We took break last week for the Eater Holidays as a lot of the scouts were away with their families. However, we were back with a bang tonight. After our opening Brendan had a patrol challenge. Each patrol had to make a line of all their members in a press-up position, but with their feet on the shoulders of the person behind them instead of on the floor. It was an interesting challenge and each patrol eventually managed it with a bit of encouragement. Brendan took the membe

As part of the 1916 Centenary Commemorations each scout group in the country was being presented with a Tricolour and a copy of the Proclamation of Independence by members of the armed forces. In Fingal Scout County it was decided to do this at dawn on 20th March in Newbridge Demense in Donabate, Co. Dublin. In order to get as many scouts there as possible for that early in the morning, it was decided that we should camp over night. The Beavers decided not to attend en mass a

Bhi an La Feile Padraig againn. Translation – We had a great St. Patrick’s day. It started out bright and early at 8:15am when we met with the Cubs and their leaders at Balbriggan Cancer Support Group. We were going to be assisting them in the running of their 10K & Half Marathon event. They have it every year on St. Patrick’s day and people come from all over Ireland to participate. This was the first year that Bremore Scout Group were involved. The cubs were to be at the f

Emma was running the first game of the meeting tonight. She needed the scouts to split into groups of 6 or as close as possible. For some reason this took FAR longer than it should have done and the scouts didn’t get to play as many rounds of the game as they should have done. Sometimes the scouts are too chatty and seem to just want to mess around. The idea of the game was that the person at the back would draw a symbol on the back of the person in front of them and the pers

As it was the first meeting of the month, it was a uniform meeting with full inspection. This was carried out straight after we recited our charter as we do at the start of every meeting. Following the inspection, which is nearly always very well turned out, Brendan presented Fiona with her 20 year service award. It was the right time and place since everyone was in uniform. Brendan gets to make all of these types of presentations since he is the Group Leader. Aoife, one of t