GO APE 2004

The camp was based at Walesby, the Nottinghamshire County site. It was attended by 8 Scouts with Peel, Weasel and Ernie looking after them.

November 2004 Newsletter

November 2004 News Letter

2004 has been a busy Scout year, we’ve clocked up a record number of ‘Nights Away’, Ben was our first Scout to complete 50 nights, gaining his level five award and a couple of weeks ago, Chris Jameson became the first 4^th Ashby Scout to be presented with his Gold Chief Scout Award. This is the highest Award achievable in the Scout section, he will now move on into our new explorer young leaders unit where he will use his skills and experiences to help train the young Scouts as they move up from cubs.

We welcome Thomas Bagley, George Marshal, Luke Lewis-Borrel, Alex Martyr and George Fletcher to our section, they have all moved up from Cubs recently boosting our numbers to nineteen.

I would also like to thank Scouts / parents who are taking part in our Aluminium can re-cycling project. This is part of the Scout Community challenge and is also adding cash to our 2007 camp fund. 2007 is a special year for Scouting, it is one hundred years young and we a planning a special camp to celebrate.

2005 is just around the corner and the first activities have already been planned. The venue for summer camp will be down South in either Devon or Cornwall. We have looked at several sites and have a short list of three, the favourite has been provisionally booked.

11^th December Scout Post at Ashby Town Hall. The post will be collected and taken to Ashby Interiors where it will be sorted and distributed to the volunteer posties.

18^th December Same again.

30^th December No Meeting.

11^th January 6:00 – 8:00p.m. Basic Kayaking Skills Course at Ashby Grammar School.

18^th January This course is open to Scouts over the age of 11 years and assumes

25^th January the participants have done it before. The course runs over 4 weeks,

1^st February attendance at all sessions is required. It will include a refresher on safety and capsize, Paddling techniques such as Sweep Strokes, Draw Strokes, Support Strokes and deep water rescue.

The cost is £12, the number of places is limited to 8

7^th February 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Kayak Rolling. This is an introduction to the art of Kayak Rolling

14^th February and is a follow on from the previous course. Topics will include

21^st February Self Rescue, Float roll, Pawlata, Reverse Pawlata, Screw Roll

28^th February and Put Across Hand Roll. Attendance at all sessions is required.

The cost is £12, the number of places is limited to 8

4^th – 6^th March Haighar Hike. A Youth hostelling Week-End for the Older Scouts.

Current Cost Estimate is £40.