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Well done to all our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts on their great achievements this year. These included a total of 9 Chief Scout’s Bronze Awards, 7 Silver and 5 Gold (the top awards in the respective sections). Additionally, some of our members earned qualifications: Cubs for kayaking and Scouts for sailing. In competitions, the Scouts achieved an amazing result of …
The District Presentation Evening in March 2018 was a particularly special one for Longham. Not only did some of our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Young Leaders achieve top awards but we were also honoured have Longham leaders of yesteryear there to join in celebrating our success. These included Frank Lee, our Group Scout Leader from the 1970’s and Geoff Bacon, …
A firm favourite activity for our Scouts, the Order of the Boot night hike competition is one of our annual highlights. This year marked the 40th Anniversary of the District competition and produced not just a unique result but the best one ever for Longham. For the last two years our Scouts have come home with both the winner and …
For the second year in a row, our Young Leaders and their fellow Explorer Scouts achieved what many thought would be impossible and won the prestigious County expedition competition, ‘Frostbite’ 2018. They entered two teams into this hotly contested event which involved navigating a route by night, setting up their own camp, cooking their own meals, completing challenges and solving …
Longham Scouts scored another success in the District Shooting Final in 2018, retaining top spot in the individual competition. It was a tough contest, but our Scouts certainly did us proud. Some of their shots were so closely grouped, that the judges were uncertain if shots had gone through the same hole! This led to the question in one round, …
Racing towards the end of term, some of our Beavers celebrated with a high-adrenaline afternoon at the largest slot car racetrack in Europe! These super-fast cars aren’t easy to keep on the track so plenty of practice was needed to get the hang of racing them. Competing in teams, they then raced in a series of heats using different cars. …
Longham’s Scouts showed that they are not afraid of the dark and have what it takes to get themselves around the wilderness in the annual ‘Order of the Boot’ District night hike competition. Longham proudly came home with 3 trophies in 2017 by taking 1st & 2nd place in the junior event (the ‘Welly’) and 2nd place in the senior …
Our Young Leaders who a members of Griffins Explorer Unit won arguably the toughest competition in Dorset, Frostbite 2017. The 24 hour competition required them to undertake a grueling expedition, carrying full camping kit. They had to set up a camp and undertake a range challenges. Scores were based on a wide range of criteria such as walk time, hike …
Our Scouts again did us proud. The whole troop took part in a face-off against Ferndown Scouts. The top two from each group then went through to the district competition. Representing Longham were Max and Harry. They then gave us an amazing performance. Our pair got the highest combined score for all troops in the district which secured us the …
