Category: Annual Camp

Visitor from the US and Annual Camp info.

littlegreenman

Hi all,

We won’t be having our regular meeting this Thursday but we will be meeting on Friday evening.

We will have a special guest – Hunter, who is an American Scout, and his family.

We will be meeting at the Den at 6:15pm on Friday and going on a trip to Howth and show our visitors around the place.

We have also added a new section to the website which has information on our awesome trip to Germany.

It’s on the tab at the top of this page. We’ll keep this section updated with all the info. related to our Annual Camp.

Check it out here and let us know if you want anything added to it!

Interpatrol Update – Week 4

littlegreenman

Top scorers in Week 4 were the Kestrels with a whopping 368 points. This was helped by the double whammy of Sarah and Stefanie cleaning up in the drill competition! How does this massive points haul affect the overall standings? Well, we have a new leader…….The Kestrels leapfrog the Merlins shooting into first place on a humongous total of 1413 points. The Merlins are not far off the lead, just 66.4 points behind with the Falcons a further 53.1 points back. As we have seen over the course of the Interpatrol competition there are buckets of points up for grabs, so keep up the good work!! Remember there are is 400 points up for grabs by organising a Patrol Activity……… this weekend is the last weekend to do it……. if you haven’t already!!

Interpatrol Competition leaderboard

Patrol Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Total
Kestrel 417 310 318 368 1413
Merlin 467 273.6 306 300 1346.6
Falcon 297.5 351.5 390 254.5 1293.5
Eagle 189 297.5 150 265 901.5

Ready Steady Cook – Saturday 29th March (Note: Date Change to this Saturday)

A reminder that the Annual Ready Steady Cook event will be taking place on the 29th March (this Saturday). Your Patrols will plan, purchase food, build an altar fire, maintain the fire and cook some tasty, delicious meals. Easy peasy!!!

Each meal will be judged by the most prestigious food critics in the World – your leaders, so we will expect the food to be of the highest standard. (If the last couple of years is anything to go by……… it will be fantastic)

The meals will be judged and your Patrol will earn points towards the Interpatrol competition

Annual Camp – Last Chance!!!!

A reminder that if you plan heading to Germany on Annual Camp, a deposit of €150 is needed by this Thursday. We will be booking flights later this week so you need to have paid your deposit to secure your seat on the plane!

Thanks!!!

Gear List for Annual Camp

littlegreenman

The Countdown for annual camp in well and truly on. Woot! Woot! Keep an eye on the website (Here!!!) because we will be updating it over the coming weeks.

We have put up the gear list below, it is summer but we can have 4 seasons in 1 so “Be Prepared”
You have a bit of time to save your pocket money and buy anything you need.

Below is the list of essential gear :

•    Eating utensils (Mug, plate, bowl, knife, fork, spoon)
You MUST have these or else you won’t eat!
•    Torch
•    Hiking boots
•    Runners
•    A few changes of clothes
(a weeks worth should do, we’ll be doing a lot of activities so expect them to get dirty!)
•    Uniform (bring spare neckerchiefs if you have them)
•    Good waterproof raincoat with hood
•    Rain trousers or gaiters
•    Spare socks, underwear
•    Warm fleece , jumper, even though it’s summer !!!
•    Pyjamas
•    Swimming gear
•    Towel
•    Sun cream
•    Medications (to be handed to Leaders on Saturday morning.)
•    Insect repellant
•    Bivvy bag – we plan to bivvy on the island
•    Toiletries
•    Sleeping bag
•    Ground mat
•    Water bottle
•    A few black bags (for lining your rucksack if it rains)

Optional Gear (if you have it):
•    Compass
•    Whistle
•    Pen knife – if you are allowed
•    Camera
•    Personal First Aid Kit

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littlegreenman

Greetings Ravens,

We covered a lot last night so we’ve listed a few things below as reminders.  We’ve also added details to “Upcoming Events” (over there ————————————>)

Patrol Activity

We know one Patrol has already done their Patrol Activity (Well done Aoife’s Patrol!).  Each Patrol will be giving a presentation to the rest of the Troop on Thursday 7th March so your activity has to be completed by then.

Special Interest Badge

Each of you got a planner last night, so fill this out and bring it along next week. We’ll have a look over it and then you can get cracking on earning the badge. There is further details in the Badgework section of the website. Have a look up top and click on Badgework -> Special Interest Badges. There are loads of suggestions and info on there. If you have any questions contact your PL or one of the leaders.

Annual Camp 2013

Remember each of you got a letter last night with details about Annual Camp 2013. Please bring the completed forms along with you next week. We have added a section to the website which will have all the info for Annual Camp 2013, so check it out!

Eurovision!

Don’t forget the voting for Eurovision will be on “The Late Late Show” tonight (Friday) so make sure and check it out  and vote for Ryan Dolan – song number 4!

Annual Camp Details – Saturday 27th July – 3rd August

littlegreenman

Yo Ravens,

Annual Camp 2013 has been booked. We had such an awesome time in Lough Keel last year that we’re gonna head back there. This is a fantastic campsite in Roscommon with great facilities. If you don’t believe me check it out here-> http://www.loughkeelcamp.com/index.htm

It will be a joint camp between ourselves and the Monday scouts so it’ll be great craic!
We will be spending a week on camp right in the middle of summer so we are (almost) guaranteed great weather! We’ll be staying there from Saturday 27th of July to 3rd August.

We’re hoping that a troop from Germany will also join us, they have yet to confirm if they can make it or not. In the spirit of the gathering and all that! (http://www.thegatheringireland.com/)

The camp site where we will be staying is very close to the Lough Key forest park. There is loads and loads of stuff to do in Lough Key (http://www.loughkey.ie/). We will have a jam packed camp, much like last year:

– Swimming in the Lake
– Rowing out to an Island on Lough Key and Bivying
– Zip Lines (http://www.zipit.ie/)
– Boda Borg (http://www.loughkey.ie/boda-borg/introduction.html)

We are looking into costs and hoping to keep it as low as possible and it will likely cost below the €200 mark. Camp bank is now open so you can start paying into it straight away!

So, that’s just a taste of what we will be doing, we will also be doing badgework so everyone on camp will be awarded badges so bring your sewing kits, your arms will be full of badges by the end of the camp!!

Please let us know if you will be coming along so that we can plan around the numbers. Let us know if you have any questions.

Here is the “Key” (see what I did there) info :
Where : Lough Key, Roscommon
When : Sat 27th July – Sat 3rd August