Abbeyside Scout Unit Notes 3rd March 2008

4th Waterford Unit
St Joseph’s
Abbeyside
Scouting Ireland

Cub Scout Pack, Scout Troop & Venture Scout Group Notes

03/03/2008

Happy Birthday
It was Leader Kieran Harty’s 21st Birthday on Monday, best wishes to Kieran, hope you had a great weekend. From all the Abbeyside Scouts.

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

Group Annual Registration
There are still a few members who have yet to pay their Annual Registration, this is now over due for payment by Cubs, Scouts, Ventures, Leaders and Committee Members, it is €40-00 per member, any cheques should be made payable to 4th Waterford Unit, Abbeyside Scout Group. Thank You.

Attendance
If Cubs, Scouts or Ventures are unable to attend a Meeting, Activity or Hike they are asked make contact with the Section Leader in advance and let them know. You can do this by text or phone. Section Leader for Cubs is Gearoid, Section Leader for Scouts is Brendan, Section Leader for Ventures is Brian. This will help with the smoother running of each section. All members are reminded that if three meetings are missed without notice being given to a Leader they are presumed to have finished.

Cub Scout Pack - News & Information

Thursday Night Cub Scout Pack Meeting 21/02/08
Aidan started our meeting this week with the saying of the Cub Scout Prayer before attendance were then taken up by Michael. Everyone then stood at alert at the end of the den while Gearoid named out the new clans. The main difference is we now have a fifth clan with one or two people changing clans. The new clan leader and assistant clan leaders are Sheamie Fennell and Jamie McKelvie respectively. These positions like all others are on a trial basis and can be changed at the leaders discretion. We then tried out one of our favourite games, the relay race game, to see how the new clan formations would mix, and also to see could anyone break the round towers domination on this game. After the first round this didn't look likely as the result was the same with Ruari's clan winning but at the second time of asking clan Cu Chulan pulled out all the stops to take the victory.

It was then time to practice our singing for the county Variety Show in Ferrybank during April so Darragh and Ruari started the rest of the cub pack off in our rendition of "Ireland's call" and as other cubs got into the swing of it they joined the two lads up front. More practice is planned for this week with the intention of getting everyone up the front and eventually on the stage. We then played a new game for the current cub pack called "dodge ball". Brendan explained the rules and it because of the nature of the game it was refereed by Michael, Cearbhall, Brendan and Gearoid with as usual the referees word being final. The winner of this game was Darragh. Everyone then got into their new clans, Aidan said the final prayer and everyone was dismissed.

Thursday Night Cub Scout Pack Meeting 21/02/08
Meldan started our meeting this week with the saying of the Cub Scout Prayer. Attendance was then done by Gearoid before he told everyone the name of the new clan and its members for the benefit of those who were absent the previous week. While everyone was at alert Gearoid then went through each Cubs Uniform to see if they had their badges sewn on in the right places and if not were told where to put them on their jumper. Anyone with corrections to make has up until March 17th to do so. We then played a couple of games of dodge ball which is proving to be very competitive as the weeks unfold and the referees decisions being questioned which are not in the rules. One of the games had to be restarted as a certain referee had not read the rule book clearly and gave an unfair advantage to one of the teams by giving them some of the balls when they had none left. We then continued to practice for the County Variety Show at the beginning of April. This is getting better with each week and we look forward to a big turnout on the day in question. Gearoid then gave out Clan Badges to those who didn't have them and also to the New Clan in the Cub Scout Pack. Meldan then said the final prayer and everyone was dismissed.New

Members
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

Scout Cooking Challenge
The long awaited Cooking Challenge was finally here. Just after the New Year each Patrol picked out a number of food items from a list, which they would have to put together into a main course. The Eagle Patrol picked out Beef, Rice, Cabbage, Courgette, Peas, and Mushroom. The Tiger Patrol picked Chicken, Noodles, Bean Sprouts, Tomato, Carrot, and Peppers.

The meeting began at seven with the Scouts falling into their Patrols for the saying of the Scout Prayer. The meeting this week was a ‘mufti ’one (non uniform). With the Scout prayer said it was straight down to the Cooking, each Patrol got their boxes from the store and the cookers for under the stage. Once everything was set up the Scouts got started with the food prep and to the business of cooking. Soon the Scout Hall was filled with the aroma of cooking food. The Eagle Patrol produced a stir fry of beef and vegetables on a bed of rice, while the Tiger Patrol had szechwan chili chicken with vegetables. Both meals were very good and were soon gone from the plates of the Scouts. All that was left was tidy up, before saying the Scout Prayer to finish up the meeting.
Cunnigar Day Out
On Saturday at One O’Clock the Abbeyside Scout Troop gathered at the car park of the Cunnigar, Ring, Co. Waterford. A few games were played first on the beach to get everyone warmed up. The weather was overcast with the threat of some rain. This did not dampen the spirit of the Scouts. Eamonn was in charge for today as the Scouts were doing the last parts of their Photographer Merit Badge. Before we set off down the Cunnigar the Scouts had a bit of a Barbeque of sausages and burgers (Lamb and Beef), after which they ate lunch, hungry lot our Scouts. Eamonn then went on to explain what type of photo’s that he wanted the Scouts to take. First off he wanted them to take a picture of the lighthouse across the harbour, then a picture of a shell, and also a picture of a bird. For the picture of the lighthouse at Ballinacourty it had to be done in one take. The picture of the lighthouse was taken from the car park. We headed off down the beach where various shells could be found and also plenty wild birds. As we walked the beach there was plenty of photo opportunity to capture the images of shells and birds alike. On the way back to the Car Park there was time to have a quick game of ‘manhunt’ to be played, which everyone enjoyed. A group photo was taken on the rocks before the final stroll back to the waiting parents.
New Members
New members are always welcome so 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 are on a Saturday night from seven to with you.

Venture Scout Group – Information

Venture Scout Group
Those who still have to give money towards Annual Camp or have yet to pay their Annual Registration need to do so at this weeks meeting.

The next Venture Scout Meeting is this Saturday Night at eight in the Scout Den.
You can E-Mail the Abbeyside Venture Scout Group on venturegroup@abbeysidescoutgroup.com and Sandy/Brian will get in contact with you.

Annual Camp 2008
The next instalment due for Annual Camp will be due on the 30th March of €200.00, this will be over half the cost paid. A parents meeting will be held shortly there after to update everyone and answer any further questions or issues. If there are any items that cannot wait until then parents can contact Brendan.
All those who are going on Annual Camp to Spain that everyone needs to have a Valid Passport for going on Camp. We only need your Full Name as it appears on your Passport for booking the flights, because of Spanish Government Policy we will need the Passport Number as we get closer to Annual Camp. A notice will be handed out over the coming week looking for everyone’s names as they appear on their passports please return these as soon as possible, thank you.

Mount Melleray Catering Crew
Abbeyside will be on catering crew next on the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend.

Full Uniform
All CubsFull 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 Waterford Scout County Badge €2-00, Glenshelane Scout Campsite Badge €3-50, Abbeyside Group Badge €3-50, Abbeyside Group Neckerchief €5-50, Woggle €1-50, and Abbeyside 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
Keep up to date with all the happenings of the 4th Waterford through our web pages, on the blog www.abbeyside.blogspot.com and www.abbeysidescoutgroup.com we would be only, happy to hear any comments you may have. Check out our Glenshelane Scout Campsite & Cabin to see how things are there too on www.glenshelanescoutcampsite.com E-Mails us any pictures you may have either for the paper or to put on the blog site, if you have a bebo or other page that would be a suitable link forward it on, also to scribe@abbeysidescoutgroup.com

Scribe.