QSG News Winter 2011/12 - Issue 1

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REMEMBERING THE FALLENOn Sunday 13

thNovember, all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts joined in with

the rest of the village to take part in the annual Remembrance Day parade.

This is where the village takes time to remember those who fought for our

future in the First and Second World Wars, and also in the more recent

wars. They set off the parade at 10.00am and marched up the village to the

Church, stopping at the Royal British Legion on the way to pick up the War

Veterans. This was then followed by a short service by the War Memorial

where a Beaver, a Cub and a Scout laid poppy wreaths along with other

organisations from the village.

Continued on Page 4

QSG NewsKeeping the Group Connected

December 2011

Issue 1

TOP OF THE

MORNING: TABLE TOP

SALE

WE WILL REMEMBER

THEM : REMEMBRANCE

PARADE

WE WILL MEET AGAIN:

GROUP EXECUTIVE

LATEST

CUBS RUNNERS-UP AT DISTRICT

SWIMMING GALASaturday 29

thOctober saw

Queniborough Cub Pack take part in the

Charnwood District Swimming Gala at

Loughborough Leisure Centre.

Cub Packs from Anstey, Bradgate,

Mountsorrel, Quorn, Rothley, Sileby,

Syston and Wolds competed alongside

Queniborough in a bid to be crowned

the champions.

The seven Cubs from Queniborough

were among the other fifty Cubs from

across the district.

They participated in different racessuch as, Front Crawl, Back Stroke, Relays

and Hook-a-duck collection race in 3

categories, 8, 9 and 10 year olds.

Redd, from Cubs said: Im not

confident, because Ive only just turned

10.

I havent been practising either.

BY BEN KING

We are not losing or winning so we

are doing not bad.

The crowd and cubs alike were very

excited and cheering their friends and

children.

Once they completed their race, they

collected a ticket if they came 1st

, 2nd

or

3rd

, and took it up to the scoring table

to be added to the final score.

The Leader, Chris King, said: I dont

expect Queniborough will win.

The top swimmers for Queniborough

were Mackenzie, 8, who was the only

Queniborough Cub to come 1st

, in the

Ball Push with Nose race, his brother

Brandon, 9, who came 2nd

in front crawl

and back stroke and Jaydn, 9, who

came 2nd

in front crawl.

Queniborough also came top in the

Mat and Rope Relay.

Continued on Page 5

HONOURING THE WAR: The Syston Scoutand Guide Band leads the parade

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SECTIONAL NEWS

GIVE US YOUR VIEWS! YOUR NEWS

AND VIEWS

This is the page whereyou can contributeyour views, comments,news and notices thatyou want to tell peopleabout.

Simply email us yourcontribution and we willput it in for the nextissue!

The Editor

GIVE US YOUR NEWS!

NEW YEARS

OUTING

Cubs, give us yourideas for your NewYears Outing! Its yourdecision!

Akela, Cubs

WELL DONE

EVERYONE!

Well Done to all whoturn up at theRemembrance Paradeon Sunday 13

th

November, youdefinitely did the

Group proud!

Kaa, Cubs

The Beavers havehad a busy month this month, taking part

in a variety of activities.

First of all, they took part in the Fitness

badge, and did various sporty activities.

We then held a Halloween Party, with

various ghoulish activities.

We also held our very own Bonfire Night,

before the real thing took place the

following Saturday!

And finally, we did a Spotty Night in aid of

the Children in Need charity.

Firstly, the Cubs have been having an

Explorer helping out called Charlie, for his

Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Next, the Cubs held their annual Halloween

Party on Wednesday 26th

October and took

part in various games and had party food.

It was a fun evening for all and Cubs came

dressed as skeletons and vampires and had

a feast of ghoulish food. They played

games in the dark and tried to eat

chocolate with a fork and spoon which is

a lot harder than it looks!

The Cubs also made their annual Guy

Fawkes for the Village Competition and

came 3rd, the Guy looked like a cross

between a girl and a clown!

The following week they were practising

their parading ready for Remembrance

Sunday, making sure they were all in line

and looking their best for representing the

Cub Pack to the Village!

EDITORIAL

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the first issue of QSG

News, the new group newspaper set

up to keep the Group connected

with news and events from all the

sections and group executive and

theres even a section on the widerScouting news and events.

We hope that you will enjoy it and

thank you for your continual

support for the Group.

From,

Ben, The Editor

GROUP DIARY

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DECEMBER

Group Executive Meeting14

THDECEMBER

Cubs Christmas Party

9TH

JANUARY

Group Executive Meeting

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FEBRUARY


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MARCH


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YOUR NEWS AND VIEWS

On 25th

October Jess bought some Giant African

Land Snails down to show the Scouts and to

tell them about how to look after them and

how to buy one.

Also the Scouts aimed high, as they took

part in Archery, and they have also done a

Chip Walk to Syston and back.


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REMEMBERING THE

FALLEN Continued from Front Page

hey then went into the church for the Remembrance

ervice led by Revd Lorna Brabin-Smith. She spoke very

houghtfully about soldiers who died in the wars.

We then marched back up to the Village Hall, where Colonel

Murray Colville, dismissed the parade, and thanked

veryone for a wonderful turnout and they should all be

roud of themselves.

was a great day, with great weather and everyone should

e very proud of themselves!

CUBS RUNNERS-UP

AT DISTRICT

SWIMMING GALA Continued from Front Page

The normal relay had four of the Cubs doing back

stroke, breast stroke, front crawl and freestyle.

The Hook-a-duck collection race had six of the cubs

collecting the objects from the pool with a fishing

net in a relay-style race.

The parents and guardians could watch their child

swim from the viewing room, which was in fact, a

therapy room!

The final placings consisted of Wolds 3rd

,

Queniborough 2nd, and Rothley 1st.

All in all, the Cubs had a brilliant time and was

enjoyed by all.

GENERAL NEWS

TOP OF THE MORNINGOn Saturday 12

thNovember,

Queniborough Scouts held a

Table Top Sale at the Village

Hall.

Stalls on show included books,toys, Christmas items, knitting,

clothes, DVDs and kitchenware

to name but a few.

Event Organiser, Colin

Graham, said at the start: I

think it will go quite well.

Theres a good queue of

people outside already.

The usual people have come

to support us.

A good hundred people came

through the doors and showed

their support for the group.

Twenty-one tables were sold

altogether and some did better

than others.

Stallholder, Ben King, thought

his stall couldve done better: I

think this morning has been

quite slow for me.

I havent sold has much as Ithought I would.

Hopefully it will pick up

later.

The low amount of purchases

on the stalls, is mostly likely due

to the recession, but they

certainly did well, considering

there was a similar Table TopSale on in Rearsby.

Colin predicted that we had

raised about one hundred

pounds from the morning,

including money raised from

selling teas, coffees and squash

and an entrance fee.

Tables were charged at six

pounds each and entry was fifty

pence.

We hope there will be

another sale on in February

with a Valentines Disco, which

unfortunately had to be

cancelled his time, due to lack

of tickets being sold.

All in all it was a good

morning and of a moderate

success, which everyone

seemed to enjoy.

FULL HOUSE: People browsing the selections on offer


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NEW LEADERS ARE NEEDEDLeaders are in short supply at Queniborough, it is announced. Cubs especially,

as Baloo is not always able to make it because of work commitments. Scouts

also only have two full leaders at present and the Group is always looking for

more adult volunteers, even if it is just helping out every week. As the

numbers in the Group are increasing, it is more important than ever that the

Group recruit more adults to support the growing demand for places in

Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and to make sure the Group is secure in the long

run. We are primarily recruiting for Cub and Scout Leaders, however theBeaver section has the most numbers, so leaders will be needed there too! If

you can spare just a few hours each week it could make all the difference to

the success that the group has. Thank you very much!

AWARDS EARNEDQueniborough Scouts Michael Allsop and Ben King

have recently achieved the highest awards possible

for Scouting and Duke of Edinburgh Scheme. They

have achieved the Queens Scout Award and Gold

Duke of Edinburgh Award. Michael has been up to

St. James Palace to collect this Gold Award,

whereas Ben is still yet to go. They will both be

participating in the annual Windsor Castle paradenext April with hundreds of other newly appointed

Queen Scouts. Well done to them both!

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THIS MONTHS PICTURE

ALLERYRemembrance Parade: Pictures taken by Kate King

Table Top Sale: Pictures taken by Oliver King

ROUP EXECUTIVE NEWS


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RINGING THE CHANGESIan Freer is to step down as Treasurer to become thenew Group Quartermaster, while John Lewin (Baloo) will

become the new Treasurer. He will be continuing his role

as Baloo in Cubs alongside his new responsibility so that

he can continue supporting the Cub section. Ian Freer

will now be in charge of all the Groups camping

equipment, tables, chairs and all the other Group

equipment. We wish them both luck in their new roles

and would like to thank them for their continuing hard

work!

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GROUP NUMBERS HIGHEST FOR FOUR YEARS

GROUP EXECUTIVE

NEWS

The numbers in the Group are

on the rise, it was announced at

the last Group Executive

Committee Meeting.

Beavers have 20, Cubs, 14 and

Scouts have 9 in the biggest rise

n Group numbers in the last

four years.

Only two years ago, the Group

was struggling to top the 30

mark, needed for the group to

be viable.

This goes to show that the

effort put by in the leaders and

members of the committee can

be very rewarding and are

worth it in the end.

The Group certainly has been

very lucky in this respect, to be

able to have kept going for so

ong.

This hopefully signifies a new

era for the Group and will lead

the way for more young people

to join up and have fun!

But with more members, more

leaders are needed (see below),

and hopefully this will

encourage people to step

forward and volunteer.

We are now looking forward to

the next year and hoping more

6-14 year olds will join the

villages 35 year old association

and keep it in the village for

another 35 years!

As a mark of respect, the Group turnout in their numbers

for Remembrance Sunday

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ACROSS

1-You can swim in it (4)

3. Slang term for football (5)

4. Short for Computer (2)

6. In__ (2)

7. You find this in the ocean and

eat it fried (7)

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1- You can eat this as a snack and

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4- French for Small (6)

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a scouting term. To win, simply get that word

to Ben King by the end of the month and it will

be pick out of the hat if more than one person

is right.

MINI CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

BY BEN KING


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WIDER VIEW

GROWTH IN COUNTY, NOT JUSTGROUP

There has been a major

increase in numbers, not just in

our Group, but in the whole of

the County, Leicestershire

Scouts have announced.

Combined adult and youth

membership in the County now

stands at 8019, making

Leicestershire the fastest

growing Scout County in the

country for the year 2010-2011.

In the UK as a whole, 4,330 girls

and 3,796 boys have joined themovement and total

membership in the UK has now

passed half a million, standing

at 507, 867.

Bear Grylls, Chief Scout, said:

Its great to see that more and

more girls are signing up to

Scouting and that the

Movement is continuing to

grow as a whole.

Being a Scout represents all

that is great about life:

adventure, life skills and

friendship and it is no surprise

that so many girls are wanting

to be part of that.

Its absolutely crucial though

that more adults sign up as

volunteers as well, to ensure

that we can keep up with the

huge demand.

The growing number of people

wanting to join Scouting means

that the waiting lists for places

remain at an all time high.

Byron Chatburn, County

Commisioner, admired the work

of all the volunteers and

support that makes Scouting in

Leicestershire happen, saying:

We should all be pleased and

proud to be part of an

organisation that so many

people want to join.

On a weekly basis leaders are

providing a programme

Everyday Adventure that

Young People want to take part

in and supported by you and

your teams they are enabling

even more to participate in the

opportunities that Scouting

offers.

Thank you for everything you

have done to achieve this and

please make sure that everyone

in your District/team knows

that they are all part of a great

success story!

BY BEN KING

STANDING PROUD: Numbers in Scouting continue to grow

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NEXT TABLE

TOP AND DISCO

The next Table Top Sale

and Valentines Disco will

hopefully be Saturday 11th

February 2012 (date to beconfirmed)!

PARKING AT THE

HALL

Next Issue Out:12th

March 2012

ISSUE DATES FOR 2012 (subject

to change)

2 12th March

3 11th June

4 10th

September

5 10th

December

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