Beaver Sports Day 2009

Well done to the 17 Beavers who competed and won the team trophy for Darfield in the District Sports Day held at Broomhill on the 28 June. The day was well organised and thanks must go to all the leaders for their hard work on such a hot afternoon and especially the supporters from Wombwell who provided us with much needed refreshments.
Thanks also to all the parents who supported and in some cases competed in the adult horse race (although it was noted that some parents may have cheated). The Beavers were as always well behaved and showed excellent sportsmanship at all times. It is always nice to take the trophy at these events, but more importantly for the leaders it was nice to see such a good turn out, excellent support and the Beavers having such good fun.

Darfield Scout Group Badge Presentation and AGM

You are invited to come along to a badge Presentation evening and our AGM. This will be held at the Church hall on Tuesday the 30th June, 7pm- 8pm. At the end, we will have some refreshments and this will give you the chance to raise matters that weren't discussed at the formal part of the meeting.

The Badge presentations will show you how your Child is progressing. The AGM will tell you about how the group has preformed over the last year and about our plans for the future for the benefit of your child. It will also be your chance to ask any questions you might have about the running of the Group, for instance, the level of subscriptions.

The Group also needs an Executive committee to help with fund raising and the running of the group. The job is not difficult and the meetings are normally held once a month. If the executive committee is successful, it means that the leaders can step back a bit from having to raise funds for the group and concentrate on providing scouting activities for your children.

We already have a Chair, John Lowrie and a treasurer, Callum Macleod, but we need a Secretary.

A copy of the letter sent out by John Lowrie and Mick Empsall

Beaver sports day practice

Sitting on the job, like usual. : )

The beavers have been practicing for the upcoming district sports day (next sunday, 1:00-3 ish @broomhill park).

The beavers seemed to have great fun in the events which took place in the recatry garden therefore we would like to thank Mr Venables for this use.

Here are just a few photos of the practice.

Cub Names

Unfortunately, I have been informed that new cub leaders must pick their own names and so the vote panel will remain present however the results will not be valid, but it may influence the new cub leaders opinion.

Scout Athlete Badge

This Sunday (28th June) scouts from across Fitzwilliam District are invited to come along and take part in a series of track and field events for a chance to earn the Athlete Badge. The events will be 100m, 200m, 300m (girls), 400m (boys), 800m, 1500m, long jump, discus, shot put, and cricket ball throwing.

The aim is to achieve the minimum requirement in each event, which is adjusted for age, with your best three events counting to your final score. You don’t have to do every event, but you must enter at least three if you want to earn the badge. You can find out more on the Athlete Badge here.

The venue is the athletics track behind the Station Inn, off Station Road, Wombwell. Registration is from 1.30pm with events starting at 2.00pm. We expect to finish at approx 4.00pm.

Entry is free, but please bring plenty to drink and a light snack to keep you going. Uniform is not required - wear your sports gear and trainers.

How to Enter

Click on this link to register for the event. This will speed up registration on the day and give us an idea how many scouts are coming.

If you are reading a paper version of this notice, you will find an electronic copy on our group blog which you can find at the following address:

http://darfieldscouts.blogspot.com/

New leaders Cub names

The 3 new cub leaders need cub names, so by popular demand i have added some extra gadgets into the side bar, 3 polls, register your views and the results will be announced at the group AGM on the 30th June.

I got the official cub names from http://www.faqs.org/faqs/scouting/leader-hints/section-5.html however if you have any suggestions please leave a comment.

New Blog!

As blog administrator I would like to thank Ian for the new look blog, I love it : )

Beaver Story-They made this!

Once upon a time, suddenly there was a lion in the jungle. He was dancing bonkers and he was climbing the trees, after he ate juicy meat and snoccambers James the monkey came along swinging on the trees, Cinderella dancing at the ball with friends. At the jungle James the monkey found another friend. Declan the snake, came slithering to see what James the monkey was up to. The monkey was playing with his friends swinging in the trees, one snake slithered up the tree and pulled James the monkey out of the tree and he landed on Declan the snake and broke his poorly leg. He said what are you doing playing with that other animal. Suddenly a bang, a volcano was erupting. The fire burnt out of the volcano an all the animals ran away. Keegen the lion saved the monkey. Libby the elephant came along and squirted water all over the fire. They all lived happily ever after!

Well done Beavers this will count towards your imagination badge.

Sunday

By now everyone should be recovering from their weekend of activities. Today the Cubs and Scouts took part in an assault course which the explorers set up, the scouts and cubs also took part in a huge water fight between the leaders and the Kids, I think the Kids came out best!
Thank you for all the parents who helped with the tents on Friday and Sunday, thank you to Rob K and Carol+Rob Booth and Christina for helping with some of the camp jobs. And also a big thank you to all the Darfield leaders who helped out at the camp particularly Baloo : )

Thanks and see you all on Tuesday Adam

Pictures and videos to follow.

Saturday

All cubs,Scouts & Beavers have had a full day of back to basics camp activities . The Beavers took part in some backwards cooking and they all loved their chocolate roasted bananas. The cubs took part in tracking activies and learnt many of the tracking signs which lead up to the treasure hunt. They also did world crafts making names badges .Mean while the scouts took part in pioneering and a 1st aid competition learning basic survival skills. After a full turkey dinner the group are preparing to go to camp fire singing some original scouting camp fire songs. That's all for Saturday. See you all Sunday at 3.30


Thanks
Adam

Friday

All tents now up and a wide game is about to start, thank you to all who helped to put tents up, heard from scouts who are asking 'are we nearly there yet?' supper is waiting for them as the arrive, I think that they will sleep tonight : ). Everyone having fun and they are going to go to sleep soon and prepare themselves for a busy day of activities ahead, as if!

Camp (Blog Update)

The Blog will be updated throughout camp; Friday night, Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday morning. Don't email me or post comments over the weekend as I wont be able to validate them or answer the emails.

Beaver Visit to Barnsley FC

Today the Beavers enjoyed a full guided tour of Barnsley Football Club. The tour included a session in the players gym and an opportunity to practice football chants in the North Stand, a place usually reserved for visiting fans to Oakwell. As you can see from the pictures one footballer has been on a very strict pre season diet. A big thank you must go to BFC and especially to Craig who made the visit both informative and enjoyable.

Silverwood

For Sat-nav users the address and postcode for Silverwood Scout Camp is
Silverwood Scout Camp
Barnsley Road
Silkstone
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 4LE

Otherwise:

Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

1.
Head north on B6096/Garden St toward Barnsley Rd
Continue to follow B6096
0.3 mi

2.
Turn left at A635/Saltersbrook Rd
Continue to follow A635
2.8 mi

3.
Turn left at A633/A635
Continue to follow A635
479 ft

4.
Slight left at A635/Doncaster Rd
1.1 mi

5.
Slight left at Cemetery Rd
0.4 mi

6.
Continue on A6133/Park Rd
Continue to follow A6133
1.0 mi

7.
Turn left at B6099/Keresforth Hill Rd
Continue to follow B6099
1.7 mi

8.
Continue on Station Rd
0.2 mi

9.
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A628
Destination will be on the right
1.5 mi

Hope this was helpful

Camp

A copy of the camp Kit list and details, just in case you lost yours or did not get one.

Beaver Church Visit

The Beavers would like to thank Mr Venables for his time taken to show us around the local church. This is just one of the activities that the Beavers have been doing over the last few weeks and counts towards their Faith Badge!

Beaver Barnsley Football Club Visit

The Beavers will be touring Barnsley football club on Tuesday 9th June. We will meet at Oakwell for 6pm-in full uniform-and can be collected at 7pm from Oakwell.

Come on the reds!

Scout Magazine (June 09 - July 09)

I have added the link to the newest issue of the Scouting magazine in the sidebar. For section supplement (Beavers, Cubs etc.) visit the official scout association website and follow the links to magazine.

Beaver Activity Forms

All Parents of Beavers attending the camp day (13th June) need to have completed their health/Activity Forms and returned them to us by the 9th June.