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HIGHEST AWARDS FOR HARD
WORKING EAGER BEAVERSFIVE beavers in Queni-
borough have earned the highestaward for their section.
Alex Parker, Billy Ogden,Jeremy Russ, Ethan Patel and
Jenson Throop have all earn the
Bronze Chief Scout Award,
after months of hard work.
To gain the award, the Bea-
vers had to complete the sixChallenge badges, which are
Creative, Fitness, Friendship,
INSPIRATIONAL: SCOUTSHELP LIGHT OLYMPIC
FLAME
ANOTHER SUCCESS:
TOP AWARD FOR
ANOTHER CUB
HONOURED:
LEADER GOES TO
ST. JAMESS PALACE
TOP ACHIEVERS: Four of the five Bronze Chief Scout Award holders from the Beaver section
Autumn 2012
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Global, Outdoor and Promise.
The Beavers had obviously
worked very hard, and it clear-ly is an achievement for the
young people.They were presented with
the award at the Group Open
Evening and AGM in July by
District Commissioner, CarolBlack.
The Chief Scout Awards ineach section just go to show
how much Scouting can beshown in a successful light and
how much determination
young people can go through
to reach the top.We hope they will continue
to aim high and gain all theChief Scout Awards that can
be earned, and hope that they
will continue to enjoy Scout-
ing at its best.
RaffleBingo
QuizzesBeetledriveAnd much more!
Families competeagainst each
other to win thestar prize!
For more detailscontact Ben on07979285301 or
Nathan on07827925839
Child (under16) - 1
Adults - 2
Fun for the
whole family!
Bring ownrefreshments
squash andnibblesprovided for the
kids
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MESSAGES AND NOTESCHAIRMANS NOTE
Hi,
The AGM is reported on
elsewhere which means that Ican simply say a big thank you
to Paul and Clive Graham forall their hard work and com-
mitment to the Group over the
years. Paul has stepped down
as Group Scout Leader and is
replaced by Clive but thankful-
ly, both are remaining on theExec Committee so we do not
lose their valuable experience.
The key to the next 12
months, at least for me, is to
try and support the sectionleaders by relieving them of
some of the tasks that takethem away from their core
function. To that end, I am
very grateful that Nathan Mar-
tin has agreed to lead a smallteam to consolidate and devel-
op our fund raising activity
thanks Nathan!
Looking ahead, the key role
for the sections is additional
support to the cub pack. Notonly is the role very rewarding
in its own right, it also repre-sents a great opportunity for
someone to develop their lead-ership, planning, problem solv-
ing and communication skills
with a view to enhancing their
opportunities in paid employ-ment.
If you know of anyone,
male or female, who is looking
for an opportunity to developsuch skills, please point themin our direction and we will
explore with them the oppor-tunity that the scouting leader-
ship programme represents.
Who knows, it may be the de-
ciding factor in securing a job
or a promotion in these diffi-
cult times.
Phil IleyGroup Chairman
ISSUE DATES FOR THIS YEAR AND 2013
(subject to change)
No. Copy Date Final Date
5 19th November 3rd December
6 11th March 2013 25th March 2013
7 10th June 2013 24th June 2013
8 9th September 13 23rd September 13
9 18th November 13 2nd December 13
QSG News will be out quarterly, so that if you
want to be added to the mailing list, you can
be. Just email us at:[email protected]
NOTICES AND
OTHER NEWS
GROUP DIARY
Monday 1st OctoberGroup Executive Meeting
Saturday 6th OctoberScout Hall Working Weekend
Monday 22nd - Friday 26th
OctoberHalf-Term
Saturday 27th OctoberBag packing at Asda/Tesco
Wednesday 31st OctoberHalloween
Saturday 3rd NovemberTable Top Sale, 9am-1pm
Queniborough Village Hall
Monday 5th NovemberGroup Executive Meeting/
Bonfire Night
Sunday 11th NovemberRemembrance Sunday
Friday 30th NovemberFamily Fun Night, 7pm-9.30pm
Scout Hall
Monday 3rd DecemberGroup Executive Meeting
NEW MEMBERS
AND USERSIf you know anyone who would
like to join Beavers, Cubs or
Scouts, then please get in touchwith one of the Leaders. Anyone
who would like to hire the use of
the hall for any reason please
speak to the Chair of the Fund-
raising Committee, Nathan Mar-
tin on 07827925839.
EASY FUNDRAISINGWe are now registered with easyfund raising. If everyone wouldn't
mind registering as it doesn't cost
you anything. All that happens is
when you shop on-line with acertain site they will give a
donation to the Group. (see Pg3
for update)
NEXT DISCO DATEThe next disco will be held in
February 2013. There will be a
Table Top Sale on Saturday 3rd
November at Queniborough Vil-
lage Hall from 9am-1pm. Tables
are available from 6 each. En-
trance is 50p each. For futher in-
formation please contact Colin
Graham on 0116 2609100.Thank you.
EDITORIALDear Readers,
Well, wasnt the Olympicsamazing! And the Scouts were
getting in on the action too, as
you can find out as you read
this issue of QSG News.
Still to come this year, is Bon-
fire Night and Halloween, soas the nights draw in, be care-
ful out there, but have fun.
Its been a busy year for eve-
ryone this year, but its notover yet, so make the most of
it, and make the most out of
Scouting! Because you maynever get the same chanceagain.
Ben, The Editor
ANYONE WHO WISHESTO ADVERTISE IN THE
GROUP NEWSPAPERPLEASE MAKE SURE YOU
GET YOUR ADVERT TO
THE EDITOR BEFORE THE
COPY DATE OF THE ISSUEYOU WANT IT PUB-
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Half banner across top 5.00
Medium Ad 7.00
Banner down sideof page 7.00Half page ad 10.00
Full page ad 12.00
PLEASE REMEMBER
THAT ANYONE IN THE
GROUP CAN ADVERTISE,
CONTRIBUTE OR WRITE
TO THE NEWSPAPER TO
PUBLISH THEIR VIEWS,
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IF YOU WANT TO RE-
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MAILING LIST, THANK
YOU.
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GROUP EXECUTIVE NEWS
A NEW AGE AS THE GROUP CHANGES HANDS
IN SUMMARY
Newly elected Chairman:Phil Iley
Re-elected Secretary:
Lucy Payne
Re-elected Treasurer:John Lewin
Newly elected GSL:
Clive Graham
20 years service awarded to
Paul Graham
Bronze Chief Scouts Awards
bestowed to Beavers, Alex
Parker, Billy Ogden, Jerermy
Russ, Ethan Patel and Jenson
Throop.
Silver Chief Scouts Awards
bestowed to Cubs, Brandon
Iley and Harry Webb-Jenkins.
Cub of the Year awarded to
Redd Oxley.Cub Attendance of the Year
awarded to Mackenzie Iley.
The district representative was
District Commissioner, Carol
Black.
The AGM Summarised
By Ben King
PHIL Iley has taken on the posi-
tion of Chairman, it is an-nounced.
Clive Graham stepped down asChairman to take on the vacant
role of Group Scout Leader,after Paul Graham had to resign.
Phil will now be in charge of
the Executive Committee, while
working alongside Clive in run-
ning the Group.
Clive will be in charge of allthe leaders in the Group,
working together to ensure theGroup grows from strength to
strength.
Both are said to be excited
with their new roles, and lookforward to working to contin-
ue improving the Group tomake sure everyone has the
best experience in Scouting
that they can.
EASY FUNDARAIS-
ING UPDATE AS OF
JULY 2012DONT
FORGET TO SIGN
UP!SUPPORTERS: 17AMOUNT RAISED SO FAR:
17.47
TOP FUNDRAISERS: 1st -Phil I., 2nd - Karen M.,3rd -
Ben K.
Go to
www.easyfundraising.org.ukand sign up now!
Successful Carnival
for Queniborough
Scouts
THE Group had a successful
carnival selling Hot Dogs inthe annual show.
The Carnival, that was held onSaturday 1st September fea-
tured hundreds of stands and
attractions including our HotDogs.
The Group made about 340
which will go towards improv-
ing the facilities of the hall andensuring that the Group can
give the best opportunities pos-sible in Scouting.
SELL, SELL, SELL: The Groups Hot Dog stand at the Carnival
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GENERAL NEWSHONOUR AS ASSISTANT CUB LEADER BEN ATTENDS PRESENTATION
A CROWNING MOMENT: The official presentation photo in the
Throne Room at St. Jamess Palace, with Julia Bradbury
ASSISTANT Cub LeaderBen King, has been to St.
Jamess Palace in London tocollect is Gold Duke of Edin-
burgh Award.
The event was in the pres-
ence of HRH, Prince Edward,Earl of Wessex, and the award
was presented by Countryfilepresenter Julia Bradbury, as
one of many VIPs who attend-
ed the event, on Tuesday 3rd
July.Group Skills Instructor, Mi-
chael Allsop also went to thepalace earlier this year to col-
lect this award, which is a tre-
mendous achievement.Bradbury, who presents
Countryfile with ex-Blue Peterpresenter Matt Baker, recently
became a Scouting ambassa-
dor in February 2012 and pre-
sented the awards to a roomfulof about 50 Scouts, including
Ben, who have also achievethe Award.
There were two other Scouts
from Leicestershire there you
had also gained the Award.Only about 8,000 people a
year achieve the award so it isa achievement, well done!
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A WIDER VIEW
THOUSANDS flocked toGilwell Park over the week-
end for the annual Fundays.THE action-packed Fundays is
the biggest event of the year
for Scouting's younger mem-
bers. Beaver Scouts and CubScouts are joined by Rainbows
and Brownies at Scouting HQand enjoy two days of activi-
ties, from grass sledging to go-
karting.
Over 7,000 young people
and leaders attended this
years event over the weekend(23-24 June). The weekend
included a fantastic range ofactivities including aerial run-
ways, a helter-skelter and a fun
fair.
Though Sunday saw somerain, the bad weather didn't
deter the young people fromenjoying Gilwell's exciting and
safe 108 acres on the edge of
SCOUTS TV AD DEBUT
The following article is from www.scouts.org.uk:
Epping Forest. A total of5,090 young people and 1,750
leaders attended the weekend,as well as 280 volunteer staff.
Scouting partnersThe young people had the
chance to work towards earn-
ing new badges with some ofScouting's partners over the
weekend. Pets at Home gave
the young people the oppor-
tunity to hold snakes, while
Dolmio helped them plant
basil, cress, and lettuce withthe help from celebrity gar-
dener, Charlie Dimmock.Attendees also made mug
trees with B&Q, conducted
science experiments with
Rolls-Royce and learnt to putout fires with Chubb Fire and
Security.
THE Discovery Channel has
broadcast Scoutings first ever
national TV ad on Tuesday
17th July at 8.30pm.The advert promoted our need
for more volunteers in Scouting.The advert also aired on Dis-
coverys Animal Planet TVchannel at around 8.45pm, and
continued to be broadcast byDiscovery's network of channels
throughout the Summer.The 30-second advert was
created as part of our partner-
ship with Discovery and high-
lights how adults can make a
difference to young peoples
lives by volunteering.There are currently 33,000
young people on the waiting list
to join Scouting.
Discovery and The Scout As-
sociation have now joined forc-es to recruit new leaders. So if
you're ready to inspire theyounger generation, guide
them on real fun-filled adven-ture, then why not become a
volunteer for the Scouts.
There are a variety of ways
to join in and opportunities tovolunteer with us are flexible,
so simply visit our join pages
to find out more.Discovery is one of the most
famous TV brands in the
world; over 3.7 million peopletune into one of Discovery's 12
channels in the UK on a dailybasis.
With a mutual love of the
outdoors, both Discovery and
the Scouts believe that we canchallenge people through ad-
venture and exploring theworld around them.
FUNDAYS AT GILWELL
DISCOVERING NEW MEDIA: The Scouts advert hopes to reach anew audience of volunteers and young people
SCOUT BIRTHDAY
BADGE WINNERS
ANNOUNCEDTHE votes have been counted and the
winners of the 2012 Scout Birthday
Badges are revealed.
Every year Scouts celebrate Scout-
ings birthday by awarding Honorary
Scout Activity Badges on 1 August.
These badges are awarded for excep-
tional accomplishments and/or
achievements by public figures who
have done something particularly
special.
Scouts from all over the UK voted
in this years awards and many arestars that are very well known.
Rubbing shoulders with celebs,
Scouts were even lucky enough to get
a tour of Radio One when they present-
ed Gemma Cairney with her Commu-
nicator Badge.
The full list of 2012 Scout Birthday
Badge winners are below:
Chef Badge: The Hairy Bikers
Adventure Badge: Miranda Hart
Community Badge: Military wives
choir
Musician Badge: Ed Sheeran
Entertainer Badge: Michael McIntyre
Communicator Badge: Gemma
Cairney
Sports Enthusiast Badge: John Bishop
Model Maker Badge: Nick Park
Astronomer Badge: Prof. Brian Cox
Swimmer Badge: Frank Skinner
Animal Carer Badge: Steve Backshall
Writer Badge: Russell T Davies
International Partnership Award: Gary
Barlow
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COMICS, COMPS AND PUZZLES
SOLUTIONS FROM THE LAST ISSUE
THINKING LATERALLY
The letter U:
Once in June, Once in July, Twice in August
COUNTDOWN CORNER
Numbers
50 25 8 4 3 1
Target - 184
50 x 4 = 200, 3 - 1 = 2, 8 x 2 = 16
200 - 16 = 184
100 10 9 5 2 1
Target - 518
100 x 5 = 500, 10 + 9 - 1 = 18, 500 + 18 = 518
Countdown Conundrum
DUEASTART - SATURATED
TIGHTPEAS - SPAGHETTI
COUNTDOWN CORNER
This section gives you puzzles related to
the popular show, Countdown.
NUMBERS
Can you reach the target number?
75 50 8 7 2 1
Target: 489
25 9 6 5 3 2
Target: 223
WORDS
What is the biggest word you can make?
Y I O L N M G A I
H O J O I B C D E
COUNTDOWN CONUNDRUM
Can you work out what these words are?O U N C E D I S H
O X E N S H A P E
THINKING LATERALLY
Add 2 to 171 to make it less than
eighteen.
COMPETITION1. The Weakest Link
2. Eastenders
3. Top Gear
4. Watchdog
5. A Touch of Frost
6. Deal or No Deal
7. QI
8. Not Going Out
9. Last of the Summer Wine
10. Horrible Histories
11. Emmerdale
12. Pointless
13. Britains Got Talent
14. Who Wants to be a
Millionniare?
15. Doctors
16. Cash in the Attic
17. Neighbours
18. Hollyoaks
19. Countdown
20. The Bill
THE LAST LAUGH (credits go to Ian WestScouting Magazine)
This new section lets you ad-vertise things for sale. If you
want to put a For Sale ad in
here, just contact us at the
email address above. Typical
donation charge is 3.00.
WANTEDNew Helpers/Leaders,
primarily in the Cub
section to help with therunning of the Pack.
Helpers/Leaders wanted
in Beavers and Scouts too.
HELP US KEEP THE GROUP
GOING - ACT NOW
BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
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NUMBER ROSETTA
A Rosetta is made up of a
centre coloured hexagonencircled by 6 white hexa-
gons.
To complete the puzzle, fill in
all 7 Rosettaswith each number between 1
and 7 in no
particular order while also
ensuring that :
1. No number is repeated in ahorizontal row
2. Each number from 1 to 7
are represented inthe 7 grey coloured hexagon
cells.
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