Archive for 2012
JamOige – The morning after the night before
June 4th, 2012
These are a couple of pics of ours and the surrounding sites on JamOige 2012 after the storm that hit on the Saturday night.
It was great to see the Scouting spirit come through with all Scouters and sub camp people pulling together.
A special thanks to 3rd Kildare 1 st Celbridge who cooked our brekkie and gave us the use of their mess tent to eat it in.
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JamOige
June 2nd, 2012
18:00 it has been raining for a little while but the Cubs are loving it. Those with rain gear are running around and those without are in their tent. Not even the rain is dampening their spirits.
A few pics from JamOige as we go along
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First breakfast on JamOige
June 2nd, 2012
Our first brekkie on JamOige
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Cubs Rock Climbing
May 21st, 2012
Thanks to Emma and Kevin for setting up two climbs for the Cubs yesterday, 20 May 2012, in Dalkey Quarry. Everyone had a ball, and when not climbing the cubs enjoyed a treasure hunt, wittling and the play ground. Here are a few pics.
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Leaders Rock Climbing Evening
May 3rd, 2012
Thanks to Emma and Tony for setting up an evening in Dalkey Quary for the leaders last night, it was a great night and weather was glorious. A small group meant we had the opportunity to do more climbs as well as learning the anchoring of the ropes. The evening was attended by Mia, Kevin, Alex McMillin and Me(Hugh).
We started with Yorkshire Pudding the rigged Drinkers Direct and Drinker Delight and then climbed them both. We only remembered to take photos at the end and they are below.
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Cub Camp Apr 2012 in The Den
May 1st, 2012
A few pics from the above cub Camp.
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St. Patrick’s Day Mass 2012
March 21st, 2012
As we said in the last news post the group attended the Patrick’s Day mass in Blackrock’s St. John the Baptist Church. The group would love to thank the priests in Blackrock Church for being so welcoming to us. There was a great turn out from our group this year with about 35 people attending the mass — but mostly as we were camping in Blackrock and we frog marched everyone to mass.
At the mass scouts carried the cross and bible up during the procession. Ventures and Shay held the flags: the Irish flag, the group flag and the Scouting Ireland flag. The group presented Shamrock to the parish and distributed it out to the congregation after mass.
Thanks again to everyone who attended the mass and kept the age-old tradition of attending Patrick’s Day mass in Blackrock.
Here are a few photos of the group who attended outside the church in Blackrock.
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Patrick’s Day Weekend Plans
March 14th, 2012
We have a lot of upcoming events this Paddy’s Day weekend. We have our annual group shield competition camp being run by our venture section for our scout section running from the Friday evening to the Sunday. The entire group, from beavers all the way up to the ventures will be attending our traditional Patrick’s Day mass in Blackrock Church, where the group presents shamrock to the parish of Blackrock. This is an annual tradition that stretches back a long time. All the scouts and ventures that are attending the group shield camp-craft competition will be attending the mass despite the competition.
The details for the camp for scouts can be found in this letter to parents.
The group is attending the 10:30am mass in Blackrock Church, but we ask you to be there are 10:15am as there will be jobs, from bringing up the gifts to holding the flags, and distributing shamrock that we need to organise before the mass. It is without saying since the group will be representing the group that all youth members must wear full uniform. That is: black trousers, black shoes/boots, 29th Dublin Blackrock neckerchief, shirt/jumper (depending on your section).
Hope to see you all at the camp or mass this weekend. If you cannot make it have a fun and safe weekend.
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Clean Up Day 2012
March 10th, 2012
I’d like to thank everyone who came and helped at the annual den clean-up day this Saturday, the 10th of March. A huge amount of work was done. A standard sized skip has been filled with old junk from the stores, leaders room, and kitchen. There are a few photos of the magnificent work that was done in cleaning up the place. Unfortunately I only have one photo of which only has a small subset of the people who came out to help.
Soon we will be decorating the den with old flags, neckerchiefs, posters, pictures, and whatever else we can find. If you have any old neckerchiefs that are from other troops and would like to donate them bring them down to the den. We are happy to note which neckerchiefs are yours if you ever want them back at any stage.
Thanks again,
Kevin baker – Scout Leader
Happy Founders Day
February 22nd, 2012
The 22nd February is known worldwide in scouting circles as Founders Day. It marks the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell founder of the scouting movement in 1907. In 1921 he was created a baronet, he became known as Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell. Gilwell Park in Essex, England is today an International Scout Leader Training Centre that many of our scouts have visited over the years.
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