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10 LOCAL LIVES
Why Sea Cadets?
ARTEX & COVING
Fifteen year old Wayne Fuicher from Freshbrook can't understand why more young people aren't
SPECIALISTS interested in taking on new challenges. Here he describes the fun and enjoyment of the Sea Cadets
* DOMESTIC & I joined the Sea Cadets nearly two tured a multi-activity holiday for Royal Navy or the R.A.Fmarch with
COMMERCIAL
* SAME DAY REPAIR years ago. I wanted to do something 12-16 year olds. It looked okay, but us and it's really good when the
SERVICE different, something challenging. I'd they didn't seem to do as much as us public line the streets and applaud
* INSURANCE WORK spent enough school holidays kick- in a week. The cost to them was us as we march past. It makes me
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* INTERIOR & EXTERIOR ing a ball about or watching TV, so £239, our summer camps cost about feel very proud to be there. I know
* FULLY INSURED when the chance came along I £20 per week and that includes that my parents are very proud of
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* DESIGNS TO YOUR thought, why not? What have I got travel. me and what I've achieved so far.
REQUIREMENTS to lose? The answer was nothing at
* PAINTING & all.
DECORATING
I met some good friends at Ca-
STEVE CuES dets, we have a great laugh at our
SWINDON unit. All the lads are friendly and
when we go away together, which is
0793 -872130 very often, we meet otherunit's boys
and girls and compete against them.
The competition is stiff but very
PROFESSIONAL worthwhile.
Lastyearduring the summer holi-
GUITAR TUTOR days I had just one week at home,
has vacancies for both young and the rest of the time I went away on
mature people interested in different courses. The first three
weeks I stayed on H.M.S. Kent in
learning the Classical Guitar.
Portsmouth. During the last week
Individual half hour lessons we met cadets from Canada, Bel-
gium, Bermuda and America. They
on a weekly basis. Music
were really nice people. We joined
examinations from beginners in with them and did sailing, canoe- Wayne Fuicher on the right with some of his shipmates and three new recruits
to diploma level coached ing, camping, shooting, orienteer- The next course we went on was a I'm glad I joined the Sea Cadets it
and encouraged ing and power boating. Some ca- sailing week at our local sailing club, has taught me how to work with
dets sailed overnight on a small so that we could brush up on our others as part of a team. I'm a lot
Contact BERNARD TANNER
yacht. sailing skills before going to Wey- more confident than I used to be and
on Swindon 430105 or I was watching a holiday pro- mouth for a week where we were more disciplined and a lot more
514055 (24lirs) gramme the other night and it fea- coached in sailingand advanced our aware of other people's needs. This
sailing qualification. All this travel- has all happened in a good, safe,
ling about probably seems expen- friendly environment. The Sea Ca-
sive, but it's not. The majority of dets corps has a lot to offer at very
STEP INTO A courses only cost about £1 per day little cost and I'm surprised more
and that includes travel.
boys and girls don't take advantage
The staff at our our unit are really of it.
good, very professionalbut friendly. How to join: The nearest Sea
NEW LIFESTYLE They work very hard for us and so Cadet unit is at TS Turbulent in
do our committee. As a registered Wootton Bassett. Young people
charity we have to do a certain can join just before their twelfth
amountof fundraising. Butitdoesn't birthday. A junior section for 10 to
interfere with the fun. At first my 12 year olds is being planned.
Mum worried whether I was going This summer activities will include
to be alright. You know, the usual two sailing weeks, adventure
stuff 'is it safe?', 'are you left alone?', training in the Lake District and
'be careful.' visits to naval stations.
Of course there is a certain ele- To find out more, call:
ment of risk in hobbies like sailing, Sub. Lt. Gambling on 814970
canoeing, powerboating, abseiling, or CPO Fulcher on 875922.
five a side football etc. But every
possible precaution is taken and I've WEIGHTY
not heard of anything more than the
odd cut or bump. The staff-cadet RESPONSE
ratio is always at least one adult to
six cadets. So there is always some- Weight Watchers organisers
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