QSG News Autumn 2012 - Issue 4

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HIGHEST AWARDS FOR HARD

WORKING EAGER BEAVERSFIVE beavers in Queni-

borough have earned the highestaward for their section.

Alex Parker, Billy Ogden,Jeremy Russ, Ethan Patel and

Jenson Throop have all earn the

Bronze Chief Scout Award,

after months of hard work.

To gain the award, the Bea-

vers had to complete the sixChallenge badges, which are

Creative, Fitness, Friendship,

INSPIRATIONAL: SCOUTSHELP LIGHT OLYMPIC

FLAME

ANOTHER SUCCESS:

TOP AWARD FOR

ANOTHER CUB

HONOURED:

LEADER GOES TO

ST. JAMESS PALACE

TOP ACHIEVERS: Four of the five Bronze Chief Scout Award holders from the Beaver section

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Global, Outdoor and Promise.

The Beavers had obviously

worked very hard, and it clear-ly is an achievement for the

young people.They were presented with

the award at the Group Open

Evening and AGM in July by

District Commissioner, CarolBlack.

The Chief Scout Awards ineach section just go to show

how much Scouting can beshown in a successful light and

how much determination

young people can go through

to reach the top.We hope they will continue

to aim high and gain all theChief Scout Awards that can

be earned, and hope that they

will continue to enjoy Scout-

ing at its best.

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Bring ownrefreshments

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MESSAGES AND NOTESCHAIRMANS NOTE

Hi,

The AGM is reported on

elsewhere which means that Ican simply say a big thank you

to Paul and Clive Graham forall their hard work and com-

mitment to the Group over the

years. Paul has stepped down

as Group Scout Leader and is

replaced by Clive but thankful-

ly, both are remaining on theExec Committee so we do not

lose their valuable experience.

The key to the next 12

months, at least for me, is to

try and support the sectionleaders by relieving them of

some of the tasks that takethem away from their core

function. To that end, I am

very grateful that Nathan Mar-

tin has agreed to lead a smallteam to consolidate and devel-

op our fund raising activity

thanks Nathan!

Looking ahead, the key role

for the sections is additional

support to the cub pack. Notonly is the role very rewarding

in its own right, it also repre-sents a great opportunity for

someone to develop their lead-ership, planning, problem solv-

ing and communication skills

with a view to enhancing their

opportunities in paid employ-ment.

If you know of anyone,

male or female, who is looking

for an opportunity to developsuch skills, please point themin our direction and we will

explore with them the oppor-tunity that the scouting leader-

ship programme represents.

Who knows, it may be the de-

ciding factor in securing a job

or a promotion in these diffi-

cult times.

Phil IleyGroup Chairman

ISSUE DATES FOR THIS YEAR AND 2013

(subject to change)

No. Copy Date Final Date

5 19th November 3rd December

6 11th March 2013 25th March 2013

7 10th June 2013 24th June 2013

8 9th September 13 23rd September 13

9 18th November 13 2nd December 13

QSG News will be out quarterly, so that if you

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be. Just email us at:[email protected]

NOTICES AND

OTHER NEWS

GROUP DIARY

Monday 1st OctoberGroup Executive Meeting

Saturday 6th OctoberScout Hall Working Weekend

Monday 22nd - Friday 26th

OctoberHalf-Term

Saturday 27th OctoberBag packing at Asda/Tesco

Wednesday 31st OctoberHalloween

Saturday 3rd NovemberTable Top Sale, 9am-1pm

Queniborough Village Hall

Monday 5th NovemberGroup Executive Meeting/

Bonfire Night

Sunday 11th NovemberRemembrance Sunday

Friday 30th NovemberFamily Fun Night, 7pm-9.30pm

Scout Hall

Monday 3rd DecemberGroup Executive Meeting

NEW MEMBERS

AND USERSIf you know anyone who would

like to join Beavers, Cubs or

Scouts, then please get in touchwith one of the Leaders. Anyone

who would like to hire the use of

the hall for any reason please

speak to the Chair of the Fund-

raising Committee, Nathan Mar-

tin on 07827925839.

EASY FUNDRAISINGWe are now registered with easyfund raising. If everyone wouldn't

mind registering as it doesn't cost

you anything. All that happens is

when you shop on-line with acertain site they will give a

donation to the Group. (see Pg3

for update)

NEXT DISCO DATEThe next disco will be held in

February 2013. There will be a

Table Top Sale on Saturday 3rd

November at Queniborough Vil-

lage Hall from 9am-1pm. Tables

are available from 6 each. En-

trance is 50p each. For futher in-

formation please contact Colin

Graham on 0116 2609100.Thank you.

EDITORIALDear Readers,

Well, wasnt the Olympicsamazing! And the Scouts were

getting in on the action too, as

you can find out as you read

this issue of QSG News.

Still to come this year, is Bon-

fire Night and Halloween, soas the nights draw in, be care-

ful out there, but have fun.

Its been a busy year for eve-

ryone this year, but its notover yet, so make the most of

it, and make the most out of

Scouting! Because you maynever get the same chanceagain.

Ben, The Editor

ANYONE WHO WISHESTO ADVERTISE IN THE

GROUP NEWSPAPERPLEASE MAKE SURE YOU

GET YOUR ADVERT TO

THE EDITOR BEFORE THE

COPY DATE OF THE ISSUEYOU WANT IT PUB-

LISHED IN. ADVERTISINGIS CHARGED AT THE FOL-

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Full page ad 12.00

PLEASE REMEMBER

THAT ANYONE IN THE

GROUP CAN ADVERTISE,

CONTRIBUTE OR WRITE

TO THE NEWSPAPER TO

PUBLISH THEIR VIEWS,

STORIES OR BUSINESS-

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IF YOU WANT TO RE-

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ELECTRONICALLY, THEN

PLEASE GIVE YOUR

EMAIL ADDRESS TO BEN

TO BE ADDED TO OUR

MAILING LIST, THANK

YOU.


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GROUP EXECUTIVE NEWS

A NEW AGE AS THE GROUP CHANGES HANDS

IN SUMMARY

Newly elected Chairman:Phil Iley

Re-elected Secretary:

Lucy Payne

Re-elected Treasurer:John Lewin

Newly elected GSL:

Clive Graham

20 years service awarded to

Paul Graham

Bronze Chief Scouts Awards

bestowed to Beavers, Alex

Parker, Billy Ogden, Jerermy

Russ, Ethan Patel and Jenson

Throop.

Silver Chief Scouts Awards

bestowed to Cubs, Brandon

Iley and Harry Webb-Jenkins.

Cub of the Year awarded to

Redd Oxley.Cub Attendance of the Year

awarded to Mackenzie Iley.

The district representative was

District Commissioner, Carol

Black.

The AGM Summarised

By Ben King

PHIL Iley has taken on the posi-

tion of Chairman, it is an-nounced.

Clive Graham stepped down asChairman to take on the vacant

role of Group Scout Leader,after Paul Graham had to resign.

Phil will now be in charge of

the Executive Committee, while

working alongside Clive in run-

ning the Group.

Clive will be in charge of allthe leaders in the Group,

working together to ensure theGroup grows from strength to

strength.

Both are said to be excited

with their new roles, and lookforward to working to contin-

ue improving the Group tomake sure everyone has the

best experience in Scouting

that they can.

EASY FUNDARAIS-

ING UPDATE AS OF

JULY 2012DONT

FORGET TO SIGN

UP!SUPPORTERS: 17AMOUNT RAISED SO FAR:

17.47

TOP FUNDRAISERS: 1st -Phil I., 2nd - Karen M.,3rd -

Ben K.

Go to

www.easyfundraising.org.ukand sign up now!

Successful Carnival

for Queniborough

Scouts

THE Group had a successful

carnival selling Hot Dogs inthe annual show.

The Carnival, that was held onSaturday 1st September fea-

tured hundreds of stands and

attractions including our HotDogs.

The Group made about 340

which will go towards improv-

ing the facilities of the hall andensuring that the Group can

give the best opportunities pos-sible in Scouting.

SELL, SELL, SELL: The Groups Hot Dog stand at the Carnival


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GENERAL NEWSHONOUR AS ASSISTANT CUB LEADER BEN ATTENDS PRESENTATION

A CROWNING MOMENT: The official presentation photo in the

Throne Room at St. Jamess Palace, with Julia Bradbury

ASSISTANT Cub LeaderBen King, has been to St.

Jamess Palace in London tocollect is Gold Duke of Edin-

burgh Award.

The event was in the pres-

ence of HRH, Prince Edward,Earl of Wessex, and the award

was presented by Countryfilepresenter Julia Bradbury, as

one of many VIPs who attend-

ed the event, on Tuesday 3rd

July.Group Skills Instructor, Mi-

chael Allsop also went to thepalace earlier this year to col-

lect this award, which is a tre-

mendous achievement.Bradbury, who presents

Countryfile with ex-Blue Peterpresenter Matt Baker, recently

became a Scouting ambassa-

dor in February 2012 and pre-

sented the awards to a roomfulof about 50 Scouts, including

Ben, who have also achievethe Award.

There were two other Scouts

from Leicestershire there you

had also gained the Award.Only about 8,000 people a

year achieve the award so it isa achievement, well done!


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A WIDER VIEW

THOUSANDS flocked toGilwell Park over the week-

end for the annual Fundays.THE action-packed Fundays is

the biggest event of the year

for Scouting's younger mem-

bers. Beaver Scouts and CubScouts are joined by Rainbows

and Brownies at Scouting HQand enjoy two days of activi-

ties, from grass sledging to go-

karting.

Over 7,000 young people

and leaders attended this

years event over the weekend(23-24 June). The weekend

included a fantastic range ofactivities including aerial run-

ways, a helter-skelter and a fun

fair.

Though Sunday saw somerain, the bad weather didn't

deter the young people fromenjoying Gilwell's exciting and

safe 108 acres on the edge of

SCOUTS TV AD DEBUT

The following article is from www.scouts.org.uk:

Epping Forest. A total of5,090 young people and 1,750

leaders attended the weekend,as well as 280 volunteer staff.

Scouting partnersThe young people had the

chance to work towards earn-

ing new badges with some ofScouting's partners over the

weekend. Pets at Home gave

the young people the oppor-

tunity to hold snakes, while

Dolmio helped them plant

basil, cress, and lettuce withthe help from celebrity gar-

dener, Charlie Dimmock.Attendees also made mug

trees with B&Q, conducted

science experiments with

Rolls-Royce and learnt to putout fires with Chubb Fire and

Security.

THE Discovery Channel has

broadcast Scoutings first ever

national TV ad on Tuesday

17th July at 8.30pm.The advert promoted our need

for more volunteers in Scouting.The advert also aired on Dis-

coverys Animal Planet TVchannel at around 8.45pm, and

continued to be broadcast byDiscovery's network of channels

throughout the Summer.The 30-second advert was

created as part of our partner-

ship with Discovery and high-

lights how adults can make a

difference to young peoples

lives by volunteering.There are currently 33,000

young people on the waiting list

to join Scouting.

Discovery and The Scout As-

sociation have now joined forc-es to recruit new leaders. So if

you're ready to inspire theyounger generation, guide

them on real fun-filled adven-ture, then why not become a

volunteer for the Scouts.

There are a variety of ways

to join in and opportunities tovolunteer with us are flexible,

so simply visit our join pages

to find out more.Discovery is one of the most

famous TV brands in the

world; over 3.7 million peopletune into one of Discovery's 12

channels in the UK on a dailybasis.

With a mutual love of the

outdoors, both Discovery and

the Scouts believe that we canchallenge people through ad-

venture and exploring theworld around them.

FUNDAYS AT GILWELL

DISCOVERING NEW MEDIA: The Scouts advert hopes to reach anew audience of volunteers and young people

SCOUT BIRTHDAY

BADGE WINNERS

ANNOUNCEDTHE votes have been counted and the

winners of the 2012 Scout Birthday

Badges are revealed.

Every year Scouts celebrate Scout-

ings birthday by awarding Honorary

Scout Activity Badges on 1 August.

These badges are awarded for excep-

tional accomplishments and/or

achievements by public figures who

have done something particularly

special.

Scouts from all over the UK voted

in this years awards and many arestars that are very well known.

Rubbing shoulders with celebs,

Scouts were even lucky enough to get

a tour of Radio One when they present-

ed Gemma Cairney with her Commu-

nicator Badge.

The full list of 2012 Scout Birthday

Badge winners are below:

Chef Badge: The Hairy Bikers

Adventure Badge: Miranda Hart

Community Badge: Military wives

choir

Musician Badge: Ed Sheeran

Entertainer Badge: Michael McIntyre

Communicator Badge: Gemma

Cairney

Sports Enthusiast Badge: John Bishop

Model Maker Badge: Nick Park

Astronomer Badge: Prof. Brian Cox

Swimmer Badge: Frank Skinner

Animal Carer Badge: Steve Backshall

Writer Badge: Russell T Davies

International Partnership Award: Gary

Barlow


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COMICS, COMPS AND PUZZLES

SOLUTIONS FROM THE LAST ISSUE

THINKING LATERALLY

The letter U:

Once in June, Once in July, Twice in August

COUNTDOWN CORNER

Numbers

50 25 8 4 3 1

Target - 184

50 x 4 = 200, 3 - 1 = 2, 8 x 2 = 16

200 - 16 = 184

100 10 9 5 2 1

Target - 518

100 x 5 = 500, 10 + 9 - 1 = 18, 500 + 18 = 518

Countdown Conundrum

DUEASTART - SATURATED

TIGHTPEAS - SPAGHETTI

COUNTDOWN CORNER

This section gives you puzzles related to

the popular show, Countdown.

NUMBERS

Can you reach the target number?

75 50 8 7 2 1

Target: 489

25 9 6 5 3 2

Target: 223

WORDS

What is the biggest word you can make?

Y I O L N M G A I

H O J O I B C D E

COUNTDOWN CONUNDRUM

Can you work out what these words are?O U N C E D I S H

O X E N S H A P E

THINKING LATERALLY

Add 2 to 171 to make it less than

eighteen.

COMPETITION1. The Weakest Link

2. Eastenders

3. Top Gear

4. Watchdog

5. A Touch of Frost

6. Deal or No Deal

7. QI

8. Not Going Out

9. Last of the Summer Wine

10. Horrible Histories

11. Emmerdale

12. Pointless

13. Britains Got Talent

14. Who Wants to be a

Millionniare?

15. Doctors

16. Cash in the Attic

17. Neighbours

18. Hollyoaks

19. Countdown

20. The Bill

THE LAST LAUGH (credits go to Ian WestScouting Magazine)

This new section lets you ad-vertise things for sale. If you

want to put a For Sale ad in

here, just contact us at the

email address above. Typical

donation charge is 3.00.

WANTEDNew Helpers/Leaders,

primarily in the Cub

section to help with therunning of the Pack.

Helpers/Leaders wanted

in Beavers and Scouts too.

HELP US KEEP THE GROUP

GOING - ACT NOW

BEFORE ITS TOO LATE

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NUMBER ROSETTA

A Rosetta is made up of a

centre coloured hexagonencircled by 6 white hexa-

gons.

To complete the puzzle, fill in

all 7 Rosettaswith each number between 1

and 7 in no

particular order while also

ensuring that :

1. No number is repeated in ahorizontal row

2. Each number from 1 to 7

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cells.


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