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Today, work began on our first bit of resurfacing - thanks to our friends at W I&A Gilbert!

Keep your eyes peeled over the next few days - to the untrained eye it may look like "just some tarring", but to us, this resurfacing work is crucial infrastructure which will hold our newest training space in a few months!

With a new training space, we'll not only be able to expand our already impressive syllabus, but we'll be able to take some more cadets with us on a journey towards helping our young people to fulfil their vast potential!

See below for an eye-opening "before" and "after"!

Keep an eye out for more updates - and remember, we depend on people like you for support!

For more information about OP REFIT and what we do at Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets, check our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071950576549

Tonight, Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets welcomed parents and supporters of the unit to Ardrossan Civic Centre for our annual awards.

During the evening, we showed off our drill, seamanship and first aid skills, and even got some parents involved! Good marching for a first attempt, folks!

Well done all who earned an award or a good conduct badge, and a special congratulations to our two newly-promoted Junior Cadets First Class, JCFCs Cara & Mason!

BZ to all the staff, trustees, supporters, parents and (of course) cadets who make our good work possible!

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As always, a key topic was the continuing refurbishment of our unit, known as OP REFIT!

Can you spare a few pounds for the cause? Find our OPERATION REFIT JustGiving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/oprefit

For more information about OP REFIT and what we do at Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets, check our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071950576549

Amazing work from CFCs Cayden and Lewis, who embarked on Sea Cadets Offshore TS JOHN JERWOOD last week for a trip through the Caledonian Canal!

Both CFCs gained their Offshore Power Hand Level 1 ticket, and had a blast!

Well done also to our own CI Chris, who put his extensive maritime experience to work shadowing the Crew and is looking forward to more Offshore time in the future!

A huge thank you to Nick from Zebra Signs, who donated a brand-new sign for our brand-new fencing at TS GANNET free of charge!

Nick got in contact via Facebook to see how he could help, and he delivered in spades! Thanks for your generosity, a true community champion. He can be found here, at his website: https://www.zebrasigns.co.uk

OPERATION REFIT continues apace - next stop, re-surfacing works and a new portacabin for our Junior Sea Cadet section! If you think you can help with our continuing refurbishment, please get in touch!

Cadets and staff from TS GANNET enjoyed a very hot and sweaty day fundraising at the Largs Viking Festival today - a huge thank you to our cadets and volunteer staff for standing out in the sweltering temperatures, and to the public for their generosity and interest in our OPERATION REFIT.

This was our first time fundraising in Largs in a number of years, and we managed to raise over £700 to fund our ongoing refurbishment.