3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group

For everyone coming along to Kandersteg please see the attached news letter and forms. There are three documents that you need to read through and action:

Newsletter #2
Health form
Activity permission form

It is essential you return the forms to me at the hut by 31st January. In particular, I need everyone’s full name as shown on their passports in order to obtain the travel insurance, which needs to be done as soon as possible. Cheers Wend

Please see attached the latest programme for the spring term which contains all the dates for both this term and for later in the year for you to pop into the diary.

Also attached is the flyer for the annual Volleyball tournament on Sunday 30th January, a fun sporting event held at our HQ.

Information on the other events such as Night Hike and Easter Camp will follow shortly.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are ready for another busy and exciting year at 3HH!

We are firming up plans for our Family Camp in May 2011 at Walton Firs. Please watch here for updates and for letters coming out with more details. We are also making plans for our Quiz Night in March. Again, watch the Web Page and for details via Section Meetings. And of course we are now counting down to our Big Trip to Kandersteg in the Summer.

During the break the 3HH Team worked hard to clear, rationalise, reorganise and sort The Office, Meeting Room and Hall Store at the Scout HQ. A big thanks to all involved.

As usual all the Sections have a fantastic programme planned for the Term.

I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Regards,

Rich M
Group Scout Leader

Here is the first Newsletter for the KISC Trip. It contains some important information for all those going.

Happy Holidays!

What a busy year its been at 3HH. As the year comes to a close I would like to say a very Big Thanks to everyone at 3HH for a great year. It looks as though 2011 will be another fantastic year of scouting with much to look forward to.

I wish everyone a wonderful Christmas. Also hope you find time to relax and recharge for the New Year.

Safe Travels. Enjoy the Festive Season.

Kindest regards and very best wishes to all.

Rich M
Group Scout Leader

We will be holding a Quiz and Social Night on Saturday 26 March 2011.

Funds raised will go towards the Kandersteg Trip in the Summer of 2011 and Group Funds.

This event is open to everyone! All Welcome.

Please watch out for more details early in 2011.

Wow, what an amazing achievement!

There was great camaraderie between the swim squad of Dom, Ollie, Max, Chad & Jamie. They all deserve a huge ‘pat on the back’. The boys swam beautifully, and were wonderfully well behaved. It was an absolute pleasure for Julia and I to be there too. The boys were so supportive of each other – cheering all the way!

Many, many congratulations to them all.

3rd Hampton Hill are now the proud owners of a beautiful, huge shield. Thanks again to everyone involved.

Elaine & Julia xx

The last Scout meeting will be on Tuesday 7 Dec at Hampton Court Ice Rink. This is open to ALL Scouts, Parents and Siblings. Please note that we have pre-booked spaces and all places are on a first come first served basis. Please return the Booking Slip with Payment to Ann as soon as possible (and not later than 30 November).

The flyer/form with more details;
3HH-Scouts-IceSkate-7Dec2010

Without a single puncture in sight, 22 of 3HH’s Scouts and a large number of supporting adult leaders embarked on a frosty weekend’s adventurous expedition to Cobham.

It was a cracking couple of days ride and everyone did brilliantly.

The expedition was an incredible culmination of all the work we had done this term in partnership with “The Turning Hub” mobile bike club. 3HH’s Scouts are now well drilled in fixing punctures, adjusting gears / brakes, defensive riding techniques and riding around tricky slalom courses on dark rainy evenings! It’s hoped that one day they may even see fit to actually clean their bikes

All of the Scouts should be proud of nailing the 47km ride: 23km on the first day’s route with a further 24km on the second day. It’s definitely the furthest that many had ever cycled before. To top the weekend off we also tried out the new caving experience at Walton Firs. With nearly everyone having a go at clambering / crouching / kneeling / belly crawling around the inside of the tunnel complex, complete with dinosaurs and stalactites, it was declared it to be utterly fantastic.

Thanks to all the adult team that made this excellent weekend so very successful. And in particular, a huge thank you to Jonathan, Melissa and the rest of the star team at “The Turning Hub” who gave up so much of their time over many weeks to help 3HH’s Scouts achieve their cyclists activity badge.

If you’d like to see more of our cycling adventures please just click on the photo.

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 RuT (Richmond Upon Thames) Scouting District ‘Run’ took place on Sun 17 Oct 2010 from 1000-1600.

A big thanks to the team at 3HH that helped run the actvities and provide refreshments for the day. Also a big thanks to everyone that visited our HQ and took part! We have placed the record of ‘Handprints’ up on display at our Headquarters.

Well done to the District Team that cycled to all the locations on the day! Great effort!

Hi guys, I’d like to say what a pleasure it was to see you all Sunday morning keen and raring for the fray despite the horrible weather You all played like beings possesed !! Despite being drawn against one of the better practised teams in the first round you rallied and played as a well rehearsed team from then on and acheived a very well deserved 3rd place!

There were silky skills in attack, cheeky and ferocious goals shared throughout the team, good passing and distribution in midfield, tenacious, terrier like defending, and solid and acrobatic goalkeeping. A wonderful effort which was exciting to watch.

Well done all of you, and thank you for playing that extra game at the end. Their leader said that despite their scoreline they enjoyed their two games against us best of all. A credit to your sportsmanship!

Our thanks to Clare for organising our entry, to Ann for shivering bravely on the touchline, to Paul for not refereeing ) and to all you parents who gave such wonderfully biased support

J

Charles and Rich go playing with tarps and hammocks for the weekend at Broadstone Warren. Click on the photo to see more of what they got up to…

One of the 3HH Scouts (William) has been selected to attend the next World Scout Jamboree in Summer 2011. He decided to raise funds for this trip by walking the Coast Path . . . see the Linked Document As I was going to St Ives for his diary.

Well done to William and the other Scouts (Chris & Dylan) that accompanied him along the way. A fantastic achievement.

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.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Regards,

Rich M
Group Scout Leader