Ship's Log for 2006 click here for previous years' Ship's Logs

5th December - Last Full Blues Parade night of the year

3rd December - The First, Festive, Family, Fancy Dress (optional) Quiz night!



Well, we weren't sure if it would work but the evening turned out to be a total success.
We decided to split the quiz into a junior and adult quiz running together, everybody enjoyed themselves and even santa made an appearance, along with a couple of fairies!!! So with all the festive music and tasteful decorations everybody went away set up & ready for the christmas season.

2nd December - Cheque Presentation
At a ceremony which took place at the Freemasons Hall, Leicester. Mr Michael Roalfe, Provincial Grand Master for Leicestershire and Rutland presented TS Tiger with a cheque for £1000 on behalf of The Leicester Freemasons.
At the presentation Mr Roalfe said that after attending our RNP, which took place in May, he was so impressed with the Cadets of TS Tiger that he wanted to make a donation to us.
In return we presented Mr Roalfe with a plaque showing our Tiger crest and an inscription of appreciation.

We are hoping to use some of this money to purchase unit colours.

23rd November - Unit Advancements
New Entry Huszar - Advancement to Cadet
New Entry Mellor - Advancement to Cadet
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

12th November - Remembrance Day Parades



Staff and Cadets attended the annual Remembrance Sunday Parades in Wigston and in Oadby

7th November - Unit Advancements
OC Rollings.Roy - 1st Year Good Conduct Stripe
OC Scott.L - 2nd Year Good Conduct Stripe
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

4th November - Festival of Remembrance
Staff and Cadets attended De Montfort Hall to take part in the Festival of Remembrance. This is the Royal British Legion's annual Festival to remember those who have made the supreme sacrifice for their country and those who are fighting for peace in the world today. They were entertained by The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Portsmouth.

2nd November - Unit Advancements
AC Shuter - Coxswain and Expedition Leader grade 6
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

1st November - Lord-Lieutenant's Cadet Investiture
Leading Cadet L.Smith along with CPO (SCC) K. Marshal-Nicholls attended the investiture ceremony which was held at County Hall in Leicester where LC Smith was appointed Lord Lieutenant's Cadet and presented with his badge.
His first duty as will be to accompany Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire, The Lady Gretton to the Festival of Remembrance at the De Montfort Hall. He was also given details of his first Royal visit to attend.

LC Smith is shown above with the outgoing Lord-Lieutenant's Cadet and the other incoming cadets from the ACF & ATC

To the left he is shown with The Lord-Lieutenant and the Vice Chairman of the County Council: Mr. Mike Jones and his wife.

17th October - Unit News
The Staff, Cadets and UMC of TS Tiger would like to extend a warm welcome to our new staff and cadets who have joined us from another unit.

15th - 20th October - HMS Raleigh
A group of Cadets once again went to the National Sea Cadet Training Centre, at the navy's training establishment HMS Raleigh,  Torpoint, Plymouth.

"We had a great time, we managed to board a ship (HMS Cornwall) to have a tour, First time in 9 yrs! It was great the tour was quite long but very interesting. We had a tour around the havoc to so we could see what the new entries for the Royal Navy would have to do in damage control. It looks quite difficult. It was a fab week"
Linz Fitz

"Raleigh was well good !!!!! thanks you lot for a great time!!
HMS cornwall was great !!! in my first year and we got a ship's visit!"
Tom Crutchley

Sounds like a good time was had by all then.

15th October - Leicester Marathon
With most cadets off to HMS Raleigh this week and the new restrictions on transporting Junior Cadets unfortunately we were unable to provide a single cadet to assist with the water stations for this year's marathon however members of staff and committee stepped in to the breach. Many thanks to them all and special thanks to Alan for his help and for regaling us with his tales of daring-do as a rally marshall.

7th October - Quiz Night
Well the Quiz nights are back and once again it was an enjoyable evening. A big Thank You to the regular teams who returned and welcome to the new team 'The Imports', come back and try again next time.

3rd October - Unit Advancements
AC Fitzpatrick - Off Shore Power and Chart work 2nd Class
AC Trigg - Off Shore Power and Chart work 2nd Class
OC Timms.S - Off Shore Power
New Entry Crutchley - advancement to Cadet
JSC Dean - Junior First Aid
JSC Flower.Owen - Junior First Aid
JSC Jones - Junior First Aid
JSC Rollings - Junior First Aid
JSC Trigg - Junior First Aid
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

17th September - Lord Mayors Charity collection
Four members of Staff along with four Sea Cadets attended the Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Grace Road, Leicester to collect donations for the Lord Mayor's charity appeal. Many thanks to all of you who kindly made a donation.

16th September - Rothley Fun day
The Staff and cadets once again attended the Rothley fun day. This was our final recruiting event of the year. It has been a busy year for the Staff and Cadets and we thank all the Staff, Cadets and Juniors for their help and look forward to the Spring when we can start all over again!

12th September - Unit Advancements
AC Fitzpatrick - 2nd Year Good Conduct Stripe
AC Trigg - 2nd Year Good Conduct Stripe

* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

12th September - TS Tiger AGM
The Annual AGM was held in the ward room, committee elected for the coming year:
Chairman - Mr N. Miles
Vice Chair - Mr A. Hadland
Treasurer - Mrs K Beynon
Secretary - Mrs M Smith

9th & 10th September - Juniors' training & fun weekend.
This weekend the Junior Cadets came down for a weekend of fun and training activities. The juniors slept over at the unit, for some this being the fist time away from home. New entry Cadets also took the opportunity to get in some boating hours over the weekend, with all enjoying a barbecue dinner on saturday night along with staff and UMC members.

2nd - 8th September - TS John Jerwood
Cadets from TS Tiger enjoyed a weeks training aboard TS John Jerwood.
TS John Jerwood is the Sea Cadets' offshore power training vessel, it has berths for 12 Cadets and two adults, with a permanent crew of four. It is 24 metres long and is fitted out with all the modern equipment to enable Cadets to train in navigation, marine engineering, seamanship and to gain offshore power handling qualifications. The Cadets participate in all aspects of life onboard including operating systems as an engineer’s assistant, preparing meals as a cook’s assistant and monitoring the ship’s navigational track as a navigator.

5th September - Unit Advancements
AC Keightley - Supervised Coxswain
OC Rollings.Roy - Supervised Coxswain
AC Rollings.Ruth - Cook Steward 2nd Class
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

3rd September - TS Tiger Challenge Walk
Many thanks go out to all who made the effort on a lovely sunny day. We will let you know how much was raised once all sponsor money is in, once again thanks to you all.

20th - 25th August - Multi Training Week
Loughborough Cadets and staff came to stay at TS Tiger for a week long multi training course.
Lots of badges and qualifications were earned by the Cadets and a good time was had by all.
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19th August - Fundraising 'Flag Day' Collection
Staff, Junior Cadets and members of the UMC were at Beaumont Shopping Centre for a Flag Day Collection, we also took along some information and recruiting literature. Thanks to all those of you who donated to our collection, it is important that we raise funds so that we can continue with the good work we do.
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12th August - Eyres Monsell's Big Heart Event
The Sea Cadets were in attendance with their recruiting information & fund raising goodies. The event which took place on Sturdee Road, Leicester in aid of the Lord Mayors Appeal will be the last one this year for us. A big thank you goes out to to all the Cadets who volunteered to give up their time helping us to raise much needed funds and to recruit new cadets.

Thanks also to the Lord Mayor, unfortunately he did not win on the play your cards right game, but its the taking part that counts.

29th July - Saffron Fete
A big thank you goes out to all of you who came to see us at the Fete. As you can see we made a new friend in Welford - the Leicester Tigers mascot.

Members of the UMC and AC L.Fitzpatrick were on hand to speak with members of the public who came to us with questions and donations.

We also met with a few ex cadets including one gentleman who was a member of the cadets back when it first started in Leicester in the 1930's.

His book number was 004 and he is probably in this photo taken around that time.

If you would like to see more about our history.

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If you are an ex cadet and have any pictures or stories we would love to hear from you.

17th July - Ship's visit to HMS Campbeltown.
S/Lt K. Adey SCC, the CO of Loughborough Sea Cadets, invited CPO Marshal-Nichols, AC Fitzpatrick, Cdt Hall,
LC Smith and AC Keightley to accompany them on a ship's visit onto HMS Campbeltown. Smith and Keightley joined 4 other Cadets from TS Venomous who stayed aboard until the 19th July.
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13th July - Willowbrook Primary School Careers Day
Chief PO K Marshal-Nicholls along with members of other professions including Firemen, Farmers, Nurses and a Stablehand attended a careers day at the school to talk to the children.

9th July - The Cancer Research Race For Life
Cadets & Staff once again attended the Race for Life.
Acting as marshals we made sure that people could find their way to the main field ready for the start and also to guide and cheer-on the participants of both races. Well done to all the race entrants.

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4th July - Unit Advancements
OC Scott.S - Basic Campcraft
Cdt Scott.L - Expedition Leader grade 6
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

2nd July - Birstall Gala
Cadets, Staff & Committee attended with the aim of fundraising & recruiting. It turned out to be a beautiful hot sunny day, thankfully we had some shade thanks to the marquees we had bought, funded by previous fundraising efforts.

27th June - Veterans Day Parade and Service.
Chief PO (SCC) K.Marshal-Nicholls, PO (SCC) K.Derbyshire and LC L.Smith attended a parade and service for Veterans Day. The service took place at St Peter's Church, in Belgrave, Leicester.
Those who attended included veterans from all the armed services, members of the cadet organisations and members of the public. Standards were received at the service, led by Rev Rowan Williams.

17th June - Willowbrook School Fair
The Unit was invited to perform a display of musical arms at the Willowbrook Primary School annual fair.

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15th June - Parade Night, The River Rescue
For the cadets in the Powerboat, Thursday's parade night bought with it an unexpected twist when the cadets were called on for a river rescue.

A (cruiser) motor boat became stuck on a tricky sandbank which is one of the main local water hazards. Fortunately, the cadets were on hand to assist as LC Smith and AC Pedley along with their crew had to perform in a way that cannot be tested in training.
The Viking was manoeuvred to lay off of the motor boat as they briefed each other on what would happen, they then set about the rescue.

"We positioned ourselves off of their starboard quarter and we were passed their line. AC Pedley secured it to the Viking and we began to drive astern. It was stuck well and after around half a minute with the engine on full astern they were finally free."

10th June - The TS Tiger Quiz Night Fundraiser
Due to the World Cup taking over we only had 4 teams who attended the quiz night but we managed to make a profit of £25. The catering staff did an excellent ploughman's meal and the night was very enjoyable. Thanks to all who attended. We now look forward to our summer break from the quiz nights and take this opportunity to thank the organisers, cadets and staff who work hard all day long to make the quiz nights enjoyable. See you in the Autumn.

6th June - Unit Advancements
AC Fitzpatrick - First Aid 3rd Class
AC Keightley - First Aid 3rd Class
AC Rollings Ruth - First Aid 3rd Class
AC Timms.L - Cook Steward 3rd Class
OC Timms.S - 3rd Class Seamanship
Cdt Hall - First Aid 3rd Class

3rd & 4th June - Leicester Riverside Festival

Cadets and staff attended the Riverside Festival in an official capacity as safety boat cover and also for fundraising and recruiting. Fortunately it did not rain as it did last year and the sun certainly brought out the crowds. All in all it was a very successful weekend with lots of interest being shown.

25th May - RNP (Royal Naval Parade)
Our annual Naval Inspection took place.
This year the inspection was conducted by Cdr S.Watt RN and was attended by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire,
The Lady Gretton, JP.

Also at the RNP were invited guest who have helped us during the past year including Mr Michael Roalfe, Provincial Grand Master for Leicestershire and Rutland and Supt. C.Rollings of the Leics Constabulary

Congratulations go to the following cadets who were awarded the following trophies:
Best Overall Cadet - LC L.Smith
Best Male Cadet - OC Rollings, Roy
Best Female Cadet - AC G.Keightley
Best Junior Cadet - J1C Flower
Personal Achievement Award - OC Scott
Best Dressed Cadet - AC Pedley

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23rd May - Unit Advancements
New Entry Randall - advancement to Cadet
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

21st & 22nd May - Multi Training Weekend
Cadets from Loughborough's TS Venomous were invited to a multi training weekend at TS Tiger.

Subjects covered included Pulling, Seamanship, Cook Steward and First Aid

18th May - Mayor Making Ceremony.
Cadets attended the Mayor Making Ceremony at the Town Hall and afterwards at the Guildhall.
We would like to welcome the new Mayor, Councilor Paul Westley, and wish him every success for the forthcoming year.

17th May - Outgoing Mayor's Farewell Reception.

The outgoing Mayor, Councilor Mary Draycott, invited us to attend her farewell reception.

16th May - Unit Advancements
New Entry Hall - advancement to Cadet
New Entry Scott - advancement to Cadet
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

11th April - Unit Advancements
AC Fitzpatrick - 3rd Class Seamanship
AC Pedley - 3rd Class Seamanship
AC Rollings, Ruth - 3rd Class Seamanship
AC Shuter - 3rd Class Seamanship
AC Timms.L - 3rd Class Seamanship
OC Rollings, Roy - 3rd Class Seamanship
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

8th April - Quiz Night
Well! what an excellent night it was. Thanks to all who attended and welcome to the new teams who came. Look forward to seeing you again next time.

4th April - Unit Advancements
AC Keightley.G - 3rd Year Good Conduct Stripe
AC Pedley - 3rd Year Good Conduct Stripe
AC Shuter - 3rd Year Good Conduct Stripe
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

22nd March - Unit Advancements
OC Fitzpatrick - advancement to Able Cadet
OC Timms.L - advancement to Able Cadet
OC Rollings.Ruth - advancement to Able Cadet
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

7th March - Unit Advancements
LC Smith - Cadet Class 2 First Aid Certificate
OC Timms.L - 2nd Year Good Conduct Stripe
JSC West - advancement to Jnr CDT 1st Class
JSC Flower - advancement to Jnr CDT 1st Class
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *

11th February 2006 - The TS Tiger Quiz Night Fundraiser

Another successful quiz night with our special guest 'cupid'.

The evening raised nearly £200, so its a great big thanks you to those of you who attended.

7th February 2006 - Unit Advancements
OC Trigg - advancement to Able Cadet
Cdt Scott - advancement to Ordinary Cadet
Cdt Rollings.Roy -advancement to Ordinary Cadet
New Entry Thorpe - advancement to Cadet
JSC Roulands - advancement to Jnr Cdt 1st Class
JSC Sankey - advancement to Jnr Cdt 1st Class
* * * Congratulations & Well Done * * *