J is congratulated by his Chess Teammate O after being presented with the Southampton City District Cubs Over 9.5 Chess Trophy. Its the third year in a row that the 14th have won the Over 9.5 Competition and J’s second Cub Chess Trophy. It was an evening of fierce concentration where both our Cubs fought hard for the 14th – Well done to our Chess Team!
Category Archives: Cubs
Flat (Cub) Pack – IKEA, January 2010
After a short, well-pitched intro from the IKEA Marketing Manager, our Cubs were launched on a Treasure Hunt round the store.
Next they took us to the recycling bay where another manager talked about sustainability before allowing the Cubs to load cardboard into a large baling machine.
We finished up in the IKEA cafeteria with meatballs and chips – perfect!
The Salisbury Big Band were entertaining late customers, so we ate to live jazz music. All in all a fantastic evening – the IKEA team were great hosts 🙂
We Survived Cub Camp!
Twenty excited Cubs, together with a group of enthusiastic Parents and Leaders camped at Ferny Crofts in the New Forest over the weekend of 18th-20th September. We were taking part in the Southampton City District “Survival Camp 2009” and were joined by over 100 other Cubs from 7 other Cub Packs.
During the day we did everything from Climbing to Shelter Building and from Orienteering to Backwoods Cooking. On Friday evening everyone took part in a Cluedo-based Wide Game that ranged across the whole campsite and on Saturday evening we sang songs around a huge campfire.
The weather was fantastic and so were the Cubs. I owe a huge vote of thanks to all the parents and leaders who made the camp happen. Thankyou!
Amazing Athletes of the 14th – Cubs Sports 2009
The 14th Cub Scouts had a great afternoon at the annual District Sports Day.
I can’t quite believe it – we finished in fourth place on 25 points, only 2 points behind the 11th who were in third place. But with six Athletes, our team was half the size of each of the teams in the top 3 and we only had enough people to participate in a selection of the available events. So a huge well done to our Boys for their determination, enthusiasm and ability.
And I was really impressed with the way the team encouraged each other and smiled their way through the event – what an afternoon and what a great team 🙂
Brownsea Island Camp, May 2009
Seventeen excited Cubs, twelve camp-hardened Scouts and a slightly apprehensive supporting cast of leaders and parents took ship from a rain soaked Sandbanks bound for Brownsea Island on a May Friday evening. We were celebrating our Centenary with a camp at the place where Scouting was born.
Brownsea is a magical place and something magical happened to the unpromising weather which seemed to work to our advantage throughout the weekend. We had the entire campsite and all its facilities to ourselves and were able to do all our planned outdoor activities – including shelter building, archery and low ropes – in bright sunshine. It was too windy for kayaking on the sea, so we sailed instead. In the evenings we were able to play the widest of wide games – it felt like we had the whole Island to ourselves.
Brownsea Island Camp, May 2009
Seventeen excited Cubs, twelve camp-hardened Scouts and a slightly apprehensive supporting cast of leaders and parents took ship from a rain soaked Sandbanks bound for Brownsea Island on a May Friday evening. We were celebrating our Centenary with a camp at the place where Scouting was born.
Brownsea is a magical place and something magical happened to the unpromising weather which seemed to work to our advantage throughout the weekend. We had the entire campsite and all its facilities to ours
elves and were able to do all our planned outdoor activities – including shelter building, archery and low ropes – in bright sunshine. It was too windy for kayaking on the sea, so we sailed instead. In the evenings we were able to play the widest of wide games – it felt like we had the whole Island to ourselves.
Cubs Spring Term 2009
We’ve done loads of different things this term. Follow the link here to see what we’ve been up to.
Six a Side Competition 2009
It was great to enter two Scout teams and two Cub teams into the annual Southampton City District six-a-side football competition. Here’s the Scouts getting ready in their smart new kit. After weeks of training we were playing well and our A team only just missed the top spot, becoming runners up after losing to the 26th in a closely fought final.
