Every year the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers hold an Education Trust Supper for apprentices, scholars and freemen which is kindly sponsored by one of the Liverymen. This year Leading Cadet Ben Wood and Leading Cadet Joshua McBride were invited to attend representing TS Cossack SCC. At the event, Bryony Balen, the youngest Briton to ever reach the South pole, gave a short talk. The evening provided an excellent opportunity for these senior cadets to network.

Merton SC Unit TS Trafalgar were host to this years District Piping Competition. LC Ben Wood organsed the team which also included Harry Tutt and Alfie Button. Brandon Neale represented Southwark in the Junior Sea Cadet section. While we had no winners on the day all performed well against strong competition.

Joshua McBride rated Leading Cadet

Leading Cadet Ben Wood organised this years District 5 a Side Football team competing against trams from units including Croydon, Beckenham, Bexley, Greenwich, Merton, Sutton and Tooting. While not qualifying for the Area event the team put together a good performance and will build on this during the coming months before next years event.

Southwark Sea Cadets began the new year visiting the London Boat Show at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

The wide range of exhibitors allowed our cadets to get a taste of the different types of boats and equipment used in them. There were some particularly interesting vessels, including personal watercrafts (PWCs) and hovercrafts.

The more interactive stands at the multi activity pools attracted the keen interest of our cadets. The cadets were invovled in a radio controlled yacht race, allowing them to put into practice the theory they had learned about points of sail. In addition, our cadets were booked in for a fun kayaking session, perfecting some of their paddle strokes.