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Location -
4th Derby (Derwent) Scout Group HQ The Group started
in 1908 and are thus celebrating their centenary.
They have been at their present site since 1936.
See
http://www.4thderby.org.uk/
HQ facilities
comprise:-
1. Large
hall, approx FOUR times the size of ours,
painted with a Harry Potter theme..
2. Kitchen
with 5 burner catering sized stove and oven. There
are cooking pots, trays, utensils, plates, cutlery, mugs
etc. which allied with the fridge and freezer makes the
catering relatively easy.
3. Separate
gents, ladies and disabled toilets, plus a shower.
4. There is
an activity room with space for computers or arts /
crafts.
5. We will
sleep in the various rooms, having pitched dome tents.
We will need to strike the tents during the day to
optimise the use of the floor space.
6. Parking
for six or more cars, limited grounds with fire areas.
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Table Tennis Competition - The Scout Group has
three table tennis tables so we will definitely be
holding some form of table tennis competition. |
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Uni Hoc
Competition - The size of the hall will facilitate a
six a side indoor hockey tournament, which will give a
lot more scope than the three a side games we have
played in our HQ. |
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Archery Tournament - In our own HQ we are
restricted to a minimum length range. There is
scope for a longer range and more archers to shoot
simultaneously in Derby. |
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Volleyball
Competition - There is plenty of room for a
volleyball competition (with a soft ball) and the
ceiling height gives plenty of scope for some good
shots. |
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IT Badges
-The separate activity room has a number of PCs, which
allied to the equipment that we can take gives a lot
more scope to catch up on the IT badges. |
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Card School - If you have not experienced the
joys of Trumps, Switch, Rummi, Pontoon and other games,
even Whist, then now is the time for your education to
start. |
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Badges and
Challenges Review - In small groups you will be able
to review your Scouting activities to date, thereby
signing off the requirements for some of the badges and
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Laser Tag Choice - Megazone or Quasar? - You decide
We have a choice between visiting Quasar which is
only half a mile away from the Scout HQ and Megazone
which is about 3 miles away in the City Centre.
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What is Megazone? 3
games £8.00 www.megazone-derby.co.uk
Plunged into
the semi darkness of the playing arena you sense
movement. Lights flash, smoke swirls.
The music
pounds. Suddenly a shadow comes to life. A bright red
laser beam cuts through the darkness and barely misses
you. Your heart pounds as you race for cover with your
laser gun and you return fire - deactivating the enemy
sniper. It’s as if you’ve entered a different dimension,
where
enemies lurk in the dark recesses equipped with state of
the art laser hardware. You must depend on your reflexes
to survive.
The Megazone
adventure starts with a tour of the playing arena and a
briefing on your mission. It is during this time that
you learn of the adventure ahead, and arrange your
teams.
Games are
played in a themed arena, filled with smoke, music and
lighting effects. Equipped with state of the art laser
hardware, players track each other and defend their team
bases using strategy and skill. Your team objective:
track down the enemy bases and deactivate them, tagging
enemy opponents as you make your way through the arena.
Guard your base station from the opposition and score
bonus points from the deadly sentinels and mines.
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Quasar - Junior 1 Game £3.50, 2 Games £6.00, 3 Games
£7.00 www.tenpin.co.uk/home/the_tenpin_experience/quasar.stml
Stalk
your opponents through a futuristic quasar/lazer
landscape featuring ramps, gangways, strobe and
UV lighting, swirling fog and music with the
goal of shooting your opponents and destroying
their base using state-of-the-art laser gun
equipment.
Lead
your team into the Airlock and receive your
mission briefing, safety check and rules of
engagement before entering the quasar/lazer
battle arena (features vary across arenas). Each
player is armed with state-of-the-art laser gun
equipment and body armour covered in laser
sensors to identify if you get hit!
To score points you need to land a laser strike
within the area of the pack and gun, but
remember your opponents will be trying to do the
same! You will know if you are hit as your
armour vibrates and you are knocked out of the
quasar/lazer game temporarily.
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Alter Rock
(Derby Climbing Centre)
The Alter
Rock climbing centre is in the former St. James Church,
Malcolm Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8LU.
We plan to visit the centre
for either a one or two hour session.
http://www.alter-rock.co.uk
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| Cost - Best estimate is £35 |
Programme - more details to be
issued after HQ visit on the 12th November. |
| Eligible - Weekend open to the
current Scouts and the Cubs who are due to transfer at
the end of January / beginning of February. |
Booking
- expression of interest by Saturday 15th November.
£10 deposit
by end of November |
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Beavers, Cubs
and Brownies to meet at 6.00 pm and depart at 7.30 pm
Scouts to
meet at 7.00 pm and finish at 8.45 pm
Try some
amazing pancakes.
Join in the
plethora of pancake orientated games. |
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| These are photos of the 2008 Cub Junk
Craft which we won. The Beaver competition is in
the morning and the Cub event is in the afternoon. |
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| All we have done so far is decide that
we are going to have a camp at the Group HQ at the start
of the school Easter holidays. It may be Friday to
Saturday or Saturday to Sunday or even Friday to Sunday. |
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| 20 Yard Target Archery - Open to Scouts,
Young Leaders and Leaders - Shoot 24 arrows (4 ends of
6) |
Members of our Scout Group
will participate in either the 20 yard or the 40 yard
Target Archery, plus both the Clout and Field events.
The entry fee and camp fee for the 3 competitions is
£23.50. Unless you wish to walk and go on a diet
there will be an additional charge for food and
transport. |
| 40 Yard Target Archery - Open to Young
Leaders and Leaders - Shoot 60 arrows (10 ends of 6) |
| 100 Yard Clout Archery (shoot up in the
air, to land on a ground target area - Open to Scouts,
Young Leaders and Leaders - Shoot 24 arrows (4 ends of
6) |
| Field Archery (move around a course and
shoot at different types of targets at varying ranges) -
Open to Scouts, Young Leaders and Leaders |
This is not a main camp for all Scouts.
It is a specialist camp for those particularly
interested in archery and places will be limited.
We will be asking for interested parties in January. |
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We pitch camp at Willesley on the Thursday night.
We lay out our site so that each Patrol has its own
sleeping tents, kitchen area and fire place. At
camp each Patrol collects its own wood, lights its own
fires, chooses its own menu and cooks its own meals. |
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There are lots of competitions at the camp:-
- Camp Gateway - we always build some form of
gateway / climbing frame so that we can have lots of
fun climbing over it. We reckon to have more
fun with ours than any of the other entries, we tend
to be one of the top 3 gateways as well.
- Camp Skills - a competition covering overall
camp skills.
- Cooking - very popular with our Scouts who
produce some amazing meals, last time one Patrol
cooked a traditional chicken roast while the other
Patrol cooked a chinese meal. We were
victorious at the last two camps.
- Sports - football, tug of war, air rifles, sedan
chair race, obstacle course etc.
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There are also lots of other activities such as:-
Climbing and abseiling on the tower
Crate stacking - see how high you can go.
Camp fire - a camp fire with hundreds taking part is
great fun.
Camp starts
at 6.30 p.m. on the Friday and ends at lunch time on the
Monday. We will know more about the programme at
the Leaders' meeting at the end of February. |
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This is one
of our main camps and important training for the week's
summer camp. Camp open to current Scouts, Cubs
transferring January / February and (with Akela's
permission) Cubs due to transfer to Scouts in the summer
of 2009. It is anticipated that the 3 night
camp will cost £30 and a £10 deposit will be required at
the end of January. Declaration of intent by 15th
November please.
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The Beavers
always have a great time at the District Beaver and
Parent Camp. But that frequently seems to be
secondary to the absolutely fabulous time the parents
have.
But one thing
is absolutely essential - Parents must have a Scout
Group CRB clearance. To make sure that you are not
disappointed or left biting your nails hoping that the
clearance comes through in time, it is
recommended that you apply for your CRB form before the
end of Devcember. |
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We usually
camp with the Market Bosworth Beaver Scout Colony and
share the catering with them.
We turn up on
the Friday evening to pitch the camp, nip home for a
good night's sleep then return for the start of the camp
at 10.00 am Saturday. |
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There are always loads of activities for everyone to
do. They are based upon a theme. Recent
themes were countries of the world and Disney. |
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| The District Air Rifle Team
Competition has been expanded to include an Archery Team
Competition - both competitions use the same team of 6
Scouts. Our heat is our normal Scout night but we
will meet at Willesley at 6.45pm. |
| Air Rifles |
Each Scout will shoot 6 pellets, all
scores aggregated for the team. |
| Archery |
Each Scout will shoot 6 pellets, all
scores aggregated for the team. |
| Other Activity |
We will be running additional
activities for when you are not shooting. |
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District Events Permission Form |
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| This is our main camp. Camp open to current
Scouts, Cubs transferring January / February and in the
summer of 2009. Declaration of intent by 15th November
please, so that we know how many Scouts to plan for.
Full details will be issued in January when a deposit
will be required. |
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| If you are interested in attending email Bis with
the dates of any holidays that you have booked during
the school holiday period. We will try to avoid
clashing with family holidays. |
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| Our participation will depend upon the week's summer camp. |
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Splash Camp
- Fri / Sun 18th / 20th September??
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The County
Splash Camp takes place at the Leicester Outdoor
Pursuits Centre on the banks of the river Soar, just a
short distance from the junction of the ring road and
the A6.
Our charge
will be £50 - deposits needed by the 10th June. |
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Everyone gets
to participate in the following activities:-
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Open
canoeing - with 2 or 3 paddling each canoe.
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Closed
canoeing - paddle your own kayak.
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Bell
boats - with about 10 paddlers per boat you generate
some real raw power.
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Sailing
on the lake at Wanlip.
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It's a
knockout at Wanlip.
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you will probably do another activity such as sub aqua,
air rifles or fencing. This varies each year. |
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You need to
bring lots of spare clothes as some years you remain
relatively dry, while other years you get soaked on each
activity - especially if you are one of those who keeps
capsizing! Water activities
kit list |
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District Night Hike & Troop Mini Camp
- Sat / Sun 26th / 27th September
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| Meet at Willesley Scout Camp at 4.00 pm Saturday to
pitch camp. We will be busy getting camp set up
before the night hike, so make sure you eat before you
arrive at camp or bring a packed tea. |
| Night hike details |
| On Sunday morning we will have time for an activity
session, such as the potholing course, before we strike camp in readiness for a 12 noon
pick up. |
| This is a "free" camp paid for out of the monthly
subs. |
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