Tonight Rachael and Jodie were invested as Beaver Leader and Assistant Beaver Leader respectively. Many congratulations to them both. More photos are in the gallery.
In the Army
We are proud to hear that another of our ex Scouts, Lee Hammond, has recently joined the army. Lee joins two of our other ex Scouts, Tom Lawton & Jason Peach serving in HM Forces.
Money From Our Shop
We had a cheque for £20 from our online shop the other day. Every time someone uses our shop to buy items over the internet, we receive a small percentage of the money paid to the retailer! So when you…
History of the Group Updated
The part of our website that tells the History of our Group has been given a makeover. As well as a new look, new information is also being added over the next few weeks, so take a look!
Beaver’s Beach Party
How do you have a beach party when the nearest beach is over 50 miles away? You make your own! The Beavers decided that for their last meeting before the summer holidays they would have a beach party. So they…
Harry Tyler – Gone Home
The Group is saddened to learn of the recent death of Harry Tyler. Harry was for many years a constant fixture at Kibblestone Scout Camp, and what he didn’t know about the camp site and Scouting wasn’t worth knowing! I…
Wide Game at Bradwell Woods
The Scouts have just come back from playing a wide game in Bradwell Woods. The idea had been to let off some rockets that the Scouts had made for their Astronautics Badge, but it was raining and there was quite…
Thank You from Sharon
From Sharon Hickton – Thank you for the lovely gifts that I received at the AGM. I still cannot believe that I didn’t twig on and Paul kept it a secret. I was very touched and yet again many thanks…
2009 Annual General Meeting & Awards
Last night we held the Group’s AGM. As well as the usual item we had a couple of special ones. When it came time to elect the Group Executive Committee each of the committee members got given a hat to…
The Troop’s First Video
The oldest video of the Troop has recently been found. Watch it here –
A Day at Eardley End Farm
The week before their camp the Scouts spent a day at Eardley End Farm brushing up on their camping skills. We all met at 10.45 and walked across the fields to the Woods, followed by fifty nosey young bulls! Once…
More Updated Photos
A couple of the pages in the Gallery have been updated to incude more and better photos of the events. See the Group Camp in 1988, the Scout’s London Trips in 2001 and 2003 and the Family Evening in 2003.
The Church’s Summer Fair
Thanks to the Beaver and three Cubs who turned up today to help at the Church’s summer fair. We raised £33 for the Church funds.
Beavers & Cubs Sponsored Walk
The Beavers and Cubs have spent this evening walking round Westport Lake to raise money for the PDSA. The Beavers walked around the larger lake and then the small one and then played some games while the Cubs walked around…
A New Member of the Troop
This in itself is not a very unusual news item. Indeed we invested three new Scouts at the weekend on camp. However, our newest member won’t be joining us every week as it is a bit far for him to…
