In another first for Central Gosforth 18 Cubs were joined by our young, and not so young, leaders for a surf instruction session before taking to the water at Tynemouth on what you can see was another gloriously sunny Friday night.
24 Of our cubs were part of a 200 strong pack from across the Newcastle district that attended Moorhouse activity centre in Durham for a weekend of activities planned & delivered by the Army officer training corps & Moorhouse instructors. survival cooking, climbing, assault course, first aid, shooting, silent disco, 2 cinema nights, football training, laser tag, map reading, & a hike were just some of the activities they took part in. Thanks goes to several parents who came along to lend a hand on a very wet Saturday afternoon, All of those who attended received an Army camp badge & cool tee shirt too. Sunday saw the sun come out to bring a very busy weekend to a close.
A very sunny Friday made what would have been a good night out a great night out. Fourteen of our pack were joined by several parents for our annual bike ride. Many of the younger Cubs had never ridden their bikes for such a long distance but all rose to the challenge with everyone completing the whole route as planned. The promise of chips at the half way point kept them going and fuelled them for the return journey.
24 of our Cubs attended a district sleep over at the Great Museum of the North (Handcock) 125 Cubs from across the Newcastle district spent the Friday night exploring the Museum,completing quizzes & eating tea. They then slept in the great hall along with Dippy the dinosaur! Saturday morning breakfast was followed by an investing ceremony of one of our newest members underneath Dippy. I’m sure all who attended will treasure the memories of a very special event for many years to come.
Forty two beavers, cubs and scouts took part in JOTT. We went on a beautiful walk along Warkworth beach somehow avoiding the rain. Beavers and cubs walked for 5 miles and scouts walked for 8 miles.
Ten cubs and scouts from Central Gosforth took part in the Newcastle Gangshow. As always the hard work paid off and it was an excellent performance.
IT’S OFFICIAL CENTRAL GOSFORTH CUBS ARE SHAPED BY THE YOUTH
Over the last 18 months the Cub leaders have been getting the Cubs and Young leaders involved in planning and running nights and deciding on activities and trips out. This is called youthshaped scouting, there are three levels of award available Bronze, Silver and Gold. as you can see we were presented with Gold by a member of the District Commissioners team.
Andrew Shipton, Vicar of All Saints was kind enough to help the pack work toward their world challenge badge on a snowy Friday night. He gained the Cubs full attention telling the pack a bible story, playing hymns sung by monks and giving us a brief history of All Saints Church its benefactor Mr Cochran, how tragedy befell his two young sons. Andrew also told us of the early life of Archbishop Robert Runcie who was curate at All Saints in 1950. Did you know he was awarded the Military cross whilst serving as a tank commander in world war two?
Beavers, cubs, scouts, parents and leaders had at trip to watch the Newcastle Eagles play the Manchester Giants in their new stadium. The result did not go as hoped (Eagles 71 – 89 Giants) but everyone had a good time.
