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Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Scout Group will be held at 5pm Saturday June 11th 2010 at Batchworth Sea Scouts Headquarters on Riverside Drive, Rickmansworth.

AGENDA

1. Introduction
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Minutes of the last meeting and matters arising
4. Annual reports
5. Group Accounts
6. GSL nominations & Committee Elections
7. Independent Examiner
8. Any other business

There will be a quiz and a BBQ. Everyone is invited to attend. We do hope you will able to join us and look forward to seeing you.

Beavers Attain Top Award

A group of four sea scouts from Rickmansworth have attained the highest award available to them. The boys, aged seven, from Batchworth Sea Scout Group have been awarded the Chief Scout Bronze award.

This badge is the highest award available in the Beaver Scout section and is gained by completing the creative, fitness, friendship, global, outdoor and promise challenges.

Tom Crosby, district chairman, said: “This is a great achievement for the boys and for Batchworth Sea Scouts and I congratulate them all.

“The Chief Scout Bronze Award is earned by hard work and dedication on behalf of both leaders and Beavers, across a range of skills and activities.”

The boys were presented with the awards by group scout leader, Simon Theobald.

Fika for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree 2011

Judy and Tom Smith will be holding a fundraising Fika for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree 2011 in Rinkaby, Sweden. Fika - Swedish verb meaning to drink coffee, usually accompanied by something sweet, and get together for a chat with family and friends. The event will be held on Sunday 12th June 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 19 Edinburgh Avenue, Rickmansworth. WD3 8LD.

Judy is attending the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in July as a member of the International Service Team. Tom is attending as a member of the Comet Unit, a group of 35 Scouts and Guides from Hertfordshire.

You are invited to join them for Fika Time to share coffee, something sweet and the company of family and friends, and to help raise funds for Judy & Tom.

Tickets: £ 1.50 each to include a drink and something sweet to eat. RSVP to rickysmiths@tiscali.co.uk.

Scouts Escape to the Country

11 Scouts and 3 Explorer Scouts enjoyed a weekend of walking the Chilterns recently, making the most of the Spring sunshine. Following routes that took in both the Chiltern Way and the Ridgeway, the walking groups managed two separate days on the hills, walking over 20 kms in total and gaining both two ‘Hikes Away’ and one ‘Nights Away’. The overnight stay was in the new accommodation recently opened at the Buckinghamshire Scout County campsite ‘Braidwood’ to the northwest of Chesham.

May Fair Report

Saturday, 14 May saw the opening of the 57th Rickmansworth week. For many of those years, Batchworth's May Fair has been the curtain raiser for a week packed with activity in the town and the Aquadrome, a week followed by the canal Festival, which attracts visitors from far and wide.

This year's festivities began with the usual parade from Joan of Arc school down the High Street, Church Street and Bury Lane to the Bury. Our Beavers joined in the parade, following the minibus and rib. Proceedings at the Bury were formally opened by our local MP, David Gauke after a brief introduction from Tony Berry of the Rickmansworth Society. We always leave the introductions to the Society to cut down on the formalities and to recognise our debt to them for bringing people into the Bury.

After the crowning of Miss Rickmansworth, the highlight of the afternoon was the regular tug-of-war between the local Cub Scout packs. Batchworth were not lucky enough to win that put up a splendid show. Martin and Marian Lantree that came back once again to run the event for us on the day.

The recent run of dry weather held for us and the tea and drinks tents once more did splendid business. We're very grateful to many parents and leaders, who gave up valuable time to organise the event for us, to set up, run it and clear up afterwards.

Badges around for the Scouts

The Troop enjoyed a productive run up to the Easter holidays, completing several badges and keeping the needles and thread very busy. Over the course of a few weeks, Scouts completed activities to gain their Mechanics Badge, Swimmers Badge and Fire Safety Badge. A session on First Aid was also held as well as introductions to kayaking and canoeing to those taking to the water for the first time.

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