Michael Patrick Challenge On the 18 th April, 6 Groups took part in the Michael Patrick Challenge, held at 1st /4 th Addlestone HQ, a District event that challenges the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to use (and learn new) Scouting skills. Obstacle Course First aid - Recovery Position Each team was made up of 4 Beaver Scouts, 4 Cub Scouts and 4 Scouts. There were 7 events for them to try, pioneering, sport, health, mapping, obstacle course, camping and a food base. Pioneering - Square Lashing Food - Cooking Twists Each base lasted 20 minutes, with breaks for drinks and lunch. Thanks to Gywneth and Barbara for the excellent refreshments and packed lunches. The final scores were as follows:- 2nd Thorpe 466 1st Egham Hythe 561 1st /4th Addlestone 449 5th Addlestone 440 1 2nd New Haw 495 1st Ottershaw 443 The winners 1 st Egham Hythe were presented with the Shield by David Burt, District Vice President, and each member of the team received a small trophy to keep. The Bi-Monthly District Newsletter - Issue 185 May/June 2015 Canoeing at Addlestone Cubs Year of Adventure....bring on St George’s Day! The Weather is warm already and we have started our Kayak and Canoe sessions at The Cubs of 1 st Egham Hythe once again decided Addlestone Canoe club. We still have a few slots to celebrate St. George’s Day this year with rather left for this summer for Cubs, Scouts and more than the traditional parade. Explorers, so if you have not yet booked in your section you need to hurry up and let me know. th We set off bright and early on Saturday morning Beavers have a full day booked in for the 14 to spend the day at Paccar Campsite, Chalfont June, so if you have not got your Beavers booked Heights, to make a start on one of the new up, I suggest you drop Steve Livesley a line. Challenge badges – The Adventure Challenge. Our adventures were climbing, caving, archery, All Coaches/Leaders are CRB checked and Scout go-carts and the adventure course. Despite a Association approved as well as being authorised damp start it was an amazing day. by the British Canoe Union. We provide all equipment (including buoyancy aids). If you have All the activities were brilliant, but the biggest any young people who are nervous of water this is surprise and the biggest adventure was the a great environment to introduce them safely to caving...it was in a bus! They have very cleverly water activities. built a maze of tunnels inside an old single-decker bus – lots of escape hatches too so even the For more information you can email me on nervous ones were able to give it a go knowing [email protected] or call me that all they had to do was shout and someone on 07859 816714 could easily help them. That one Nick Reeves - District Water Adviser definitely got the vote for the best activity Congratulations from most of them, although the go-carts Congratulations to Andy Sainsbury-Brown, District came a close Commissioner and David Breakwell, GSL 2 nd New second. And it is a Haw on being awarded the Silver Acorn, and to great site to explore Reece McBride of 1 st /4 th Addlestone Tigers on in between the gaining his Chief Scouts Silver award, and last but activities...the woods not least to Anna and Chris Tingley of 5 th were full of bluebells Addlestone on gaining their Wood Badges. which looked gorgeous in the Beavers Get Communicating sunshine. We then headed back to the At Beavers we’ve been concentrating on earning HQ in time for dinner, our Communicators Badge. We’ve been then fired up the practicing making phone calls and texts, learning cookers and cooked our phone numbers and code cracking! We’ve pancakes for pud. We decided against pancake mastered Morse code (although some of the tossing races on the grounds that pancakes in the adults need more practice in translating our sleeping bags were probably worse than biscuit messages!) and have enjoyed using the Morse crumbs in your bed! It was raining so we had our code machines. campfire indoors before settling down for a good night’s sleep... To finish off our badge, After breakfast it was time to make our lunches we’ve had a visit from and head off to St. George’s Parade, roughly 5 or Surrey Police to tell us 6 miles or so via the fields and footpaths of about their radio comm- Egham Hythe and Thorpe, through the middle of unications, Stranger Thorpe Park – we could hear the screams long Danger, tried on their before we saw the rides! Then on to Gogmore many different hats and Park for lunch and a play on the zip wire and the helmets and we got shut slides before changing our shoes, getting the in the police van. We uniforms neat and tidy, posing for a few photos hope to arrange a sniffer and having a mini-parade to meet up with dog to visit sometime everyone else in the car park after a great later in the year which weekend. will be fantastic! Mary Halls CSL1st Egham Hythe Cubs Squirrel & Weasel, 1 st Virginia Water Karate Scouts & Cubs! District Diary 2015 At 1 st Virginia Water Scout Group we gave ourselves Changes and additions shown in red a challenge in January and February which was to gain the Martial Art activity badge. So via a mutual May 2015 friend we tracked down a karate instructor, advised (School half term 22 nd May to 1 st June) him what the requirements were and we were able to arrange a 6 week Karate course. The course was run Sat 2nd Training First Response during the session times by Iain D Millian. Sensi Sun 3 rd Beaver Family Ramble Millan holds a Sandan (3rd dan in Karate) and has Fri 8th Cubs Water Activity studied this art since 1976 and runs his own Sat 9th & Sun 10 th National Archery company covering a broad range of disciplines. Log Championship th into www.bomiso.co.uk Mon 11 District Executive Meeting th Fri 15 Scouts Football Competition June 2015 Thr 4th Training Working Safely with Young People Sat 6th Leaders Challenge Day Thr 25 th District AGM Sat 27 th Beavers Bazazz July 2015 (School ends 21 st ) Mon 20 th District Executive Meeting The course formed the introduction to Karate from August 2015 basic etiquette to simple blocks, kicks and punches. We were able to learn a partial kata together, from those elements, for week six to demonstrate to September 2015 parents and leaders the achievements. It was a great (School starts 2 nd ) challenge, hard to remember, our bodies creaked and ached, and we all understood the deliberate ? Cubs Sixer/Seconder camp Sun 13 th Leaders Skills learning day message, the disciplines, movements, and how to Sat 19 th Cubs Fishing Competition use the moves safely and what self defence is about. Sun 27 th Scouts Fishing Competition st Sandra Wentworth-CSL 1 Virginia Water October 2015 th th (Half term 26 to 30 ) Fri 9 th to Mon 12 th Active Support Weekend Away In Memoriam Mon 12 th District Executive Meeting Sat 17 th Beavers No Cook Cooking Sun 18 th Training First Response Sadly we have to announce the death of Eddy Sun 18 th Scouts A to Z Challenge Maybury who was an Ex District Commissioner and a District Vice President. November 2015 th Fri 13 Cubs Night Hike th Sat 14 Leaders Skittles Competition Evening December 2015 Copy date for next issue (School ends 18 th ) 27th June 2015 Email: [email protected] Sat 5th Cubs Big Day Out Wed 9 th Cubs Christingle Service Edited and Published for Runnymede District Scout Council – Registered Charity No: 1039314 By Chris Couzens – 4 Linden Close New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey. KT15 3HG Illustrations and Cartoons reproduced by courtesy of ‘Scouting Magazine’ and The Scout Association. .