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Scouts Six-a-Side 2010

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The Southampton City District annual six-a-side football competition took place between six troop teams at the sports centre on Saturday 8th May 2010. I am delighted to report that after a tough competition, the 14th emerged victorious and in style with a 5-1 win in the final! Well done team!

Braggers Wood Camp, May 2010

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B – is for a Brilliant camp despite – another “B” – Bank Holiday weather!
R – is for Rambunctious, a good word to describe the twenty-one Cubs and twenty-one Scouts from the 14th who camped with us and for the seven equally Rambunctious Beavers from the 14th who joined us for the Beaver Sleepover.
A – is for Activities including archery, climbing, kayaking (on a cold, windy, wet Sunday), zip-wires, Sumo Wrestling, circus skills and even a Navy-style cannon run.
G – is for Great food cooked by Maggie and Susy – and the Scouts!
G – is for Go Karts. Well done to Stuart, Jon, Ed and Jack for a great Go Kart Construction and racing activity. And well done too to Nico and John for our massively popular Tin Can football activity – featuring a hexagonal “court” this year.
E – is for Enormous numbers of kids. We were joined by hundreds of Cubs and Scouts from all over Southampton for our District Camp. All eleven Scout Groups were there.
R – is for Raging Campfire, the memory lingers – and so does the smell!
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S – is for Sleep, particularly in the car on the way home 🙂


A Huge thanks to all the Leaders and Parents who worked so hard to make it happen.

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Scout Patrol Leader Training

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Our newest four assistant patrol leaders spent last weekend in the depths of the New Forest with 13 other new APLs from the district.

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On Saturday morning, the the leaders talked to the scouts about various leadership techniques. Pancakes were cooked outside under typical conditions – hail – before we went through camp skills, such as menu planning, camp-site layout and hygiene!

After a healthy dinner, the scouts wrapped up warm and jumped into a minibus to be dropped off with a map and torch at an unknown location and were told to walk back to camp! Fortunately the night was beautifully clear, so the paths were lit up by the stars, but it did mean it was well and truly below freezing (we set off at -2 degrees)! The scouts in the more “adventurous” group even had to shimmy across a fallen tree to get over a river!

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The (tired) scouts brushed up on their practical skills on Sunday morning, being taught by our (tired) leaders how to teach axe and saw usage to other scouts. Then we pioneered the most over-engineered volley-ball net possible, and created a 30m “aerial runway” aka a zip-line through the forest.
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