Camp in Camp
After having rain of Welsh proportions, for the last two days it was a relief to wake up to blue skys on the first day of our camp in camp experience. We were split into our patrols and put on separate buses with four patrols from different countries. Our bus load of Dutch, Slovenian, Greek, Belgian and of course Welsh Scouts definately drew the short straw, our camp site was over two hours away.
The first thing we did when we arrived was rush off for a swim in the lake (which we later discovered was the Baltic Sea), diving into the warm slightly salty water. Like most Swedish places we have seen it felt really remote, situated in the middle of a wild forest.
The camp itself was a real change of pace from the hectic, busy jamboree. The activities were mostly relaxed, focusing on Swedish traditions and holidays. There was also time for a pootle around the bay in a canoe. That evening we sat around the camp fire where the Dutch marching band played for us and we shared camp fire songs. I can confirm that from whatever country people are from, camp fire songs are always silly.
Matthew Tipuric
One word - Amazing
In one word to describe the jamboree, it is amazing. Every morning you wake up to a scout from a different country smiling and waving at you. So far the World Scout Jamboree has been brilliant, we have had sooo many laughs over very random things.
The activities have been alright i suppose. We have only done 2 so far, but the organisation hasn't been great. But we are Scouts and we have worked around it. So far we have experienced "People" in which we created some crafts which match our personality and learnt about children's rights. In "Earth" we learnt about the world and how we have to look after it.
On the other hand, the food has been very nice, beautifully cooked by our leaders. We are now very use to bread and cornflakes, as we have them every morning. At tea times, there are always lots of vegetables, which is nice i guess. With our healthy eating point of view, we have all decided that we might lose some weight , because there are no biscuits in the shop.
During our free time we have been playing games, swapping, singing and dancing with people from all over the world. The sun has finally come out today.we have been soaking for the last few days, and we can finally start to get a sun tan and dry off some of our clothes.
We are all having soo much fun. Thanks to all the parents for all their support and we shall see you all soon.
Georgia Williams
The Journey so far
Wow. Its hard to believe that six months ago we were all taking part in the challenging Selection weekend to attend the jamboree and now... were here and in the middle of all our preparation. We have been meeting as regularly as possible, raising funds and having fun at all the events. So far we have done 2 bag packing events and had great fun doing this. We also held a ready steady cook competition which I hear was enjoyed by all that attended. Personally I have found the build up so far too be an outstanding success and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Currently I am looking forward to our race night which will be held in Northop Cricket club and the event looks to be an enjoyable and humorous night (if our leaders so far are anything to go on). I look forward to all the events in the future, in particular the up and coming camp!!!
Elliot Jones
Atlas ESU
Fundraising
In the first few months of our fundraising campaign, we have raised just over £2000. This has come from bag packing and donations, and will go towards unit equipment as well as helping to pay the jamboree fees. We have a target of £10,000. We still have the race night, car wash, duck race and day at Broughton Park to come this year. We are 5 months into our 18 month preparation phase, so things are looking good. Well done guys and keep it up.
Solidarity Patrol
We have had news of where are solidarity patrol will be coming from. Only the leaders know so far and we will be holding activities on our next get together to see if the unit can guess where they are from. Look back here soon to find out where they are from.
Grow Your Own Funds
In order to raise funds for The Mad Fluffy Dragons, we are taking part in the 'Grow your own funds' scheme run by Suttons. Suttons is a mail order company that supplies plants and seeds. We get 20% back on every order that we place. So far we have raised over £300. If you are in need of any seeds or plants and would like to support us, please get in touch for a catalogue and order form. There is only a short time left.
Contact us on:
swampy2k80 AT hotmail.com
07900 302225 (Mark)
Preparation Events
Event: Preparation camp
Date: Saturday 26th June til Sunday 27th June 2010
Time: Arrive Friday night if possible. Finish around 3pm on the Sunday.
Venue: Rowallan (Provisional)
The cost for this event will be £10. We will be doing a fundraising event as part of the camp in Bangor. We have been asked to do a Car Wash in one of the main car parks in Bangor. We will be spendig all day there and doing the car wash in shifts. The rest of us will be doing other activities in and around Bangor. More details to follow by email.
Event: Duck race
Date: Monday 30th August 2010
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
Fundraising event. Having trouble finding somewhere with water that is suitable. More details to follow
Sweden here we come!!
On Saturday 16th January, the North Wales Jamboree Unit met for the first time in Wrexham District Scout HQ. The parents joined us for the first hour so we could share information that we had with them. The rest of the day was spent planning our build up to the jamboree and lots of team building games and activities. This meeting saw the unveiling of the unit name. The young people came up with several ideas and voted on it. The name chosen was 'The Mad Fluffy Dragons' and the unit logo can be seen below. Please keep checking this page for updates on our progress.
24 Clwyd Scouts picked for Jamboree
Scouts from Clwyd now know if they have been selected to represent their country at the next World Scout Jamboree. Letters were sent out earlier in the week letting the teenagers know whether they'd be joining 30,000 other Scouts from across the globe at the huge event taking place in Sweden in 2011.
A selection weekend was held at Gwernyfed High School near Brecon in November after 158 young people applied for just 129 available places. During the weekend the Scouts aged 12 to 16 were put in mixed teams of ten and took part in various team building challenges while being assessed to see how they got on with their peers.
Out of the 27 Scouts that applied from Clwyd, 24 got through including 11 from Flintshire District, 5 from Llangollen District, 1 from Vale of Clwyd District and 7 from Wrexham District.
Northop Hall Scouts Katie and Georgia
Chloe Lloyd, a 13 year old Scout with the 1st Mynydd Isa got her letter this morning, and it was good news. Chloe said: ''I was really happy when I got the news. I wasn't expecting to get through as I was in a really good group and there was lots of competition. I'm so looking forward to meeting new people from across the world at the Jamboree.''
Four units of young people and volunteer Leaders will be representing
Wales as part of the United Kingdom contingent. World Scout Jamborees occur once every four years and are attended by Scouts from over 200 countries as diverse as India, New Zealand, Brazil and Uganda. During the 12 day camp the youngsters will take part in a packed programme including adventurous activities, learning new skills and finding out about each other's cultures.
Simon Fairless from Scouts Wales said, ''The selection weekend was completely hectic. However, a lot of fun was had by all and Wales will definitely benefit from having a fantastic group of motivated, keen individuals, thrilled to be attending such a prestigious event.''
Those Scouts who are chosen will now face the challenge of raising money to pay for their trip of a lifetime.
After having rain of Welsh proportions, for the last two days it was a relief to wake up to blue skys on the first day of our camp in camp experience. We were split into our patrols and put on separate buses with four patrols from different countries. Our bus load of Dutch, Slovenian, Greek, Belgian and of course Welsh Scouts definately drew the short straw, our camp site was over two hours away.
The first thing we did when we arrived was rush off for a swim in the lake (which we later discovered was the Baltic Sea), diving into the warm slightly salty water. Like most Swedish places we have seen it felt really remote, situated in the middle of a wild forest.
The camp itself was a real change of pace from the hectic, busy jamboree. The activities were mostly relaxed, focusing on Swedish traditions and holidays. There was also time for a pootle around the bay in a canoe. That evening we sat around the camp fire where the Dutch marching band played for us and we shared camp fire songs. I can confirm that from whatever country people are from, camp fire songs are always silly.
Matthew Tipuric
In one word to describe the jamboree, it is amazing. Every morning you wake up to a scout from a different country smiling and waving at you. So far the World Scout Jamboree has been brilliant, we have had sooo many laughs over very random things.
The activities have been alright i suppose. We have only done 2 so far, but the organisation hasn't been great. But we are Scouts and we have worked around it. So far we have experienced "People" in which we created some crafts which match our personality and learnt about children's rights. In "Earth" we learnt about the world and how we have to look after it.
On the other hand, the food has been very nice, beautifully cooked by our leaders. We are now very use to bread and cornflakes, as we have them every morning. At tea times, there are always lots of vegetables, which is nice i guess. With our healthy eating point of view, we have all decided that we might lose some weight , because there are no biscuits in the shop.
During our free time we have been playing games, swapping, singing and dancing with people from all over the world. The sun has finally come out today.we have been soaking for the last few days, and we can finally start to get a sun tan and dry off some of our clothes.
We are all having soo much fun. Thanks to all the parents for all their support and we shall see you all soon.
Georgia Williams
Wow. Its hard to believe that six months ago we were all taking part in the challenging Selection weekend to attend the jamboree and now... were here and in the middle of all our preparation. We have been meeting as regularly as possible, raising funds and having fun at all the events. So far we have done 2 bag packing events and had great fun doing this. We also held a ready steady cook competition which I hear was enjoyed by all that attended. Personally I have found the build up so far too be an outstanding success and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Currently I am looking forward to our race night which will be held in Northop Cricket club and the event looks to be an enjoyable and humorous night (if our leaders so far are anything to go on). I look forward to all the events in the future, in particular the up and coming camp!!!
Elliot Jones
Atlas ESU
In the first few months of our fundraising campaign, we have raised just over £2000. This has come from bag packing and donations, and will go towards unit equipment as well as helping to pay the jamboree fees. We have a target of £10,000. We still have the race night, car wash, duck race and day at Broughton Park to come this year. We are 5 months into our 18 month preparation phase, so things are looking good. Well done guys and keep it up.
We have had news of where are solidarity patrol will be coming from. Only the leaders know so far and we will be holding activities on our next get together to see if the unit can guess where they are from. Look back here soon to find out where they are from.
In order to raise funds for The Mad Fluffy Dragons, we are taking part in the 'Grow your own funds' scheme run by Suttons. Suttons is a mail order company that supplies plants and seeds. We get 20% back on every order that we place. So far we have raised over £300. If you are in need of any seeds or plants and would like to support us, please get in touch for a catalogue and order form. There is only a short time left.
Contact us on:
swampy2k80 AT hotmail.com
07900 302225 (Mark)
Event: Preparation camp
Date: Saturday 26th June til Sunday 27th June 2010
Time: Arrive Friday night if possible. Finish around 3pm on the Sunday.
Venue: Rowallan (Provisional)
The cost for this event will be £10. We will be doing a fundraising event as part of the camp in Bangor. We have been asked to do a Car Wash in one of the main car parks in Bangor. We will be spendig all day there and doing the car wash in shifts. The rest of us will be doing other activities in and around Bangor. More details to follow by email.
Event: Duck race
Date: Monday 30th August 2010
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
Fundraising event. Having trouble finding somewhere with water that is suitable. More details to follow
On Saturday 16th January, the North Wales Jamboree Unit met for the first time in Wrexham District Scout HQ. The parents joined us for the first hour so we could share information that we had with them. The rest of the day was spent planning our build up to the jamboree and lots of team building games and activities. This meeting saw the unveiling of the unit name. The young people came up with several ideas and voted on it. The name chosen was 'The Mad Fluffy Dragons' and the unit logo can be seen below. Please keep checking this page for updates on our progress.
Scouts from Clwyd now know if they have been selected to represent their country at the next World Scout Jamboree. Letters were sent out earlier in the week letting the teenagers know whether they'd be joining 30,000 other Scouts from across the globe at the huge event taking place in Sweden in 2011.
A selection weekend was held at Gwernyfed High School near Brecon in November after 158 young people applied for just 129 available places. During the weekend the Scouts aged 12 to 16 were put in mixed teams of ten and took part in various team building challenges while being assessed to see how they got on with their peers.
Out of the 27 Scouts that applied from Clwyd, 24 got through including 11 from Flintshire District, 5 from Llangollen District, 1 from Vale of Clwyd District and 7 from Wrexham District.
Northop Hall Scouts Katie and Georgia
Chloe Lloyd, a 13 year old Scout with the 1st Mynydd Isa got her letter this morning, and it was good news. Chloe said: ''I was really happy when I got the news. I wasn't expecting to get through as I was in a really good group and there was lots of competition. I'm so looking forward to meeting new people from across the world at the Jamboree.''
Four units of young people and volunteer Leaders will be representing
Wales as part of the United Kingdom contingent. World Scout Jamborees occur once every four years and are attended by Scouts from over 200 countries as diverse as India, New Zealand, Brazil and Uganda. During the 12 day camp the youngsters will take part in a packed programme including adventurous activities, learning new skills and finding out about each other's cultures.
Simon Fairless from Scouts Wales said, ''The selection weekend was completely hectic. However, a lot of fun was had by all and Wales will definitely benefit from having a fantastic group of motivated, keen individuals, thrilled to be attending such a prestigious event.''
Those Scouts who are chosen will now face the challenge of raising money to pay for their trip of a lifetime.