Hope you all had a fab summer! The Sections have lots to look forward to on their return . . . I know that the Leadership teams have been planning lots of entertaining and challenging actvities and events for everyone to enjoy during the new term.
A Big Thanks in advance to the Leadership Team and Group Executive for all the work they will put into the Group for this New Term.
In what has now turned into a firm favourite for the end of term celebration, both colonies of Beavers once again headed for the Sandown slopes.
The weather stayed fine, the Beavers had a riotous time and some were even lucky enough to be swum up to Cubs that night! What a brilliant time everyone had and a perfect way to mark the start of the Summer holidays.
The “early” colony…
And the “late” colony…
Click on the photos to see more of their adventure
..and that’s Gradbatch not Gradback for the unitiated! Well as advised this was always going to be a different camp, however finding out belatedly that we were camped in one of the wettest places in England was mildly disappointing although it didn’t stop any of the activities; I suppose the family of ducks lodging with us for the week should have given us a clue!
Having just returned from a Fantastic Scout Camp in the Peak District I am posting this note a little later than usual.
I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Summer Break. Safe travels and happy holidays to all.
We had a good turnout at our Annual Celebration Event and I would like to say a very big thanks to the Executive, Leadership Team and all those that helped make this a successful and enjoyable event.
Also a very big thanks to all the adults at 3HH for a fantastic term and for providing Nights Away (Camps & Sleepovers) this Summer. I know that the Beavers had a great time at their sleepover and the Scouts had an exciting and memorable camp. I am certain that the Cubs will also enjoy their Camp which starts later this week.
Enjoy the summer and we will see you all again in September.
Please join us for our Annual Group Celebration Event on Sunday 18 July 2010 at 2pm. This is a chance to review the year, looking at our achievements and to see what we have planned for the coming year.
There will be a Bouncy Castle, Games and a BBQ plus refreshments.
All members, family and friends are welcomed and encouraged to attend this event. Please spread the word.
The event starts at 2pm at our Scout Headquarters; The George Stanley Hall, ‘The Triangle’, rear of Holly Road Recreation Ground.
A big thanks to all for the donations. Despite starting our collecting efforts quite late in the scheme, we still amassed 592 vouchers which we’ve banked ready for 2011’s scheme.
3rd Hampton Hill cubs and scouts are going to Borough camp. If you would like your cub or scout to attend please fill in the form and place it with a cheque into the box at the back of the hall marked ‘Borough camp’.
The camp will take place at Walton firs scout campsite, Cobham, Surrey. The dates for Scouts are Friday 2nd July – Sunday 4th July, and for Cubs Saturday 3rd July – Sunday 4th July.
The following activities will be on offer: Archery, climbing, abseiling, the adventure course, sporting tournaments and lots lots more. Getting muddy and having fun may also occur.
Closing date for forms to be returned is the 11 June 2010 please.
The Richmond Upon Thames Scout District are again running the incredibly popular and utterly fantastic “Water Weekend”. During the event, you’ll get an opportunity to try your hand at: sailing, canoeing, raft building, rowing and dragon boat racing! For those of you not already sporting them, this means you’ll have a clutch of new badges by the end of the camp.
The camp will take place at Thames Young Mariners in Ham, and will run from Friday 11th June at 18:00hrs until Sunday 13th June at 16:00hrs.
Unfortunately the camp will be limited to a fixed number for the whole of the District and 3HH will be allocated just 20 places – these will be offered on a “first come, first served” basis and as such we cannot guarantee you a slot.
What a fantastic day on Saturday 15th May, the occasion of the second ever 3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group Airgun Competition. Over 50 adults and juniors shot target rifle and pistol, competed in the knockout competition and got down in the dirt with field target.
So what is the title about? Well, Jacob won the overall 12 and under section, Sam won the 13-16 age range and dad Rob shared overall 1st place in the adult competition along with winning the KO, not forgetting mum Mandy coming in 8th!
So winners were
U13 – Rifle Lilly P, Pistol and Overall Jacob
U17 – Rifle Sam, Pistol Alex S, overall Sam
Adult – Rifle tie between Jon H and Rob with Rob taking gold with reference to the third card, Pistol Wend, overall tie between Wend and Rob
Knock out competition
(and yes we are going to sort out those darn boxes for next time)
Junior – winner Andrew O, runner up Will W, bronze to Jacob H and Rhiannon
Senior – Winner Rob H, runner up Jon H, bronze to John O and Wend W.
Yep, it’s official, we’re signed up to the Tesco’s voucher scheme as well as the Sainsbury’s one now. Until we get our Tesco collecting box, please pop all those lovely vouchers into the Sainsbury’s box and I’ll look forward to all that lovely sorting. We’ve had some good stuff out of the Sainsbury’s scheme in the last few years so keep ‘em coming and help us to both save money and improve and enhance the games and equipment we have for members.
P.S. in case you haven’t noticed, there’s no need to post your vouchers in the correct slot as they all drop into the same place! It would be nice if you sorted them into ones and fives with a rubber band though!
Congratulations to the latest Beavers who have worked really hard and earnt their fabulous Chief Scout’s Bronze Award. This badge is the highest award available in the Beaver Scout Section and marks the culmination of lots of hard work, adventure and most importantly .. FUN!
As staggering as it seems, some of the scouts don’t find tying knots very exciting. How odd
So to liven things up a little, we set them the challenge of building chariots and racing around the hall. Now that was more like it! (although we did have to ban them from attaching the blades to their axles like Queen Boadicea)
Do feel free to check out the photos and video to see more…
Well done folks… perhaps next stop the Roman Colosseum?!
Hi all, please see attached the Scout Summer Camp letter for our Peak District extravaganza at the end of July. This year we’ve gone for a complete change and are camping in a beautiful site in the south of the Peak District right next to a stream (hope no one sleep walks)!
We have a maximum of 36 spaces so application will be by post to ensure fair allocation and preference will be given to those still in the troop come July. There may be Young Leader spaces but this will be dependant on available seats, but do let me know if you’re ineterested.
Hi all, please see attached the super summer programme for Claws and Talons. Firstly a warning; we have a lot of variety this term which means that often Talons and Claws will be doing different things each week so please keep a close eye on the programme.
We’ll be entering two teams at this year’s NPL Water Rocket event so get some research in via this link, bring along your 2 litre bottles and kit and let’s see what we can do. The best rockets from Talons and from Claws will represent the troop at the event at 6pm on Wednesday 23rd June. P.S. if you have some old tennis balls, please bring these as they’re a necessary accessory (nosecone)!
Keep your eyes open for your troop’s backwoods cooking evening; we’ll be providing some food but of you want to eat yourself to a standstill don’t forget your own choice of food. You’ll also need to keep your eyes open for the water activity evening at Richmond and Superscout as these are on different evenings. We also have a joint wide games evening being run by the Claws team in June.
Activities, camps and outings include Dayprowl, the District Water Weekend, District Sports Competition (we are the current champions) and Borough Camp as well as Summer Camp (see seperate post). All this and we’ll end with our usual Great Parent Scout Cookout, rules attached.
Spring and Early Summer Update: As I write this it is another fab day! Fingers crossed for many more. The Cubs and Scouts both enjoyed glorious weather and had great camps. A big thanks to the leadership teams and group supporters for providing 2 more brilliant camps, and to the Cubs and Scouts themselves for getting stuck in and giving their all.
A belated Easter wish to everyone, hope you all found some time for some peace and quiet, and have enjoyed the Easter Break. Our thoughts are with anyone that might still be stranded somewhere and we hope you get home safe soon.
We collected our new trailer whilst we were at Scout Camp. This is a very welcome addition to our Group and I know it will be greatly used. A big thanks to Sheila and to Simon for all their hard work in getting us this trailer.
I know that all the Sections have a great Summer programme lined up along with more camping and lots of outdoor stuff to enjoy. There is still time to enter our Air Rifle Event in May. We will shortly be planning our annual celebration event which will take place before the summer break. There are still opportunities for more adults to join us in a number of roles within the Group. Please speak with any Section leader for more details.
Come and join the adventure at 3rd Hampton Hill and be part of the challenge and fun of scouting.
I look forward to seeing you and speaking with you all soon.
