4th Oxford Scout Group, Botley
Two recent awards were presented, the John Kemp Community award, was gained by Jake Round for helping the Scout Troop raise funds at last years Botley fete. The Jim Wale Conker Cup was eventually won by George Murphy, after a marathon final against Oli Lewis. This was spread across three Scout evenings. The conkers started to go soft…
Since our last report, the young people at the 4th Oxford Scout Group have been involved in a range of adventure! If you’re 6-99 why not come and join us, either as a youth member or an adult helper! The Cubs (8½-10) buddied up with 2 other Cub packs to camp at Youlbury, Boars Hill,…
As I write, famous adventurer and Chief Scout Bear Grylls has just made a surprise visit to Youlbury Scout Camp Site (Boars Hill), to join the celebrations as hundreds of Oxfordshire Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers were presented with achievement awards, including some from the 4th Oxford (by Matthew Arnold School) and 15th Oxford (based…
Scouting in Botley is part of a truly impressive international movement, serving 31 million youth members in 216 countries. Scouting UK has half a million members, including 100,000 adult volunteers. I was a Cub/Scout/Venture myself, back in the ’70s and ’80s. I got involved again 5 years ago as a leader, and have just joined…
On Saturday 8th February seven of the Fourth Oxford Cubs competed in the first Oxford Spires District Kub Kar Challenge in Kidlington. Working from some special Canadian Kub Kar Kits, which consisted of a block of wood, five plastic wheels and some nails, we were left to see what we could create … We had…
You must be logged in to post a comment.