Coordinator - July 2012

July 2012 Issue 594

Co-Ordinator District Scout Rifle / Archery Competition Wymondley Wood

Letchworth and Baldock District Scouts

Overall winners this year is 8th Letchworth Scout Troop Rifle Scores - Team 1st

8th Letchworth

115 Points

2nd

1st Ashwell

86 Points

3rd

5th Letchworth A

82 Points

Individual Competition: I might add that it was so very close, and the top two went down to the number of bulls 1st George Packham -

7th Letchworth

47 Points (3 bulls )

2nd Thomas Lambourne 3rd Daniel Davey

1st Ashwell 5th Letchworth

47 Points 45 Points

3rd Evan Walker

4th Letchworth

45 Points

Archery : 1st

8th Letchworth

296 Points

2nd

7th Letchworth

270 Points

3rd

5th Letchworth A

207 Points

4th

4th Letchworth

203 Points

5th

1st Ashwell

198 Points

6th

2nd Baldock

196 Points

7th

1st Baldock

169 Points

8th

5th Letchworth B

Top Archer : Evan Walker

4th Letchworth 82 Points

2nd

: Shaun Warren 8th Letchworth 61 Points

Joint 3rd

: Simon Kitching 5th Letchworth and Rory Myner

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75 Points

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7th Letchworth 59 Points

My weekend away 8th Letchworth Scouts

I think I speak for everyone when I say this weekend was a lot of fun especially when we did the axing which I thought was fun. Also we did a play by the campfire in our patrols which was embarrassing when we had to sing at the end . After that we got some Frisbees and everyone played Frisbee netball and I caught two goals which Charlie threw at me. I also enjoyed the food which we had to cook ourselves, my patrol cooked pasta but Claire cooked 4 bean pasta for me and her because we are vegetarians and it was delicious.

Jack Mees 8th Letchworth Scout 8th Letchworth Scouts went to Great Barford on a patrol camp . The younger Scouts spent the weekend learning basic camping skills and working towards their Outdoor Challenge, and the older ones went out geocaching as well as teaching the younger ones in their patrols

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5th Letchworth Scouts Newest, Youngest Addition to the Group Congratulations to Nick and Kayleigh Howell who have a new addition to their family! They brought baby Felix to play wide games at the common with 5th Letchworth Scouts last Wednesday, he even has his own Fifth neckerchief!

Felix Ashley Howell with all his admirers from 5th Letchworth.

Felix showing off his 5th Letchworth neckerchief.

Photographs courtesy of Tim Stroud

Note from the Badge Secretary.

Scout Active Support

Scout Shops are experiencing delays in processing orders for badges. If you require badges for a specific date or a large quantity of a particular badge Fred “the scribe” Lovelock will be holding please can you let me know at least 14 his “Cream Tea” at 19 Campers Road, working days before just in case they are Letchworth on the afternoon of Sunday not in stock and I have to order them.

5 August 2012. The cost is £5.00 per You can email me on head at the gate. All monies raised will go into the SASU funds. scout.badges@btinternet.com

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8th Letchworth Cubs Camp Phasels Wood Last weekend, twenty Cubs, two Scouts, one Young Leader, one CSL, five ACSL's, one ASL, one BSL, one ABSL and one parent went to Phasels Wood Scout Camp.

Friday 15th June 2012 On Friday we arrived at Phasels Wood. Once we had put our bag in our tent, we started to unpack. I shared a tent with Karen and Georgia. There was lots of room in our tent. After we had unpacked we explored the area where we were staying. We had a supper of hot dogs. When we went to bed I was ready for a good night's sleep!

Saturday 16th June In the morning once we had woken up, I got dressed and ready for breakfast. I really enjoyed the eggy bread! The first activity that I did after breakfast was the cresta run. It was very good fun. The next activity was pot holing. I only completed the first one. After we had done those activities we went back and got changed. Once we had changed we had some lunch. Our first activity after lunch was the zip wire. I really enjoyed this and it made me laugh. Then we had a drink and some cake :-) Once the others got back from the cube we waited a little. Once we had waited we went off to do the crate stacking. I was the first person in my team to do this. I managed 17 crates high. Rebecca got the highest in my team with 19 crates. Once we had finished we went back for dinner. For dinner there was sweet and sour chicken. I had pasta and cheese!! After dinner we went on the pedal karts. I went on a pedal Kart with Rebecca, Karen and Gabriel. When we had finished our turns, we went back for hot chocolate and hot dogs.

Then we went to bed.

Sunday 17th June After we had woken up and had our breakfast, we went back to our tents to pack. After we had packed, we helped to put the tents down. I enjoyed helping and it was the first time I had put a tent away. We went to the indoor climbing wall. While we were on the climbing wall, it was moving. I kept falling off! After we had finished that activity, we went to find our parents to go home.

Thank you so much to all of the leaders for a fantastic weekend. I had so much fun.

Molly 8th Letchworth Cub Scout 7th Letchworth Scouts Camping at Wymondley Wood

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The History & Heritage Team of Hertfordshire Scouts invite:invite:LETCHWORTH & BALDOCK SCOUTS

To an Exhibition to mark 50 Years since the opening of Lochearnhead Scout Station, Perthshire.

This will be held at the County Scout Museum, Well End Hertfordshire, WD6 5PR, and is in support of the Activity Fortnight event being held at the Station.

The exhibition will be held over three weekends: Saturday / Sunday 21 July – 12 August 2012.

Opening times are 10:00 – 16.:00 hrs each day This will be of particular interest to those in the County who are not yet aware of the Station or who may already be regular visitors.

You will be able to learn the history of this great County asset and be able to obtain information on the facilities and training courses available.

We look forward to seeing you. Please bring young people if you can.

Further information is available from the County Archivist.

Frank Brittain archivist@hertfordshirescouts.org.uk Telephone 01727 860086 Mobile 07850 818600 www.lbdscouts.org.uk

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Chief Scout’s Bronze Award Joshia Coats

11th Letchworth

Josh Garner Ellie-Jade Glasgow

11th Letchworth 8th Letchworth

Toby Richards Paul Toddington

1st Baldock 11th Letchworth

Henry Bennet

1st Baldock (Knights)

Chief Scout’s Silver Award

Alex Bennett Janika Olowo Judith Simmonds Sophie Stewardson Rebecca Twena

8th Letchworth Letchworth Letchworth Letchworth Letchworth

8th 8th 8th 8th

James Burgess

5th Letchworth

George Muge Abby Orsman

2nd Baldock 2nd Baldock

Chief Scout’s Gold Award

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Edward Cornell ACSL

4th Letchworth

Lelia Forrest

7th Letchworth

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ACSL

DIARY 2012 JULY 1

County Push Kart Competition - Scouts

Oaklands

2

Wymondley Wood Committee Meeting

Wymondley Wood

2

District Cub Leaders’ Meeting

4

District Team Meeting

DHQ

12

District Executive Meeting

DHQ

17

Scout and Guide Shop Summer Break

Close

17

Lochearnhead Meeting

DHQ

District Lochearnhead Expedition

Lochearnhead Station

AUGUST SEPTEMBER 7

Scout and Guide Shop Reopens

10

District Cub Leaders’ Meeting

13

District Executive Meeting

Wymondley Wood

21 - 24

County London Monopoly - Explorer/Network

London

22 - 23

County Cubs Nigt Hike

28 - 30

County Born 2B Challenged - Scouts

Harmer Green

29

District Beavers’ Olympic Games

Wymondley Wood

OCTOBER 7

County Cyclocross

11

District Executive Meeting

Wymondley Wood

17

District Team Meeting

Wymondley Wood

25

District Scout & Guide Shop AGM

DHQ

NOVEMBER 5

District Cub Leaders’ Meeting

8

District Executive Meeting

11

Remembrance Sunday

16 - 18

County Green Beret - Scouts

Lees Wood

23

District Cub Quiz

TBA

Wymondley Wood

DECEMBER 3

County Explorers Christmas Meal

Letchworth and Baldock District Scouts Editor Rita Hawkins, 1 South Close, Baldock SG7 6DS editor3@btinternet.com Printed by: Print Factory, Whitehorse Street, Baldock, Printfactory@tesco.net

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Correction - please note that the Lochearnhead Meeting is the 17th and not the 19th July as published in June’s edition of Co-Ordinator.