Archive for 2013
We are Painting the Den! Come Help!
June 10th, 2013
As most of you will have seen the pressure washing of the exterior of the den and most of the ground work has been completed to allow us to get started painting the den this week. We are painting the den and doing some work on the grounds as part of the preparation for the Great Leprechaun Chase and our visitors from Canada and the USA this summer.
These works are taking part from 7.30pm to 9.30pm from Tuesday to Friday. It is bring your own paintbrush or roller as we don’t have enough for everyone. All help from parents will be greatly appreciated by the group as many hands make for light work.
The weather forecast is not great. If it is not raining but too wet to paint we do plan to go ahead with the gardening. If it is too wet to do anything we will post an update on this news item. Otherwise assume we are going ahead with the works.
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Message from the County for all Scouters, Rovers and Ventures
May 15th, 2013
Hi all,
The last County meeting of the Scout year will take place on Monday 10th June at 8.30pm in Blackrock den. This will also be the planning meeting for all sections to set activities & dates for next year so that Groups can incorporate them into their own programmes from September.
Please invite all Scouters, Rovers and Ventures in your Group. All welcome.
Please also find attached minutes from the last county meeting on 15th April.
YiS
Órla
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Inside Out
April 12th, 2013
Scouting Ireland’s monthly news letter is InsideOut. The April addition details are below.
Dear Scouter
Welcome to this month’s issue of Inside Out your monthly one stop shop for all that is happening in Scouting Ireland. This month we feature;
- All the details ahead of this months’ National Council
- A really very well written report by a Scout who took part in the recent Crean Challenge
- Details of all the candidates who are standing for election to the various positions available at National Council
- The communications team distribute their 2nd batch of newly designed Promotional Posters
- Community Celebration week is launched with details on how to get involved
- As always we have loads of Reports and pictures of events happening all over the country
Remember if you want to submit an article for next month’s issue then please forward them to communications@scouts.ie. Please forward this on to all Scouters and Youth Members in your group. Don’t presume they have got it. Deadline for next month’s issue is 30th April.
To View this months’ issue click on this link http://www.scouts.ie/news/article/inside_out_april_issue-720.html
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Liam sighted
March 17th, 2013
Unconfirmed reports that Liam the Leprechaun has been spotted in Wexford taking part in the St Patrick Day Parade. See picture below.
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Chief Scout Award Presentation
March 6th, 2013
Congratulations to Emma, Stephen, Oisín and Fionn who all received their Chief Scout Award at the weekend. You can see all the photos of the event here
and I hope to post a few to this site soon as well.
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Liam the Leprechaun
March 5th, 2013
Hi all
Hope you all got the information from Niamh about the GLC2013. Our little friend Liam is already to go and sent us this photo to show he is ready to set off on his travels this summer.
We will just have to catch him!!!!
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Scout Hike up Scarr
March 2nd, 2013
The scouts went hiking on the 17th of February. It was a great day out.
Callum, one of our PLs wrote a hike log for the event.
Our scout group went on a day hike up scarr on the 17th of February. Six scouts and five scouters attended the hike.We started in Lough Dan campsite’s car park for our hike up Kanturk and ultimately Scarr.
It was really fun because we stopped to play disc-golf on a flat area between Kanturk and Scarr. It was great because the wind sometimes caught the frisbee and flung it across the hill. The joint winners me and Aurore.
We worked on our map skills all along the way.
At the top of Scarr it was very windy and misty. It was so windy you could lean into the wind and it would hold you up. That was really fun.
The hike was almost 15km long and we finished it in nearly 5 hours, but not before pulling some jokes. Kevin (one of the scouters) and I told the stragglers that we had another hour to walk when standing 20 meters from the gate of lough dan.
Most of us we very happy to see the cars and go home for a good rest. We all loved the hike and are looking forward to the next one.
We even remembered to take some photos this time as proof. Unfortunately the weather at the summit of Scarr was not the “optimum” conditions for taking group photos, which is why there are no photos of us at the summit.
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Great Leprechaun Chase Videos
February 22nd, 2013
Hello to everyone on both sides of the Atlantic. Our Ventures have put together a couple of videos to share. Click the links below to see them.
The first one
The second one
The full version
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Great Leprechaun Chase
February 1st, 2013
Hello All
The bus company we are looking to use is holding a competition for a €500 voucher. Every time someone clicks this link Butlers Buses or the one below we are entered into the draw.
Tell all your friends and family to click it, copy the link to your social media sites. You need to ensure you copy the actual hyperlink and not just the text.
The more clicks there are the better our chance.
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