Annual General Meeting - 20.30 on Monday 8th November 2010

We are holding our Annual General Meeting on Monday the 8th of November 2010 at 20.30, after the weekly cub meeting. All leaders, parents and interested parties are invited to attend.

Harvest Festival - Church Parade this Sunday 26th 9.30 - 11.00

It's Harvest Festival time again so would all members please come to St. Mary's in Whickham for 09.30. Please arrive in full uniform with a non-perishable food item as a gift for the church to pass on to those less fortunate.

Subs due for Winter 2010

Subs are now due for all members. Please make all cheques payable to "1st Whickham Scouts."

• Beavers & Cubs GBP25.00
• Scouts GBP20.00
• Explorers GBP20.00

How can you help Heron House stay the best HQ in the district?

Over the summer holidays we are having our annual close down and refurbishment of the headquarters so we're looking for anyone who can either give their time or something we need to keep Heron House in great working order.

1st Whickham wins the Wick's Trophy at Sports Day!

Scout Sports Day 2010 was on Saturday 20th June at Joseph Swan School and we won the Wick's Trophy for the 'best all round troop.' The trophy has been awarded since 1920 and we believe this is the first time 1st Whickham have won it, so well done too all those who turned up and made it possible! (Parents and leaders are, of course, included in this.)

Parking on Park Drive

Northumbria Police have been in contact about car parking on Park Drive. The police have received a number of complaints from residents about parking and we will shortly be passing on a letter from them to all users of the hall. We ask everyone parks their car with consideration for the law and for other road users.

The Dyvil's Hike is soon!

The Dyvil's Hike will take place on the 3rd and 4th of July, are you ready for it?

You can find more details and an application form on http://www.gatesheadscouts.org/find-out/scouts/ so make sure you have a look.

Friday 23rd is St George's Day - please meet at 18.00!

Next Friday is Saint George's Day. Scouts are meeting at 18.00, not 19.00 as usual, so please turn up at the right time! Full uniform is required and please bring some money for the collection. We will be back in the HQ for the normal time at 21.00.

If any cubs want to come please be at St Helen's Church at Belle Vue Bank, Low Fell at 18.30 where Malcolm will be there to meet you.

Subs are due for the summer term!

Subs are now due for the Summer term of 2010! Please make cheques payable to "1st Whickham Scouts" and hand them to your section leader as soon as possible.

The rates for this term are

• Scouts £30
• Cubs and Beavers £25

Remember our next Scout meeting is Friday 16th April!

Just to remind everyone that we're starting back early after Easter on the 16th of April. The usual time and place, so see you all there!

We won the Scout Dodgeball - the 1st came FIRST!

The dodgeball was a great success, especially as we won! Our team only lost two games (one of them to the explorers) and won four; the final was a close run thing but our boys did really well. It's just a shame there isn't a trophy for the dodgeball, we'll have to convince the district to get one made up!

Are you coming to the dodgeball on Tuesday night?

The games begin at 19.00, please come in uniform and make sure you bring your £2!

Are you ready for Easter Camp?

Easter Camp is coming! We're leaving on Good Friday, 2nd April, and returning Easter Monday. Make sure you bring all the right kit, along with your signed consent form! It's probably going to be cold, so make sure you've got warm clothes and lots of them.

District Dodgeball is this Tuesday 30th March at 19.00

Make sure you're at the HQ at 19.00 on Tuesday as it's the District Dodgeball Competition. Please bring £2 and come in uniform.

What do you want to see at District Camp?

Next Tuesday (23rd March) is the first of the district scout camp planning meetings. From the 30th April to the 3rd of May we will be camping at Broomley Grange, Stocksfield. The site has been updated from last year and we will be planning the activities for the District Camp. As well as those we can provide from the District's leaders Broomley Grange have their own on offer.

http://www.broomleygrange.co.uk/Activities%20on%20site.html

What do you want to do at District Camp?

Good showing in the Scout Quiz

While we didn't win the Scout Quiz on Friday we did have an excellent turn out and fielded three good sized teams. Well done to everyone who came along and did their best!

Scout Quiz TONIGHT - we're leaving the HQ at 19.00!

Tonight (19th March 2010) we're going to the Scout quiz at 19.00 sharp, so if you turn up late we may not be there. Please try and be early and to attend in full uniform.

We look forward to seeing all our Scouts there, and hopefully we can bring a trophy back to the HQ!

1st Whickham Scouts now have an Ebay charity account

We now have an ebay for charity account! If you are selling anything on ebay please consider donating a percentage of the item's final value to the group. We have a number of expensive, capital projects coming up so every penny you can give us will help. You can also use this page to make a one off donation through paypay, so there's no need to remember your chequebook!The Group's page is on

http://donations.ebay.co.uk/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=37195

If you'd like to know more about Ebay For Charity, including how you can use it to avoid paying final value fees on some sales, please take a look.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity/index.html

In the meantime, we look forward to hearing from you on ebay!

1st Whickham Scouts reach final in district football compeition

Our Scouts made it to the final in the District Five-a-side competition on the 6th of March, but as there were six of them and only five to a team, one was actually on the winning side as he was filling in on a team of four! So, in a way, we won and lost at the same time.