http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:33:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2010/03/sainsburys-active-kids-is-back/ 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2010/03/swimming-gala/ 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2009/12/christmas-carol-concert-2/ 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2009/11/christmas-bazaar/ 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2009/11/remembrance-sunday/ 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. http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2009/10/scout-traithlon/ 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2009/09/the-truth-about-scouts-and-knives/ 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2009/09/back-to-scouting/ 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2009/08/welcome/ 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 ... http://www.9thnorthwatford.co.uk/2009/07/lees-wood-fun-day/