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On Saturday 3 May Lead-ing Cadet Murray repre-

sented the Unit and theentire Sea Cadet Corps

playing in the nationalmassed bands at Twick-

enham for the Army vs.

Navy rugby match.

Leading Cadet Murray

joined approximately

100 cadets from all

around the country inplaying a 30 minute

presentation to help thecrowd warm up their

voices before the start ofthe game, culminating in

the National Anthem.

Although she is also

skilled in the side drumand bugle through her

time in the band at theUnit, Leading Cadet

Murray played the saxo-

phone at this event.

In total the crowd for the

match was estimated tobe 50,500, making this

one of the largest events

that a Sea Cadet band

has ever played to.

All those present, includ-

ing the Unit Training Offi-

cer, Petty Officer ChloWhite thought the

bands performance was

exceptional and Leading

Cadet Murray, who par-ticularly enjoyed herself,

is already looking for-ward to future massed

band events where she

can represent the Corps.

Unfortunately, even with

the Sea Cadets spurringthem on, the Royal Navy

was unable to reverse its

eight year losing streak,

with the Army winning

this fixture 22-11.

Nevertheless it was a

fantastic event for rais-ing funds for and the

profile of the Sea Cadets

nationally.

Leading Cadet Murray

plays to fifty thousand

Communications success

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Volume 2, Issue 2

July 2008

Forthcoming events

18-20 July: District Training Course

(Pulling and Powerboating - appli-

cations to PPO White)

25-30 July: Pier Cellars Summer

Camp (Unit closed on Friday 25 and

Tuesday 29 July)

6 August: Unit Management Com-

mittee Meeting (Parents and Sup-

porters welcome)

To be confirmed: Summer BBQ

5-7 September: District Training

Course (Seamanship, Chartwork

and Meteorology - applications toPPO White)

For more forthcoming events see

http://units.ms-sc.org/marlow/

activities

Communications Class 3

During April and May theUnits staff was supple-

mented by Petty Officer

Chris Edge from Maiden-

head, who joined us to

teach CommunicationsClass 3 to all of the Sen-

ior Cadets.

Marlow Unit has not hada strong Communica-

tions presence for many

years but it is hoped thatthis course will encour-age some of the cadets

to take it further and

eventually instruct it to

their peers.

Over the course of five

parade nights, Petty Offi-cer Edge covered topics

including how to sendmessages over a radio

network, communicatingwith flags and safety

when using communica-

tions equipment.

After a short test, mainlydealing with the practical

skills involved in the

course, seven cadets

passed and wereawarded the specialisa-

tion.

Our thanks go to Petty

Officer Edge and his

Commanding Officer,Lieutenant Commander

Alan Fleming, who

helped organise this de-

tached loan duty.

Bag packing at Waitrose

Cadets, members ofstaff and Management

Committee memberspacked bags at Waitrose

in Marlow on Saturday24 May to raise funds for

the Unit.

The six people presentduring the day raised

461.32 between themwhich will be used in

part to fund some of theoperational costs of our

building.

The day also gave anopportunity to expandour profile in the localarea with a number of

people expressing aninterest in joining as

cadets.

A massive well done toall those who took part,

particularly Able CadetSmith and New EntryHughes who were pre-sent for the whole day

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On Sunday 21 June four cadetsand two adult volunteers from the

Unit helped out at the Marlow

Regatta at Dorney lake.

Able Cadet Smith, New Entry Rob-

erts-Moore, Junior Cadet Hall and

Junior Cadet Roberts worked ex-

ceptionally hard all day assistingwith the lane management and

timekeeping at the event whichsaw some of Britains elite rowers

(including the Great Britain

Womens team) racing.

Particular thanks go to the

younger cadets in attendance forwhom it was their first event out-

side the Unit.

All those present had a thoroughlyenjoyable day, which was helpedby fantastic weather. As a show of

appreciation for their hard work

the Marlow Regatta Committee

have kindly offered to make adonation of 250 towards the

operational costs of the Unit.

Marlow Regatta

at Dorney lake

NE Roberts-Moore collecting the lane numbers from the

finished boats at the Marlow Regatta

Wethered Road

Marlow

Buckinghamshire

SL7 3TZ

MARLOW SEA CADETS

Tel: 07952 922836

Email: marlowscc@googlemail.com

Website: http://units.ms-sc.org/marlow/

Charity number: 300299

Interested in joining?

Please contact us!

Able Cadet Smith sails on board T.S. Royalist

brig offering 24 cadetsper week the unique

opportunity to sail off-

shore. It leads the Corps

offshore fleet, which alsoincludes a power vessel,

which Leading CadetMurray and New EntryRhodes are booked to goon later this year, and

two yachts.

The trip was made avail-

able to Able Cadet Smithby the Unit Management

Committee in recogni-

Join us!We are currently recruit-ing cadets, members of

staff and Unit Management Commit-

tee members at Marlow Unit.

Boys and girls aged between 10 and18 are welcome to join the Unit ascadets and will get an opportunity to

take part in the many activities we

have to offer.

If you are too old to join as a cadetbut still wish to get involved in these

activities you could consider volun-

teering as a member of the instruc-

tional staff. If you have specialist ex-pertise which you can pass on to the

cadets that is excellent but if you

dont then we can provide you withtraining to instruct a variety of sub-

jects. No previous experience is re-

quired to join our staff.

Finally our Unit Management Commit-

tee is looking for volunteers to helpwith the crucial fundraising required

to keep the Unit afloat. Any DIY skillswould also be much appreciated here

as there is always work to be done

around the building.If you are interested please contactthe Commanding Officer using the

details at the top left of this page.

From 12 to 18 April,Able Cadet Smith sailed

on board the Sea Cadet

Corps flagship, TS Royal-

ist.

Able Cadet Smith joined

the ship in London andsailed around the South

coast to Ramsgate. She

was also lucky enough to

be on board when theship travelled to both

Belgium and France!

TS Royalist is a twomasted, square-rigged

tion of her excellent ef-forts fundraising for the

Unit in 2006. Unfortu-

nately courses onboard

are so popular that shehad to wait until now in

order to get a place.Able Cadet Smith hopes

to go on board again

next year with the aim of

continuing to developher skills to the point

where she can takecharge of aspects of the

ships control as a Watch

Leader.

Other cadets interestedin sailing on T.S. Royalistshould speak to Able

Cadet Smith for moreinformation and then get

their requests in to theTraining Officer to book

their place!

Picture: The cadets on

board gather in the bows

of the ship.

Boatswains store renovations update

On Saturday 31 May the staff and Unit Management Committee spent the day clear-ing out the Units old garage to enable work to commence to transform it into a pur-

pose built boatswains store and marine workshop.

The garage, which had previously been used as a classroom, has remained largely

unused since the mid-1990s. However a large amount of effort has been put in bythe Unit Management Committee to secure the funds for this classroom and dona-

tions from the Marlow Society and Trinity House mean that we hope to have the

work, which includes complete electrical rewiring, repainting the entire room and

the installation of desks and storage, completed by the end of the summer.

Commanding Officer: S Lt (SCC) Nick Jones RNR