3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group

I never expected that we’d achieve quite the results of last year and this did prove correct, however our results are extremely good all the same and point to a depth of ability that will see us continue to going from strength to strength.

Last year we were pistol champions and this year took silver with our team of Jon, his daughter Ruth, Jacob H and Tom H. Last year we were also the overall junior champions winning the Duke of Connaught’s junior trophy, competed for by a pre-selected team of three with scores taken from rifle, pistol and field target and this year took bronze with our team of Dylan, Jacob and Rhiannon. Tate won the trophy for the most improved Explorer in rifle and was described by the competition organiser as a talent to watch. Whilst we didn’t come away with much actual silverware, the overall results were excellent and point to a continuing bright future for target shooting at 3rd Hampton Hill.

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Please find attached your kit list and health form for this coming weekend’s hike camp. Please follow the kit list carefully.

As forewarning, you will need to be at the 3HH HQ for 0815 hrs on the Saturday morning since the first team needs to be off at 0915 sharp and we need a final briefing beforehand.

Any questions, please do get in touch. Simon

The 2009 entrants to the Richmond Upon Thames District Dayprowl competition. We didn’t come first, but by goodness did we have fun

This fantastic opportunity is open to all young people (older Scouts and Explorers/Young Leaders) to attend the World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) in Sweden in 2011. The participants will be aged between 14 and 17 years old, who were born between 25 July 1993 and 27 July 1997.

Some background information is available here for you: 2011 jamboree overview information for parents and the jamboree flyer.

There will be a briefing on Sunday 17th January which will give more of an insight to the Jamboree experience. So at this stage you are not committing yourself. If you think this sounds at all interesting please feel free to fill in the form anyway; you can always make up your mind in the future if you wish.

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We have been able to get 16 places for the forthcoming Chubb Live Fire demo morning on Thursday 29 Oct 2009.

In conjunction with the Fire and Rescue Service, Chubb organises local fire demonstrations that Scouts can take part in in order to complete their fire safety badge. Scouts have the opportunity to use an extinguisher on a real live fire, and visit a fire station which in our case will be at Sunbury. The event should take approximately 2.5 hours and, if possible, may include a tour of the fire station.

Update 1 Oct 2009: We have now filled all the available slots for this event. Please feel free to ask to be put on the reserve list in case we manage to secure some more places.

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Hi all, it’s Dayprowl this coming Sunday, an exciting day out orienteering between bases to see if we can retain our trophy for another year. We still have spaces on teams in both troops and really need you to bring in your forms this week if you want to walk. It’s a great day out so come on, bring in your forms this week and enjoy a lovely day out.

Paul Fitchett
Talons Troop

Welcome back everyone; it was great to see you all!

We talked about it but so that you have your own copy, we’ve attached the term’s programme here. There’s bundles of exciting stuff planned. Some of them are old favourites and some are completely new. While there is lots of stuff packed in, some stand out highlights include: (more…)

We’re aiming to run an event to earn our Expedition Challenge badge and maybe a few others as well. The dates for the camp are Saturday 24 – Monday 26 October 2009 which falls at the beginning of the October half term.

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Hi all, please see attached two fliers, one for Dayprowl and one for the swimming gala.

Dayprowl is an all day incident hike in the countryside where teams of 5 or so visit various bases where fun challenges of many varieties await. We are the current joint champions here, so looking forward to a good turn out we have entered two teams for Talons and two for Claws; Scouts of all ages are encouraged to apply for a place on a team.

The swimming gala is for teams of six and again we’ll be entering a team from Talons and one from Claws, selection being at Hampton Pool next Friday 18th September from 7pm. The teams consist of three older Scouts and three younger ones, so again we invite interest form all troop members whatever their age.

Please note the ‘return by’ dates on the flyers and get your replies back to your troop evening ASAP!

Hi there Scouts,

We hope that you’ve all had awesome summer holidays … most likely driving your parents mad And now it’s almost time to start Scouts once again after the long break. So just as a quick reminder we meet again for the new term on Friday 11 September at 7.30 pm.

On the first night back, we’ll have the usual games, talk about the term’s programme and promote the new PLs and APLs. We’ll save all the details for then so as to not spoil the surprise. But just to give you some warning, our second night back on 18 Sept will be swimming at Hampton Pool. You’ll need to be there for 7pm with £2.90 per person please. At the swimming as well as have a monster splash, we’ll be picking teams for the District Swimming Gala as well as helping some of you achieve your next staged swimming badge.

Look forward to seeing you soon!

Regards
Paul, Simon and the whole of the Talons Leadership Team

Well it wasn’t the most difficult camp to run by a long way! Everyone has had a great time relaxing in the – mostly – good weather and lots to keep the scouts occupied.

Do click on the photo to see more of the Scouts’ summer camp.

Please click on the photo below to see more of the “Talons” scouts great parent cookout competition.

Well done to everyone on such fantastic efforts and for bribing the judges sooooo well!

Please click on the photo below to see more of the “Claws” scouts great parent cookout competition.

As some forewarning, we’re aiming to run a joint event with the 7th Hampton Scouts to earn our Expedition Challenge badge. The dates are Friday 30 October – Sunday 1 November 2009 Saturday 24 – Monday 26 October 2009 which falls at the end beginning of the October half term (please note that these dates now need to be confirmed – watch this space!).

The intention is to have the Scouts walk from the 3HH HQ to the designated camp site about 8 miles away on the Friday, spend the weekend honing their navigation skills, playing games and building / sleeping out in bivvy shelters, and rounding off the weekend with a return hike back to the 3HH HQ on the Sunday.

Should be good and more details in due course!…

Simon

Well done to Chris, Kieran, Mimi and Will from Claws for their excellent performance at this year’s NPL Water Rocket Competition.

The team’s excellent design and build work resulted in a rocket that flew straight and true and got the Scout firing the launcher only a little wet on take off, well alright soaked! We hit the first zone with our first and third flights and a bullseye with the second one giving flight times of 17, 33 and 18 seconds. Full results and pictures will appear on the NPL website in due course.

The launcher after some years sterling service is now pretty much defunct and a hard time was had getting it through scrutineering this time. Ideally we’d like to take this to summer camp as an activity, so is there a parent out there who could build us a more robust replacement? Full instructions are available from a link on the above website so little or no design work would be needed and if it can’t be built for camp, having one (preferably two so both troops can compete) ready for next years event would be fantastic. Please talk to any of the leaders.

Getting out onto the water is fast becoming a real favourite for 3HH’s scouts.

We were delighted to once again join our good friends at the 14th Richmond Boat House for a wonderful evening’s rowing between Richmond and Twickenham. To see more of what we got up to please click here to check out the photos.

Unlike our last adventure out, the sun was shining and the tide reasonably gentle. And the scene was perfectly set for a few impromptu races!

Massive thanks again to Vic, Anna, Roy and Trevor for hosting our visit. We’re already looking forward to our next trip out…

Hi all, as ever our last night of Scouts in July will be the Great Parent Scout Cookout.

It’s one of my favourite Scout evenings and has nothing at all to do with the fact that I’m on the judging panel! This activity takes a while to plan and arrange your teams so here’s the information nice and early to allow you to do just that!

Any questions just ask.

Paul
ASL Talon Troop

Note to self, must remember, no lunch or dinner that day!

Hi all, please see attached the primary paperwork for NSARC 2009.

This has formerly been an open competition to anyone who has passed the YPS course but due to it’s poularity entries are now restricted to 9 Scouts, 6 Explorers and a limited number of non Range Officer adult entrants, all of whom now MUST be members of the association in one form or another to be able to shoot (there are no restrictions on non-shooting adults). There are no restriction on RO numbers fortunately.

If we get more than 15 Scouts and Explorers wanting to shoot, we’ll have to carry out a selection event. Dates on this are tight to ensure our entry so I’d be happy to receive your (paper) replies ASAP.

Please note this is open to all Explorers listed above, older Scouts who may be Explorers come October and all adults with shooting knowledge and the pre-requisite membership as well of course as Scouts who’ve passed YPS.

Well it was a hotter longer route with a far bigger boxes to carry than we had expected – but what an adventure!

The Scouts were simply terrific under some challenging demands. But we maxed out our mission to raise awareness for Shelterbox and the Scout Association. Our monster big green boxes were dragged all over Westminster, Covent Garden, Fleet Street, Victoria Station, Horseguards Parade … with photos taken wherever we stopped.

Well done to everyone who took part – and congratulations on earning your Global Challenge badge!

A massive thanks to John, Darrell, Suzanne and Kirstie for coming along and making the day possible.

Simon

We now have 17 down for the Scout summer camp but the first closing date is looming as we have to get our numbers and activity forms in to the organisers.

What does this mean? Well quite clearly, I must have your paper slips and deposits in ASAP if you want to come as although there may be latitude to add numbers afterwards, equally the site may not let us if they’re full, so delay at your peril!

Please find attached therefore three forms: one is the summer camp invite letter, the second is the list of activities on offer and the third is the form you MUST return to me ASAP indicating what activities your Scout can enjoy; they’re quite strict, no form, no do! You MUST now send it to me at my home address ASAP so I can collate and send these off on my return from holiday.

Finally, although the camp cost is shown as £180, I’m looking to see if we can drop our costs by up to £20 and the more Scouts we have, the easier this becomes!

Many thanks all,

Paul Fitchett
ASL Talon Troop