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Berkshire Scouts News Number 6 for 27 March 2005

New Photo of the Week

The photo selected this week shows the Slough Explorer Scouts investiture at the Outdoor Show and the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre.

St George's Day Awards

Congratulations to Pamela West (Silver Wolf),  Brian Belcher (Bar to the Silver Acorn),   Betty Scurry  (Bar to the Silver Acorn), Margaret Ellison,  (Silver Acorn),  Peter Forbes (Silver Acorn),  Bob Stiff (Silver Acorn), and Paul Bateman (Medal of Merit)  who all received their award from the Chief Scout in the St George's Day Awards  more

Scout Golf Gala Day

South Berks are holding their Annual Corporate Golf Gala on June 3rd at Wokefield Park GC generously sponsored by the Octagon Motor Company of Bracknell & Reading. The event is open to all corporate golfers. For details visit www.scouts-golf.co.uk  or phone 0870 154 0063 - but get in quick !" more next week.

Three Towers Hike

The Three Towers Hike™ is a down-land footpath competition hike organised by Reading Central District Scouts. It normally takes place over the third weekend of March each year although in 2005 it will be uniquely held in April. The event is sponsored by Cotswold Outdoor.  THis is a must-do event - well at least once. The Three Towers Hike operates a series of concurrent events catering for different age groups. These are the 'Junior', 'Explorer' and 'Senior' events.

The closing date for all applications is extended to 8th April 2005. Please ensure you have adequate postage on your SAE. Your booklets and tallies weigh in at 110g and first class postal rates go up 1st April. Click here for the Three Towers Hike Website

Wargrave Scouts in Regional Cooking Competition

Teams from both Wargrave and Pinkneys Green Scouts represented the County at the Regional Cooking Competition. The Wargrave Scouts were only seven points (in 160!) behind the winning team from Cheltenham.  more

See the Wargrave Scots Team in action in the new website feature Scouts in Action launched this month.

ResourceBase

New resource links and ideas for Road Safety and the Cub Scout and Scout Cyclist Badges have been added to the ResourceBase - click here to view the most recent additions.

News List to Expand

The Berkshire Scouts News Service is one of the recent developments arising from the Plan for the County which seeks to support Even Better Scouting for even more Young People in Berkshire. At a recent meeting (8th March), the Executive Committee of Berkshire Scout Council approved a plan to add all known adults concerned with Scouting in Berkshire to the mailing list for the News Service. This will ensure that all adults receive up to date news on the support, resources, training and activities available to them in their Scouting Activities. more

The Month Ahead - Training and Programme Dates in the County Diary

April 2005

8–10 Nemesis 2005 (Youlbury) more
13 Adult Training Module 25a Assessing Learning ( Southern Area ) click here to book
16 Adult Training Module 10 First Aid ( Northern Area ) click here to book
16 Adult Training Module 15 Challenging Behaviour click here to book
16 Three Towers Hike more
18 Adult Training Module 11 Administration (Section) ( Northern Area ) click here to book
18 County Beaver Scout Team Meeting
20 Adult Training Module 4 Tools for the Job (Managers) ( Eastern Area ) click here to book
27 Adult Training Module 25b Assessing Learning ( Southern Area ) click here to book
30 Adult Training Module 20 Administration (Managers) click here to book
 

Click here for the full Diary

Recent Items from the Scout Association

The Big Kickabout

Win a fantastic Raleigh Bike!  - Note this is for young people and the closing date is 8th April

The Sea & Me

Thats All for this Week

This message is also available on the website  www.berkshirescouts.org.uk/newsservice

Thats all for this week -  Have a great time if you are at Nemesis or adventuring some where else over Easter.

The Web Team

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