Thurrock Scouts

May 2012

AGilbey — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:49:26 +0000

The May 2012 edition of Shorts is now available. This issue includes information on the District AGM.

April 2012

AGilbey — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:45:24 +0000

The April 2012 edition of Shorts is now available. This issue includes articles on Cub Games Day and DC Challenge.

Scouts And Guides Get Into The Olympic Spirit

AGilbey — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:16:27 +0000

16 teams of Scouts and Guides from around Thurrock descended on a warm and sunny Condovers recently to take part in the annual AVOCK Challenge.

The teams were subjected to a number of Olympic themed challenges including archery, sprinting, shot put and a fun version of horse jumping using hobby horses. Each team also had to make their own flag and Olympic torch to carry with them during the day.

The day ended with a ceremony where 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for each event received a medal with the overall winners receiving a trophy. Orsett & Bulphan Whitmore 1 were the overall winners with Thameside Royals in second and 7th Grays in third. Congratulations to all the winners.

The day was a big success and the Scouts and Guides really enjoyed themselves.

Many thanks go to AVOCK Scout Active Support for organising and running the day, the Condovers Team for running the rifle shooting and Phoenix Network and Thurrock Gang Show Scout Active Support for helping throughout the day.

March 2012

AGilbey — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:17:36 +0000

The March 2012 edition of Shorts is now available. This issue includes a Health and Safety update and news from Pyxis Explorers.

Thurrock Celebrates Jack Petchey Awards

AGilbey — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:09:38 +0000

The 23rd January saw a number of Scouts and Explorers from Thurrock visit the Council Chamber in Grays for an evening celebrating the recipients of Jack Petchey Awards during 2011.

The evening was hosted by the Mayor and Mayoress and guests for the evening included Thurrock Scouts president Margaret Jones and her husband Merlin and Councillors Mrs Hale, Ms Tolson and Yash Gupta. The Jack Petchey Foundation was represented by Nikki Casey, Grants Co-ordinator for North East London and Essex. Compere for the evening was the Scout Deputy District Commissioner, Graham Monk.

Each winner was presented with a certificate by the Mayor, boxed medallions by Nikki Casey and lapel badges by the Scout District Commissioner, Iain Rider. After the presentations, the winners were invited into the Mayors Parlour for light refreshments while parents and leaders were shown a video informing of the work of the Jack Petchey Foundation and a video of the World Scout Jamboree which was held in Sweden in 2011.

The winners of the awards were:

Jamie Stock, Kyran Whymark, Lewis Barker, Matthew Ball and James Green from Orsett & Bulphan Scout Group.
Daniel Bardwell, Charlotte Stephens, Aaron Jones and Chloe Downs from 1st Ockendons Scout Group.
Jessica Shaw and Luke Barter from Hillside Scout Group.
Alex Watkins, Reginald O’Donaghue, James Kemp and Tia Gregory from 7th Grays Scout Group.
Rhys Herbert and Rory James from Aquilla Explorer Scouts.

Leadership Awards were presented to Ian Allwright from 1st Ockendons and Anita Travis from the District Executive.

Many thanks to Olive Clay for organising the evening, Roger Clay for work behind the scenes and operating the video equipment and to Pat Banister (Mayor Secretary) for ensuring the evening ran smoothly and assisting Olive Clay with the organisation.

February 2012

AGilbey — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:17:06 +0000

The February 2012 edition of Shorts is now available. This issue includes an article on the Jack Petchey Awards Celebration at the Civic Offices.

January 2012

AGilbey — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:08:03 +0000

The January 2012 edition of Shorts is now available. This issue includes articles on the recent wind damage at Condovers, Safeguarding Awareness training and help for setting up a website.

District Carol Services

AGilbey — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:54:07 +0000

This week saw the District’s annual Beaver and Cub Carol Services take place at Aveley Methodist Church and St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Church, Grays respectively. Both services included well known carols but were interspersed between two very different interpretations of Christmas stories.

The Beavers were joined by the Romford Methodist Circuit Puppeteers who told the reasons why Christmas exists using singing puppets, chocolate bars and Christmas crackers. The Cubs however were entertained by a play on the Story of Christmas which was performed by the 1st and 7th Grays Packs.

Both services were completed with a number of youth and adult awards including Long Service Awards and Chief Scout Awards.

Many thanks goes to Aveley and Belhus for organising the Beaver service, 1st Grays and 7th Grays Conquest for organising the Cub service and to Rev. Darren Barlow for leading the Cub service.

December 2011

AGilbey — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:58:50 +0000

The December 2011 edition of Shorts is now available. This issue includes articles on Tilbury Beavers learning about Fairtrade at Asda and information on the 2012 capitation fees.

November 2011

AGilbey — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:10:45 +0000

The November 2011 edition of Shorts is now available. This issue includes articles on Cubs Challenge Day and Matthew Wright’s participation in the Royal Parks Half Marathon.