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St Helens Sea Cadets played host to the North West Area Seamanship & Engineering Competition on 29th March 2015. Scimitar's very own team who came 1st at the Merseyside East Competition were entered into this to compete against other Districts in the Area. Scimitar came 4th place. Cadets CPL J Pedder-Platt, CDT A Cowell & AC S Bull formed St Helens Engineering team. Bravo Zulu to their efforts and attendance!

Cadets & Staff from Scimitar attended a presentation ceremony hosted by the Friends of the Sea in the Wirral (25/03/2015). They kindly donated £300 to the unit for improvements to the Accommodation block that is currently under maintenance. We thank them for their support!

Some of Scimitar's ships company (OC Johnson, CDT C O'Neil & CDT D Gibson) were selected to form part of the Merseyside East District Drill team that was to be entered into the North West Area Drill Competition 2015 (March). They were successful and came 1st in the Unarmed Drill category. This means they will be entering the National Drill Competition representing North West Area. Well Done to all involved, especially to our shipmates!

On Thursday 19th March, Scimitar cadets (LC S Duff, CDT SGT O Pedder-Platt & CFC L Makepeace) took part in the Merseyside East Seamanship competition at West Derby Sea Cadet unit.

St Helens (Scimitar) came 2nd by a close half-a-mark win by West Derby.

Congratulations to all the teams that took part. Bravo Zulu to our Scimitar Team for their hard work and sheer determination throughout.

On Thursday 12th March 15, St Helens Unit hosted the Merseyside East District Engineering Competition. This competition was quiz-based. Scimitar entered her own team (LCPL J Fenney, CPL J Pedder-Platt & OC S Bull) and they came 1st place. This is a great achievement for St Helens and her crew. Congratulations to all teams that entered. #westrike