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Note that entries close of the 14 May 2012

Congratulations to LC Sheridan Murray of Stretford Unit for being the most successful cadet nationwide in Seamanship examinations.  Sheridan will be awarded a engraved silver plate, copies of the Institute journals along with free membership of the Institute for 2012.

Well done Sheridan and his instructors!

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The Nelson Society is offering Sea Cadets a chance to win a Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) trip on their tall ship, The Lord Nelson.  This unique tall ship is built to enable people of all physical abilities to participate fully in the sailing experience.

The competition is open to anyone aged 16 – 25; two first prize winners will get an award, a berth (worth up to £800) for a voyage on the Lord Nelson and one year’s membership to the Nelson Society.   10 runners up will also receive one year’s membership to the Nelson society and book prize.

To enter you must submit an essay, creative writing piece, artwork, video, or computer generated image relating to the life achievements of Admiral Lord Nelson.  You must remember to clearly mark entries with your name and Unit.

Entries must be the original work of the individual and must be submitted by March 23 to Jeanette Ryder, email jeanetteyardley4@yahoo.co.uk or mail to Jeanette Ryder, Rydal, 4 Yardley Road, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 0HQ.  Entrants must also be able to meet the JST sailing criteria for crewing on the tall ship.

Many congratulations to DO Cumbria, Lt Cdr (SCC) Phil Burns MBE RNR, for the award of an MBE in the recent New Year Honours list. This was the result of his services to the Defence Industry over many years and also took account of his work and service with the Sea Cadet Corps.

This is a great personal achievement and thoroughly well deserved and on behalf of all in NW Area we offer our sincere congratulations.

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Please note: All requests for recruiting material should be made a minimum of one week prior to the event by email to gfleet@ms-sc.org.

Recruiting material includes:
Postcards
Leaflets
Stickers
Two 6x1m banners
Two pull up banners

If the Recruitment Trailer is booked it will contain recruiting material.

You will be aware that Hollingworth Lake Boating Station closed on 30 April 2011. This was a difficult decision taken by Trustees as part of the strategic review of boating across the MSSC. Many Units and individuals have benefitted from this facility and tribute should be paid to all those involved in the management and instruction over many years.

Area Boating will now switch to Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre (http://www.crosbylakeside.co.uk/) and arrangements are fully underway to move equipment and put measures in place to operate from there as soon as possible. It is intended to honour all bookings made for Hollingworth Lake and run these from Crosby. The first major event will be the Area Regatta in July.

I recognise that there have been a number of questions raised in many quarters about procedures and especially costs. As you will appreciate there are certain aspects on operating from Crosby that have to be finalised and until that is done it would be premature to give firm details. Suffice to say that Crosby is a superb, fully accredited RYA facility, which hosts many youth groups very successfully and has appropriate measures in place to do so. We will be working alongside the staff at Crosby to ensure the experience for our Cadets is first class.

To ensure our requirements are met we will be appointing a new Operations Manager who will work as part of the NW Area Office staff. We are also working on finalising a budget but it is planned that Units will not pay any more than was the case at Hollingworth Lake.

A significant factor in deciding to move operations to Crosby is the potential it affords for possible expansion in the future. There is firm intent to develop plans for a SC Boating Centre on the site thus allowing a degree of independence, especially in terms of accommodation, whilst still benefitting from the existing facilities.

Further details on specifics will be forthcoming following the appointment of the Operations Manager.