Well done to our 11 Cubs who went to the Island Camp last weekend. We won the Best Pack award for the first time since 2003. See here for more information and pictures.
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With Camping season coming up, you may
wish to know that Tesco have
sleeping
bags and
roll
mats
and
rucksacks in stock
at very reasonable prices for first time campers. I think
the sleeping bags are £9, the mats £2 and the
rucksacks £11.
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Congratulations
to Claire!
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NickKinrade
17/05/09
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Congratulations
to Tabaqui, who got married this weekend. 6 of
Cubs formed a Guard of Honour outside Rushen Church
and even found out that Tabaqui is also the same
person as Claire. Claire
Hammill may now be Claire Cain but remains as Tabaqui
for us....
See
more photos here.
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The Executive Committee exists to support
the Scout Leaders in 1st Laxey, handle the accounts,
and make major decisions.
We currently have a vacancy for the Cubs Parent
Representative, as Debbie Hinks will be standing down
at the AGM in July due to her son moving on from Cubs.
If you feel you would be willing to take over from
Debbie please contact me.
The role is to support me running the Cub Section,
liasing between the Group and other Cub Parents,
attending Exec Meetings (usually only 4 per year)
and helping out with any other work of the Exec such
as fundraising or adult recruitment. The role is
thus not a particular time consuming one but is rewarding.
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Congratulations
to all Cubs and Beavers who attended St George's Day. In
the Centenary year of Scouting on the Isle of Man, 1st
Laxey won the new award for the best turned out. Thank
you to the 4 Beavers and the majority of the Cub Pack that
turned out in full smart uniform.
See more photos in the
Summer Event
Reports.

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As you may know, 2009 is the Centenary
of Scouting in the Isle of Man. As such, we have a
special badge that can be worn in 2009 (actually
until 31 March 2010). This
will be given out this week and should be on your uniforms
ready for St George's Day next weekend. Click here to
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Although problems continue,
most of the site is up and running again. The problems
that remain are in the Leader's areas and with the programmes.
Please
use
the
links
given
below for these instead of the normal ones:
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There are currently
problems with all our CGI scripts on the website,
due to reasons beyound our control.
This
means you will be unable to login, unable to access
the programme and many other functions. We apologise
and hope to get this service back up and running
as soon as possible.
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Manx
Scout Photography Competition
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NickKinrade
28/03/09
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The Scout Association – Isle of Man is launching
an Island Scouts Photography Competition on the
1. March 2009. The theme of the competition will
be ‘Scouting in Mann’ and there will
be two classes, one for Youth Members and the other
for Adult Members. There will be some great prizes
for the photos voted the best in each class.
Full details about the Competition will be available
on this Website from the 1. March, so get clicking
away in anticipation! A poster for the competition
can be downloaded here.
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Former
Scout Leader, Jack Gair, dies
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NickKinrade
08/01/09
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Jack Gair went
home on 30 December 2008 at the age of 94. He was
both a Scout and Cub Master at 1st Laxey and was
responsible for re-establishing the Group in 1958
(it had closed in 1946). The Group continued under
his stength and leadership until 1984. He was later
awarded the Medal of Merit (shown below) for his
services to Scouting. See also the
Obituary on
manxscouts.com
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