The scouts spent two nights at Fordell Firs. They took part lots of activities including abseiling, caving and king-swing.
Scottish camping competition finals
Well done to our camping competition team who came 6th in Scotland and 1st in the Clyde region, making them regional champions!
Scout Summer Camp in Belgium 2018
The scouts had a great time in Belgium over the summer. You can view the full selection of photos on our Flickr account.
District Camping Champions
A big WELL DONE to the 2018 183rd camping team – who won this years district camping competition. They now go through to the zonal qualifying competition in June representing Great Western District.
2018 Great Western district winners
Another Cub gains his Chief Scout’s Silver Award
Once again we have had a cub claim his Silver Chief Scout’s Award, the highest badge that is awarded for cubs. The district commissioner visited the troop on Tuesday 5th June to present the Chief Scout Silver award.
Cub gains Chief Scout’s Silver Award
This is a very difficult award to achieve and shows some real dedication. Previous recipients of the Chief Scouts Award (all levels) can be seen in our Chief Scouts Gallery.
New Scouts
Congratulations to our six new Scouts who were invested this week.
District 5-a-side
Our 5-a-side team worked hard this year in the District competition. Despite not winning outright, the team did very well.
Chief Scout honours two 183 leaders
We are delighted to report the announcement, in the St. Georges Day roll of honour for 2018, that the Chief Scout has recognised the hard work that Moira and Fiona have done for scouting by awarding them the Silver Acorn.
Fun in the snow
Scouts had a great time in the snow during their meeting, making snowmen, a snow-pig (and a few snowballs). This was followed up with a hot drink and some indoor activities to dry off.