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Published:
February 26, 2006
More
than 100 youngsters compete in St John Ambulance competition
More
than 100 youngsters from across Somerset gathered in Highbridge
on Saturday to compete in a St John Ambulance competition.
The
children, aged between 5 and 16, gathered for the first round
of the St John Ambulance Cadets and Badgers First Aid and Caring
Competition which tests what they have learnt in their training.
 Nine
Badger teams, aged 5-10, and ten Cadet groups, aged 10-16, took
part in the annual event at the Highbridge St John HQ. They presented
with trophies and certificates at the end of the afternoon.
Burnham
and Highbridge's Charlotte Aldred and Lucy Westlake were overall
winners while Bethany Aylevard, Siobhan Russ and Zoe Mackman were
the team test winners. They are pictured on the right.
Margaret
Sweet, St John County Commissioner, told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "The
winners will now go forward to the next round of the competiton
in March, which is followed by a county competition a few weeks
later and a South West regional run-off in May."
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