Scouts Freezer Camp

During the weekend 23 - 25 February 24 Scouts from Oldham joined around 260 others at Hesley Wood Campsite in what is known as their annual "Freezer Camp".

The temperature was well above freezing as it turned out, however after heavy rain on the Friday night the ground was extremely muddy.

During the weekend the Scouts were able to enjoy a number of activities including go-carts, climbing wall, mini assault course, archery, "the cube", and a number of inflatable challenges including a bucking bronco, darts, and a type of tug of war.

After taking part on the go-carts everyone was completely splattered in mud and totally unrecognisable, however they all had a smile on their faces.

On Saturday night they had a traditional camp fire followed by a DVD then after a good nights sleep they took part in a number of inter group competitions including football matches and a tug of war.

Scouts District Backwoods Cooking Competition

Scouts from the 4th, 10th and 79th turned up on a bracing morning at the Denshaw Llama farm.

The morning was spent under instruction showing the scouts how to prepare and gut fish, cut vegetables and lay them out for cooking, followed by the preparation of a steward fruit pudding. All this was done with the use of a sharp knife and tinfoil. The meal was cooked on a fire lit in a hole in the ground with different depths of fire to attain different temperatures across the fire. While the food was cooking, plates, tea strainers, cups and various other gadgets were made.

In the afternoon the scouts split into two groups and prepared the food for themselves with a few screams as the fish guts fell out and scouts fingers explored the mouths of the fish!! All the food was prepared to a good standard then cooked on the embers of the fire. The leaders were chief tasters and all the food was given the thumbs up.

Well done to all who took part and a special thank you to Helen for the use of the farm and Mitch Whitehead for expert instruction throughout the day.

A selection of photographs can be seen here.

County Backwoods cooking Competition

All the scouts that took part in the district cooking day went to create two teams for the county competition. Both teams did very well and came joint runners up to a team from Bolton. They were complimented on their team work and effort as both teams were 2 members short and made up of scouts from different groups. Unfortunately there is no Regional final planned for this year.

Well done to all those who took part.

Scouts 5 a side Football Competition

4 teams representing the 10th, 79th, 115th & 128th played each other twice in 10 min matches.

A good contest enjoyed by all was won by the 128th, Hey St. John's.

Thank you to Steve from Denshaw for refereeing and Bill from St Cuthbert's for time keeping.

County 5 a side Competition

As a result of winning the Oldham competition, Scouts from the 128th went along to play in the county competition.  Although they played very well against some big lads they unfortunately did not win but came a creditable 4th.  Well done to everyone who took part.

This page was last amended on 30th November 2007