Douglas & St. FinBarresScout Group – 2nd 6th 47th 93rd Cork

Who: For the 3^rd and final year cubs working on their CSA.

When: Saturday 10^th June

From: We leave the Scout Hall @ 8.45am

Return: Back at Scout Hall by 5 or 6pm. We’ll update you by Facebook, WhatsApp group and/or text.

Route: Seven Heads OSI Map #89 / #87  Click link for Seven Heads info

Gear needed:

• Necker
• Rain gear: Light rain coat and pull ups.
• Comfortable back pack is important as distance covered will be at least 20km. (25Ltr bag is big enough)
• Sun hat, sun lotion & insect repellent is a must.
• Footwear: Ground will be varied so sturdy walking shoes or boots are a must have.
• Change of clothes in a separate bag, just in case, can be left in car.
• Cubs can travel wearing their trainers and change into boots at start of hike.
• Food: Have a good breakfast. Bring healthy packed lunch and plenty of water + bag of Tayto crisps (good for replacing lost salts on hikes).
• Please no fizzy drinks, they are dead weight to carry and give a false energy boost.
• Bivvi bag or large plastic bin bag (to sit on during breaks).
• Whistle, compass and cubs personal 1^st aid kit.

No shorts, only long trousers to be worn.

Some parents are helping with transport on the day, so please do offer if you’re free.

You’re also very welcome to join your cub on the hike.

If you have any questions please do contact your cubs leader.

When: 17^th June 9.30am to 4.30pm

Where: Loughbeg Beach, Ringaskiddy. (click on map image below to enlarge)

Cost: €5 covers cost of BBQ at the end of the day.

Is your cub going? So county organisers can ensure plenty of BBQ food for your cub please let your leaders know at your next cub meeting, or sooner.

What to bring: Have a good breakfast before leaving home. Bring a healthy packed lunch and lots of water. Please no fizzy drinks as they only give a very short false energy boost.

Swim wear or a wet suit if they have one, a towel and change of clothes. Water resistant sun lotion and sun hat.

Neckers must be worn.

What if my cub can’t swim? All cubs will be wearing life jackets, so if they’re happy to get wet they’ll have a great day.

Activities include:

Sailing

Rowing

Kayaking

Raft Building

Raft Race

Water Safety / Leave no trace

Beach games

Our Sea Scouting friends from Crosshaven are supplying sail/rowing boats and sailing equipment as well as their qualified leader instructors.

Please ensure all of your cubs gear is clearly labelled with their name.

Please don’t allow your cub to bring any electronic devices, leaders will not take responsibility for lost items.

Hi All,

To keep things sensible this weekend, can we ask that all cars park on the left side of the car park at all times?

This will leave the right side for the coaches.  It will make life easier for all – and more importantly, safer!!

In other words:

Thanks for your help and understanding!!

• 2nd Cork back to regular weekly meetings on Thursday January 12th; Cub Scouter David Kinnear (davidkinnear@douglasscouts.ie)
• 6th Cork back to regular weekly meetings on Monday January 9th; Cub Scouter Eoin Field (eoinfield@douglasscouts.ie)
• 47th Cork back to regular weekly meetings on Friday January 13th; Cub Scouter Siobhan Hodkinson (siobhanhodkinson@douglasscouts.ie)
• 93rd Cork back to regular weekly meetings on Friday January 13th; Cub Scouter Orla Kelly (OrlaKelly@douglasscouts.ie)

Don’t forget to pay up via the Easypayments website for the overnight to Mount Melleray before January 13th and email your section Scouter to let them know you are going!

Tomorrow night (Monday 14th) we’ll be putting our rope bridge building into practice by crossing one of the streams in the Mangala wood.

Please have your cub in the car park of the Douglas Community Centre for 7pm.

Weather forecast is reasonable, but it will be dark and chilly so your cub must have the following with them……

Click the rucksack image to see suggested packing list. Please feel free to download and print it.

Help prevent cubs losing their gear: Ensure it is all labelled.

Hi All,

Huge thanks for your patience as we’re ironing out some of the initial teething problems with the system.

As of now, you CAN pay for registration with the system.  (It was only showing Spike – registration is now there).

We really appreciate all the feedback – without it, we would never get there!

Anyone at the registration night on Sunday – we hope to have a number of laptops there & will be able to sort any individual issues with the system.

Enda.

Last Monday evening we issued all the 6th Cubs a calendar of events that we’ll be doing over the coming scouting year.

Please do stick it on your fridge for reference, if it’s been misplaced please print off a copy using the link below.

6th_Cubs_2016_2017_events

Spike Island Trip: As we have to pay for the boat and food before we go, we will need payment for the Spike Island trip by Monday evening at the latest.

Full uniform must be worn next Monday and on the 1st Monday of every month.

Scout Shop have uniform deals on offer. If your new cub doesn’t have their cub uniform by Monday just have them wear their full beaver uniform.

Morning all,

Here in Douglas & St. FinBarre’s Scout group, we’re implementing an online payment system for the group, through a company called Easy Payments Plus.

We’re excited by it, we feel it will give both us and you an easier way to pay & track payments.

In the next short while, you should receive an email from the system, allowing you to activate your account.  You should do this – it’s NOT spam!

We KNOW that there may be teething problems while we role this out – please bear with us.  We feel it’ll be really worth it on everybody’s part.

Come back with any queries,

Enda.