Category Archives: County Camp

Galway County Scout Camp

Well done to all of the Athenry Patrols who participated in the Galway County Scout Camp held in Portlick Camp site over the May Bank holiday. There were 30 Patrols in attendance form County Galway representing nearly every Scout section in the County.

There were three Athenry Patrols in attendance, Koala Bears in the Plate Competition and for the first time ever Athenry entered the Shield Competition with Kangaroos and Penguin Patrols.

The Koala Bear Patrol returned with a Silver Standard from the Plate Patrol.

Both of the Shield Patrols returned with Gold standard with the Penguins coming fifth and the Kangaroos coming third overall. This result means that the Athenry Scouts have won a place at the National Phoenix Camping Competition to be held in late August.

This is a tremendous achievement and shows the dedication and hard work undertaken by the Scouts over the last few months during weekly meetings and practice Saturday.

All of the Athenry Scouters are very proud of the work undertaken by all of the Scouts involved.

Scouts County Camp

Well done to those members of the Kangaroo and Penguin Patrols who attend the Galway Scout County Camp from Friday 29th April to Monday 2nd May 2016. This camp was a camping competition camp with two competitions in progress, the Shield and Plate.

As this is the first time in two years that the Athenry Scouts have attended with many Scouts attending for the first time, the Scout elected to attend the Plate competition which involved Camp Craft, Log Books, Test Meals, Uniform Inspections, Scout Skits and a full day of Activity bases on Sunday followed by a camp fire. The Scouts were marked on each activity.

Several new skills and games were learnt over the weekend which the Scouts will bring back to the Troop and pass on to those Scouts not in attendance at the camp.

Despite some very cold weather on Friday night and a windy night on Sunday the Scouts had a great time making new Scout friends from around the county and they plan to meet these Scouts on some future activities.

A full set of photographs is available.

Kangaroo Patrol

Kangaroo Patrol

Penguin Patrol

Penguin Patrol

 

Cubs at County Camp

The Cub Section attended the Galway County Cub Camp in Portlick from Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June. There were over 250 Cubs from all over the County in attendance. It was a fun filled weekend with Cubs undertaking numerous activities such as Kayaking, Backwoods, Pioneering, Crate Stacking etc.

Photographs to follow.

Scouts At County Camp

The Athenry Scouts attended the Galway County Scout Camp from Friday 2nd May to Monday 5th May. The patrols camped on their own and were responsible for their own meals, cooking/cleaning etc.

On Saturday/Sunday they participated in various activities such as Kayaking,  Water Slide, Pioneering, First Aid, Orienteering and Surveying. There was a lot of rain but some sunny periods.

On Saturday night the scouts performed their Skit based on the “Graham Norton Show” and “(Not) The Royal Family”.

Sunday night was campfire which was lead by several Venturers.

Overall the Scouts had a great time and seemed to enjoy themselves.

Meerkat Patrol

Meerkat Patrol

 

Tiger Patrol

Tiger Patrol

 

Some photographs are available. More will be added shortly.