SURREY DISTRICT

The Area Five A-side football competition was held at HMS Sultan at Gosport recently. Four Surrey teams took part: Junior Boys & Junior Girls from Guildford Unit. Senior Girls from Reigate unit and Senior Boys from Woking. Pictured are the Senior Girls Team from Reigate being presented with Runners Up Medals by Commander Gary Bushell RN the Southern Area Officer, Also pictured are the Junior and Senior Teams.

On 2nd February, Deputy District Officer Lieutenant (SCC) Vicky Milligan RNR accepted the Victory Trophy on behalf of Surrey District. It is awarded to the district in Southern Area with the best performance in competitions. Surrey fought off fierce competition and won by just two points. The close result underlines how important every cadet's contribution is in competitions.

The award, as well as many others, was made at the Southern Area Conference, an event where all the COs, First Lieutenants, Training Officers and Chairmen in Southern Area gather to discuss the future of the Sea Cadets. This year it was hosted at HMS COLLINGWOOD in Fareham, near Portsmouth.

Pictured are Captain Fry Royal Navy, the Captain of the SCC, presenting the award to Lt Milligan, with the Area Officer Commander Bushell RN in the background.

Area Shooting

The Area .22 Shooting Competition was held at the Lord Roberts Centre at Bisley in early February. Pictured are the Surrey Team from Horsham and Farnham Units along with their coaches and range supervisor. Although they weren't in the medals this year they came fourth overall and got some very good scores in what proved to be a very high scoring competition. The winning team from Sussex District scored over 700 points.

Tri Service Cadet Meeting
On Wednesday 7th November 2007, a tri-service conference involving senior staff from the Sea Cadet Corps, the Army Cadet Force and the Air Training Corps was held at Surrey ACF weekend training centre. The meeting arranged by ACF Commandant, Colonel Andrew Blowers, and presided over by Brigadier Graeme Bartlett (Chairman of the Surrey Cadet Committee) aimed to explore the potential for all three services to cooperate in areas of particular expertise and to share resources wherever possible.
The three service chiefs, Lieutenant Commander Ray Mitchell, Colonel Andrew Blowers and Wing Commander Bob Gould were united in their common goal of producing the citizens of the future - albeit through each services' unique approach. All three services had the common handicap of dwindling resources and difficulty in recruiting instructors. Nevertheless, each was in its own sphere achieving outstanding results. The conference identified a number of areas where cooperation and sharing might offer some synergy and help to share the burden, these included BTEC, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Parachuting Courses, Training Facilities and Equipment.

Lord Mayors Show

Cadets from Woking and Farnham Units joined with other Southern Area cadets to form a massed band to take part in the annual Lord Mayors Show on 10th November. Woking and Farnham cadets also took part in the marching squad along with cadets from a number of London Area Units.

• Band Photo

Remembrance Sunday –

Cadets from all over Surrey District took part in local Remembrance Parades on Sunday 11th November

Captain Visits Farnham Unit
Visit to Farnham Unit
By
Captain Jonathon Fry Royal Navy
Director of Operations & Captain Sea Cadet Corps

In what was only his second visit to a unit since taking up his appointment in October 2007, Captain Fry visited Farnham unit (TS SWIFTSURE) to give out the annual presentations to cadets. After being greeted by the CO, Lt (SCC) Kevin Milligan RNR, Captain Fry was welcomed onboard by the unit guard. Following colours and inspection of the ship’s company Captain Fry and other visitors including the Mayor of Farnham Town, Cllr Carole Cockburn, viewed cadets training.

Captain Fry was escorted round the unit by the cadets and had a chance to speak with parents and unit supporters.

After looking around the unit, everyone fell in for presentations which included two new awards. “The Presidents Cup” which has been given to the unit by its President Commander Ken Enticknap QGM RN, an ex cadet of the unit, is for the cadet that achieves the most specialisation over the year.


The second new award was the “Tony Warner Band Cup” - this cup has been given to the unit by the family of the late Tony Warner who recently passed away, after serving the unit for nearly 30 years in many roles including UMC member and Admin officer. The Cup will be awarded from 2008 to the cadet that has strived to achieve in all areas of the band.

The night was ended with Captain Fry presenting Leading Cadet J Tenzing with his badges after he passed his Leading Cadet board last week, and then there was another chance to talk to cadets, staff and parents. Everyone enjoyed the evening.

Crawley Unit Adventure Camp 2007

White Water Rafting at Canolfen Trywern

Guildford Unit 65th Anniversary

TS Queen Charlotte Guildford Unit celebrated its 65th Anniversary on 18th October. The parents and guests enjoyed a tour of the unit and a demonstration of the cadet’s prowess in armed drill. At the end of the evening an anniversary cake was ceremoniously cut and handed out to the assembled cadets. On the same evening the units Annual Draw took place, the second prize of £75-00 was won by the District Officer Lt.Cdr (SCC) Ray Mitchell RNR who stated “This must be the first time that I have ever come out of Guildford unit with more money than I went in with”.

• The Cake