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In July Huyton Sea Cadets enjoyed a week camp in Gibraltar, where they explored the Rock, sailed the Med and enjoyed a week in the sun!

Junior Cadets enjoying a survival weekend at the Liverpool District Boating Station where they worked on team building and communication skills whilst learning to build emergency shelters, and cook ration packs...

In the wake of being named best sea cadet unit in the country and winning the Canada trophy. Huyton with Roby unit wasted no time in getting back to business as usual. Following their dedication to their rowing training throughout spring the Open boys, Open Girls and Junior boys successfully  won the Liverpool district regatta in June, the junior girls gained silver.  The gold medallists headed off to Barrow for the North West Area competition. Having had much success in previous years, the cadets were enthused by the new challenge that the area competition brought this year, having never rowed on the course at Barrow the cadets were nervous about what the day would bring. Once on the water the cadets were able to rise to this years challenge and fend off challengers from throughout North west area sea cadets, and in a day of healthy competition and team work all 3 teams from Huyton sea cadets won their finals and will now spend the summer with a busy rowing training schedule in preparation to compete Nationally against cadets from all over the country.  The national competition will take place in September in London.  How will you spend your summer? Interested in meeting new friends? Learning new skills? Visiting new places? Come and join us

Congratulations to all our rowing teams following the district rowing regatta. OPEN Boys, Open Girls, Junior Boys all made it through to the North West Area Regatta. The brand new junior girls crew also did excellent and gained silver in their first year of the competition.

Following the Canada trophy presentation, the ships liaison officer of HMS IRON DUKE LT O Beehan RN offered our cadets LC Wood,  MC2 Dunning, Cadet Cowley and MC2 Irvingan opportunity to visit H.M.S. Iron Duke to experience life at sea, and to also meet many people from the royal navy and ask them any questions we had about the naval lifestyle,heres what the cadets had to say of the experience...

On Tuesday, after two tiring train journeys, three very claustrophobic rides through London Underground, and a taxi we finally arrived at Portsmouth. We boarded H.M.S. Bristol, a ship that is now permanently docked in naval base H.M.S. Excellent, and settled in to our rooms which were very uncomfortable, and again claustrophobic! The bunks were very close together and personal storage space was limited, this taught us how different life at sea is to our own today. We missed dinner after our long day, so we headed out into Portsmouth and were unfortunately directed to a run-down chippy, which was possibly the worst meal I have eaten in my life. We later returned to H.M.S. Bristol and went to bed.

On the Wednesday, we were awoken at an early 0600, and had to be dressed and ready for breakfast in record time. We ate our breakfast at the junior rates dining room at H.M.S. Excellent  (the food was surprisingly nice compared to previous visits). We then travelled to H.M.S. Iron Duke, the ship which our unit is affiliated to. This was an educational day where the ship actually went out to sea for the day, we were given a full tour of the vessel and got the opportunity to take part in countless activities like firefighting, engineering, and the captain even trusted me to steer the ship! After lunch made by the ships stewards we watched the members of the navy on board do a man overboard exercise and then watched a tornado jet fly past, it was really loud. We all then got the chance to speak to members of the royal navy, and play video games with them in their mess deck, this was a fun time because we got to see how the members of the navy spend their spare time and fit hobbies into the lifestyle they live. When the ship docked we went back to H.M.S. Bristol and ate dinner and spent some time with other cadets on board in the games room for the night. After our final nights sleep we said our goodbyes to the ship and prepared for another long day of travelling home. The other cadets and I really enjoyed this experience and it has furthered my interest in joining the navy when I leave college.