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15/January/2007:
Hi All,
Here are the details for the night out as discussed
at the last county
meeting. I have booked the Abbey suite in the Wicklow Grande hotel for
Saturday the 10th Febuary. Food will be served at 8.30 and followed by a
band. I hope you are all up for a laugh and are able to attend.
RSVP as
soon as possible via arklowseascouts@eircom.net
Hoping to see you there,
Laura Coey
Please pass this message on to thoses
who don't have an email in the
directory or those who don't read them
THANKS
11/January/2007:
We are happy to say that the hall has reopened on a
limited basis after initial
repair of the damage caused by the burst pipe.
However construction work
will still be taking place upstairs, in the Ward
room, and in the Galley. As a
result, these locations will remain out of bounds
until all repairs are complete.
11/January/2007:
The Scouts and Vents will have their first meeting
back after Christmas this Friday.
03/January/2007:
Port of
Sea Scout’s
Dock Road
Arklow
Dear
Swimmers
Thank you for your participation in the ‘Sea Scout’s New Years Day Swim’ Please pass
on our thanks to those who
sponsored you.
As you are aware the funds you raised go directly
to the purchase of equipment, this then
ensures that the youth of Arklow have the
facility to enjoy ‘Outdoor Activities’ in a truly
safe manner.
In these days of dangerous distraction
especially towards the Drug Culture and of early
Drinking, all clubs and associations
directed at teenagers need to be supported fully.
Scouting offers a clean healthy distraction
through a system of activity ‘Learning by Doing’
Here in Arklow we have the finest youth
facility in the County if not in the Province which
hundreds of children use each week. In the
future we hope to expand on this to allow
greater access for the youth of Arklow,
for more information see our website
Thank you once again for your support.
Yours
in Scouting
01/January/2007:
The New Year's
Day swim was a great success with 35
swimmers taking
part, including quite a few of our own Scouts.
Photos will be available soon on our photos page.
14/December/2006:
Note
to parents.
As
you are aware we had as serious water leak, in the loft of the Scout Hall,
whereby
the incoming mains burst/parted, and was running for several hours. This
has
destroyed the Ceilings of the Kitchen, Ward room and entrance hall, It also
destroyed
the upstairs plywood floor, the ward room floor cover, computers
At
this time we are awaiting on the insurers damage assessors to arrive
We
will have no further troop meeting until the hall has been made safe for use by
young
people, most likely early in the new year,
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Each
Scout has been given their ‘Christmas Bag-pack’ schedule, A special
thanks to
the
few adults and parents who have volunteered to help us in this vital
fundraising.
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Our
The New Years Day Sponsored swim will take place on the South Beach
@
12 sharp Please come along and support the event and back to the Hall for
refreshments.
Sponsor cards can be handed in on the day
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For
further updates see our web-site
http://homepage.eircom.net/~arklowseascouts
Please
note that adult/parent support in necessary as Scouting
does
not come under any reasonable financial grant remit.
Yours
in Scouting
Jimmy
19/October/2006:
To
celebrate our 35th Birthday, on Friday the third of August
next
year, from 8 till midnight, we will be hosting a BBQ for all past
and
present members of Arklow Sea Scout Group in the Scout
grounds.
Music will be provided by "Thunderbirds". BBQ will be
available,
just bring your own beverage.
09/October/2006:
Hi all,
Many thanks to all who participated in the
Watch/Patrol training
weekend.It
was a great success with 38 young leaders from 7
troops
(9th Wicklow-Arklow, 1st Wicklow/2nd Dublin-Greystones,
4th Wicklow-Wicklow
town, 11th Wicklow-Delgany,
3rd
Wicklow-Newtown-Mt-Kennedy, 16th Wicklow-Newcastle and
6th
Wicklow-Rathdrum) getting involved.
The
venue (Arklow den) was excellent, weather was good, water
activities
great and the food brilliant. A special thanks to those who
gave of
their time for the weekend:
Trainers:
Eleanor, Michael, Barry, David, Cian, Lianda, Rory,
Gerry,
Jimmy, Iain, Eoin and Darren.
Food prep:
Majella, Pat and Pat.
Patrol Pals:
Lauren, Andrew, Stephen, Andrew and Neil.
The Water safety side:
Pat, Peter, Darren, Terry and Jimmy.
The
scouts had a great weekend under canvas and learned quite a
lot, please ensure that the put this learning/training into practice and
complete
their leadership badge by planning and executing their 4
week
programme along with a hike etc.
Also
over the weekend the County Forum (Scouts) were held with 6
Scouts
voted in, 3 of which will be participating at the National forum.
They
discussed/wrote up motions which they will bring up at the
National
forum in Larch hill 21/22 October next.
Each
group can also send one delegate per section
as an
observer if they so wish.
The
County Reps are as follows:
Stephen
O'Neill, Rathdrum, DELEGATE
Sophia Casey, Delgany, DELEGATE
Daniel Cooney, Greystones, DELEGATE
Conor Harrington, Rathdrum,
Brendan O'Reilly, Greystones,
Sophie Gallagher, Delgany.
For those who missed out on the weekend, please pass on the
County
Reps details to your PL/WL Council.
Our next
County event will be the challenge and quiz day in
Newtown-Mt-Kennedy
14/1/07 10.30-4.00, BOOK BY 18/12/06
TO
Michael Connaghton, mikieconn@eircom.net
Please remember to
book early to Michael Connaghton,
mikieconn@eircom.net for the County Splashdown camp over
the May Bank holiday weekend as places will be limited.
And finally a big thanks to Jimmy, Majella and all the Arklow crew for
their
energy and commitment over the weekend.
Anthony
Finnegan
1st Wicklow-2nd Dublin
Greystones Scouts
28/August/2006:
The
first batch of photos from our summer camp in
the
Gorges du Tarns in France are now available online.
14/August/2006:
The troop
has now returned from its summer camp in France.
More
details will be posted soon.
09/July/2006:
Final
preparations are now being made for our summer
camp in
France next month. We will be meeting at the Scout
Hall in
the early hours of the morning on the 4th of August,
and will
arrive back on the 13th.
09/July/2006:
Following
recent contact with a group of Explorer
Scouts
(ages 14 to 18+) from Bristol, and consultation with
our Sea
Ventures, it has been decided to try and twin the
two
groups. If all goes well they should be staying here next
summer,
with our Sea Ventures travelling the opposite
direction
also next summer.
09/July/2006:
Congratulations
to our Sea Scout Leader Darren
who got
married 3 weeks ago.
06/June/2006:
The County
Management Meeting is being held in
Greystones Scout Den (opposite the La Touche Hotel)
at 9pm
sharp on the 06/June/2006. All leaders are
entitled
to attend.
02-05/June/2006:
Following
the huge success of Splashdown on the May
weekend,
we have decided to organise a Splashdown Part 2
camp for
this weekend.
27/May/2006:
The
Arklow Scout Group are having an open day today to
show the general public exactly what we do in Beavers,
Cubs,
Sea Scouts, and Sea Ventures. For more info click
here.
17/March/2006:
The
whole Scout Group marched in the St. Patrick's
Day parade
as usual. The Scouts and Ventures who
took
part (instead of standing on the Main Street
where we
could see them) will be rewarded with
having a
camp next weekend. Only Scouts that
marched
will be allowed on this camp. This year, we
also
entered two floats into the parade showing the
things
that we do to the public. One was a sailing boat,
and the
other was a tent with several camping items
such as
a Trangia, etc.
10/March/2006:
The
Group Awards Night was held tonight
in
the Scout Hall. For photos click here.
18/February/2006:
Trip to
the "Great Outdoors" show in the RDS.
11/February/2006:
The
"Bali Hai" was moved to the scout hall.
Photos
of this can be seen by clicking
here.
28/January/2006:
The
scouts who braved the cold and took part in
the
New Year's Day swim were rewarded today with
the
chance to do a powerboating
course in Dún Laoghaire.
01/January/2006:
The New Year's Day swim was a great success with
in
excess of 30 swimmers taking part. Photos are
available
by clicking here. The scouts who braved
the
cold to do the swim were rewarded with a day of
powerboating
in Dún Laoghaire.