Flysheet

The Sutton District Scouting Newsletter – June 2008

Contents
Chairman’s Notes
District AGM
Beavers
Cubs
Scouts
Network
PAGGS Camp 2009 Scotland – Castles & Clans
1st Wallington 100th Celebrations
New and Updated Fact Sheets
Diary 2008

Chairman’s Notes

The Saint George’s Day parade this year was blessed with fine weather and it was good to see the District well represented. Standing with the Mayor of Sutton it was a memorable occasion with the District (1st Wallington) Band leading, to see the flags being carried down the High Street with all the young people following. Many parents and others joined in the march also with the service that followed. Holding the event in Manor Park gives an opportunity for the public to see that Scouting in Sutton is well and truly active. All Leaders should be proud of the work that we do for young people.

At the service the County Commissioner, Ian Newbery, presented a retirement gift from the District to John Perkins and thanked him for all that he had done as the District Commissioner of Sutton.

With the publicity that Scouting has had during the past year and with events held such as the St George’s Day Parade more young people want to join – in fact some Groups have waiting lists. An important and urgent part of our Development Plans for both District and Groups must be finding leaders and others to help in so many ways, but remember a quote by Baden-Powell: “Softly Catchee Monkey”.

Young people look to Scouting for fun and adventure and, when asked, those of Scout age say they very much look forward to camping with lots of activities and cooking on open fires.

Good summer action to all.

Paul Richardson, District Chairman

District AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the
Sutton District Scout Council
will take place at
7:45pm on Thursday 19th June 2008
in the Sutton District Scout Headquarters
72b Woodcote Road
Wallington
Surrey

Beavers

The following pictures should have accompanied Pauline’s article in the last issue of Flysheet:

[Beavers Picture]
In November 2007 around 250 Beavers and their leaders were entertained with magic and balloon modelling and the the Mayor of Sutton helped to cut a “100” Birthday Cake at the Phoenix Centre, Roundshaw.

[Beavers Picture]
In January 2008 over 200 Beavers and leaders from 11 groups gathered at 4th Worcester Park HQ to watch a “Frosty the Snowman” pantomime.

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On 29th March 2008 over 280 Beavers with nearly 60 leaders joined in a camp fire at Park Farm camp site in Banstead – a great success despite the non-stop rain.

Cubs

District First Aid Competition

The Peggy Charman District Cub First Aid Competition took place at Carew Manor on Saturday 15th March 2008. Teams of four Cubs visited eight bases where their knowledge of burns & scalds, hypothermia, cuts and grazes, dangerous places, the recovery position, safety at accidents and serious bleeding was tested. The results were as follows:

Position	Team	Points
1st	6th Carshalton	136
2nd	3rd Carshalton	135
3rd	9th Carshalton	120
4th	5th Carshalton (Floyd)	117
5th	1st North Sutton	116
6th	9th Cheam	114
7th	3rd Beddington (Milton)	111
8th	1st North Wallington	107

Scouts

County Scout Night Exercise

The Greater London South West County Scout Night Exercise took place on Saturday 5th April 2008. Thirty-one teams of between four and six Scouts took part, including five teams from Sutton District. The competition was a night-time incident hike in the area around Bentley Copse Scout Camp near Shere in Surrey. The results were as follows:

Position	Team	Points
9th	3rd Carshalton A	361
10th	1st Belmont	285
20th	15th Wallington	150
22nd	3rd Carshalton B	90
30th	5th Carshalton	78

Network

Sutton Network Hit the Czech Republic

Sutton Network had an awesome end to last term with six members attending the PAGGS YLC in the Czech Republic for 18–30 year old Scouts and Guides from the twin towns of Sutton. We left on the Thursday before Easter and met up with old friends from PAGGS at Prague airport and spent the weekend at Radhost Camp in Horni Jeleni. On the way to the campsite we had to find some of the sights in Prague and swap a pin for the best present we could get for the leader of the camp.

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Good Friday was spent in the Krknose Mountains on the Polish border in the snow. It was brilliant playing in the snow, having snowball fights, sledging down the mountain on wooden sleds while keeping a hollow Easter egg in one piece to claim points for our teams and having a snowman building competition. That evening we had a Disco with a DJ from Pardubice.

Saturday morning was spent watching the ex-police sniffer dogs and riot dogs, which were very clever, then we had a shooting competition with laser guns shooting creatures in a computer game on the big screen again earning points for our teams. This was followed by a Scouting skills contest through the woods in our teams with different tasks including, air rifle shooting, throwing plastic grenades, a Kim’s game, a navigation exercise, first aid and tea at the local Scout hunt. After dinner some people from the local brewery came and ran a bingo evening.

On the Sunday we met the mayor of Horni Jeleni, to whom we presented our gifts and went for a walk around town with. In the afternoon we made our traditional desserts for the Easter feast and the girls painted Easter eggs while the boys made Easter whips from willow with ribbons on. That evening we had an Easter feast with a traditional Czech dinner of pork and dumplings followed by our traditional desserts including crepes, apple crumble, shortbread and lemon cream and biscuits. After dinner there was traditional dancing, which the mayor joined in with, and a disco.

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Easter Monday was full of Czech Easter traditions. We set out on horses and buggies to the local village, the boys with their whips ready. The tradition is that men go and visit women on Easter Monday before 12 noon and they are allowed to whip them as it makes them younger as the youth of the willow branches is transferred. In return the women give them an Easter egg or a shot of rum. We visited different houses and had lovely nibbles and rum.

On our return from the morning’s activities some people chilled out and some went for a walk to a wooden church. An early night was in order as it was an early start for the flight home the following morning.

After a brilliant weekend I stayed in the Czech Republic to complete my Explorer Belt Expedition with a fellow member of PAGGS from Scotland. We travelled across the country to Prague walking the majority of the way with our rucksacks – camping in snow then sunshine and meeting many amazing people along the way. We spent one night in a hut behind a pub and another in a Czech Summer house by the river with a couple we met who were from Prague. The scenery was wonderful and we completed all our tasks from visiting a glass works to finding out what projects were being undertaken at an observatory. To find out more about what we got up to see the next issue of FOCUS.

Network hasn’t stopped since we have been back and we have been bowling at City Limits and climbing at High Sports and I took part in the Windsor parade with Queens Scouts from around the country. This term’s programme has been increased and Sutton Network are now meeting every Thursday night this term with lots of brilliant activities on the programme including Laserquest, Rowing, Gliding, a trip to Diggerland, a computer games evening, cooking and camps on Brownsea Island and in the Yorkshire Dales.

For more information on how to join Sutton Network please contact me: claire.dunne@glswscouts.org.uk.

Claire Dunne, Sutton Scout Network Leader

PAGGS Camp 2009 Scotland – Castles & Clans

The B.G.S. Committee (representing Scout and Guide units in the London Borough of Sutton) hereby invites Scouts, Girl Guides, Explorers and Network to the PAGGS 2009 Camp in Scotland. Everybody from the age of 11 – 18 is welcome to this camp as a participant. Those over the age of 18 and who are warranted leaders are invited as camp staff.

The camp will be held at the Bonaly Campsite on the edge of the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh.

The theme of the camp is Castles and Clans. The week will have water activities, normal Scouting activities, Highland Games, visits to Edinburgh and other exciting activities.

The camp will open on Tuesday 4th August 2009 and will end on Wednesday 12th August 2009. Participants will arrive on Monday 3rd August 2009 and depart on Thursday 13th August 2009.

The fee for the camp will be £180.00 for participants and £135.00 for camp staff and leaders. This does not include pocket money and travelling.

This is an ideal opportunity to meet others from the Twin Towns in Holland, Denmark, France, Czech Republic, Germany and Scotland.

Those interested in taking part should contact Madeleine Baldwin by 1st October 2008 at the latest. Telephone 020 8680 5467 or e-mail madeleine.baldwin@man-roland-gb.com.

1st Wallington 100th Celebrations

As was reported in the last edition of the Sutton District Newsletter, together with photos, 1st Wallington held an Open Day on 29th March at our HQ in Ruskin Road to celebrate 100 years of the Group. On behalf of 1st Wallington I would like to thank all the leaders in the Sutton District who took the trouble to reply to my invitation letter, to thank the many leaders who visited us on the day and to thank those Groups that very kindly sent us their best wishes. Your support was much appreciated by everyone at 1st Wallington.

Over the weekend of 4th to 8th April we held our centenary camp at Walton Firs. Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders enjoyed an active weekend with the snow on Sunday morning being an added bonus.

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1st Wallington at the centenary camp at Walton Firs taken on the Sunday morning after flag break and Scouts Own.

After extensive research of the Group archives we have produced a history of 1st Wallington. The 64 page book contains a fascinating insight in to the start and development of the Group as well as bringing the story up to date. The 1st Wallington archives are extensive and provide a very good record of not only the Scout Group but also provide an insight as to how life has changed over the past 100 years. The book is for sale at £8 plus 90p p&p. The fact that we have such an extensive and comprehensive archive is mainly due to the effort of our President, Andrew Neden, who over many years gathered together much of the material from past members of the Group.

Once again, our thanks to Sutton District Members for their support.

Jeff Gregory, Group Scout Leader

New and Updated Fact Sheets

Diary 2008

June 2008
18th Wed	District Cub Leaders’ Meeting
19th Thu	District Annual General Meeting
20th–22nd Fri–Sun	District Scout How Cup Camping Competition
24th Tue	District Young Leaders’ Meeting – Registration and Module A
28th Sat	District Cub Sports Day
July 2008
11th Fri	District Scout Athletics Badge Evening
19th Sat	District Beaver Sports Day at 4th Worcester Park Headquarters, 2:00pm–4:30pm
23rd Wed	Sutton LEA Summer Term ends
September 2008
3rd Wed	Sutton LEA Autumn Term starts
11th Thu	District Young Leaders’ Meeting – Registration and Module A
18th Thu	District Beaver Leaders’ Meeting
20th Sat	District Cub Mat Ball Competition (provisional date)
25th Thu	District Scout Leaders’ Meeting
October 2008
3rd–5th Fri–Sun	County Remote Camping Weekend
5th Sun	District Scout Cooking Competition
12th Sun	District Beaver Sports Afternoon at Wescroft Leisure Centre, 12:30pm–6:00pm
27th–31st Mon–Fri	Sutton LEA Half-Term
28th–1st Tue–Sat	County Souwest Gang Show at the Secombe Theatre
31st Fri	District Beaver Halloween Cinema at Carshalton Methodist Church (3rd Carshalton Meeting Place)
31st–2nd Fri–Sun	County Explorer Mountain Skills Weekend
November 2008
15th Sat	District Scout Tate Shield Competition
22nd Sat	District Cub Challenge Trophy Competition (provisional date)
30th Sun	County Scout/Explorer/Leader Orienteering Competition
December 2008
19th Fri	Sutton LEA Autumn Term ends
January 2009
5th Mon	Sutton LEA Spring Term starts

June 2008

18th Wed

District Cub Leaders’ Meeting

19th Thu

District Annual General Meeting

20th–22nd
Fri–Sun

District Scout How Cup Camping Competition

24th Tue

District Young Leaders’ Meeting – Registration and Module A

28th Sat

District Cub Sports Day

July 2008

11th Fri

District Scout Athletics Badge Evening

19th Sat

District Beaver Sports Day at 4th Worcester Park Headquarters, 2:00pm–4:30pm

23rd Wed

Sutton LEA Summer Term ends

September 2008

3rd Wed

Sutton LEA Autumn Term starts

11th Thu

District Young Leaders’ Meeting – Registration and Module A

18th Thu

District Beaver Leaders’ Meeting

20th Sat

District Cub Mat Ball Competition (provisional date)

25th Thu

District Scout Leaders’ Meeting

October 2008

3rd–5th
Fri–Sun

County Remote Camping Weekend

5th Sun

District Scout Cooking Competition

12th Sun

District Beaver Sports Afternoon at Wescroft Leisure Centre, 12:30pm–6:00pm

27th–31st
Mon–Fri

Sutton LEA Half-Term

28th–1st
Tue–Sat

County Souwest Gang Show at the Secombe Theatre

31st Fri

District Beaver Halloween Cinema at Carshalton Methodist Church (3rd Carshalton Meeting Place)

31st–2nd
Fri–Sun

County Explorer Mountain Skills Weekend

November 2008

15th Sat

District Scout Tate Shield Competition

22nd Sat

District Cub Challenge Trophy Competition (provisional date)

30th Sun

County Scout/Explorer/Leader Orienteering Competition

December 2008

19th Fri

Sutton LEA Autumn Term ends

January 2009

5th Mon

Sutton LEA Spring Term starts