The 42nd Brighton Scout Troop

Sunday 4th

5-a-Side Football at Sussex University

Friday 9th

Beginning of New Scouting Year
Investiture of 4 new Scouts.

Friday 16th

"Jon and Andy's Cool Dude Thing."

Friday 23rd

SWAG

Friday 30th

Ben's Continental Evening

On the 30th November at Lewes Tertiary College, David Oxley and Alex Dale were presented with their Chief Scout's Award Certificates before an invited audience of parents and Scout Leaders from across the county. This is a particularly newsworthy event as these two were the first scouts in the 42nd to gain this award since 1989.

Our sincere congratulations to both of them - we trust that they will be the first of many to come!

A Rhyme

Trusty, Loyal, Brave,
Brotherly Courteous, Kind,
Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty,
Clean in Body and Mind.

That weas the rhyme we used, as Scouts, about 50 years ago to remember all ten of the Scout Laws. Nowadays there are only seven! However if all of the scouts in the 42nd were asked to recite the whole set (as we used to!) it would be a miracle if even half suceeded!

A prize will be offered to the Patrol that can come up with a rhyme, mnemonic or acronym that will help today's Scouts remember our current Laws.

Any entry will be looked at by the Patrol Leaders council and the writer(s) of the one judged to be the best will received a valuable award!

Lions Club Swimarathon

Two teams entered this year, a three-man and a four-man. The laps completed were 60 and 61 respeptively. Another notable contribution by the Scouts! The Swimmers were:

Chris Cafling, Andy Catling, Alex Dale, Andrew Ruck, Paul Bevan, Paul Baker and Jonathan Aikens.

The Troop Christmas Party at the Hut on Friday 19th December signals the end of another Scout Year. A year of real successes for the Troop indeed.

More Scouts have passed more Awards during the last twelve months than for some years! More proficiency badges have been earned and more competitions have been won!

Most important though is that we have noticed a more adventurous spirit among the scouts this year. This bodes well for the coming year...

Next Year we have all sorts of events on the programme, including "Return to Brownsea Island" for the PL's, a "Tenderfeet Only Camp" for the less experienced to find out the easy way that there is nothing to be afraid of at camp, a return to Ferny Crofts for another "Walk in the New Forest", competition hikes galore, conoeing, Dartmoor Trips, Summer Camp at "a venue to be agreed", badges, wide games, organised mayhem at the Hut and lots, lots more!

Badge News

Skipper's Christmas Joke

A Man and a giraffe walked into a bar and the man ordered two double scotches. He and the giraffe drank them and ordered two more. Several drinks later, the giraffe fell over and went to sleep. The man said goodnight to the barman and started to leave.

"Hey," said the barman, "you can't leave that lying here!"

"It's not a lion" retorted the man, "It's a giraffe!"