Flysheet

The Sutton District Scouting Newsletter – November 2006

Contents

  1. Contents
  2. Chairman’s Notes
  3. Notes from the District Commissioner
  4. Beavers
  5. Cubs
  6. Scouts
  7. Explorers
  8. District Swimming Gala
  9. A note to all affectionate friends of Annie
  10. Radio Phones
  11. World Jamboree Practice Camps
  12. PAGGS Camp 2006
  13. National Scout Air Rifle Championships
  14. New and Updated Activity Badges
  15. New and Updated Fact Sheets
  16. Canoe Club
  17. Flysheet
  18. Diary 2006–2007

Chairman’s Notes

Over the last few months your District Executive, District Team and Group Scout Leaders have been considering Development of the District and a small committee are consolidating their views in order to produce workable objectives. More work has to be done and when complete final plans will be published. Each Scout Group will be asked to produce their own Development Plan and it is hoped that all Leaders and Lay People will be involved to express their views.

Scouting has a lot to offer young people and we must present these opportunities as much as possible and next year 2007 when we celebrate the 100 years of Scouting will give us this chance.

Please give your full support to all the events being arranged by the District Team so that we can be proud of all our efforts and Scout District.

Paul Richardson, District Chairman

Notes from the District Commissioner

Congratulations to Bob Wright, 9th Cheam, on the award of the Medal of Merit in recognition of many years of outstanding service to Scouting.

A belated welcome back to Scouting to all members after the summer break. I hope those of you who ran camps had good ones and everything went well and those of you had a complete break had a good rest and are refreshed for the new challenges. I know that many of our members travelled abroad and special mention should be made of Mark Simpson and Ben Oliver of Sutton Explorer Scout Unit who gained their Explorer Belt Award. As an Explorer Belt holder I welcome them to the “club” and know that the experiences they had will live with them for the rest of their lives. Is there anyone else in the District who is an Explorer Belt holder? Please let me know, as it would be good to swap stories.

We are getting ever closer to the start of 2007 and our Centenary Year. The District is organising a number of events and looking to get maximum publicity in the local press and in the community in general. If your Group is doing anything special please let Paul Whitcher our Publicity Manager know so he can co-ordinate things. The planning for the District Camp in May is well under way and a very exciting programme is being organised. I hope all Groups will do their best to attend.

Our HQ has had a new ceiling fitted to the main hall, which will cut down the echo and make speakers clearer (if not more lucid!). Do come along appropriate meetings and hear the result.

One of the things that Scouting is known for is camping and this is the activity that young members most look forward to. We have been together as a District for over a year and the District Team have been able to collate the information on camps and nights away events over a full twelve-month period. The results are very interesting with some Groups providing a range of opportunities for camping and a few Groups seeming to be a bit shy of this very important aspect of our training programme. The Centenary in 2007 would be a very good impetus to review the camping programme in our Sections and Groups and do our best to increase the camps we put on.

Everyone likes to think that Scouting is the greatest thing since sliced bread (and probably before it was invented) but occasionally there are things that attract complaints from parents or disputes between Leaders. There have been some examples over the past year and it is very important that these problems are dealt with quickly and to a satisfactory outcome. There are clear guidelines laid down and these can be found in the appropriate Fact Sheet, which must be followed. By dealing with any problem quickly then any resulting fallout can be minimised reduced and confidence in our Movement can be maintained.

John Perkins, District Commissioner

Beavers

I hope all leaders and helpers enjoyed the summer break and are keen to move forward.

We held our first meeting in September and although not very well attended I felt that the mood was positive.

Our first event this term was at Westcroft where we held a dry sports afternoon on Sunday 8th October. It is disappointing that only 135 Beavers came – but they enjoyed an afternoon to remember where they tried football, tennis, basketball, trampoline and Kids Kingdom.

Regarding sleepovers the 3rd Carshalton held one over 7th/8th September in an old country house in Mogador and the 11th Wallington joined with 8th Sutton Helvellyn on 7th/8th October at the County Base. It is good to see you are giving the youngest members a chance to earn Nights Away Badges.

Thanks to all the Colonies who entered a team in the Swimming Gala. Congratulation to the 3rd Carshalton who received the winning shield from the District Commissioner. As you will see from the published results it was all very close.

A special thank you must go to the Beavers who volunteered to swim for other Colonies who did not have enough swimmers. This showed a great Scouting Spirit.

Pauline Pattison, Assistant District Commissioner Beavers

Cubs

Cubs District Sports Day

This year’s Sports Day was held later than normal, on the 23rd September, as Sutton Arena was not available in the summer. Also, to allow for a larger entry than normal, instead of three age groups (8, 9 & 10 years old) there were just two: under 9½ and over 9½ years old.

The weather was hot and sunny as the entrants arrived and reported to their leaders. Ten Packs were represented, which was a bit disappointing considering the number of Packs there are in the district (34). However, all the events were hard fought with the boys and girls all trying to win. The look of determination on some of their faces was a picture to see.

[Picture from the Cub Sports Day]
Cubs racing to the finish line

There was also great enthusiasm and support from the other Cubs on the sidelines and the parents in the grandstand. It was especially gratifying to see and hear the support and applause for those who struggled in their events but were determined to finish.

Everything ran really smoothly – a big thank you to Paul Seward for organising the event. Also to the parents and leaders for all their efforts in organising the Cubs, time keeping and result taking in the events. Congratulations to every cub who took part and well done to the 5th Carshalton Floyd Cub Pack who triumphed in both the sports competition and the tug-of-war competition.

A complete list of results is shown below.

1st 5th Carshalton (Floyd) 64 Points
2nd 14th Wallington 38 Points
3rd 1st North Wallington 36 Points
=4th 1st Belmont (Ryde) 32 Points
3rd Carshalton
6th 5th Sutton 30 Points
7th 11th Wallington 26 Points
8th 5th Carshalton (Arthern) 22 Points
9th 1st Belmont (Osbourne) 19 Points
10th 3rd Beddington 13 Points

Catherine Keen, Assistant District Commissioner Cubs

Scouts

My mind drifts back to a hot and sunny weekend at the end of June, England were due to play one of their group matches on Saturday evening but a small handful of dedicated Scouts were ready to give their all for the chance to win the new How Cup, the Scout section camping competition.

There were six troops from around the District taking part and right from the very first inspection on the Friday evening we knew the standards were going to be high.

Believe me when I say the sun gets up really early at this time of year, much earlier than I wanted to, but once up it was already starting to feel warm. Minor squabbles between the judges as to who judged which breakfast, (you have to taste them all to ensure all is cooked properly), but with a choice of cereal or a full English – who can blame them.

Challenges followed breakfast and inspection, simple – bake a cake – easy at home but a little more difficult at camp, especially when you have to make the oven first. Cakes baked, iced and decorated, it was time to judge again, not an easy task, they were all fantastic, lots of imagination going into the decoration, and when we had judged them we even let the Scouts eat them.

That afternoon was camp gadgets that could be used, and then it was all hands on deck to make sure that the three course evening meal went without a hitch! Lots of points on offer, and all with the football playing on the radio waiting for England to score.

All in all a superb weekend by all of those that took part, Adults and Scouts alike, and all are to be congratulated on the very high standards achieved. The bottom team achieved more points than last year’s top team, which in my book makes them all winners. But of course there can only be one winning team in an event like this and that honour went to 3rd Carshalton – very well done.

There were many great camps held over the summer and I am still catching up with the stories of them, but they all seemed to have had a good time.

By the time you get to read this report we will have just held the cooking competition (the first event of our new scouting year), many more great culinary delights I’m sure.

This event will be quickly followed by the Tate shield, a very popular night incident hike, held in November. I will look forward to letting you know how those events go in the next Flysheet.

District Camp 2007

Eight months and counting to this major event in the 2007 calendar. The planning is now well under way, the pace now starting to increase, there are many exciting ideas being looked into at present.

This event is a really important one for the whole District, as apart from St George’s day, this will be the only major event where the whole District will come together to celebrate Scouting’s Centenary, so we must all try and be part of it.

Are you good at art, either on paper or computer? Well get those crayons out and start designing! We need a badge to commemorate this event; we don’t mind what shape it is, but no more than four colours and it should reflect the occasion, the District and venue – so get drawing.

If you feel that you have a good idea for this event, or you would like to get involved, and that includes parents and executive committee members, well – just send me an e-mail or give me a call.

The most important thing that we have all got to remember: an occasion like this only comes around once every 100 years – so miss it and miss out.

I look forward to bringing you more news in the next edition of the Flysheet,

Ray Shaw, Assistant District Commissioner Scouts/Camp Leader

County Cyclo-Cross 2006

The 2006 Greater London South West County Cyclo-Cross took place, as usual, at Frylands Wood Campsite on Sunday 8th October 2006. Two Sutton Troops took part: in the under-12 category 1st Wallington finished in 5th place and 3rd Carshalton finished in 9th place while in the under-14 category 3rd Carshalton finished in 2nd place and 1st Wallington finished in 4th place.

District Cooking Competition

In the District Scout Cooking Competition, that also took place on 8th October 2006, 1st Wallington and 3rd Cheam finished with equal points but 3rd Cheam were awarded the trophy for having a greater number of high marks.

Explorers

County Night Hike 2006

The third Greater London South West County Explorer Night Hike took place on Saturday 14th October 2006. From 7:30pm onwards eighteen teams from all parts of the County were set off at five-minute intervals into the countryside around Bentley Copse Scout Campsite near Shere in Surrey.

Only four teams completed the full 15½-mile Gold route, three teams completed the intermediate 12½-mile Silver route and eight teams completed the shorter 9½-mile Bronze route.

Three teams from Sutton District took part, two from Belmont Explorer Scout Unit and one from Double Dragon Explorer Scout Unit. The Last But Not Least Belmont team completed the Gold route to win the first place Gold trophy in a very fast time of five hours and sixteen minutes, finishing more than an hour ahead of the second-placed Hampton team.

[Picture of winning Belmont team]
The Belmont Last But Not Least Team with Ian Newbery, Assistant County Commissioner Explorer Scouts

The other Sutton District teams also did well: the Double Dragon team also completed the Gold route in eight hours and six minutes and gained the third place Gold trophy while the Obscure Belmont team finished the Bronze route in five hours seventeen minutes and gained the third place Bronze trophy.

A full table of results is available on the Greater London South West web site.

District Swimming Gala

The 2006 District Swimming Gala was held at Cheam Baths on Saturday 21st October from 6:00pm until about 9:30pm. Fifteen Groups and Units entered teams into the gala and there was noisy support throughout the evening from friends, parents, brothers and sisters seated in the viewing gallery.

[Picture of winning Beaver team]
The 3rd Carshalton Beaver team

For Beaver Scouts there were one-width float, back stroke, front stroke and one-length “dash” races, while for Cub Scouts and Scouts there were one-length breast stroke, back stroke, front crawl, medley relay and freestyle relay races. Explorer Scouts from Double Dragon, 15th Wallington and 5th Worcester Park took part in one-length breast stroke, back stroke and front crawl races.

While the scores were tallied, Cubs and Scouts competed in a fun race, each swimmer pushing a small ball for the full 30-metre length of the pool. Finally, there was a race held for any leaders in the District who wished to take part.

[Picture of winning Cub and Group team]
Some of the 14th Wallington Cub and Group team

[Picture of winning Scout and Explorer team]
The 5th Worcester Park Scout and Young Leader team

This year the first place trophies were awarded to 3rd Carshalton Beaver Colony, 14th Wallington Cub Pack, 5th Worcester Park Scout Troop and a 5th Worcester Park Young Leader. The overall first place Group trophy was awarded to 14th Wallington Scout Group. A summary of the results is shown below. In each race, the fastest swimmer was awarded six points, the second fastest five points and so on, with the sixth fastest and the remaining competitors being awarded one point each.

Scout Group Beavers Cubs Scouts Overall
1st Beddington =9th 4pts =12th 3pts — — 12th 7pts
3rd Beddington — — =2nd 23pts =6th 14pts =6th 37pts
2nd Carshalton — — =4th 21pts 4th 23pts 5th 44pts
3rd Carshalton 1st 17pts 7th 19pts =6th 14pts 4th 50pts
5th Carshalton Arthern 7th 6pts 11th 6pts 3rd 29pts 2nd 58pts
Floyd =2nd 23pts
6th Carshalton 6th 8pts 6th 20pts 9th 9pts =6th 37pts
8th Cheam 8th 5pts — — — — 13th 5pts
1st North Sutton =4th 11pts 8th 13pts — — 10th 24pts
5th Sutton — — 9th 11pts 5th 19pts 9th 30pts
1st Wallington =9th 4pts =4th 21pts 8th 10pts 8th 35pts
11th Wallington =4th 11pts 10th 9pts — — 11th 20pts
14th Wallington =2nd 15pts 1st 35pts 2nd 31pts 1st 81pts
5th Worcester Park =2nd 15pts =12th 3pts 1st 36pts 3rd 54pts

A note to all affectionate friends of Annie

After spending a number of years away, Annie has returned and is fit and willing to teach and entertain members of the District again. For the nominal sum of £5 she can be yours for a session. All she needs is a blanket to lie on and some disinfectant wipes. Oh! And a knowledge of the current recommended method of resuscitation.

Bookings, for the moment, to Brian Rickwood on 020 8643 3649.

Radio Phones

The District possesses six radio phones with a nominal range of 2+ miles. The operating time is about 15 hours per charge and the phones come complete with chargers. There is a charge of £1 per phone per day (24 hours) and the phones are available to Groups, Units and Sections for events, wide games etc.

Bookings to Brian Rickwood on 020 8643 3649.

World Jamboree Practice Camps

Over the weekend of 9th–11th September Nelson and Victory World Jamboree units held their first practice camps with the third GLSW Jamboree unit (UK 116) joining the Victory camp.

Nelson unit camped at Bears Wood in New Addington and Victory camped at Frylands Wood just down the road.

Both camps started on the Friday night. Putting tents up in the dark was the first challenge and Nelson participants had the added fun of putting up tents they had never seen before!

After the first night’s excitement and some sleep everyone at the Nelson campsite cooked breakfast in their patrols before making model gateways from bamboo canes and elastic bands.

[Picture of Nelson Unit members]
Nelson Unit Gate Building

We marked out the area of our campsite at the Jamboree with all the participants as markers so we could see the small space we have to fit into. After lunch there were four activity bases and one of these was sewing on our GLSW Jamboree badges. Trying not to sew sleeves together was the greatest challenge!! We also had an up and over challenge with pioneering and cooked fish in newspaper on a fire.

Dinner was a ready steady cook style affair with a choice of meat and sauces and a choice of carbohydrates. All the meals were delicious. After dinner a campfire was held with campfire songs led by Graham and sketches from all the patrols.

At the end of the campfire we had dessert – gateau with squirty cream – which was well received.

On Sunday it was time to strike camp, have a chat about up and coming events and say goodbye.

Nelson unit had a brilliant weekend and lots of new friendships were made.

Victory Unit and the currently un-named ‘UK 116’ unit took the weekend camp as an opportunity to get to know each other. Activities included putting up tents in the dark, wide games, clearing a field, building a huge fire in the cleared field! Bowling, push ball and archery! Not bad for less than 48 hours!

Saturday was spent clearing a field and beating Karl’s Bop-it high score! On Saturday evening we descended on the bowling alley in Purley. Some of us proved to be better than others! And some definitely more competitive than others!

On Sunday – after getting an unenthusiastic explorer out of her tent with a standing ovation from the rest of the unit – we were joined by Alf our Contingent Management Team (CMT) guy. We also marked out the area we will be camping next year – it’s not that big when somebody snores like a fog horn!

If the enthusiasm shown by the participants on this camp is anything to go by, next summer is going to be brilliant – tiring but brilliant!

Claire Dunne and Jade Taylor, County Jamboree Assistant Unit Leaders for Nelson and Victory units

GLSW Jamboree Contingent Unit Badges

GLSW Unit Badges are now available from your local Jamboree Unit Member. If you need assistance in locating one, please e-mail nelsonleaders@glswscouts.org.uk or victoryleaders@glswscouts.org.uk. The badges cost £1.50 each.

PAGGS Camp 2006

From 31st July – 10th August close to 100 Scouts and Guides from Sutton took part in the 11th PAGGS camp in Holland. Apeldoorn in Holland hosted the camp with Scouts and Guides from the other twin-towns of Paisley in Scotland, Gladsaxe in Denmark, Pardubice in the Czech Republic and a representative from Gagny in France.

[Picture of the Sutton PAGGS contingent]
The Sutton PAGGS contingent at the opening ceremony

We travelled in two coaches from Wallington to Holland and arrived to rain after all the nice weather. It did not deter us and we had a fantastic time making friends and taking part in all the activities. The theme for the camp was the Golden Age of Holland.

There were craft activities – painting tiles, making candles and tie dying to name a few. Other activities included GPS navigation, stepping (push along scooters), mountain biking, rafting and water activities.

Trips out included a day hike, which was extremely hard work in the rain, I have never seen people so glad to see KitKats at a check point! The weather greatly improved and we went on a trip to Apeldoorn to see our twin town, a day trip to Amsterdam, which included a trip on the canals to take in the sights of Amsterdam, and a trip to Batavia. Batavia has a replica of one of the ships of the Golden Age and everyone could climb all over the ship and see how small some of the decks were. There was the opportunity to climb the rigging and sea shanties were sung and then we had a display of cannon firing. All the PAGGS participants then sat in a boat that was being built to have a group photo taken.

The Sunday was spent trying Scottish Céilidh dancing, trying Bakewell tarts, watching the Sutton Scouts Morris Dance and the Sutton band play and taking part in activities from all the countries. After this, as it was a glorious afternoon we all went to the local lido.

Evening activities, included a disco, campfires and karaoke to name a few. On the last night after the PAGGS flag was lowered and it had been handed over to the Scots who will we holding the next PAGGS camp in 2009 a Céilidh was held with contributions from all the countries. The evening ended with the Sutton band playing together with the Scottish bagpipes and everyone singing Auld Lang Syne.

[Picture of the PAGGS group]
All 283 PAGGS campers assembled in the framework of a tall ship under construction

Everyone was sad to say goodbye after a fantastic camp where new friendships had been made and a good time was had by all.

Claire Dunne, PAGGS Committee Member

PAGGS Leaders Conference: TWITO-IN 2007

The Committee TWITO-IN 2007 Sutton
Invitation to this very special year 2007
International Scout/Guide Leaders Meeting
Twito-In Sutton
Arrive 5th April 2007
Depart 9th April 2007
Accommodation – Walton Firs Scout Camp, Cobham, Surrey
Programme – 100 Years Scouting Jubilee
to include
Visit to Brownsea Island, Poole
Visit to the Windmill, Wimbledon Common
Visit to Gilwell Park, London
Visit to Baden-Powell House, London
Cost: £100.00
Cost includes all travel whilst in England, food and accommodation
All applications with deposit of £25.00 to be received by 1st January 2007
Full payment by 1st March 2007
E-mail to paggs@suttonscouts.org.uk
Cheques made payable to ‘Joint BGS Committee’

The cost price of £100.00 looks high but for this special Centenary year of Scouting/Guiding we want to offer a special programme. We will visit places where it all started: the first camp in 1907 on Brownsea Island; the windmill on Wimbledon Common where Baden-Powell lived and wrote his book, “Scouting for Boys” and Gilwell Park where he started training for leaders. All these places have displays and exhibitions/museums about Baden-Powell and Scouting. To visit these places we need lot of travelling etc. but it will be worth it. Maximum eight persons per country.

National Scout Air Rifle Championships

The 30th National Scout Air Rifle Championships were held at the National Shooting Centre at Bisley over the weekend of the 21st October 2006. The competition is an annual event open to all Scout Groups and is the biggest shooting competition in the country. This year 90 different Groups from around the country camped in the Bisley grounds and 570 competitors competed to be crowned National Champion in pistol, rifle and field targets.

Everyone was entered into the four main events (6-yard air rifle, 6-yard air pistol, field targets and a reactive target knockout competition). Additionally the 1st North Sutton Scouts were entered into the optional Summer Biathlon event.

1st North Sutton had 12 entries, ranging from the under-12s to the over-25s age groups. The first competitions were the 6-yard rifle and pistol. These involved shooting at paper targets and scoring the highest possible score over four different targets. The next competition was the field targets. This has to be one of the hardest competitions of the weekend, requiring everyone to shoot at targets no bigger than a 50 pence piece at varying distances from around 6 yards to about 24 yards. The final competition is the reactive targets knockout competition, a test of nerves and accuracy. You shoot against an opponent with the aim to hit all your five targets, which are about the size of a penny, before your opponent does. To make it worse, you only have two minutes to load and shoot a maximum of 10 pellets, a riveting competition to watch.

This year’s competition saw many excellent performances from members of 1st North Sutton, with the most impressive of all coming from Alice Beeson. Alice won the “Walton Firs Trophy” for the most improved shooter since last year’s competition. This is the second trophy the 1st North Sutton has won at Bisley in the last 2 years. Alice was also placed 10th in the “Ladies Plate” against female shooters of all ages (Alice is only 12). Other outstanding performances came from Greg Gannon and Cyrus Wyett, who came 5th and 8th respectively in the 6-yard rifle competition, and Matthew Emerson, who was placed 10th in the Field Target competition. To be named in the top ten Scout shooters in the country is an excellent performance. Alice Beeson was also placed an impressive 15th in the Summer Biathlon.

The Group finished an impressive 4th in the country for rifle shooting, 7th in the country for pistol shooting and 5th in the “HRH The Duke of Connaught Junior Trophy” competition. Although we had no winners, we had several shooters get into the last rounds of the reactive knockout competition.

The 2006 “Shooting Nationals” was a highly successful weekend for all. Looking forward to next year’s competition, with fingers crossed and a lot of practice, the Group can continue to go from strength to strength.

Anyone interested in doing some shooting with qualified instructors in a fully equipped range please feel free to contact me at andrew_gorley@yahoo.co.uk or Leslie Button at leslie.button@suttonscouts.org.uk. Shooting can make an interesting program idea for your Troop or Unit night.

Andrew Gorley Scout Leader, Gurkha Troop – 1st North Sutton

New and Updated Activity Badges

The Beaver, Cub, Scout and Explorer badge requirement booklet files on the District web site have been updated. There are also files with all the changes to the activity badges highlighted (there are changes to most activity badges).

New and Updated Fact Sheets

FS295412 World Scout Census (Nov/06 [3] 56KBytes)
FS120301 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (Oct/06 [8] 65KBytes)
FS120303 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Service (Oct/06 [7] 62KBytes)
FS120304 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Expeditions (Oct/06 [4] 66KBytes)
FS120305 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Skills and Physical Recreation (Sep/06 [3] 41KBytes)
FS120078 Home Contact (Oct/06 [10] 111KBytes)
FS320006 Seat belts and child restraints (Sep/06 [1] 68KBytes)
FS295303 The First Troops (Aug/06 [1] 26KBytes)
FS260015 Passports (Jun/06 [2] 44KBytes)
FS320007 Managing Fire Safety (Jul/06 [1] 61KBytes)
FS330077 The Group Executive Committee (May/05 [1] 68KBytes)
FS452010 Explorer Scout Structures (Jun/06 [3] 81KBytes)

A full list can be found on the Scout Association’s web site.

Canoe Club

STOP PRESS – There will be a river trip on the morning of Sunday 26th November 2006. Book with Howard Parr on 020 8651 6146.

Club leaders are willing to arrange pool or outdoor sessions for specific groups. Why not invite a coach to bring a kayak to your weekly meeting to enthuse the young people to try this safe, fun and environmentally friendly activity. Contact Pete to arrange a taster session or river trip, or for a coach to visit your unit contact 07793 552477 or treagustpt@aol.com

Flysheet

Submissions for the December issue should be sent to flysheet@suttonscouts.org.uk by 15th December 2006.

Diary 2006–2007

November 2006
7th Tue District Young Leaders Module A – Prepare For Take-Off
18th Sat District Scout Tate Shield Competition
19th Sun District Canoe Club Pool Session
21st Tue District Young Leaders Module G – Programme Plans
25th Sat District Cub Challenge Trophy Competition
26th Sun County Scout/Explorer/Network Orienteering Competition (book by 20th November)
District Canoe Club River Trip
December 2006
2nd Sat County First Aid Course
17th Sun District Canoe Club Pool Session
19th Tue Sutton LEA Autumn Term ends
January 2007
1st Mon Join-in-Centenary starts
3rd Wed Sutton LEA Spring Term starts
5th–7th
Fri–Sun		 Gilwell Scout/Explorer Winter Camp
21st Sun District Beaver Pantomime
District Canoe Club Pool Session
23rd Tue District Cub Leaders’ Meeting
27th Sat District Scout Climbing Day
February 2007
1st Thu District Beaver Leaders’ Meeting
3rd Sat District Cub Chess Competition
10th Sat Chief Scout’s Silver Award County Presentation Ceremony
19th–23rd
Mon–Fri		 Sutton LEA Half-Term
22nd Thu Founders Day
23rd Fri District Scout Hand Ball Competition
25th Sun District Canoe Club Pool Session
March 2007
16th Fri Centenary Comic Relief Red Nose Day
18th Sun District Canoe Club Pool Session
24th Sat District Cub Peggy Charman First Aid Competition
25th Sun District Scout Five-a-Side Football Competition
30th Fri Sutton LEA Spring Term ends
April 2007
16th Mon Sutton LEA Summer Term starts
22nd Sun District St George’s Day Parade
28th Sat District Cub Raksha Trophy Craft Competition
May 2007
25th–28th
Fri–Mon		 District Centenary Camp at Walton Firs
28th–1st Jun
Mon–Fri		 Sutton LEA Half-Term
June 2007
16th–17th
Sat–Sun		 Gilwell Beaver/Cub Fun Days
23rd Sat District Cub Mat Ball Competition and Athletics Badge Day
Centenary MegaGig in the Manchester Evening News Arena
30th–1st Jul
Sat–Sun		 District Scout How Cup Camping Competition