Ahoy there Mateys

littlegreenman

Hello all, hope you are all well.

The Inter Patrol competition continues this week, our Guests will be from the Irish Naval Service – Reserve.  Leading Seaman Liam and Able Seaman Michelle will visit us this Thursday so make sure your Uniform is perfect in order to pick up the maximuim points for your Patrol .

The Patrol standing after the first week are:

HAWK Patrol – P/L Samantha         279 points

EAGLE Patrol – P/L Matthew          263 points

FALCON Patrol – P/L Eimear           256 points

SEAGULL Patrol – P/L Claire            212 points

Each scout can earn 50 points every week for their Uniform,  so there is plenty of opportunity for the trailing Patrols to make up lost ground. 

see you all Thursday

The Leaders

Catapult a flying success !!!!!!!!!!!

littlegreenman

Congrats to all those who turned up today.

The catapult worked really well. Hopefully we will be test firing next week.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5TDeGsKZQ]

Looks like we will be putting two teams into the John Galvin on Saturday November 20th so keep it free.

As part of the competition you will also get marks for medieval costumes so get thinking of what you are going to wear.

Mel Gibson thinks he looks cool in his medieval gear but can he build a catapult?

Inter Patrol Competition

littlegreenman

Hi all, dont  forget that the Inter Patrol competition starts this Thursday 4th November. Each week we will have a Guest at the Troop meeting, who will carry out the Uniform inspection. After inspection we will have a short talk by each Guest, it will be a chance for you to ask questions of them in realtion to their jobs.

This week 4th November, we will be visited by Captain Paul Spencer from Aer Lingus. Paul is a Senior Captain on the Transatlantic routes for Aer Lingus, so make sure you have plenty of things to ask him about flying Airbus A330 Aircraft to America.

 Over the next couple of weeks we hope to have Guests  from the Gardai, the Irish Naval Service and the Defence Forces.

There will be a big focus on Uniforms so make sure you are doing your best not to let your Patrol down. 

JEDWARD, last few remaining places,you need to pay 10 euro deposit this week, total cost is 28 euro per ticket and the date we are going is 05 January 2011. 

see you all Thursday

The Leaders

Thursday 21Oct10

littlegreenman

Hi All ,hope you are all doing well.  Troop Meeting this Thursday as normal, full and perfect Uniform please.

 Following on from the Parents meeting last week, we are going ahead with our plan to go to France for Annual Camp in 2011, we will have some more information on Thursday night.

Well done to the Scouts who took part in the Expedition weekend, they did an excellent job. We will put some photos up shortly.  

PL’s remember you wil be receiving your cash this week for the Patrols cooking  challenge

see you then

The Leaders

Expedition essentials

littlegreenman

For those of you brave enough for the ultimate wilderness challenge of this years County Expedition we have some prepared a gearlist.

He hears the call of the wild - do you?

This Thursday you will be given your tents and cooking gear for the trip to split between yourselves. On Friday you will be getting the food. I’ll have the maps and compasses for the patrols.

We will be meeting at the den at half six on Friday – make sure to have a dinner in you first. Home around 2pm on Sunday.

Personal gear: 1. Hiking boots
2. Rain gear (top and bottoms)
3. Torch (with spare batteries)
4. Sleeping bag (with sleeping mat)
5. Eating utensils
6. One change of clothes
7. Spare jumper
8. Hat and Gloves
9. Personal emergency rations
10. Survival bag and whistle
11. Toilet roll and wash gear

All packed inside a rucksack lined with black bags – not hanging out.