Abbeyside Scout Unit Notes 12th November 2007

4th Waterford Unit
St Joseph’s
Abbeyside
Scouting Ireland

Cub Scout Pack, Scout Troop & Venture Scout Group Notes

12/11/2007

Notice For Annual Scout Mass
The Annual 4th Waterford Unit, St. Joseph’s, Abbeyside Scout Group, Scouting Ireland, Mass will be held on Sunday 18th November, 2007 at half past nine (09:30 am) in Abbeyside Church. All Cubs, Scouts and Ventures are expected to attend in Full and Correct Uniform. All sections are asked to gather at the Scout Den at Nine O’Clock (09:00 am). Parents, family and friends are invited to join the Unit for this Special Mass to mark the year just past, the coming year, and praying for members of the 4th Waterford past and present.

South Eastern Province Youth Forum
The first ever South Eastern Youth Forum will be held in Mount Melleray Scout Activity & Sports Centre, Cappoquin on Friday November 30th to Sunday December 2nd, “YOUR VOICE 07”, Open to Scouts (13 years and Up) and All Ventures, Cost: €40, Come along and have your say and participate in a fun filled weekend, Conference Sessions include New Youth Programme, Youth Participation, Jamboree 2008 & Programme Events, Activities include Summit, Archery, Assault Course, Games, Disco and Campfire. Should be a very interesting weekend for all.

Calendar Of Events
We have put our Activities onto an online Calendar, you can see these on the Blog Spot or the Abbeyside Scout Group site.

Cub Scout Pack - News & Information
Darragh began this weeks meeting with the saying of the cub scout prayer. Then Gearoid and Michael took up subs. First game of the night was one that we haven't played in a while, was "Gearoid says" which a lot of the cubs seemed to get tired very quickly from, due to lack of energy or lack of coca cola before hand, we're not sure which. Then Michael took charge of the "x" game, which as usual was both very popular and very competitive with both teams at times literally, and figuratively going for each others throats. The cubs then sat down and wrote out what they thought were appropriate prayers of the faithful for the 4th Waterford's annual mass for past and present members which is on in Abbeyside Church this Sunday at 9.30a.m.The prayers got some careful consideration before being put to paper. Then Seanie gave the cubs some sample questions that may or may not be asked at the Cub County Quiz in Ferrybank on Sunday December 9th.We will be doing more of the same in the coming weeks. The cubs were then given a notice about the mass on Sunday and told to meet at the den in full uniform. Darragh then said the final prayer and everyone was dismissed.

New members are always welcome so if there is anyone who may be interested in joining the Cubs have a Parent/Guardian call along with you to the meeting and talk to one of the Leaders. The Cub age is from 8 years to 10½ /11 years. Their meeting night will be on a Thursday night from seven fifteen to eight forty five. If you have any questions before then you can E-Mail the Cubs on cubpack@abbeysidescoutgroup.com and Gearoid will get back in contact with you.

Scout Troop – News & Information
The meeting started with Patrol Formation and the Scout Prayer being said, after which the Patrols got out the Patrol Equipment Boxes, which had not been seen since we returned from Annual Camp in Larch Hill. The equipment was taken out and checked, and given a quick wash in preparation for the Indoor Cooking Competition later this month.
It was then time for a bit of fun and some games, the Troop formed a line and number off then number off in two’s splitting into two teams for a quick relay game, but even after all this time some of the Scouts could not remember if they were numbered team one or team two, so we started again, this time making two Teams of fairly even numbers, after another relay game it was time for a game of ‘Number Snatch’ Joe’s Team won this easy enough even after the scores were adjusted for Tom’s team they could not win. A game of switch was next on the agenda and proved as always to be great fun.
Before the meeting finished some notices were gone over and discussed with those present, among those talked about was the Indoor Cooking Competition, Annual visit to the Sports Centre, and the Annual Unit Mass. The Court of Honour are to organise the activities for next weeks meeting in the sports centre which starts at half past five and will be over at half seven. All Scouts are to wear their Group Neckerchief.
The meeting finished with the Scout Prayer being said and everyone dismissed to go home. A Court Of Honour was held after the meeting where the up coming South Eastern Youth Forum, and Waterford Scout County PL/WL Training was talked about.
If there is anyone who may be interested in joining the Scouts have an adult call along with you to the meeting and talk to one of the Leaders. The Scout age is from 10½ years to 15/16 years. Scout Meetings will still be on a Saturday night from seven to nine. If you have any questions about Scouts before we return in September you can E-Mail us at scouttroop@abbeysidescoutgroup.com and Brendan will get back in contact with you.


Venture Scout Group – Information
Ventures Saturday Night Meeting started shortly after seven. Talk this week among the Ventures was the Annual Indoor Cooking Competition, ‘Paint Balling’ in December, Annual Unit Mass, Annual Camp and the South Eastern Province Youth Forum.
If there are any Ventures still interested in any of these events let Sandy know as soon as possible as in advance booking is essential for all these. Ventures are reminded to return their Activity Consent Forms if they have not done so already. For further information contact Sandy. You can E-Mail the Venture Group on venturegroup@abbeysidescoutgroup.com and Sandy will get in contact with you.

Full Uniform
Full Uniform is Black Polished Shoes/Boots, Navy/Black Socks, Uniform Trousers, Uniform Belt, Uniform Jumper (Cubs), Uniform Shirt (Scouts), Group Neckerchief, Woggle (Plus Spare), Lanyard (Scouts), Whistle (Scouts), Badges, Group Cap, Uniform Jacket (Scouts).

Any Scout or Cub in the Unit longer than six weeks should have this Uniform. Scouting Ireland is a Uniformed Organisation.

The Scout and Cub Scout Uniform are available from the Outdoor Adventure Store, Mc Curtain Street, Cork.

We carry some items such as Group Badge €3-50, Group Neckerchief €5-50, Woggle €1-50, and Group Baseball Cap €15-00. As well, as some other small items. Just ask the Leaders and they will help you out.

If there is anyone who has been in the Cubs or Scouts and wishes to pass on their Uniform in part or full contact one of the Leaders. Thank You.

Web Site
We have added some more photos from the past Annual Camp in Larch Hill, and will add in time some of the Patrol Log Book extracts along with photo’s from further back.

Please leave us a comment and tell us what you think, if you have a picture that you would like to have added to the blog get in touch with Brendan. www.abbeyside.blogspot.com .You can keep up to date with any events down at the Scout Den as well as other pictures.

We are also hoping to get our Troop Web Site up to speed with information on each of the sections and the leaders involved. www.abbeysidescoutgroup.com

Check out the Glenshelane Scout Campsite & Cabin web site on www.glenshelanescoutcampsite.com and leave us a message in the guest book, tell us what you think.

Scribe.