Scout Meeting 23/11/09 - Investitures & a Presentation!

Investitures

Wood Badge

Hi All,

During our Scout meeting on Monday 23rd November 2009 we had plenty to celebrate as we Invested 1 Scout, 1 Young Leader, 2 Explorer Young Leaders and yours truly received his Wood Badge.

Vincent, who joins us from the Cubs, was Invested into the Scouts in the traditional way by placing his left hand over the Union & Group flags and making the Scout salute with his right hand whilst reciting the Promise.

We also Invested Jason as a Young Leader and Elle & Nicola as Explorer Young Leaders.

Welcome all to the worldwide family of Scouting.

Dave Evans, District Training Advisor, was also invited along to present me (Adam) with my Wood Badge. Hooray!

The Wood Badge is a Scouting program and Award for adults in the Scout associations around the world. The Wood Badge course is designed so that adult Scouters can learn; in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods of Scouting. On completion, participants are still awarded the beads to recognize the significant achievement in leadership and direct service to young people, and to welcome them to membership of 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group.

After all of the Investitures & presentations, we got the Scouts to practice putting up some tents in the light and then outside in the dark, in preparation for the Autumn Camp.

The evening was finished off with everyone receiving several pieces of lovely cake.

Scouting is fun!

All the best,

The Scout Leaders

Spot the ball - County Football Competition 2009!

County Football Competition 2009

On Saturday 21st November our Scouts took part in the County Football Competition at Stockland Green Leisure Centre.

A total of 9 teams took part, which were split into 2 leagues of 5 and 4.

The teams were then made to play each other once and points were awarded as follows;

3 points for a Win
1 point for Draw
0 points for a Loss

The winners of each League then played each other in the final.

Our team lost their 1st match 4-1 however, the score was helped a little by some very dodgy refereeing decisions!

We drew our 2nd game 1-1, a fair result we felt.

In our last game, we found our form and battered the opposition 6-4. We counted 7 and we think the referee miscounted!

We just missed out on a place in the final however, the 1st game we lost in the earlier stages was to the eventual winners of the competition, Tame Valley.

Well done to them.

We would like to thank the following Scouts for taking part;

Matthew, Reece, Jacob H, Connor, Ben, Ryan, Jacob D & Zach

We would also like to thank those parents who stayed behind to cheer on our gallant team.

All the best,

Skip, Adam & Jason

District Swimming Gala 2009

Hi All,

On Saturday 14th November our Scouts took part in the District Swimming Gala held at Wyndley Pool.

We provided a full team of 7 swimmers which meant that we were able to take part in all of the races.

The format of the evening was as follows;

Scouts - Under 12's Freestyle, Back Stroke & Breast Stroke
Scouts - Under 14's Freestyle, Back Stroke & Breast Stroke
Scouts - Relay
Scouts - Diving

Reece & Matthew both came first in their individual races and Jacob B came 3rd in his. Excellent!

At the end of all of the races we managed to qualify for 3 finals; the under 14's Freestyle, the under 12's Breast Stroke and the Relay.

Reece & Matthew both won Silver medals in their individual events and we just missed out on the medals in the Relay. Fantastic result!

Reece also put up a good performance in the diving.

I would like to thank the following Scouts who gave up their time on Saturday evening to take part;

Reece, Jenny, Jacob H, Matthew, Kisan, Vincent & Jacob B

They all gave 110% and did the Group proud.

I would also like to thank the parents who watched from the spectator area, for giving up their time and supporting the team, and a special thank-you to Jenny's mum for joining me at the poolside.

Well done to everyone!

All the best,

Adam

AUTUMN RUMMAGE SALE NOVEMBER 2009

Well, the sun shone and the Rummagers came in good numbers ready for the opening at 10.30.  When the doors were opened, in they all came, many heading straight  for the ladies and gents fashions, many more to the Bric-a-Brac whilst the children aimed for the toys and games leaving room for the collectors to have a good browse through all the books and videos that were assembled for them to peruse.

To cater for all their demands were parents, supporters and even a cub instructor!

An hour later and it was all over with very little left on the tables.

Thanks to those of you who brought items to the HQ - as well as those who sorted and were there on the day - as  we had a very successful Sale achieving an incredible income of £453.

Over twelve years, has amount raised this way and all for the benefit of the boys and girls within our excellent Scout Group is over £6500.

So on now to the next one!  Please save any suitable items for the next Sale which will be held on Saturday 27th March 2010

Gwyn Lloyd  Organizer

Remembrance Day Parade 2009

Remembrance Day Parade 2009

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Emily and Adam would like to thank;

Ryan, Tom, Rahul, Jacob H, Jacob B, James F, James A, Lauren, Dominic, Jenny, Pia, Connor, Ben & Luke R

for attending the event, braving the cold and for being such great ambassadors to the Scout Movement.

Scout Meeting 02/11/09

Scout Meeting 02/11/09

Hi All,

On Monday 2nd November we celebrated the story of Guy Fawkes with our very own bonfire and fireworks display.

We also celebrated the Group's (2nd Wylde Green) 80th birthday.

Before going outside, the Troop were given a brief history of the Gunpowder Plot and a copy of the firework code was read out by one of the Scouts.

Out of our 4 Patrols, 2 of them were tasked with building bonfires, one Patrol was in charge of cooking hotdogs and the fourth Patrol made Guy himself.

The two bonfires were different in their design and both burned well throughout the meeting.

As you will see from the pics, the Guy was both 'armless (and legless) and was punished a treat!

Hotdogs were dished out to all and the evening was finished off with some fireworks.

At the end of our meeting, we were given a lovely piece of birthday cake.

Happy Birthday 2nd Wylde Green Scout Group!

All that remains to say is have a safe week and please remember the firework code.

All the best,

The Scout Leaders