Scouting News from Across Tameside August 2018 Contents of Tamesider
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Scouting News from across Tameside August 2018 Contents of Tamesider August 2018 Pages 2 - 3 News from 3rd Gee Cross Beaver Colony Page 4 Scouts join in Armed Forces Day Page 5 6th Ashton Rounders’ Competition Page 6 Shooting Page 6 3rd Ashton Race Night Advert Page 7 North Tameside Annual General Meeting Page 8 Last meeting before the summer holidays Page 8 – 9 More news from 3rd Gee Cross Beavers Pages 9 – 10 Jamboree Update from Unit 45 Page 11 3rd Ashton Scout Group’s Annual Fashion Show Page 11 Diary Dates Page 12 Bee Hive Information Pages 12 – 15 AFM Pages – GyG, SASSY, PRaTTS, Yellow Card Page 15 Swimming Information Page 16 Training Dates Page 17 Scout Naughty Lights Page 18 County Camp 2019 1 News from 3rd Gee Cross Beaver Colony. It’s been a very busy few weeks at 3rd Gee Cross Beavers. On 28th June we celebrated EqualiTeas https://equaliteas.org.uk/ by making afternoon tea for our mums to show them how special they are to us. We also raised money which we have donated to WaterAid who we have been supporting this year. The Beavers are looking forward to receiving their blanket badges. On Saturday 7th July we took part in a great sports day organised by 3rd Newton Scouts. It was a lovely sunny day, the Beavers tried very hard and became this year’s winning Beaver Group plus first and second on individual performance. On the 12th July we had some special guests, David and Sam from the Hyde Police Cadets came to help us complete our safety badge. The beavers were treated to a photo-call wearing old and new police kit, a crime scene search and assisting in the arrest of an ‘offender’! On Sunday 15th July we took part in our annual local Well Dressing. The displays are usually made out of petals but this year we made our display out of bottle tops, but there’s a reason for this. Times have changed over the past 100 years for us in 2 the United Kingdom. Lots of water and other drinks are bought in plastic bottles which are polluting our planet, some plastic items can take a 1000 years to decompose. We have been reminding our young people that it is important not to drop litter and recycle. We are very lucky to have clean running water but some countries are not so lucky. To help the Beavers understand what it is like not to have running water we did a water walk on Werneth Low earlier in the year. We collected water and carried it in a heavy canister. Many females in Africa have to do this several times a day. https://www.wateraid.org/uk/ This year we decided to decorate our well display with a RAF theme to celebrate their 100th Birthday. Our group is very passionate about remembering servicemen past and present and this year we are taking part in decorating 710 stones to remember the local men that died in the Great War 100 years ago. Regards, Alison, Beaver Scout Leader, 3rd Gee Cross Have your Colony, Pack, Troop or Unit done any fantastic activities, if so, send us a write up with pictures for the next issue at [email protected] 3 Scouts join in Armed Forces Day. The Scouts showed their support by joining in with Armed Forces Day at Denton, as they are now partners with all the veterans and have signed up with their covenant. The Scouts attended with their PR trailer and climbing wall run by One Adventure and an archery stand at the activity centre based on the market. Outside Victoria Park were all the various displays where the bands performed. Many young people took part climbing the wall but sadly no older veterans had a go. Previously, 3rd Ashton Scouts started the Peace Bell 2018 project, with their Leader Sarah Pevers and Assistant Eric Dundavan, have created a Remembrance Plot in the grounds of St James Church in Ashton. The Scouts planted seeds from the Royal British Legion which have been sourced from the Fields of Flanders. The Remembrance Plot is to honour the fallen of the parish of St Michael’s but also all others who went forth to do their Duty To Their Country and didn't return home. The plot will be maintained through the year and the Peace Bell Project will finish on Scouts Remembrance Sunday 11th November 2018. Group Scout Leader Tina Howarth thanked the Scouts and Derek Casey for installing the poppy plot to remind everyone about all those who never came home. 4 6th Ashton Rounder’s competition Gregory and Ford Cub packs from 6th Ashton Scout Group took part in a pack versus pack rounders’ match at King Georges Park in Ashton. The Cubs wanted to make the most of this glorious weather and having the park on their doorstep seemed to be the perfect venue. Gregory pack had sent Ford pack a menacing video, challenging them to a rounders’ match with the loser's having to buy everyone an ice cream....So really there were no losers ha-ha! Ford pack did however take the win with the score being Ford 27- Gregory 19. The cubs had a great night and we had a fantastic turn out, we look forward to more inter-pack competitions and challenges especially if they involve sunny evenings and ice creams in the park! Danielle Hyde Cub Scout Leader from Gregory Pack said, ‘I know we lost but all the Cubs thought it was a great night.’ Danni, Cub Scout Leader, 6th Ashton. 5 SHOOTING British Shooting say they are delighted to announce that the third official Target Sprint Regional Centre in their shooting community is in Tameside. The driving force behind the tremendous development of the sport in the North West is in largely thanks to Doug Pepper, Target Sprint Educator and Assistant Explorer Leader at 6th Ashton Scouts. The success of a shooting event held recently at Richmond Street Community Centre and on the East Cheshire Harriers running track, has shown there is an interest in the sport locally, and with the Scouts. Doug said, ‘I am really pleased that all the work to promote Target Sprint in the North West has resulted in Ashton becoming a Regional Centre. This sport has the skills of shooting and the fitness of running combined into one sport of skill and fitness, in the Target Sprint Squad.’ 6 North Tameside District AGM The North Tameside Scout District held their AGM in July. They welcomed the Civic Mayor of Tameside, Councillor Denise Ward, with her consort, Councillor David McNally. The Mayor accepted the Presidency of the District for the following year. She was invested into the District and has agreed to support Scouting across Tameside during her tenure as Mayor. Each Section from the District gave a brief report of their activities and achievements during the year. During the evening Wyn Fish, the chair of the Appointments Committee, was presented with the Silver Acorn for services to scouting and the service award for 40 years’ service in Scouting. Harry Frankish was awarded a 20 years long service certificate. District Commissioner, Andrew Morton, thanked all the Leaders and Helpers for all their hard work during the year, which enabled the District to record a record 9.3% increase in numbers. 7 Last meeting before the summer break for 6th Ashton 6th Ashton Gregory cub pack went skating for their last session before summer! 24 cubs grabbed their skates and started their skater badge! Even Akela, Raksha, Bagheera and Rama had a go without too much falling over! Skate station in Ashton could not do enough for us, providing us with a hot buffet, lots of juice and the whole skate rink to ourselves! For some Cubs it was their first time skating and they were a bit nervous, for others they were pros and took on the limbo challenge! Which was won by Jack B closely followed by Kayden W in second place. All the cubs can't wait to go back although there had also been a suggestion of ice skating next time! Akela Dan - 6th Ashton Gregory Pack More news for you from 3rd Gee Cross Beavers. Thursday 26th July was the final Beaver meeting for 3rd Gee Cross before the Summer break. We spent the evening in the Hyde Park, we had a lovely picnic and had lots of free time in the play area. Three new beavers were invested and five Chief Scouts Bronze Awards were given out plus a TON of other badges. 8 Special congratulations to Harry, Josh and Joseph B for winning their special 3GX awards. These were given out for excellent behaviour, helpfulness and confidence. Bramble (Steve Bool) said a huge thank you to all the parents and guardian helpers, we couldn't have done so much without their help. Bramble, Clover, Acorn, Willow and Snowdrop Jamboree Update from Unit 45 Hope you are all enjoying your summer breaks. Here is the next unit update where you will find dates for events, information on travel and things that we need to start looking at, now that we are only 12 months away from heading off to the jamboree. Dates for you diary Sat 22nd Sept - Big City Training 1 - The unit will be meeting in the centre of Manchester for a day of training. More information will follow along with registration soon. Sat 6th Oct - Unit Social - Picnic in the Park Fri 26th - Sun 28th Oct - Training Camp 3 @ 1st Dinting Sun 25th Nov - Fundraising Bag Pack @ Tesco Stockport Dec - Christmas social - TBC Fri 1st - Sun 3rd Feb 2019 - Training Camp 4 Mar/April 2019 - Easter Social - TBC May 2019 - Big City Training 2 - TBC Fri 24th - Mon 27th May 2019 - Join In Jamboree @ Linnet Clough There will also be additional dates for meetings and activities as we will have kit to distribute, kit to pack, meetings with parents etc..