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2023-12-14 23:03:26

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas from the 58th Cubs!

The Cubs have had a great 2023. They have earned lots of badges, included six Cubs earning the Silver Chief Scout Award, the highest honour a Cub can earn. They have won two District competitions; the Dragon Boat competition and the Swimming Gala. They also finished second in the Pack of the Year competition. Most importantly, they have all had lots of fun over the past year.

See you all in 2024!



2023-10-14 19:04:12

75th Anniversary

To celebrate our 75th Anniversary we held a Service of Thanksgiving on Sunday 8th
October 2023.
Over 80 people attended the Service in Holy Family Church conducted by Father
Kevin to help us mark this milestone. During the Service which included a reading of
Baden Powells last message to Scouts, a renewal of Promises, the rededication of
our flags and a brief history of the 58th being read out whilst a Scout stave was
passed down the generations with our first neck scarf (battleship grey with a red
border) attached, a yellow and white one was attached in the when the history
reached the 1970’s and the final neck scarf attached during the 1990’s when we
received Papal permission to have the cross keys badge as our group badge on our
neck scarf.
The afternoon finished in the Parish Hall with tea, coffee, biscuits and the cutting of
our birthday cake by a young Beaver. Also, in the hall we had a display of
photographs and memorabilia.

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2023-09-19 18:54:42

58th Group Camp 2023

We held our Group Camp in 2023 to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of our Scout Group.  On Friday 30 June 44 young people and 16 adults left Southport for a weekend camping at Waddecar Scout Activity Centre in the shadow of Beacon Fell.  We were based in the Bleasdale tented village with additional tents for the Cubs and Scouts. Arriving at Waddecar we pitched the tents in very wet conditions and after a ramble around the site to check out the facilities we all had our supper of hot dogs and hot chocolate before settling down for the night.  Sleep was at a premium on the first night especially for some of the Beavers and Cubs.

Saturday dawned and was dry after Breakfast and joining in with the official Camp flag break, we commenced our activities which included, a Hike, Leathercraft, learning how to light a fire, a session on the climbing wall and a scramble in the Badgers Warren (simulating a pot hole, damp and muddy).  After our evening meal we all got dressed up for the campfire on the theme of our camp super heroes.  After the singing and activities at the campfire we all managed to toast marshmallows and made smores to have with our hot chocolate.

Sunday was another dry day after breakfast and a short Scouts own (quiet time of reflection) and flag break we commenced another set of activities including the Challenge course and Bouldering wall for the Beavers, the High ropes Gladiator Challenge and Archery for the Cubs, Jacobs Ladder and Orienteering for the Scouts. After lunch we all had to start breaking camp, cleaning the kitchen and dining areas, packing bags, and then the tents ready for our departure on the coach.  What a fun filled weekend it had been.  The return journey on the coach was not a pleasant experience, what should have been a 90-minute ride lasted 3.5 hours, the M6 motorway had been closed due to lorry going through the central reservation and all the traffic was diverted onto the A6 and caused a complete bottle neck from the site all the way to Preston.  Thanks must go to all the leaders and helpers who attended the camp without them we would not have been able to go and a special thanks to those leaders and helpers who were on the coach not what you needed after a weekends camping.

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2023-06-10 10:51:35

Dragon Boat Competition 2023

Congratulations to all Cubs on finishing in first place in this years District Cubs Dragon Boat Competition. Each team had two races on the night and the team with the quickest overall time were the winners. Our Cubs finished nine seconds ahead of second place. Well done to everyone!

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2023-05-16 18:22:34

Leader Awards 2023

At the first meeting after the District St Georges Day parade, it was my pleasant duty to present some leader awards to the leaders in our Group.

The first award went to Laura the Beaver Leader who received her five-year service award and also a Wood Badge certificate for her change of role from Assistant Beaver Leader to Beaver Leader. The second award of the evening went to Kerry who has completed her formal training and was awarded her Wood Badge, wood beads and certificate.  Leigh our Scout Leader also received his Wood Badge certificate for his change of role from Assistant Scout Leader to Scout Leader and Hugh also received a Wood Badge certificate for his change of role from Scout Leader to Assistant Scout Leader. Congratulations to you all.

John GSL.

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