A few of our Scouts are spending the week at Kibblestone with our friends from 36th St. Wulstan’s at the International Friendship Camp and they are hosting a group of Norwegian Scouts and Rovers. There are Scouts from Ireland, the…
IT Badge
All of the Scouts have completed stage two of the staged IT badge. To see what they’ve done so far and what they need to do to get stages 3, 4 and 5 click here.
Burma and China Appeals
The Scouts recently decided to donate £15 to the China earthquake appeal and £15 to the Burma cyclone appeal from their subs. This was done through Oxfam.
Scout’s Easter Camp
The Scouts have been camping at Consall on a rather cold and snowy Easter weekend. The Scouts arrived at camp on the Friday evening and immediately set about setting up their bivvys and fires. In between sleet and hail showers…
Preparation For Camp
The Scouts have spent some time in a wood in Audley learning how to light fires and set up bivvys. The firelighting was somewhat hampered by the fact that it had rained the previous night and there was a strong…
Scouts Go Scuba Diving (Again!)
On Sunday 27/01/08, the Scouts were able to go scuba diving again. Eleven of the Troop attended and all had a great time with some only surfacing when they HAD to! Pictures are in the Gallery.
Skinning Rabbits
On Tuesday night as part of their training for their forthcoming back woods camp, the Scouts were shown how to skin a rabbit! Luckily none of the Scouts were too squeamish! Photos are in the Gallery.
Christmas Parties
All the sections have now had their Christmas parties for this year. Last week, the Beavers and Cubs went to see the Bee Movie at the cinema. There were over 30 Beavers and Cubs there and all had a great…
District Swimming Gala
Today, the Scouts took part in their first District Swimming Gala. They took part in six races and came third in three and second in the other three. Congratulations to all who took part!
Remembrance Day Parade
The Remembrance Day Parade went well with Beavers, Cubs and Scouts all in attendance. The weather was a bit cold while we stood by the War Memorial for the two minutes silence, but at least it didn’t rain.
Scout’s Busy Summer
Despite being on holiday, the Scouts have managed to go scuba diving and camping in the holidays! The scuba diving was so popular that another session has been booked for later in the year! The camp was at Consall during…
Cubs & Scouts at the Marsh
Due to the Church Fayre on the 9th June, we took the Cubs and Scouts down to the Marsh. They played Cricket, Cubs v Scouts. Scouts won. Then they played football, which the Cubs should of won, but the Scout’s…
District Centenary Celebration Camp
The Group has just come back from Newcastle District’s Centenary Celebration camp at Kibblestone. The Leaders went out to the camp on the Thursday evening to put up all the tents, so there was more time for activities on the…
Scout Troop Update
The Troop is going from strength to strength. We have several new members already and it looks like we will be able to do our first investitures on the District’s Centenary Camp. Watch this space!
The Scout Troop is Back!
We are please to announce that the Scout Troop restarted tonight (16/03/07) after an absence of 18 months! We have a new Scout Leader, John, who is eager to get everything running and 5 Scouts. More details soon. 🙂
