2009-04-26 – Marathon Effort by Keith.

As you are no doubt aware from other posts on this site, Keith Furlong – ASL Earley Troop has been training exceptionaly hard for the Flora London Marathon and in doing so, foregoing many personal comforts to raise money for the New Hall Fund.  I am pleased to report that Keith not only completed the Marathon, but did so in just 4 hrs and 20 minutes.  I hope you will all join me in not only congratulating Keith on this monumental achievement, but thanking him for picking up the gauntlet and well and truly running with it so that “The 5th” can continue to move forward and offer the quality of scouting that many generations have become accustomed to. 

Thank you Keith.

As soon as Keith has had a chance to relax and soak his undoubtedly sore feet and legs, we can hopefully expect a full account of his effort and what he actually went through to achieve what he has done.

It’s not to late!  If you haven’t yet sponsored Keith – perhaps this is the first you have heard of it – you can still sponsor, donate, contribute or just simply give – as little or as much as you can by clicking here.  Just because Keith has crossed the finish line does not mean we have reached our goal – please give to a local cause, for your children and the children in your community – thankyou.

2009-04-26 – St Georges Day Parade

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On the Sunday nearest to 23 April, Scouts throughout England parade through high streets and attend a special St George’s Day service. 

5th Dartford Scouts were no different and this year’s parade took place on Sunday 26th April, meeting at 10:45 in Central Park, in Full Uniform. 

The 5th were judged “Smartest on Parade,” which gives us the honour of parading the District Standard at all of this years events. 

The service commenced at 11am and marched off at @ 11.40.  

The March left the park through library gates. Turned left into Market street, followed on to Lowfield Street, at the junction, turned right into Instone Rd, at the junction turned right into Highfield Road, at the traffic lights turned right into Spital Street, at the junction went straight into High Street, followed to the end, turned right back to Market Street, and then back into the park by the Library entrance.  The salute was taken on the Library steps.

 

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Earley Troop Easter Camp – Downe 2009

Well we didn’t have the weather with us, but the spirits of the Earley Troop were not dampened at all as much fun was had by all at this “Back to Basics” Easter Camp.  Sure there was mud, rain and wet socks aplenty, but we were in excellent company and took the valuable oppertunity to revisit some of the fundamental skills of scouting, which could be often overlooked when we have so much excitement at our own facility. 
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Bring it all together Practice

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Tonight is the final module in the current NSRA YPS course. In this session we will bring together everything the scouts have learned from the last few weeks of the course and get them ready for Saturday’s scoring competition.

Many of the scouts are showing some real promise with their grouping and application of what they have learned, so Saturday could well prove to be an exciting and very competitive session.