Most people I work with thought that going to camp in January was a mad idea, especially in the middle of the coldest winter for years, but just under thirty Scouts and Leaders arrived at the snow covered campsite on…
New Youngest Member of the Group!!
A huge congratulations to our GSL and his wife for the birth of their beautiful baby…what a great end to the year!!
Lots of Awards at Scouts
Tonight we were pleased to have the District Commissioner join us at our Troop meeting to give out some awards. First of all, he presented a Chief Scout’s Gold award to the first Scout in the Troop to achieve this…
Happy Christmas
All the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders and adult helpers from 1st Porthill Scout Group would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!
A Couple of Bits of Good News
It’s nice to be able to mention a couple of items of good news. First of all, one of our Scouts has just completed all the requirements to gain his Chief Scouts Gold Award. This is our first Scout to…
Christmas Is Coming!
Don’t forget that when you are doing your Christmas shopping, if you use our shop http://www.buy.at/porthillscouts , we get a percentage of the money you pay. It costs you nothing and all your favourite online retailers are available! So please…
Church Cristmas Fair
We are pleased to report that on Saturday 21/11/09, at the Church’s Christmas Fair, the Group raised over £60 on its Bottle Tombola stall for the Church. Thanks to to all who came and took part.
Beaver Sleepover 24th – 25th October 2009
The Beavers arrived at 10.30am on the Saturday morning and luckily they had no problems getting there. All the Beavers were shown their bunks for the weekend and were given a chance, along with their parents to have a look…
Climbing Wall
Some of the older Scouts were able to try out climbing on a mobile climbing wall thanks to Centurion Explorers. The Explorers had set this up a a taster of the kind of activities available at Explorers. See the Gallery…
How to Tie a Friendship Knot
Here is a useful video of how to tie a friendship knot in your neckerchief. UPDATE 09/06/2010: Just to point out that we didn’t make this video, but it was created by the fine Scouts of the 3rd Ware Scout…
The Missing Photograph’s Companion
Back in May we talked about trying to find an old photo that was taken of the Troop in January 1926 (as we now know). We had a vague photo of it and that was all. It was taken to…
District Archery Competition
The Scouts took part in the District’s archery competition today. They all did very well and they came 4th out of 6 Troops. This is an improvement on last year as they were in last place then! One of the…
Beaver’s and Cub’s Sponsored Walk
Back in June, the Beavers and Cubs did a sponsored walk around Westport Lake to raise money for the PDSA (see here). All the money is finally in and counted and we’re pleased to announce that they raised a whopping…
Creative Challenge Badge
In the summer the Cubs wrote and starred in their own video for the Creative Challenge badge. They did it in the style of a news programme. Well done to all the stars of the video. Many thanks to Rich…
Scout’s Backwoods Camp at Consall
The Scouts have come back from a weekends camping at Consall with 12th Tunstall Scouts. On the Friday night they made their own shelters by using groundsheets and canvas. On the Saturday after starting their fires and cooking breakfast they…
