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After a dreary start today with the weather, it finished on a high with us smashing our target with us rowing/kayaking over 120 miles round Olton Mere. We've used fixed seat Trinity rowing, sliding seat rowing Yole, single and double kayaks and canoes today and had over 60 people afloat throughout the day. CDT1 Emma Mohan was the person to finish our 100th mile in a single sliding seat yole. I'd like to thank all the cadets, staff, supporters and the parents, friends and family members that turned out today. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Well done all

Sub Lt Dean Marshall

 Commanding Officer

The official naming and commissioning ceremony of the new Sea Cadets flagship, TS Royalist in London, with HRH The Princess Royal.

Over 100 cadets welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to name and commission our new ship today in London.

Cadets from Shirley and District where in attendance having just completed a week's offshore voyage aboard the TS Jack Petchey.

Excellent day at the Warwickshire District Paddlesport Competition with some good team and individual results:

Cross Stream:Open Boys Canoe Solo - Zac Cutchey - Winner

Flat Water Racing:

Open Girls K1 Kayak Time Trial - Sapphire Poles - 5th Place

Open Boys K2 Kayak Time Trial - Jake Elliott and Rees Ward - Winners

Open Boys K1 Kayak Time Trial - Ben Mohan - 3rd Place

Open Girls K1 Kayak Sprint - Sapphire Poles - 3rd Place

Open Boys K2 Kayak Sprint - Jake Elliott and Rees Ward - Runners Up

Open Boys K1 Kayak Sprint - Jake Elliott - Runner Up

Three cadets will progress onto the South West Area Competition which will be held in July in Bristol.

Well done to all of the cadets that took part today and to the adults that have helped train and prepare them for today.

Message from the CO

Well done to our Piping Team and Individual Pipers for their results at the National Drill & Piping Competition at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint, Cornwall

Best Piping Team: 4th Place ; LC Beth Rose, AC James Coughlin and OC Zac Cutchey

Best Dressed Piping Team: Runner Up

Best Individual Piping: LC Beth Rose - 5th Place, AC James Coughlin - 8th Place

I am extremely proud of these results and I know that the cadets will have been disappointed to not come home with a trophy, but these are excellent results at a National Competition and they should justifiably be proud of that. You are a credit to Shirley Unit, Warwickshire District and the South West Area Sea Cadets

On Friday 17^th April Shirley Sea Cadets' juniors were invited to visit the Civic Centre and the Mayor's Parlour to learn the history of Solihull Council.

The evening was hosted by Madam Mayor (Councillor Kate Wild) and Mr John Watson.