Greater Manchester West Scout County
The County (Greater Manchester West) covers the
Metropolitan boroughs of Salford, Trafford and Wigan.
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Scouts is the third section in Scouting, and is for boys and
girls aged 10½ to 14. Scouts take part in a wide range of
activities as part of their programme, from archery to expeditions.
There are many awards that Scouts can work towards, completing
Challenges to get the Chief Scout's Gold Award. However, taking
part and having fun is just as important as what you achieve as a
Scout.
Being outdoors is really important and Scouts love to learn new
skills, such as camping, survival and cooking as well as the wide
range of adventurous activities, anything from abseiling to
yachting. Scouting is about being with friends, as part of a team,
participating fully in the adventure and opportunities of life.
If there is anything that you need support on in the Scout
Section in the County of Greater Manchester West please contact me
on acc.scouts@gmwscouts.org.uk.
Andy Connellan ACC(Scouts)
On the weekend of 14 and 15 January, 45 scouts from across the
county gathered in Altrincham to take part in the second Greater
Manchester West Shooting competition. The competitors were aged
from 10 to (well) over 18 and were divided into two age groups,
under 14, and 14 and over.
A number of sco
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The 2011 GMW Hiking Competition was based around the Bowley
Scout Campsite being held on the 15th October. Again this was a
combined event with 5 scout teams and 3 explorer teams. The teams
were lucky enough to have bright sunshine with most completing the
10 mile hike with a few deviations fo
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The county held a brainstorming session early July on two topics
close to scout leader's hearts and which were giving them problems.
The two subjects were as follows.
Getting PLs and Patrols working in the scout age 10.5 to 14 age
range.
How to get Scout Forums working to give scouts the
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This years county camping and backwoods competitions included a
network patrol (who had a medieval theme) as well as the scout
and explorer patrols. So first here are a few words from the
Network Commissioner.
"A huge thank you to the "Enigma" Scout Network Unit, from
Urmston
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With the "More girls join scouts" census headline
still in the news a patrol full of girls from 88th
Salford won the 2011 Lord Derby competition. This was held on
Saturday 16th April at Dunham Scout camp site on another
specially ordered sunny day. This year 5 patrols from
3rd/1st
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From: Fri 9 Mar 2012 - 20:00
To: Sun 11 Mar 2012 - 15:00
This is the annual GMWs 2MAD4 (2 Multi Activity Days) Leaders
event with indoor accommodation but
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To: Sat 14 Apr 2012 - 16:00
The 2012 GMW County Lord Derby Competition is being held at
Middlewood Scout Campsite. This is a sc
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To: Tue 17 Apr 2012 - 21:00
This meeting is for ADC(S) or a representative from the Scout
Section from each of the GMW distri
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To: Sun 24 Jun 2012 - 14:30
The 2012 GMW County Camping and
Backwoods competitions will be open to both Scout, Explorer and
Net
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Do you use the County campsites?
We have three Scout campsites in our county; Middlewood, Bispham
Hall and Dunham.
Click here for more info.
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