GRAND JUMBLE SALE - Saturday 26th March 2011

Our Jumble Sale regularly attracts over 300 customers. It has been a great success and given us plenty of happy times. Its a perfect day out for Jumblers and raises much needed money for the group

The sale features clothes, books, comics, jewellery, bric-a-brac, toys, electrical items and much much more. A BBQ will be serving food throughout to provide much needed refreshments. We welcome contributions. Upholstered furniture must have a fire safety label.

Volunteers are needed to help with the collection of Jumble, sorting and manning the stalls on the day of the sale. We will also need help with clearing up after the event.

If you are able to help or need additional information please contact the Jumble Sale organizer, Deirdre Edwards on 01923 77162 or 07957 788402. For the collection of larger items please telephone before Friday 18th March.

Boat Maintenance/Rigging Day - Sunday 27th February

The best time for sailing, kayaking, canoeing and going out on powerboats is fast approaching (when the days are longer, and the water is warmer) and it would be great if we had at least a 50% functioning fleet of boats at Batchworth to do all these activities in!

If you are able to help maintain the boats contact Emma Turner, Bosun and Assistant Scout Leader, on 07905765946.

Enjoy Low-Cost Dinghy Sailing Through Batchworth

Batchworth Sea Scouts are associated to the Bury Lake Young Mariners (BLYM) sailing club based at the Rickmansworth Aquadrome. Whilst the Scout Troop make regular use of the great facilities provided by BLYM, any member of Batchworth can do the same in their own time and in addition to the organised Group events. For example, a Bograt Explorer can polish up on their sailing skills on a breezy Saturday morning, or a Cub Scout family could enjoying a gentle sail around the lake on a warm Summer’s evening.

General sailing sessions run Saturday mornings or afternoons, Wednesday evenings, Bank Holidays and Summer Holidays. You must be pre-registered with BLYM to take advantage of Batchworth’s Group membership but this is simply achieved following a quick briefing from me to ensure you are familiar with the procedures at the club and confident on the water. If you’d like to take advantage of this scheme, please drop me an email at BMTaunt@hotmail.com, subject ‘BLYM sailing’.

BLYM also run RYA accredited training courses throughout the year. I would highly recommend these courses to all youngsters and encourage you to check out more details at www.blym.org.uk.

GROUP SUBSCRIPTIONS 2011

The subscriptions for 2011 are:

Beavers	Cubs	Scouts
£120	£137	£165

From this we pay a 'capitation fee' of £42.75 to our District for each Beaver, Cub, Scout, Leader, Assistant Leader, Skills Instructor, Helper and Committee member to cover insurances etc and our membership of the Scout Association. The balance of the subscription pays for all maintenance and bills of our building, equipment, badges, and boats and many of the activities for our members.

Like other charities, Batchworth is entirely dependent on volunteers for leadership, fundraising and for maintenance of buildings and equipment. Everyone gives their time on a voluntary basis and no one in the group is paid. The ethos of volunteering is critical to the success of the group.

We need your help and your time for fundraising (jumble sales, the May Fair, quiz nights,etc), for maintaining the building and equipment, including cleaning, and leaders and helpers in all the sections.

If a UK taxpayer please Gift Aid your subscription if you have not already done so. If you have any queries regarding your subscription please telephone Deirdre Edwards on 01923 771626

Badges All Round as Scouts Dig into Aviation History

What do you do on a cold, damp and grey Saturday in February? Visit a museum of course! Hence 16 Scouts from Batchworth found themselves at the excellent RAF Museum in Hendon recently exploring the many aircraft on display. Adding to the purpose was a quiz sheet created by the museum which guides the Scouts through tasks and results in the award of the ‘Air Researchers Badge’.

Other visitors may even have overheard some of our knowledgeable members debating the differences between the Spitfire and the Hurricane fighters, shown on display behind our group photo.

HMS Cumberland Passes Gulf Duties to the Iron Duke

HMS Cumberland, a Royal Navy type 22 Frigate affiliated with Batchworth Sea Scouts, recently handed over her Gulf responsibilities to HMS Iron Duke.

The two ships met in the Gulf of Oman and Iron Duke’s Command Team embarked on to Cumberland for a handover brief and discussions. The two ships conducted a traditional ‘sail-past’ where the Cumberlanders waved banners and sprayed fire hoses to wish their reliefs in Iron Duke a successful deployment.

Read more here.