It was a bit on the muddy side at Southampton City District Camp – but that didn’t bother our Scouts, Cubs or Beavers! They fully engaged with the environment and came up smiling – many thanks to all the hard working adults who made the Camp possible 
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Was it St George’s Day, or was it St Swithuns? The weather wasn’t great but our Cubs were, so on behalf of the Leaders thank you to them and thank you to the Mums and Dads who braved the elements to get them there
What fantastic performances by both our Highfield Cub teams in the Southampton City Football Tournament!
Our A team played some scintillating football with goals aplenty – Finn scored 11 in the tournament and Alfie 4 in the game where he played up front. But some of the movement and passing was just exhilarating to watch, all backed by a calm, assured defence. Well done to Alfie, Angus, Rory, Rogan, Josh, Charlie and Finn!
Our B team, playing against some of the toughest teams in the competition more than held their own, notching up a win – great goal by Leo! – and three draws. The players noticeably grew in confidence as the tournament progressed, always keeping a good team shape, looking to pass to team-mates and determinedly supporting each other in defence. Well done Matt, Alasdair, Sebastian, Thomas, Jai and Leo!
Our B team finished third in their league and our A team was narrowly beaten by the mighty 2nd in the semi-finals – but all the Highfield Supporters were thrilled by the spirit, effort and skill of all our Highfield Cubs – they were just great!
Much credit has to go to the team coaches, Pete for the A’s and Anders, assisted by Liz, for the B’s. They, together with Guy, ran a great training session last Sunday, organised the teams brilliantly and encouraged and built-up the boys fantastically well! Thank you very much to them
Finally, I’d like to say thank you to the Mums, Dads, Brothers, Sisters and friends who came to support the teams this morning – you generated a fantastic atmosphere, gave the boys massive encouragement and lost your voices in a great cause, thank you and “Come on you Reds!”
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Derek and Karen Bicknell, the Chief Instructors for Hampshire Choi Kwang Do, visited our Cubs to introduce them to this new non-competitive Martial Art. Choi Kwang Do is suitable for Men, Women and Children, of all ages and abilities. It can improve your levels of fitness, self-confidence and increase your awareness of self-defence. Our Cubs thoroughly enjoyed both the fantastic games and challenging activities run by Derek and Karen and assisted by Young Leader Owen, including the chance to measure up to “Bob” the dummy
The videos show Derek, armed only with a woggle, taking on 10 or 11 Cub assailants at a time.
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Everyone seemed to have lots of fun cooking their pancake on top of a tin can!
Local Drummer Mark Jones led our Cubs in an exuberant session of African drumming – using a selection of drums from his collection including Djembe and a Talking Drum as well as a Dumbek (Belly Dancing!) and an Indian Mridangam drum. Take a look at the videos to get a sense of what it was like
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Many congratulations to three of our Beaver Scouts who have managed to achieve their Bronze Chief Scout’s Award. This badge demonstrates that as a Beaver they have completed all of their challenge badges and tried lots of new activities. Their badges and certificates were presented at our last meeting by Grey Owl, our District Commissioner.
December was a fun filled month for the Beavers, they all did a wonderful performance at the Christingle service, and everyone enjoyed our Pass the Parcel game.
We had a fantastic 2011
Take a look at our photoshow to see what we did…
