Centenary Camp
2009 sees Eastleigh District celebrate it’s first 100 years of Scouting. To celebrate, we are inviting all the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders and Commitee Members to come to camp to help us celebrate.
This page contains all the information you will need for the camp. It will be updated fairly regularly, and you should make sure you visit this page at least once a week. New Updates will be marked and appear here.
Activities available (updated 05-May-2009)
This table shows you the activities available on the Saturday morning.
| Activity | Beavers | Cubs | Scouts | Explorers | Run By |
| Aerial Runway | YES | YES | YES | YES | 12th Eastleigh |
| Amateur Radio | YES | YES | YES | YES | Amateur Radio Society |
| Archery | YES | YES | YES | Iain Cox, Peter Garland | |
| Assault Course | YES | YES | Lyons Copse | ||
| Balloon Man | YES | YES | YES | YES | 1st Eastleigh |
| Birds of Prey | YES | YES | YES | YES | Commercial |
| Bouncy Castle 1 | YES | YES | 1st Eastleigh | ||
| Bouncy Castle 2 | YES | YES | Tony Foy | ||
| Book | YES | YES | YES | YES | District |
| Balloon Race | YES | YES | District Commissioner | ||
| Climbing | Kit:Tim Parkes Top: Jeremy Burden & Gary Shafford Bottom: James Lewis & Tim Parkes |
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| Crockery Smash | YES | YES | YES | YES | 14th Eastleigh |
| Chocolate Factory | YES | YES | YES | YES | 13th Eastleigh |
| Cooking Pancakes | YES | YES | YES | YES | 4th Eastleigh |
| Cooking Pancakes | YES | YES | YES | YES | 4th Eastleigh |
| Cooking Sausages & Twists | YES | YES | YES | YES | James Collins / Laura O’Neil |
| First Aid | YES | YES | YES | YES | St’ Johns Ambulance |
| Kite Flying | YES | YES | YES | YES | District |
| Jousting Inflatable | YES | YES | Commercial | ||
| Large Assault Course | YES | YES | Lyons Copse | ||
| Obstacle Course (Inflatable) | YES | YES | Commercial | ||
| Sumo Wrestling | YES | YES | Claire & Marcos Green | ||
| Skiing | YES | YES | YES | YES | 4th Eastleigh |
| Shooting | YES | YES | Trevor Burgess / Phill Hallett | ||
| Treasure Hunt | YES | YES | YES | YES | District |
| Scouting Skills | YES | YES | YES | YES | Hampshire County Explorer Team |
ARCHERY (updated 05-May-2009)
The Archery is subject to equipment being rented for the occasion from the Hampshire Archery Association. This will be subject to a limited number of Cubs to Explorer Scouts per Group/Unit. Leaders will be advised of numbers and times at the Friday night District Huddle.
SHOOTING (updated 05-May-2009)
This is limited to Scouts and Explorer Scouts. 5 Scouts per Troop & 10 Explorer Scouts (all units together) will be able to partake. All young people will be required to produce a signed Shooting Form (shootingform) in order to do the shooting. Times that each Scout will attend the shooting range will be handed out at District Huddle on Friday night.
Adult Medical Form & Camp Booking Form (updated 05-May-2009)
All adults attending the camp are requested to complete the attached adulthealthform in case of emergency.
Group Scout Leaders are asked to complete the attached camp-order-form and return it to Brian as soon as possible.
Afternoon Arena Events (updated 05-May-2009)
Saturday Afternoon is a time when we want all members of the District to join together in one activity. We will be inviting a number of guests to join us, guests from the local community and District and Group committees. There will be a number of events in our arena area. The programme which will start at 14.00 will include the following:-
- Making the giant friendship knot
- Beaver Scout inter Colony sports
- Cub Scout – Scout Car races
- Scouts Tug of War competition
- Spitfire Band
- Birds of Prey flying demonstration
- Bedlam & Group worm charming contest
The afternoon will start with the tiring of the friendship knot and finish with every Group making as much noise as they can for five minutes. If it is the right sort of noise and there are worms present they should poke their heads out of the ground to see what’s going on. Each Group will be issued with a small bucket to collect your worms in and the Group with the most will win the contest. The worms will have a good home afterwards – my compost bin.
The History
Following a special camp held on Brownsea Island, Dorset, in 1907, when Robert Baden-Powell tried out the idea of Scouting with a number of boys, the principles of Scouting started to be tried out by boys across the country.
A number of groups of boys (patrols as they were called) started in the area around Eastleigh, who with the help of adults started small Troops (several patrols). It was in August in August 1909 that the number 1 Eastleigh Boy Scout Troop was registered, only the third Troop in Hampshire to be recognised by the Boy Scout Association Headquarters. With the registration of this Troop the new Eastleigh and District Boy Scout Association was also recognised.
This new Scout District covered the areas of Eastleigh, Chandlers Ford, Bishopstoke, Fair Oak, Otterbourne, Hursley and Botley.
It is the centenary of this formation that we are celebrating in Eastleigh this years, and what better way to do this but hold a big District camp.
The Theme
The them for the weekend is the books of Roald Dahl.
Each of the Groups/Units has been given a collective camp name for themselves based on Roald Dahl books, as follows:-
- 1st Eastleigh – The Poachers – ‘Danny, Champion of the World’
- 4th Eastleigh – The Bugs – ‘James and the Giant Peach’
- 7th Eastleigh – The Foxes – ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’
- 8th Eastleigh – The Oompa-loompas –‘Charlie and Chocolate Factory’
- 12th Eastleigh –The Witches – ‘The Witches’
- 13th Eastleigh – The Wonkers – ‘Charlie and Chocolate Factory’
- 14th Eastleigh – The Twits – ‘The Twits’
- District Explorer Scouts – The BFGs – ’The Big Friendly Giant‘
- Advanced party – The Gremlins – ‘ The Gremlins’
- Network & District – The Boazers – school prefects from ‘Boy’
- Guests – The Bookworms – Matilda in book ‘Matilda’
Each unit is expected to produce a sign for their camping area showing their camp name and site decorations and each group/unit are welcome to find and wear some fitting fancy dress.
The Cost
Beavers : £15
Cubs / Scouts / Explorers : £20
These prices include Camp Fees, Activity Costs and Food.
Registration
Registration for the Camp opens on March 5th, and runs until May 5th. No registrations will be accepted after May 5th, so get in early!!
Download the forms from here (Make sure you choose the correct form!):
- BEAVERS : Beaver Scouts Nights Away Information Form
Beaver – Nights Away Form - CUBS : Cub Scout Nights Away Information Form
Cub / Scout Nights Away Form - SCOUTS : Scout Nights Away Information Form
Cub / Scout Nights Away Form - EXPLORERS : Explorer Nights Away Information Form
Explorer Nights Away Form
- Home Contact Information Form : This one is for your Group Scout Leader to complete, and then give you a copy of. This will tell you how to make contact with the Camp, once it has started.
Home Contact Form (GSLs only)
Timetable
This is an outline timetable for things happening between now and the Camp.
- March 5th – Registration Opens – See the rest of this page for details
- May 5th – Registration Closes – Last day for booking your place on the camp
- May 13th – Final Planning Meeting – time and location to be sent nearer the time
- June 3rd – ‘Gremlins’ arrive at campsite to start construction of site
- June 4th – Groups can start setting up their Camp areas
- June 5th – Participants start to arrive, Camp Opens
- June 7th – Camp closes
A more detailed timetable of the Camp weekend will be put up nearer the time, when it has been finalised.
During our Big Friendly Gathering we intend to make a giant friendship knot. What we want is for everyone – Beaver Scout to leaders to bring an item of string/rope/similar of one to two metres in length from home and everyone able to tie the fishermans knot.
BEAVER SCOUTS (updated 05-May-2009)
A letter outlining the event can be downloaded from here to be given to parents of the Beavers.
Under Scout Association rules, Beaver Scouts are unable to camp under canvas and can only be away from their parents for a period of up to 24 hours, so normally only attend a large camp like this for the day. However for the first time ever at an Eastleigh District Camp, Beaver Scouts are being invited to stay overnight with the main body of the District.
In its wisdom, and at great expense, the district have chosen a campsite that has two large buildings on it. The Beavers will be accommodated within these two buildings. The Beaver Scouts will arrive sometime during the morning of Saturday 6th June, and take part in the Activities on offer through out the day.
Once the evening entertainment has finished, the Beavers will be taken back to the two buildings where they can spend the night in relative comfort, and will be supervised by the Beaver Leaders within the District.
On the Sunday, the Beavers will be given breakfast before Parents come and collect them.
Exact timings for dropping off and collecting will be sent out via the Beaver Leaders when they have been decided upon. But if you have any questions about what the Beavers are likely to get involved with, please email either Brian (scouts) or Susan (beavers)
HELP REQUIRED
So that everybody is able to share in the event and get the most from it, we need a large number of volunteers. If you have not already been given a job, Brian would like to hear from you. Contact him at scouts. The following jobs require people to do them:
(1) GREMLINS: With a camp the size of this one there are a number of jobs to be done before everyone arrives; also there is a need for security on Thursday night. These tasks will be performed by a team of people to be known as the Gremlins. The Gremlins will arrive from Wednesday evening, and stay in the cabin.
(2) CATERING: We are going to provide the evening meal for everyone on Saturday evening We have a group of volunteers who will form the main catering team for this meal, however each group/unit are required to provide one adult for a couple of hours late Saturday afternoon. These adults do not require any skills just a will to help.
(3) EVENING ENTERTAINMENT: During the evening we are providing some entertainment for everyone with a short pantomime written by Roald Dahl. The pantomime takes about 40 minutes. Not a lot of lines to learn. We have a producer but require a cast of about 11. Do you fancy treading the boards?
(4) SATURDAY MORNING ACTIVITIES: We are doing a number of activities on Saturday morning for about 2 ½ hours, and the young people will wander around and have a go at whatever they wish. There will be active activities like climbing, archery, crate stacking, aerial runway. There will be practical activities like kite making, cooking, treasure hunts, woggle making. There will also be some none active bases like birds of prey, amateur radio. We do need people to offer to run bases or just help with the running of this event.
