Well as usual, Del & Wendy’s annual 5th Dartford quiz night was a sell out success with the hall packed to capacity and everyone participating. The winning team was headed up by Burne Troop’s Tim Roscoe. We’re pleased to announce that after prizes etc there was a proffit of £297, which will be put to good use within the group. 
Thankyou to everyone who attended and had a great evening and especially to Del and Wendy for hosting the event.
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Christmas Raffle Results
After an excellent turnout selling raffle ticket for our annual Christmas hamper and other prizes at Sainsbury’s on Saturday 24 November; and from ticket sales to parents, friends and family, we had made a net profit of £1,842.83 by the time of the draw on Friday 14 December, which was over double our usual return.
The first prize winning ticket was held by Mrs Wells, a Leigh-pack parent and all other prize winners have been contacted and verified. A big thank you to everyone who purchased or helped sell tickets and a very special thank you to Maggie and Jim for the effort that goes in to this worthwhile annual event.
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Jill Wells (3255)
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Helen (3608)
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Pam (3632)
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Jim Fisher (2822)
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Mrs Pont (2792)
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Greg Berry (1938)
2012-12-12 – Kay Invested
Tonight, Kay O’Brien was invested in to the Phillips-Pack as a new Assistant Cub Scout leader by Group Scout Leader Paul.
On behalf of all the leaders and young members we welcome Kay to the 5th and thank her for her support.
2012-11-24 – Cubs Visit Tower Bridge
18 young folk and 6 leaders from the 5th Dartford Scout Group’s Phillips and Collins Cub packs went to London by train to visit the Tower Bridge Exhibition
Tower Bridge is one of the most famous of London’s iconic landmarks and a showcase for Victorian engineering. Having taken 8 years to build, with a workforce of 432 labourers, the bridge, which is built from Cornish granite, Portland stone and 11,000 tons of steel, finally opened for public use on 30th June 1894, providing a much needed eastern gateway between the busy East End and the South East.
After the exhibition, our young folk made their way back to our Scout hall and enjoyed a sausage and chip supper, followed by games, a film and a sleepover.
A great time was had by all.
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2012-12-02 – 96th Birthday Celebrations
5th Dartford Scout Groups 96th Birthday Celebrations
At 10:15 on Sunday 2nd December, a grand parade of over 120 members from all sections of the 5th Dartford Scout group walked down West Hill in an orderly fashion bearing their sections colours, to be greeted at the Methodist Church by a very warm welcome. Banners and balloons decorated the church and we even had Stevie Wonder singing Happy Birthday to us (via C.D.) Continue reading
RAF Active magazine – 777 Challenge
In this quater’s issue of RAF Active magazine, Flt Lt Malcolm Medcalf wrote about the challenge he and brother Alex undertook last year to raise funds and awareness for our New hall fund.
To read the full article, please click here.
2012-11-21 – Skilled Shot for Megan
Tonight, the 5th Dartford Scout Group’s GSL, Paul Boreham, dropped in on the Phillips Pack to present Megan O’Brien with her “Skilled Shot” NSRA Youth Proficiency Scheme accreditation. Megan is the group’s youngest holder of this air rifle target shooting qualification, which was gained following a 7 week course, written exam and competition and at only 9, she’s already looking forward to attending her first National competition next year. Well done Megan
2012-11-02 – Leigh Pack Bonfire Night
BONFIRE AND FIREWORK NIGHT
The leaders of Leigh Pack hosted a bonfire night for the boys during half-term. The evening started with the lighting of the large bonfire which was then put to good use, testing the Guys that the boys had made at cubs the week previous. Sparklers were enjoyed during a brief interval of Guy burning and as the temperature dropped, food, soup and hot chocolate were served before the boys tried their hands at warming marshmallows over an open fire.
The evening finished with a firework display. The boys and parents enjoyed the evening which was planned and hosted by Tracey and John.
2012-10-23 – Phillips-Pack Halloween Party
Tonight the Phillips-Pack Cubs dressed as phantoms, vampires, ghosts, witches and beasties from the dark side to join in with the Halloween fun. Asside from the fab fancy dress costumes, there was apple bobbing, games and yummy chocolate spider making. A fab time was had by all who dared to enter – Mwahahahaha!
£5,000 award from Lloyds Community Fund
The 5th Dartford Scout group is pleased to announce we have won a £5,000 award towards our New Hall Fund from the Lloyds Banking Group’s Community Fund. Pictured below Earley Troop leader Jason O’Brien recieving award on behalf of the group from Karen Hannah representing Lloyds and surrounded by members from our young sections. We would like to take this oppertunity to thank everyone who took the time to vote for us by text and email and who encouraged their friends, family and patrons to join in and support us – Thank you!
