9th North Watford Scout Group

Sainsbury’s Active Kids is back!

Chris — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:31:02 +0000

Each year, Sainsbury’s gives away Active Kids vouchers, and Scout groups like us can use them to get equipment.

If you shop in Sainsbury’s, or know someone who does, you can bring in the Active Kids vouchers and we can use them to help us improve the quality of Scouting that we provide. We have done very well the last two years, but let’s see if this year can be a record breaker!

Swimming Gala

Chris — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:46:59 +0000

On Saturday 6th March, the 9th North Watford Beavers, Cubs and Scouts took part in the Watford North District Swimming Gala. After a fantastic series of races which included a large amount of cheering – the final results were:

Beavers: 6th
Cubs: 6th
Scouts: 5th
Group: 4th

Well done to all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts who took part – including our Group Chairman Jonathan Hawes who won the Male Scouters race.

Christmas Carol Concert

Chris — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:31:39 +0000

The 9th North Watford Scout Group’s annual Christmas Carol Concert was held on Monday 7th December. The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts of the group each performed a fantastic song or poem in between the carols. Four Cubs – Joshua Robinson, Matthew Hoare, Ryan Burgess and Anfernee Walke – were all presented with their Silver Chief Scout’s Award. Well done to them!

The service was again led by Canon Dick Lewis with musical accompaniment from Andrew Saunders – our thanks go to them both.

This year, the carol concert was attended by local councillors and we also got a write up in the Watford Observer!

Christmas Bazaar

Chris — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:14:48 +0000

This year’s annual Christmas Bazaar, held on Monday 23rd November, was a great success. All the sections ran stalls, from the Beavers to the Scouts, and a fantastic £330 was raised! Thank you very much to everyone came and helped out or just spent some money – we couldn’t have done it without you!

Remembrance Sunday

Chris — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:03:57 +0000

On Sunday 8th November, the 9th took part in the Remembrance Day Service at the Town Hall. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from the group all took part in the ceremony, and a wreath was laid on behalf of the District in remembrance of those who have died so that we may live in freedom.

Scout Traithlon

Chris — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:56:20 +0000

On Sunday 25th October, three of our Scouts took part in the County Triathlon competition. They ran two laps of Lees Wood, cycled two laps of Whippendell Woods, and then did some rifle target shooting.

Their final time was a fantastic 1 hour, 12 minutes and 6 seconds.

The truth about Scouts and knives

Chris — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:24:04 +0000

You may have read reports in the media that Scouts are “banning the use of penknives”. This is not true. As written by Wayne Bulpitt, UK Chief Commissioner:

Never before has the saying “never let the truth get in the way of a good story” been true than the current media coverage about Scouts banning knives. We haven’t and I thought you might appreciate a quick heads up before we circulate a more detailed response.

A Mail on Sunday journalist approached us on Friday having read the latest guidance we issued in Scouting Magazine/online in December 08 and April 09 on advising Scouts on the situations in which they can use a knife as part of normal Scout Activities. He was looking to make the story into “Scouts Ban knives shocker”. The media team took them through the facts and sent them links to our various documents and magazine articles giving him the following info,

- The Rules changed about wearing knives with uniform in 1968
- We have issued regular guidance to the Movement on this matter ever since 1968 e.g. early 1980’s , 1996, 2008 and 2009 (the latest being the magazine article in April/May)
- We need to support leaders with information to help them support young people

Despite making these facts available the Mail on Sunday published the piece, They used a few selective statements and quotes some out of context..

A number of newspapers this morning (Times, Telegraph, Express, Mirror, Sun) have taken the text from the Mail on Sunday (without talking to us) and have run with the story.

We are busy taking all the opportunities today to put the record straight via broadcast opportunities.

Back to school scouting!

Chris — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:20:16 +0000

Summer is drawing to a close, which is always a disappointment. But even as school starts back up again, so does the scout group, after our summer holidays and a chance to clear out the Scout Hut!

Beavers and Cubs are back on Monday 7th September, and Scouts restarts on Friday 11th – and a brand new term of scouting begins, jam packed with fun and adventures!

Welcome!

Chris — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:59:50 +0000

We are the 9th North Watford, a Scout Group in Watford North, Hertfordshire. We are open to all young people who want to join us, regardless of gender or religion, and encourage all of our young people to get involved in the everyday adventure that is Scouting!

Each of our sections meets in our Scout Hut in Hope Green, Woodside, on one evening a week.

• Beavers meet on Monday evenings
• Cubs meet on Monday evenings (after Beavers)
• Scouts meet on Friday evenings

To contact us, please either use our contact form, phone our GSL or chairman, or speak to a section leader.

Join the adventure!

Lees Wood Fun Day

Chris — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:28:46 +0000

On 18th July, we were at the annual Lees Wood Fun Day – despite the rain on Friday it was a lovely sunny day! We ran our usual selection of stalls, plus a couple of new ones. We had a great day, with our VelcroBall target game proving a great success. Overall, we made around £120 at the fun day, which we can put to good use!