Photos from the 2010 Soap Box Derby, Congratulations to 6th East Grinstead, who won both the Beaver and Cub competitions, and to 1st EG Dolphin troop winning the Scout Class.
In the leader/explorer class, Griffyn Explorers, walked away with the cuddly toy. Congratulations to all who took part!.
More photos in the Gallery
Sunday 18th April, saw the streets of East Grinstead fall silent as traffic was held up at several road junctions around the town. The silence was broken by the sounds of the drums of the marching band as the parade marched up the high street watched by local residents and high street businesses.
One onlooker commented how pleased they were that Scouts still celebrated our Patron Saints day, reminding him of his younger days as a Scout many years ago.
County Commissioner John Spickett was also on hand to present Ron Trumpeter with his Silver Acorn award for his many years of work for the Scouts.
This was the first time is several years that the Saints Day celebration has included a parade, so well done to all of our young people who turned up looking very smart.
At a special ceremony on Thursday 4th February, the 1st East Grinstead Group Scout Leader Jok Dowe, and Group Chairman Martin Groat officially opened new WC facilities at the Scout Hall in Moat Road.
The work has improved the existing facilities at the Hall, and includes the provision of a new purpose built disabled facility.
The ‘First Flush’ celebrations took place following the groups ‘Going Up’ ceremony, which sees young people moving from one section to another.
Parents and leaders were treated to a brief speech riddled with toilet humour, as the chairman thanked those present for not allowing the project to ‘go down the pan’, and agreed to stop the bad jokes at the in cistern’ce of everyone there.
Triangle is a night exercise for teams of 4 Explorer Scouts. The exercise involves hiking approximately 13 - 14 miles across country (longer if they get lost!).
Teams will process along the course as directed, reporting at the various incident and checkpoints.
The Exercise will commence at 20:00 hours on the 21st November 2009 and end at approximately 0800 hours on 22nd November 2009.
Teams will have 10 hours of actual walking time to complete the exercise from their start time.
Costs will be £25, just enough to pay for hiring a hall for running the event and sleeping in plus breakfast.
See the Triangle Flyer for more information.
It has been a busy few weeks in scouting, and I have not had a chance to update the site with things as often as I would have liked, so here are some quick bits:
New Chief Scout Appointed - Bear Grylls see http://www.scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=185
Photos from County Cub Camp 2009 Camp-a-lot:Photos 1, Photos 2, Photos 3
East Grinstead Has a New Queen Scout - see http://www.westsussexscouts.org.uk/update.php
More information on these stories, and more to follow soon!
The next first response course is scheduled to run on Sat 14th and Sun 15th March.
During May 15th-17th The South of England Showground in Ardingly plays host to the 2009 County Cub Camp dubbed Camp-A-Lot. As you may infer from the name the theme this year is the Knights of the Round Table.
As always these county camps require months of planning, and as the quest draws closer we are looking for adults to help with site services for the event in such matters as car parking, security, set up & take down.
Hi Guys,
As it is my turn to organise an evening in January, I thought I’d better let you know what we were doing!
On weds the 21st, I will be holding film night at the 1st EG @8pm.
Bring any DVD’s you want to see on the big screen (under 18 though as we have linking members [...]
Please see the following document for a list of forthcoming international events and opportunities here
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