St George's Weekend

Over the weekend 23rd to 25th April the district held it's St George's Day weekend camp.
It was held at Fordell Firs.
Over 120 Cubs/Scouts/Explorers and Leaders spent the weekend together.
The members had lots of activities to do over the weekend.
Some of them are as follows.

Challenge course
Jacobs ladder
Bungee trampoline
King swing
Pioneering
Fire Lighting
Backwoods cooking
Come Dine with me weekend
Hikes
and a trip to the Stock Cars.
this is to name but a few.

On the Sunday Beavers from the district joined us and they had several bases to work round.
they were.
Paddle boats.
Frisbee golf.
Sword and crown making
play area.

On the Sunday we held our service and renewed our promises.

There were several awards handed out during the service.

Liam Ward (48th Explorers) Duke of Edinburgh Bronze
Callum Robertson(48th Explorers)Duke of Edinburgh Silver
Shaun Ward (48th St Davids Scouts)Duke of Edinburgh Silver.
Alan Reddington(48th St Davids Scouts)Wood Badge
Alan Connery(13th Scouts)Wood Badge
Cath Cusitor(Badge Secretary)25 year service

And finally Linda Adam(13th Beavers) got presented with her award of merit.

Module 16

Douglaswood 11th - 13th June

With the start of the camping season about to begin.

The Region is running a Module 16 (Nights away) course.

If you wish to attend then please contact

Catherine Ann Ness

Eat In Colour Healthy Eating Badge

Healthy eating is a hot topic, and to help encourage good habits at an early age there’s an excellent Eat In Colour Healthy Eating Badge for Beaver Scouts.
To find out how easy it is to eat in colour visit the
Eat In Colour website and have fun making tasty recipes with your Beavers.

Gilwell Reunion 2010

Gilwell Reunion 2010 will take place from Friday 3 to Sunday 5 September 2010 at The Scout Association's Gilwell Park Activity Centre.

Reunion is an event which happens every year on the first full weekend in September. It was established to mark the occasion of the first Wood Badge course in 1919, enabling Wood Badge holders from across the world to come together as the 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group.


More info click the link below

Gilwell Reunion

DC Diary

Sorry it is a bit late this month.

Lots to do and not enough time in the day's

Anyway here is what i was up to in March

I attended the Queen Scout Award presentation at the 13th scout hall.
This was for Stuart Hamilton.
Also it was announced that Linda Adam was getting her Award of Merit.

I had meetings with peter Merckel and Malcolm Fernie regarding the two Cowdenbeath groups.I also had a meeting with some members from the 46th Scout group.

I held a district leaders meeting in which several topics were discussed(ie Training)
I attended the district exec meeting held at the 68th scout hall.

I attended a DC's meeting to discuss Blair Atholl jamboree in the summer.

The following people have been presented with the following.

Alan Connery-13th Scouts
Chris Dewar - 13th Scouts
Michaela Monese-13th Beavers
Scott Brown - 13th Cubs
Elaine Wardrope-77th Beavers
Susan McHale-77th Beavers
Lisa McCormack-77th Beavers
Carrie Hill-77th Cubs
Claire Fernie-77th Cubs
Keith Fernie-77th Cubs
Hazel Dewar - 41st Beavers
Jaqui Dewar - 41st Beavers
Christopher Cooney-77th Scouts
All Above received training Certificates

Elaine Pert received her Appointment certificate.

I also went and invested Christopher Cooney (77th Scouts)

National Camping Competition 2010

Location : Fordell Firs National Activity Centre (See Venue Details)

Target Audience : Scouts

Event Description
This event, which will take place at Fordell Firs National Activity Centre over the weekend of 19th - 20th June, will entitle each Scottish Scout District to enter a team to compete to become National Champions.

We are delighted that Black's of Greenock are continuing to sponsor the event by providing £1000 worth of Black's of Greenock vouchers which can be used to purchase camping and other equipment for the Troop.

I would be grateful if you would ensure that the initial entry form and entry fee is returned to Scottish Headquarters as soon as possible and the final form including contact details for the Patrol by no later than the 21st May 2010.
Forms and further info to be sent out to Scout Leaders

As well as being Scottish Champions, the winners will receive £500 worth of vouchers with £300 of vouchers for 2nd place and £200 worth of vouchers for 3rd place.

Please study the new revised rules for the competition carefully as they are different from previous formats of the competition.

Information on the various products that Black’s of Greenock provide can be found at www.blacksofgreenock.co.uk.