3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group

With a heavy heart we returned the team rifle, team pistol and the Junior Connaught trophy (overall junior champions) when we returned to Bisley on Friday evening, ready to compete in this year’s competition. We also had quite a few team changes with most of last year’s winners having migrated up to Explorers meaning we were wondering how well our Scout team would do this year although we still had a really good number of competitors on our team. This of course did mean that we took our strongest ever Explorer team this year however even they knew they were competing in a very strong field. (more…)

Once again both Sainsbury’s and Tesco have started their voucher schemes ‘Active Kids’ and ‘Schools and Clubs’ and this year your Scout group is registered for both. These are excellent schemes which in previous years have supplied the group with tents, cooking and camping equipment along with games and activity bits and pieces as well, so by donating your vouchers you’ll be helping to keep your subs and camp costs lower as we use these schemes to replace tired equipment.

There are two boxes in the HQ by the kitchen hatch, one for each supermarket so relieve those bulging wallets and purses of all those unwanted vouchers and help your group both get the kit it needs and save your cash!

A crisply cold weekend of shooting air rifle, pistol, field target, knockout, small-bore, full-bore and biathlon culminated in 3rd Hampton Hill’s best ever results at the annual National Scout Air Rifle Championships.

This year was once again their biggest entry with some 782 shooters from Scout and Explorer groups across the country, 3rd Hampton Hill entering 9 Scout shooters, 5 adults and a team of 5 from Hampton Explorers. Whilst we won’t know the full results for a few days, a closing ceremony chock full of awards for the top three places definitely left us with smiles on our faces.

Firstly, in the Biathlon, a completion to run 400m, shoot prone, run 400m, shoot kneeling, run 400m, shoot standing and then run 400m saw the junior competition and gold medal won by Tom H, even though he missed a target at prone!

The knockout is a competition requiring nerves of steel as well as good aim, standing shoulder to shoulder with your opponent aiming to be the first to knock down 5 targets and Rhiannon N continued with her good streak in this discipline taking equal third place and a bronze medal. Considering the size of the field this was an excellent result, especially as so many of us fell by the wayside very early in the competition.

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The Southern 50 Challenge Endurance Hike is an annual event held in Feb each year. It is an endurance hiking event over the Chiltern Hills. Hampton Explorer Scout Unit got a mention in this years event . . .

. . . at the other end of the spectrum, the first team to set out were four Explorer Scouts from Hampton in Greater London South West, named ‘Don’t Worry, We’ve Got a Window’. They proved to have real staying power as they were the last team to finish in 22 hours and 22 minutes, spotting daylight breaking as they completed their event at 04:47 hours on Sunday morning.

This is a very challenging event! (I know, I’ve taken part 6 times! My longest time was 22 Hours and 2 minutes). Fantastic achievement – well done for sticking with it!

Full article can be found here;Southern 50 Challenge Report

Rich M

As part of the ‘Faith Partnership Award’, we are lucky enough to visit Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha which is in Alice Way, Hanworth Road, Hounslow, Middlesex TW3 3UA. We’ll be visiting with some members of the local Explorer Scout unit.

Date : Tues 18th November 2008 7pm-8pm. Joint Meeting for Both Scout Troops. Full Scout Uniform must be worn.

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CTT doesn’t quite remember such an excitable bunch of explorers – to say that all had a great time would be an understatement!! – check out the youtube videos of Apache

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Calling all scouts who are eligible to be explorers within the next 12 months i.e. anyone aged 13 and over.

The District are hold an event to give you the opportunity to meet the explorers and leaders from the majority of units across the District, get involved in some activities, find out about what is on offer as well as just have a good time.

It is on the 21 June 2008 from 1 – 6 PM at the 3rd Hampton HQ, 59 Percy Road Hampton.

Parents are also invited to accompany the scouts, especially as there will be a talk from some camping / hiking equipment suppliers, that are also mountain leader trained, as to what personal equipment is necessary to get the most out of activities etc and also the opportunity to purchase/order the appropriate kit.

If you think that you might plan to go along then please let one of the Scout leadership team know so that we can help the Explorers plan the catering etc….

Its a little mad – but well worth checking out what the Explorers who joined the Country “Nelson” World Jamboree contingent got up to!

Simply click on the play icon to view the YouTube video…

He did it! He has managed to succesfully win a place to go to the World Jamboree 2007, the centenary celebrations.

The Mighty 3HH take on The Big 50! For those who are tough enough.. some of us were and have returned with many a blister as proof. Argh.

This event is for teams of 4 and is open to all members of the Scout or Guide Movements over the age of 14 years. There are THREE routes, 50 miles and 50km open to all, andThe event is a test of good orienteering skills as well as physical ability and team-work and unlike other well known hikes, local knowledge will not be of help as the route will not be disclosed until the day of the event. All teams therefore start with exactly the same chance of winning a trophy.

It is this difference that has made the ‘Southern 50 Challenge’ a successful and rewarding event in the past and will continue to for many years.

Like any other long distance challenge, the effort required to last the full course and receive a finishing certificate is an achievement.

More importantly, many like to return to have another crack at the trophy or just to improve on their time.

Another great fun but rather muddy weekend at Tolmers- 1st place in the Volleyball competition after a nail biting final and definitely first place when it came to Disco action!