Anchors Section – age 6 to 8 have had an active session with treasure hunt games on the beach. Walked a nautical mile. In the autumn they will be having a trip to York Railway Museum.
The Junior Section 8 to 11 years have had treasure hunts, beach games. They have also learned basic map reading and compass bearings. In June they took part in a ‘giant sleepover’ at York Railway Museum, sleeping among the trains. During the evening the boys had ten projects to achieve which included building robots, rocket cars, design a paper aeroplane and driving a real train. The Company Section also took part. Ben Doherty was the overall winner. Conner Spooner won the paper aeroplane design with a flight of 50 metres. Jordan Harrison won top construction project. The sleepover was a nationwide event. In the Autumn the Juniors will be going on a trip to Fort Paul.
The Company Section have had a full programme of award work. Earlier in the year four boys went to Huddersfield to train for the expedition award carrying full packs over twelve miles, cooking their meals, all without supervision (they only got lost twice!) Badge has included Christian Education, First Aid, games etc. They also took part in the “Giant Sleepover”
On July 31st at 11.30pm the Company joined with other companies for Annual Camp. This was at Maidstone in Kent. We travelled through the night arriving at the campsite at 9am. The Avon Company who were there the previous week were still on parade in full uniform. After they departed we set up camp and then off to the Leisure Centre for a swim. After a good evening meal the boys made full use of the sports facilities and assault course.
At the evening prayers the camp was introduced to the theme of devotions for the week which was Truth. At the close of prayers we said the evening collect followed by last post. This happened every night. After breakfast on Sunday we had Sunday worship. The Bible was introduced as the ultimate truth. After this session a number of boys came at various times earnestly asking questions about faith etc.
During the week there were many competitions, games etc, trips to the beach and “free time”. On Tuesday we went to Chiswick Caves. These were actually carved out over the last 1000 years for flint. During the war the local population lived in them, each family having a plot. There was a shop, hospital and entertainment area. More bombs fell on that area than any around London. We also had a trip to “Banger Racing”, very exciting. On Thursday we had a trip to “Go Ape”. Most boys went up swinging over 100ft through the trees. Others went mountain biking. Friday night the officers and boys put on a concert and a posh meal with toasts and speeches.
During camp it was very clear that some of the boys had advanced in faith. On return one officer reported that a mother had rung up. Her son had returned a totally different young man. She was in tears and couldn’t thank us enough. Of course God is the one we thank!
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