Last weekend, our annual Scouts Thunderbird Competition took place. The 2 day incident hike weekend, ran from Blanchland, seen 5 patrols of Scouts compete in several challenges ranging from first aid to traditional Scouting skills. This year the Thunderbird trophy…
Paisley Challenge 2024
1st Chopwell and 1st Blaydon jointing won this year’s Paisley Challenge competition. The adventure afternoon in Chopwell Woods had the Cubs taking part in 4 different challenges, working together as a team to earn points. Activities included soft archery, pirate…
1st Chopwell take win in Kirby Shield Competition
A team of 4 Scouts from 1st Chopwell won this year’s Kirby Shield Competition. The 2 day event sees teams camping in a traditional patrol style, with challenges throughout the weekend.
Chopwell triumph at Scout’s First Aid Competition
Today, Scouts from 1st Chopwell took first place in our historic emergency aid competition which has been running 1928. It was a tough competition which after heavy rain and wind forced a change of location from Edmunbyers to Ryton Scout…
Police visit to 1st Chopwell Cubs
Cubs from 1st Chopwell were recently visited by Dawn, the local neighborhood police officer. As well as talking about Road Safety and the Green Cross Code, Cubs also had a chance to try on some police uniform and sit in…
District Cub Camp 2020
Over 30 young people enjoyed our Christmas themed Cub Camp at Moor House this month. Along with our own activities including crafts and backwoods cooking, young people also had a chance to do some archery, crate stacking and caving in…
Paisley Challenge 2019
Back for 2019, our district Cub competition was more popular than ever, with 6 teams from across the district taking part. This year, the theme of witches and wizards took us to a magical land, challenging our mental and physical…
Empire & Flag Weekend at Beamish
Empire Day was first celebrated in 1902 and was traditionally held on 24th May on the birthday of Queen Victoria. The day was intended to encourage people, especially children, to be aware of their duties as citizens of the British…
Cub adventure camp at Moor House
30 young Cub Scouts enjoy a weekend of adventure at Moor House for activities including climbing, archery and bushcraft. The weekend started on Friday 22nd February with an evening of puzzles and wide games. Our Young Leaders did fantastic at organising 30 Cubs into teams in the bitch black! Saturday was our big adventure day, with three rotational…
