Sixth form students participate in the Junior Leaders Field Gun competition

Our sixth form students, 6 girls and 19 boys, are going to participate in the Junior Leaders Field Gun competition organised by the ‎Royal Navy. This fantastic competition continues to grow in popularity from 5 crews in 2007 to 17 crews of 340 young people in 2010.

This competition is not only a great way of introducing young men and women to Field Gun, it also provides an opportunity to train future generations of passionate volunteer trainers, judges, and time keepers that the Royal Navy Field Gun competition relies upon.

This‪ challenge is designed for students to develop their self-esteem, personal discipline, fitness, and team-work ethic. Our students have five weeks to prepare for the challenge.

We had non-uniform day and we wore red, blue or white and we raised £175 for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity to help to build the largest paper battleship fleet to honour the 250 vessels that fought in the Battle of Jutland, the greatest naval engagement of the WWI.

Best of luck to our students in the competition.