8th Basingstoke Scout Group http://www.8thbasingstoke.org.uk/ News about 8th Basingstoke Scout Group Copyright 8th Basingstoke Scout Group 2005 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 1:38:19 GMT webmaster@8thbasingstoke.org.uk Heavy Snow Forecast Due to the heavy snow forecast for this evening (5th January) Beavers and Cubs have been cancelled.

At this stage we still plan to go ahead with Scouts although you are advised to check weather forecasts to make sure you'll be able to get home at the end of the evening!

]]> http://www.8thbasingstoke.org.uk/news/show.php?id=84 Tue, 5 Jan 2010 13:48:00 GMT 8th Win District Quiz The group's leaders have again shown that they know lots of useless information by winning the District Quiz 2009.  The winning team were presented with the Graham Viner Trophy along with pencils, notebooks and other exciting prizes for winning individual rounds.

We'll be back to try to retain our title in 2010.

]]> http://www.8thbasingstoke.org.uk/news/show.php?id=83 Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:51:00 GMT Indoor Caving This week the Den was transformed into a cave for the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to explore.  See what they got up to.

]]> http://www.8thbasingstoke.org.uk/news/show.php?id=82 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:19:00 GMT Bag Packing at ASDA Basingstoke Sea Scouts have invited us to take part in a Bag Packing event at ASDA on Saturday 12th December. This is an excellent opportunity to raise funds for the group and directly reduce activity costs for those that take part.

We need help from all Cubs and Scouts plus parents from all three sections so that we raise as much as possible.  Find out more about the day.

]]> http://www.8thbasingstoke.org.uk/calendar/showevent.php?id=329 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:16:00 GMT The truth about Scouts and knives From Wayne Bullpitt, UK Chief Commissioner:

Never before has the saying "never let the truth get in the way of a good story" been true than the current media coverage about Scouts banning knives. We haven't and I thought you might appreciate a quick heads up before we circulate a more detailed response.....

]]> http://www.scouts.org.uk/ccblog/6/the-truth-about-scouts-and-knives Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:46:00 GMT Scouts Prove They're the Cleanest in Hampshire 8th Basingstoke Scouts proved they were the cleanest Scouts in Hampshire at the County Summer Camp held at Lyon's Copse last week.  As well as taking part in activities including climbing, wide games, swimming, carving, archery and shooting the patrol claimed first place in the Site Inspection Competition by keeping their site clean and tidy all week.

Find out more about what we did and see all the photos.

]]> http://www.8thbasingstoke.org.uk/calendar/showevent.php?id=243 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 10:23:00 GMT