DEFIANCE – NEWHAVEN & SEAFORD (UNIT 442) SEA CADET CORPS – Win the ELEVENTH Indefatigable Trophy.

It gives us the greatest pleasure to congratulate ‘T.S. Defiance (Newhaven and Seaford SCC)’ on being awarded the Indefatigable Cup in its eleventh year, the Indefatigable Cup for 2016 (awarded 2017).

For SCC Unit HEAD-COUNT:  Please indicate to me (Steve Humphries) if you wish to attend this event <steve_c_humphries@btinternet.com>.

Venue: Old Church Chapel Street, Newhaven, East Sussex. BN9 9QD

Date: Friday 2nd June 2017

Time: Arrive at 18:30 – In time to carry out formal parade and Inspection for 19:15. till approx. 22:00 (times TBC).

Dress Code: Mess Uniform / Suit.

IOBA Chairman (Andrew Butler 77/78) will be travelling to the Unit to make this very special presentation to Heather Wells CPO (SCC) Commanding Officer of ‘T.S. DEFIANCE the ‘Indefatigable Cup‘, known once as the ‘Merseyside Navy League – Swimming Gala Trophy’, and a monetary award on behalf of the IOBA.

The Unit made sustained progress throughout last year 2016, with an effective training programme and the taking part of District and Area events. This has required huge effort and commitment and they thoroughly deserve the award.

The Sea Cadet unit was awarded a Burgee by the Captain of the Sea Cadet Corps ‘Captain Phil Russell RN’,  the Burgee is the highest award that can be awarded to a Sea Cadet Corps Unit in recognition of the hard work of the Volunteers, Cadets and UMC.

Citation:  After a poor year in 2015 achieving only 59 points and no award, TS Defiance has pulled together and concentrated on establishing themselves again, delivering high quality training and fun for the cadets. They have worked incredibly hard and have made substantial gains across the board. The standard of dress and bearing is always a good indicator of unit performance. The Cadets are proud of TS Defiance, they are smart and represented the District at the Drill and Piping Area Competition. A significant step forward in boating hours has been achieved with an increase of 22% to 36 hours / cadet, which is excellent. Paddle-sports accounts for approximately half the hours with the remaining spread evenly across rowing, sailing and power. The unit has appointed a new Boats Officer and gained improved access to the river, which will continue to have an impact. It is especially pleasing that the unit has worked extremely hard to achieve qualifications and has doubled its success rate. It is also encouraging the unit is to engage the DofE and BTEC award processes and has signed cadets onto both schemes. Recruitment is good and increases in both BJ and Juniors has been achieved equating to an overall increase of 11%. The unit recognises they are still at 78% capacity and have an active programme of developing the Cadet experience in parallel with increasing overall numbers to achieve their goal of 100% + capacity next year. Having an extremely effective and productive training officer, the unit has maximised the use of District, Area and National training assets which broadens the horizons of the cadets, achieves qualifications and improves the overall cadet experience. The unit is also actively involved in the local community and attended fetes, festivals, appeals, dinners and the normal parades and ceremonials. A good cross-section of events that maintains the interest of the cadets and is valued by the community. The infrastructure of the unit is rather old and difficult to maintain, however there is a solid plan being driven by an energetic Chairman who has a clear vision for the unit. The unit has benefited from good leadership and management both from uniformed and UMT personnel, who have worked well together. Overall, TS Defiance has worked incredibly hard to ensure a solid foundation for the future has been achieved. Their improvement from 59 points last year to 78 ( Burgee awarded) this year is truly remarkable. With a clear plan for the future, their journey is by no means at an end and they are very strongly recommended for the TS Indefatigable Cup award being the most improved unit in the Southern Area.

Web: http://www.newhavenandseafordseacadets.org/

Affiliated to: HMS Defiance.

Indefatigable Old Boys Association (IOBA): Secretary & Archives

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INDEFATIGABLE CUP WINNERS for 2011

T.S RALEIGH – JARROW (UNIT 197) SEA CADET CORPS – Win the SIXTH Indefatigable Trophy.

Indefatigable Old Boys, were invited to attend the following event and ceremony on ‘Friday 20th July 2012’ at 19:00hrs.

It gives us the greatest pleasure to congratulate T.S Raleigh, on being awarded the Indefatigable Cup. The Unit made sustained progress throughout last year, with an effective training programme and the taking part of District and Area events. This has required huge effort and commitment and they thoroughly deserve the award.

Jarrow Sea Cadet unit was awarded a Burgee by Cpt Mark Windsor RN (SCC Captain), at a special presentation ceremony at the unit premises in Jarrow. The Burgee is the highest award that can be awarded to a Sea Cadet Corps Unit in recognition of the hard work of the Volunteers, Cadets and UMC. Lt Cdr (SCC) A Simpson RNR also attended the evening, where S/Lt (SCC) Tracy Peel RNR accepted the Burgee on behalf of the unit. Jarrow Sea Cadet unit was founded in 1942 and has been part of the Jarrow community ever since. The unit has helped many young people develop and grow through training and opportunities.

Jarrow Sea Cadets was presented with the Indefatigable Cup by Brigadier Bill O’Leary (IOBA Chairman).  The Brigadier, joined by many Parents, Supporters and local Dignitaries, praised the unit for the incredible hard work that had been put in by Cadets, Staff and UMC to save the unit from closure in 2011, and swell cadet numbers to the current levels.

The magnificent trophy was present to the unit Commanding Officer S/Lt (SCC) Tracy Peel RNR, which was supported by a cheque, that will help fund further training for the Cadets. S/Lt (SCC) Peel RNR said how proud the unit was to be receiving this award, which identifies Jarrow unit as the most improved unit in the whole of the UK.

The trophy, once the ‘Merseyside Navy League – Swimming Gala Trophy’, is so valuable it has to remain at the SCC HQ other than for the presentation, the winning unit  receives a Glass Shield to keep. The Cadets performed a short play on the evening showing the gathered audience where the Indefatigable history came from and how it still has a relationship to what the Sea Cadets do today.’

An ‘Parents’ observation: “Dear Sir, we would like to thank you very much, for a superb evening on Friday at TS Raleigh, Jarrow sea cadets. Our daughter, Junior Cadet Kate Hockings, was amazed at how the evening went. Afterwards she told us that she was ‘blown away’ by the way yourself, and other VIP’s interacted with the cadets and their families. She is the Cadet who nervously gave a speech, she had wrote herself, during the ceremony! She has since been very proudly showing off her photos, and telling all her friends and family all about her evening! and the wonderful people she was lucky enough to have met.

Thank you so very much for making the evening so memorable, we are so proud of Kate, and proud that she has chosen to belong to such a fabulous group of people at TS Raleigh. It was lovely to meet you, thank you for choosing Jarrow, and coming along to present the stunning trophy.”

An ‘IOBA’ observation: “I’m sure some people can’t understand why I become so emotional over the Sea Cadet award, but experiences such as this really bring it home how much good the IOBA is doing in this particular arena, a massive Well Done to all those who went along from the OBA.” Tom Keyes: IOBA Treasurer.

Six ‘Indefatigable Old Boys’  attended the award night;

John Aspinall.59/60

Daryl Wilkes.83/85

Brigadier WJ O’Leary TD ADC. (IOBA Chairman).74/76

Tony Eastham. (IOBA Newsletter Editor).75/76

Steve Humphries. (Secretary & Archives).75/76

It was clear that the whole Unit of ‘TS Raleigh’: Cadets, Staff, Committee and Parents are ‘all’ very proud of what they have achieved, let alone their dedication to the Sea Cadet Corps. Everyone found the whole evening very uplifting, a credit to ‘Sub Lieutenant (SCC) Tracy Peel and her team’. It’s an understatement how Units such as TS Raleigh are recognised by SCC HQ, representing the true values of the Sea Cadet Corps, and local community.

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