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It was an absolute honour and privilege to attend the Lord Lt of Dyfed Awards ceremony at Picton Barracks., Carmarthen last Thursday evening to witness our Chairman Capt Chris Burge MN collect his Certificate of Merit and Ex LC Huw Jenkins collect his Certificate for his year in office.

Capt Chris Burge has been our Chairman for the past 28 years and has steered the unit through many changes and through a £800,000 building refurbishment as well as organising so many fundraisers and his now famous Trafalgar Night.

LC Huw Jenkins was collecting his Certificate and Badge for his 12 months in office as Lord Lt Cadet for Dyfed in 2017/18, which he completed to an extremely high standard

The Lord Lt thanked them both for their loyal service and dedication to Fishguard Sea Cadets

It was an extremely proud moment for Fishguard and also for me as CO and I congratulate them both on their thoroughly deserving award

Friday 9th March saw Fishguard Sea Cadets second Divisions Night.

We had a fantastic turnout, with West Wales District Officer Lt Cdr (SCC) S Gittins RNR presenting lots of badges and certificates. We had 1 new enrolled cadet, Elin. She recieved her Certificate, Badge and Cap.

We also presented the awards for

JUNIOR SEA CADET OF THE MONTH - Awarded to Junior Cadet Eve

SEA CADET OF THE MONTH - Awarded to Cadet 1st Class Rhys

The District Officer also took the opportunity to present the District Officers Cup to the whole unit for 2017.

This year we decided to take the unit to Portsmouth for a unit trip. This took place between the 17th and 20th February. 23 cadets and 7 staff took them to stay on HMS Bristol, a harbour accomodation ship at Whale Island, HMS Excellent. During the 3 days the cadets had time to go shopping at Gunwharf Quays, Bowling at Gunwharf Quays, the Submarine Musuem in Gosport, the Historic Naval Dockyard visit, which included HMS Victory, the Mary Rose and HMS Warrior, as well as Action Stations and a Harbour Tour. On the final day we where fortunate enough to be invited to observe the offshore fleet in Gosport, which included the Sea Cadets Tall Ship T.S Royalist, the offshore power vessel T/S John Jerwood, and we also observed the new Yachts T/S Sir Stelios & T/S Ciry of London. Also alongside retiring Yachts T/S Ciry Liveryman and T/S Vigilant. After having a tour of Royalist and John Jerwood, and also assiting with restoring some of the kit, we then headed home.

This was an action packed few days, The CO would like to thank the cadets for their behaviour and the 7 staff who helped throughout, who without them this trip wouldn't have happened.

Over the weekend of 23rd-25th February Fishguard Sea Cadets Senior Girls Team, along with support from Swansea Sea Cadets took part at the National 5 aside Football Competition in Grantham, Lincolnshire. The girls had alot of tough matches, including Northern Area and Northern Ireland, they played exceptionally well. They came 5th overall, which is a fantastic achievment. I would like to thank the cadets for their hard work and efforts and also the cadets that helped make up the team from our friends at Swansea. I would also like to thank PO Lewis for his help/support and training the teams.

On 25th of February, Fishguard Sea Cadets took part in the West Wales District First Aid Competition. This involves several scenarios, which are then assessed and scored for accuracy based on the current St Johns Ambulance Training that cadets receive. They are marked as part of a Team and then the best team members is also awarded the individual prize.

This year's results were

Winners - Senior Cadet Competition

Winners - Junior Sea Cadet Competition

Individual - OC Emma

This was a clean sweep at this years competition, which we are extremely proud of, Thanks to the staff for their commitment training the team and they now go through to the Tri Service competition later this year, which is a first for Fishguard Sea Cadets. Well done to all the cadets.