In case the message has not already reached you from last week, I want to confirm that we are NOT meeting at Feltham Quasar tonight as stated on the term programme. Unfortunately there was a problem with the booking.
Our two annual opportunities to accrue hours towards the service element on the Community Challenge badge appear in December.
Although it was organised as a bit of an experimental format camp for us (just like BP’s original), 3HH’s Scouts more than rose to the occasion. This 30km round trip expedition was intended to give the Scouts a little more added adventure, try their hand at Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) style lightweight hiking and to generally mix things up a bit. And what a complete success!
We’ll add more photos when we have 2 minutes to gather ourselves, but as a quick snippet of what we got up to please click on the photo below…
On 16th October a merry band of dolphins fish took to the waves and competed against the rest of Richmond District Cubs. In a watery battle of widths and lengths and following the gradual improvement over the past few years, from finishing 13th, then 12th, then 8th last year, I was hoping for a tremendous 4th. But alas …
Why stop at 4th when you can achieve joint 2nd 
Well done to all, that’s an absolutely fabulous result.
(More details to follow when I know exactly who came where and in what!)
Wend
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.
Some of you may remember former members of our group: the Boytons, Jon (Swedish), Chris and Matt along with parents Karin and Peter who were both very supportive of the group. Anyone who knows Jon will be aware that he was pretty proficient in a kayak and has since leaving the group gone from strength to strength in the sport, and is now a hopeful for the 2012 Olympics.
Whether you knew Jon or not, it would be really wonderful if you could click on the link below, vote for Jon and increase his chances of winning some valuable sponsorship and thereby help with giving one of our former members the fantastic chance to represent his country.
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
Please click on the photo below to see more of the Beavers’ recent pirate fun day at Walton Firs.
The 2009 entrants to the Richmond Upon Thames District Dayprowl competition. We didn’t come first, but by goodness did we have fun
Gulp, it’s approaching *that* time of year again. I wondered if I could ask for some help on behalf of the 3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group?
Do you ever shop on-line with Amazon – perhaps you’ve even started your Xmas shop already? If so, you could really help us by earning money for our Scout group by accessing the Amazon.co.uk website via the special link in the sidebar menu of our group website.
With every item that you buy via us, Amazon.co.uk will contribute about 5% of the purchase cost to our Scout group funds. It’s quick and easy, and the cost to you is the same as if you had visited Amazon.co.uk directly. We’ve made a few hundred pounds from this over the last few years, and are keen to repeat this success.
No catches – it’s essentially free money for the Scouts!
Sounds great, so how do I do it?… Read the rest of this entry »
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.
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.
Well done to all the cubs who attended the Ian Goddard Challenge this weekend at Walton Firs. We’ve finally won that elusive trophy. The winning team scored a massive 38 out of 40 points.
All events like these go hand in hand with willing adults. Many thanks to Fiona J, Sara H, Jon H and Andy W.
Well done guys and girls.
Akela’s Wend and Jon
On behalf of the 3HH leadership
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: Read the rest of this entry »
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.
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!
Hello All and Welcome Back!
Hope you all had a fab summer. Section meetings start again soon and I know that all the Sections have an interesting and exciting Autumn Term of Actvities and Events planned. A big thanks already to all the Section Leadership Teams for preparing and organising the forthcoming term of Section Meetings and Actvities – I know it will be another great Term at 3HH.
As a reminder to all Group Members we still have a number of opportunities to help with the Group. Please speak with any Section Leader or member of the Group Executive Commitee for more details on how you can help and support the Group.
I look forward to seeing you all soon.
Regards,
Rich M
Group Scout Leader
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
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