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Written by Ian Hammond
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Details of this years Midnight Madness are now available at http://www.dusagg.org.uk/midmad
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Written by Trev Stafford
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26 Beavers from all over South Tyneside came to West Hall Campsite for a grand day out and got to meet some new furry friends along the way.
This was no average Beaver Fun Day for these young people, a whole host of badges were on offer for them to complete including the friendship challenge badge and the event had a theme based all around the culture of China. The lucky Beavers got to have a go at writing their names in Chinese, face painting, building and decorating Chinese lanterns and even making a huge carnival dragon as a big group project.
Also during the day the 26 exited young people were visited by a number of different organisations including the fire brigade who held a chip pan fire demonstration, 2 Police Community Support Officers who told the children all about how to be safe. And not one but two visits from some very special animals with some very special jobs. Northumbria Police Dog Handlers brought a sniffer dog puppy and a general purpose dog poppy to meet the Beavers and they even got to stroke the beautiful animals. Natasha, Phoebe and Holly from 22nd South Shields said, “The dogs were really friendly!”
The last surprise for the day was a visit from Ethne Brown who trains Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Beavers presented a cheque for 200 pounds they had fundraised through coffee evenings and other means to go towards the training of future Guide Dogs. As well as getting a talk about how they do their jobs. After a non stop day of fun and new discoveries it was finally time for the sleepy Beaversto go home.
And finally we would like to thank the Fire Service, Northumbria Police and the Guide Dog Association for all their help making the event such a success!
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Written by Ian Hammond
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15th South Shields Hawk Patrol are the winners of the 2010 Dryburn Camping Competition, challenging Scouts from across Durham Scout County to demonstrate their best camp craft and programme planning skills.
After an excellent weekend, the results were as follows:
- 1st 15th South Shields Hawk Patrol
- 2nd 1st Herrington Ram Patrol
- 3rd 1st Sedgefield "A" Team
The Hawk Patrol were duly presented with the trophy by Jeff Ledger, County Commissioner, at the flag down ceremony.
The gap between, and particularly between, first and second was only a few points and when you consider that the winners score was 2222 points this is significant. What clinched it was the Hawk Patrol adopting the advice given to all at the start of the weekend which was to copy that which is praiseworthy in others and correct in yourself that which falls short.
The Rams were points ahead until The Hawks copied the very professional campsite layout of the Rams but built on their strength of a display of tent rules, consideration given to a balanced "5 a day" diet and an excellent visual display of the trip they completed as part of their program for the Saturday.
In this instance "copy" is good and the Rams are congratulated for showing good practice in this way which, once copied, allowed the Hawks to take the lead. All the more pleasing was the fact that the Hawks were a pretty new to the Dryburn.
Congratulations also to Abbie Hearmon who represented her patrol to receive the Brian Slack Flag for the Patrol which improved the most.
The Hawk and Ram patrol and the Sedgefield "A" Team will receive a visit from John Moore, ACC Scouts at the soonest opportunity to present the award of the Dryburn Gold awards and, in the case of the Hawks, a County Neckerchief being an award that grants "County Scout" status to the scout, at the soonest opportunity.
John Moore, ACC Scouts said "I can honest say that I have never seen Good Scouting from so many in one place. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Scout Leaders for bringing the Patrols to a standard that allowed them to do so well."
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Written by Ian Hammond
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Over 500 Beavers & Cubs had a great weekend at the Beaver Picnic and Cub Fun Day last week. They took part in activities such as an assault course, archery, football competitions, inflatables, mountain boarding, grass sledging and climbing.
Have a look at the fun they got up to!
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