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Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you all.
A reminder that from now on, Barnham sections will be meeting at St Philip Howard School
The first meetings are;
Beavers 7th January 5.15-6.15pm
Scouts 7th January 7.30-9.00pm
Cubs 14th January 6.15-7.30pm
Walberton Sections remain unaltered and start back on Wednesday 8th January
The new Wednesday Scout Troop will start from 5th February – details to follow.
Scout Leaflet
Created by Steve Goulding as part of his training modules. Leaflet
Scouts Camp at West Dean July 2013
The Scout Troop camped for the weekend of July 5th to 7th at West Dean – the campsite of Chichester District. A great weekend was had by everyone. Congratulations to Simon Wright, who completed his Nights Away Permit at this camp and thanks to Nicky Poulter, who helped Simon with it. There are more pictures in the Gallery.
Barnham Wins District talent Competition
At the District Centenary Camp in May, 1st Barnham won the Leaders’ Section of Camp’s Got Talent with their interpretation of Synchronised Swimming. The Scouts and Cubs were also adjudged to be the best entry in their section of the event. A fantastic evening was had by everyone, which was only slightly marred by untold millions of midges who chose that night to do whatever midges do. The picture below is the trophy which we won. Well done everybody!
Scouts Win Dragon Boating Again!
Sunday June 2nd 2013
For the second year running, 1st Barnham Scout Troop won the Youth Section of the Charity Dragon Boat Racing organised by the Rotary Club on Chichester canal and basin. Watched by a large crowd, our boat beat 2nd Bognor Sea Scouts in the final by the smallest of margins – half a Dragon’s head. Congratulations to all the participants for their stirling efforts and to Simon for organising everything. We all look forward to retaining our title against all comers next year.
The 2 pictures below are of our boat just winning in the final and the winning crew posing after their victory. There are more pictures in the Gallery.
Wood Badge for Helen Woolgar
We were delighted that Helen Woolgar was presented with her Wood Badge by the District Commissioner at the Centenary Camp at Ferny Crofts in the New Forrest. All Scout Leaders are required to undertake an extensive training course in all aspects of Scouting. When this is completed, the “Wood Badge” is awarded – this consists of two wooden beads on a leather thong worn around the neck and is a replica of beads from a necklace given to Robert Baden Powell in Africa.
Congratulations, Helen!
Below: Helen being presented with her Wood Badge.
Cubs at Barnham Clear Churchyard & Plant Tree
The Cub Pack at Barnham spent a considerable time during April 2013 clearing and tidying the churchyard at Barnham Parish Church. Before they started, it was in great need of attention; after they finished, it was a churchyard of which everyone could be proud.
When the tidying was completed, the Cubs planted a Beech Tree to celebrate the Centenary of Arundel and Littlehampton Scout District, of which 1st Barnham Scout Group is a constituent. A plaque was installed by the tree to mark the event.
Photographs of the work and the tree planting can be found in the Gallery on this website. The picture below shows the Cubs after they had tidied the churchyard and planted their tree.
Scouts Geocaching
Geocaching is an activity involving accurate navigation in the countryside in order to find hidden objects. It is greatly facilitated by the use of Global Positioning System receivers, which calculate their location by receiving signals from a series of geostationary satellites. The Scout Troop has become very involved with geocaching. The Feltham Masonic Lodge has generously made a donation to our funds, which has enabled us to buy several GPS receivers for use by the Group. The photograph below shows a group of Scouts with one of the receivers and what they have recovered from a location.
New Village Hall at Barnham
We moved into the New Village Hall on May 7th.
With several times the space that we had in the old hall, there is room for greatly improved activities. We have a small room for storage and have recently taken delivery of four metal storage cabinets and four lockable notice boards. There will be one of each for each section – Beavers, Cubs and Scouts – and one of each for general use.
The first evening got off to a great start with exciting activities for Beavers and Cubs, followed by motor racing for the Troop. The photographs show the New hall from outside, the Old Hall on its very last day of existence and Scouts racing their cars.
