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The Junior Sea Cadets recently spent a weekend visiting Portsmouth. On the Saturday they visited the Victoria Christmas Fayre before visiting HMS Victory, the Mary Rose and Action Stations. They spent the Saturday night staying at the Gosport Sea Cadet Unit. On the Sunday the group visited the Submarine Museum before returning home, tired but having had a great weekend.

In her role as South West Area's Navy Board Cadet APO Kathryn Jay attended the House of Lords for the debate about remembrance involving Cadets from all three Cadet Forces. The Sea Cadets were given the difficult motion called 'The UK has not learned from its experience' and they won with 73 votes. The day included a tour of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. APO Jay also helped lead Cadet workshops in the morning gathering the views of Cadets across the country and feeding them back to the Captain and CEO.

PPO Kat Jay attended the National Trafalgar Day Parade in London last weekend in her role as South West Area's Navy Board Cadet. She was given the privilege of carrying the casement ensign. When Admiral Lord Nelson was buried at St Paul's Cathedral, his coffin was draped by a white ensign. The Sailors present, removed the ensign and tore it into segments to share amongst them as a memento of the occasion. One of these segments is now encased and carried during the Parade to be placed at the foot of Nelson's column. She was escorted in this duty by Navy Board Cadets from other areas.

http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2013-10-20/sea-cadets-remember-trafalgar/

Bridgwater Sea Cadets have hosted the South West Area Paddlesports team during the hottest weekends of the year so far. Over the blistering bank holiday weekend the Area team, led by PO (SCC) T J Date (Assistant Area Staff Officer (Paddlesports)), conducted training and assessment to BCU 2 star standard and training for BCU 3 star Touring (Kayak) and White Water (Canoe) disciplines.

Adult and Cadet candidates from around the area including Coventry, Gloucester and Yeovil took part in this three-day course.

A selection of phots from the weekend are online in the Picture Gallery under the Boating heading.

Bridgwater Sea Cadets are pleased to announce new volunteering opportunities for adults.

We are currently recruiting for uniformed instructors to supplement our existing team of dedicated volunteers. Can you relate to young people? Skip across and select the Join Us --> Volunteers tab to find out more.