1st December - Wii Night

Monday 1.12.8 Wii night. This will be hosted at the McNamara residence in Hoyland. Those attending can either go straight there (if you know where it is) or meet at Hoyland Scout Hut (not Hoyland Common!) at 7.30pm. Bring your own Wii thing (whatever one of those is) if you've got one. Subs will be collected as normal.

Those of you who didn't bring the extra £2 transport money to Silverwood last week, please remember to bring it this week - it's what we will be buying the snacks etc. with!

Chris Whitton

Parental consent required

Due to the escalating costs of printing the forms, I'm moving away from one parental A4 sheet per activity and asking for an email or print and sign indicating which events and any concerns they will allow you to attend. Remember no parental consent = no go!

Jan 09 CV & interview skills
Jan 09 1st aid training
Jan 09 District Explorer Meeting @ Ardsley
14.02.09 Winter run around teams of 4to7 persons £6.50ea - Leaders asked to run a base
20.02.09 Hesley Freezer camp
??.02.09 Freezer camp @ Malham
Mar 09 Air rifle shooting
Mar 09 Caving weekend
03.07.09 Dragnet
25.07.09 N.York's Jamboree

Tam & Ian U have completed their Bronze DOE & (along with Nathan L) get their Platinum Chief Scouts Award @ St Georges parade 26.04.09.
Who's interested in using their skills and becoming Young Leaders with Beavers/Cubs/Scouts?
Please advise how many years you've spent in scouting?
Total number of Hikes Away (Where/When)?
Total number of Nights Away (Where/When)?

If BMBC will sponsor us again who'd be interested in a trip to Ireland?
We need your thoughts on the rest of 2009' calendar of events (When/What/Where)

Hello All

I can poot whoopie

Monday 24.11.8 bowling at centertainment:

train departs wombwell 17:31 / elsecar 17:35

return departs meadowhall 21:14 & arrives elsecar 21:25 / wombwell 21:29

Drop off/ Collection from TRAIN STATION

You will be travelling on your own & met by a leader(s) at Centertainment

Text messages please to C2 if you are going 07766 246 191

From Jim the mud dash is cancelled - participants need to be 16yrs+

Climbing

Good days climbing Thanks to Ian Levitt & Jim Carter. Well done Tamsin, Lauren, George, Spider Man Uttley, Baggy & Nemo. Photo's to follow.

FW: Charity Event

From: James Carter
See this web page. http://www.neurocare.org.uk/view_event/The_Hog_Dash/8

Regards
Jim

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Climbing & Swimming

Sun 16.11.08 8am @ Hoyland Common Scout Hut for the last climbing towards Bronze DOE/Platinum. Bring £5 for transport costs, food & warm/dry clothing. You'll need a plastic bin liner each & We need a signature from your parents saying you can come climbing, as I forgot to give out the forms!

Mon 17.11.08 Swimming @ Barnsley Metrodome. Get there yourself, costs £4 to swim, we will pick up those wanting to go to Silverwood for pie & peas @ 19:45hrs (£2 for transport) - home about 21:30hrs. Let me know by Sunday who wants pie & peas to book the food!

Various

Congratulations to Darfield Piranhas for regaining 'the frog' yesterday. It's up to everyone else to issue a challenge now! The old rules of engagement still apply - best of luck it's your honour that's at stake!

I've asked for the Explorers at next years swimming contest to have heats with cubs/scouts for breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle and relay.

You've had a request to do a short presentation @ District meeting @ silverwood Mon 17.11.08 8pm, also to be back-markers for Beavers/Cubs/Scouts @ X-country and Cyclo-X. See you shortly @ the remembrance parade - the suns shining now...

Next District Moot @ Ardsley in January Time/Date to follow (Ian we need your motif for the Explorer necker)

Sleepover

Due to underwhelming response the sleepover is off!

District Explorer Meeting

For those of you not bothered to turn up to the district explorer meeting:

• Swimming Gala will be 2 lengths 2 different strokes
• Sleepover if less than 5 let me know by noon 08.11.08, then it's not happening.
• Sun 09.11.08 Armistice Parade 09:00hrs @ Car park near wombwell swimming baths - note you will be asked to parade with uniform outermost (wrap up warm underneath - however the forecast at the moment is heavy rain!)
• CRB forms will be required in Scouting by anyone reaching their 18th Birthday
• Network - Jim will be the Network Liaison Leader for Fitzwilliam, basically this means 18+ can stay with the Explorer Units if they wish
• Who needs Young Leader Badges & to start working with a Beaver/Cub/Scout section? (George, Ben, Dale, Ian U, Andy)? Who would like to do the YL training etc?
• Freezer Camp weekend of half term in February - need to know who's definitely wanting to go - to book YHA @ Malham
• I've been asked to price up a district hoodie with the 4 logo' on the breast and your name on the rear
• I need to ask Ardsley if we can hold an Explorer meeting @ their hut in January.
• Job interviews in January I need to get an interview panel etc
• Climbing - Mon 10.11.08 is theory etc Sun 16.11.08 venue to be arranged
• I need to liaise with Tim to get your Bronze DOE 1st Aid sorted for January, also those interested in becoming St Johns type 1st aiders
• I need to get Adam, Andy & George Bronze DOE books, Nathan L Gold DOE book. Are Ian Mc, Tamsin, Ian Ut, Dale & Ben wanting to go for Gold?

Explorer Committee Meeting

Fitzwilliam District Explorer Committee
Minutes of meeting of Explorer Committee held on Thursday 6th November 2008
at Wombwell Scout HQ. Commencing at 7:30pm.

Present:
Welcome & Housekeeping
Apologies for absence
Approval of minutes of last meeting
Matters arising from previous minutes
Correspondence Received
Explorer Committee Report & Update
DC’s/DESC Report and Update
Treasurer’s Report
Recent significant expenditure, approx:
Recent income includes, approx:
Balances
We need Explorers to get parents to sign up Gift Aid forms. As well as subs any donations get an extra 28% from the tax-man.
Fund raising
Other items
Section Reports
Recruitment
Young Leaders
DOE & Chief Scout Awards
1st Aid
Programme
Explorer Poster
Uniform Policy
Any Other Business
Dates of Future Meetings
Meeting closed at @pm

London

Hope everyone enjoyed the trip and has caught up on the beauty sleep! Many thanks for the Glass keepsake. Here's a photo's to remember London by: