Scouting is 100 today! Happy Birthday to us! The District has held its Sunrise Ceremony at Apedale this morning. Photos are in the Gallery.
Sixer’s Weekend
The Sixers Weekend at Sherratts Wood took place from 7/7 to 9/7 was enjoyed by four of Porthill Cubs and they came Third in both Competitions! On Friday night the tents were put up in heavy rain, which stopped as…
Group Football & AGM
Another football evening and AGM has come and gone! All the members of the Group played, and enjoyed the football, with each section playing themselves and then the other sections. The Dads had a go a penalty shots at the…
District Fun Day
Today the District held a fun day at the Brampton to help celebrate 100 years of Scouting. There were loads of activities on site including – face painting trampolines synthetic ice skating climbing wall inflatable slide cannon run demo traditional…
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…
Friday Out with the Beavers
Due to the Church Faye on the 9th June, we took the Beavers to the Dingle. We did Bark Rubbing, and tree recognition. They also collected natural items to make collages next week at Beavers. We also played some parachute…
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!
Faster Web Site!
We’ve just changed our website’s host, so hopefully it will now be a lot quicker and have a lot less downtime!
St. George’s Day Parade
Just back from the District’s St. George’s Day Parade in Newcastle. See the pictures in the Gallery!
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. 🙂
Screamline
Paul and Rachael Hickton are currently starring in our Division’s gang show Screamline. This is the longest running gang show in the world!
Exciting News…..
Very soon, we will have an exciting announcement to make. Watch this space!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to everyone!
Christmas Party
For their Christmas Party, the Beavers and Cubs went to the cinema to see the film ‘Happy Feet’. All enjoyed themselves and went home happy and stuffed with popcorn!
