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| Chief
Scouts Visit
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03 NOV
2001
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The Chief Scout
- Mr Peter Dixon visited Ballinlough on Saturday 3rd November to
present to chief scout awards to Brian Twohig & Richard Scriven |
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was held in the Community Centre and the many beavers, macaoimh,
scouts, venturers and paretns that were present got an opportunity
to meet Peter Dixon and he was alos the guest of honour at a Dinner
in the Rochestown Park Hotel later that evening. |
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| Melvin
2001 in Limerick
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20 AUG
2001
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This years
Melvin trophy competition was held in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19th August. |
| This year we
again proved thta Ballinlough is one of the top scout trops in the
country by finishing in 7th place. Indeed there were 5 Cork
Scout Troops in the top 10 ! |
| The Weekend was
very wet weatherwise but was still very enjoyable with bases on
Earth Air & Water, the later beinf based in Killaloe at the
Water Activities Centre. |
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| Explorer
Belt Achievement in Italy
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11 AUG
2001
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On Friday
August 10th the 4 Venturers undertaking the Explorer Belt Challenge
returned from Italy after being awarded the coveted "Explorer
Belt" |
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of supported were waiting at the Airport and returned to the Scout
Hall afterwards for a celebration in which Aidan Forde UL described
tehir acheivement as "another milestone in the history of the
Ballinlough Unit" |
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venturers - Brian, Stjohn, Alan & Richard are only the 2nd and
3rd teams ever from Ballinlough to participate in the Explorer
Belt. One memner of the first team Damien Keohane was also
present on Friday night to welcome the teams home |
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| New
Neighbours Move In
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24 JUL
2001
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today Tuesday 24th July our new neighbours have moved in and open for
business. The prefabricated structure in front of the scout hall
is the new temporary premises for Ballinlough Credit Union.
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Credit Union have implemented a series of new safety and security
measure around the scout hall to protect it from damage during the
peiod and more importantly to ensure the safety of our members.
You will notice the new barrier, warning signs and additional
lighting.
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behalf of the Ballinlough Unit we would like to welcome our new
neighbours and wish them every sucess with their new building project
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| Camp
2001 to Shielbaggan
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17 JUL
2001 |
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Camp
2001 is was held in Shielbaggan Outdoor Pursuit Centre in Co.
Wexford from Friday 6th to Saturday 14th July. In all there
was over 30 scouts, venturers & leaders attending this years
camp. Water activities were very much the activities of choice
at this years camp. |
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included,
canoeing, wind surfing, archery, sailing, pier jumping, cliff
walk, swimming in a rock pool, a bus tour and a day trip to
Oakwood Theme Park in Wales. |
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| 40th
Macaoimh Win Cup 2001
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21
MAY 2001
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For
the first time in the 30 year history of the 40th Macaoimh,
the cath have won the Regional Competition and have taken the Denis
Barrett Macoimh Cup back to Ballinlough! The results were
announced as a presentation ceremony in Fota on Sunday 20th May. |
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macoimh cath also won the Outdoor section of the competition as well
as a number of the bases on the outdoor activity. A BBQ was held on
Monday 21st May at Macoimh Dún Tara. |
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| Scouts
Win Regional Shield 2001 |
07
MAY 2001
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On
Sunday 6th May the results of the Cork South East Regional Shield Competition were announced.
The presentation took place afterr the Shield competition weekend in
Kilcully Campsite. |
| The 38th/40th Scouts won the Books
section, Bases, Programme, Campcraft, Weekend and Overall Shield
Competition. All in all a very sucessful year for the scout
troop ! |
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| Unit
Dinner in Rochestown Park
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19
OCT 2000
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This
year our Unit Dinner was held in the Rochestown Park Hotel on Sunday
14th October. Its purpose was two-fold. Firstly to
celebrate the sucess of our Melvin Team, which did us proud gain by finished in 3rd place this
years competition. |
| Secondly it was
a sad occasion as Aidan Forde UL made some overdue presentations to both Tricia MacSweeney & Orla
Scannell who gave over 17 years service between them as leaders in
the 40th Macaoimh. |
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| Melvin
2000
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21
AUG 2000 |
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Just
when we thought the summer couldn't get anymore exciting after a
briliant Regional Camp to Kandersteg in Switzerland the Melvin preparations went
ahead. This years patrol had to put in the effort to do some
training only a week or so after returning from Camp and it
certainly paid off. |
| This year
we finished in 3rd place overall, which was one place better than
last year. The competition was again held in Larch Hill Campsite in
Dublin and a large turnout of parents and leaders travelled from
Cork for the presentation on Sunday. |
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