Endeavour win Hawkdene Challenge
A team from Endeavour Explorers overcame 19 other teams to win the Hawkdene Challenge, a 20km night hike over the night of Saturday the 11th and very early morning of Sunday the 12th.
This was the 14th annual running of the event and took place around the South Gloucestershire area, starting and ending at Didmarton village hall. Congratulations to the winners!

Posted: Monday 13th March 2006

District Explorer 5-a-side Football
The first district 5-a-side football competition took place on Sunday the12th of March at King Edmunds Community School, Yate. The junior team event was won by a team from Nike Explorers, with a team from Argonauts winning the senior element of the competition. Chris Foster, ESL of Argonauts organised the event and thanks go to him and his leaders for making the competition such a success. Congratulations also go to the winning teams.

Posted: Monday 13th March 2006

St George's Day Parade

This year's St George's Day Parade will be held in Thornbury on Sunday the 23rd of April, St George's Day itself.
Details of timings and other arrangements for the event will be sent to all groups in the District soon.
The theme of this year's parade will be 'Birthdays', marking the Beaver Section's 20th, the Cub's 90th, The Queen's 80th and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award 50th.

Posted: 10th March 2006

District Badge Competition

There has been a tremendous response to the competition and judging is just about to start. Peter Carnegie, ADC for Cubs, says that he is especially delighted with the response from Beavers and Cubs, with, in all, about 100 entries. The new badge will be unveiled at the St George's Day Parade.

Posted: 10th March 2006

District Beaver Challenge

Pictured are the teams from 1st Olveston, 1st Falfield and 1st Abbotswood 'Cherokee' that took part in the Christmas Craft Challenge. The winning team was 1st Abbotswood'Cherokee'.

New District Necker chosen

The new district neckerchief has been chosen. It will replace the black and white worn by Explorers and the District Team in the old South Cotswold district and the black and yellow worn in Severn Vale.

As black was shared by both, it was felt by the explorers that this should be kept as a mark of the joining together of the two old districts, but a new second colour was needed, carnation being the one picked.

A mock-up of the new necker is pictured, being worn by a member of Tohil Explorers.

Young Leaders

We know that not all scouts want to join and Explorer Scout unit, but wish to stay with their group as a Young Leader. It is important to remember that these Young Leaders will not be covered by the Scout Association's insurance policy if they are not registered with the District.

All GSLs will receive a registration form from Nick Cook, our DESA, in the near future, together with a request to complete and return them to him.

However, if you wish to download one please click here

If you have anything that you would like the Distict to know about- events you have been involved with, competitions you have won, for example- please let us know

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