Category: Competition

Ready Steady Cook – Tomorrow

littlegreenman

Hi all,

A reminder that the Annual “Ready Steady Cook” Competition  is taking place tomorrow.

Your Patrol’s challenge is to plan, purchase and cook a tasty 3 course meal for 1 person. All this along with building and maintaining a fire – easy!!

We will be meeting at 11am  at the Den. We expect to be finished by 3pm.

Make sure to bring rain gear and a lunch for yourself (remember your challenge is to cook a meal for 1 person)

The judges (leaders) will be keeping a keen eye on all stages of the competition and the marking scheme is below.

See you all tomorrow!

  • Patrol members present
  • Action Plan (submitted before starting)
  • Teamwork
  • Pioneering
  • Fire Maintenance
  • Safety (trip hazards, bucket of water)
  • Hygiene
  • Presentation
  • Taste
  • Wash up
  • BONUS points

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!!!

Interpatrol Competition Update

littlegreenman

We kicked off our Interpatrol competition last week. It will run for a total of 6 weeks and after Week 1 it is the Merlin patrol who “fly” into the lead in, will they be “soaring” high by the end of the competition. There are a load of points available – uniform inspections, patrol activity, drill, games and bonus points galore. Stefanie and Ronan picked up Bonus points last week by getting stuck in and helping others out. We’ll be keeping the leaderboard updated so keep an eye on the “Interpatrol Competition” section of the website (click on the tab at the top of this page).

Each Scout was given their patrol badges last week, these badges are part of your uniform so make sure to be wearing them tomorrow night!

Interpatrol Competition Leaderboard :

Merlin        467 points
Kestrel      417 points
Falcon       297.5 points
Eagle         189 points

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Raven of the Year and Campfire Songs

littlegreenman

Greetings Ravens,

We have updated the  Raven of the Year Leaderboard which sees a new leader storm into the lead! Well done to James for taking top spot, racking up loads of points with perfect uniform, getting stuck into badgework and helping out at the Ward River cleanup at the weekend. Danielle is not too far behind, with Stefanie also hot on their heels……. there are still plenty of points on offer between now and the end of June. Keep up the great work everyone.

Campfire Songs

We have started learning some campfire songs and will put links to the songs up on the website. We know the songs are unbelievably catchy but just in case you forget how they go, we’ll leave a link to them up here :

The Quartemaster’s Store:

Ging Gang Goolie:

http://youtu.be/rA1Ynm4cqTg

Best of luck to our Regional Shield Team

littlegreenman

Best of luck to our Ravens who will be representing us in the County Shield this weekend. Give it socks and enjoy yourselves!

We’ll be meeting at the Den at 6pm and heading to Bog of the Ring from there.

We will be back on Monday at around 2pm.

Gear List for the Team:

All inside a rucksack you can carry on your back.

  • Ground mat
  • Sleeping bag
  • Full change of clothes
  • Uniform
  • Clothes hanger for uniform
  • Wash gear
  • Towel
  • Eating utensils – plate, cup, knife, fork and spoon
  • Tea towel
  • Hat and gloves
  • Spare warm jumper/fleece
  • Full rain gear
  • Torch
  • A few black bags. To be used to keep things dry.
  • Bivvy Bag
  • Toilet roll

If you have them bring them.

  • Small first aid kit
  • Pen knife – if you are allowed.
  • Gear for the sketch / art gear for the log book

No Meeting this Thursday – 2nd May

littlegreenman

Hi all,

We will not be having a regular meeting this Thursday because we will be preparing the gear for the Regional Shield competition with the competition team.

If you are part of the competition team can you please meet at the Den at 6:30, no need for uniform just neckerchief.

See you all next week – Thursday 9th May.

Gear List for Mini Shield Weekend (Fri 26th – Sunday 28th April)

littlegreenman

Hey hey Ravens

Our Regional Shield team will be heading to Bog of the Ring for a training weekend before the real deal competition the following weekend. We will be leaving the Den at 7pm on Friday night and arriving back at the Den for 12:30 on Sunday afternoon.

If you are on the Competition team, below is what you will need to bring:

All inside a rucksack you can carry on your back.

  • Ground mat
  • Sleeping bag
  • Full change of clothes
  • Uniform
  • Clothes hanger for uniform
  • Wash gear
  • Towel
  • Eating utensils – plate, cup, knife, fork and spoon
  • Tea towel
  • Hat and gloves
  • Spare warm jumper/fleece
  • Full rain gear
  • Torch
  • A few black bags. To be used to keep things dry.
  • Bivvy Bag
  • Toilet roll

If you have them bring them.

  • Small first aid kit
  • Pen knife – if you are allowed.
  • Gear for the sketch / art gear for the log book

Raven of the Year Leaderboard updated

littlegreenman

Worlds Greatest Scout

Hey hey Ravens,

We have just updated the “Raven of the Year” leaderboard. You can have a look at the leaderboard by clicking on the tab at the top or it can be accessed over there ——————————————–>

Stefanie has taken an early lead, with James, Danielle, Tony and Nicole hot on her heels….. less than 10 points behind. There are plenty of points still available and can be earned by attending activities (10 points), meetings in full uniform, earning badges and winning drill competitions!!!

Keep up the great work Ravens and we’ll see who comes out on top at the end of the Scouting year.

Ermegherd Erm-ergencies – Champions!!

littlegreenman

Ermegherd Erm-ergencies - Champions

A massive Congratulations to our winners of the “Ermegherd Erm-ergencies Challenge”. Competition was fierce as each Patrol used their skills to deal with the Emergency Scenarios they were presented with.

And a special thanks to our Venture Scouts and Niall who were our very convincing casualties (I know their acting and moulage makeup was so convincing that some of our Scouts felt a bit squeamish!)

Well done everyone!

See you all this Thursday (4th April)