Carl Leaver

Carl's The Great River Race page

Fundraising for Kingston Sea Cadets
£280
raised of £1,000 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Event: The Great River Race, on 27 September 2014
Participants: This years team, Carl leaver, Keith Lemon, Tim Collins, Lester Wilde, Andrew Trovalusci and Chris Canning, no training has taken place so this one should be very interesting!

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The first Sea Cadet unit was established in 1854 at Whitstable in Kent, created by communities wanting to give young people instruction on a naval theme. Traditionally old seafarers provided training while local businessmen funded the Unit Headquarters.

The tradition of community - based Sea Cadet Units continues today with 400 across the UK each with charitable status enabling them to raise funds to meet their running costs. All Units are members of the Sea Cadet Corps and are governed by the national charity MSSC - the Marine Society & Sea Cadets.

We work partnership with the Royal Navy under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and receive corporate support from commercial shipping companies and the Maritime sector. Our core purpose is to celebrate Britain's maritime heritage and contribute to its future development by supporting young people as Sea Cadets.

THE GREAT RIVE RACE

In 1988, 72 entrants chose more than 20 boat types representing six countries, including an Hawaiian outrigger war canoe, Viking longboat, Norwegian scow, Canadian C-8 canoe, Chinese dragonboat, and numerous Cornish pilot and other gigs, skiffs, cutters, ASC, naval whalers and the like to take on the Watermen's shallop, star of the film ‘A Man For All Seasons’.

Furthermore it really has become truly international event with crews coming from America, Canada, Croatia, Holland, Italy, Sweden, France, Germany, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, as well as all over the UK.

With entries now well over 300 boats carrying approx. 2,400 competitors racing for 35 trophies, The Great River Race has become the biggest and most prestigious event of its kind in Europe.

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About the charity

..We are Kingston and district Sea Cadets and part of the UK's largest maritime youth charity. Cadets go to sea, learn to sail and do adventure training, all on a nautical theme, plus get extra skills to give you a head start in life.

Donation summary

Total raised
£280.00
+ £62.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£280.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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