Easter Week Details and Times

This week sees Boyle Scouts extremely busy on a number of different fronts.
Brief details and times of the various activities are listed below. For further information please contact the relevant Section Leader.

Normal Section Meetings for Beavers and Cubs do not take place this week (beginning Monday 29th March) or next week (beginning Monday 5th April)!

Monday 29th March:     Meeting for all Team Members Cubs/Scouts/Ventures in Scout Den 7.00 - 9.00 p.m. Re: National Challenge Weekend
Tuesday 30th March:     Lough Keel Scout County Board Meeting @ 8.00 p.m. All Leaders Welcome
Wednesday 31st March:     Scout Meeting as normal 8.30 - 10.00 p.m.
Training meeting for all Team Members (Cubs) 8.30 - 9.30 p.m.
Thursday 1st April:     Scouts Bag Packing in Super Valu 10.00 - 6.00 p.m.
Beavers, Cubs and Scouts attend Holy Thursday Mass - Meet in Day Chapel in Full Uniform @ 7.30 p.m.
Friday 2nd April:     Ventures Bag Packing in Super Valu 10.00 - 6.00 p.m.
Saturday 3rd April:     Scouts Bag Packing in Super Valu 10.00 - 6.00 p.m.
                                  Cubs/Scouts/Ventures attend Easter Vigil Mass - Meet in Day Chapel @ 9.00 p.m.

St Patrick's Day Parade

Congratulatons and well done to all on the huge effort put into our entry in this years St. Patrick's Day Parade. The great work done by our members and Leaders alike was justly rewarded with 2nd place overall and winners in the Youth Category. A few pictures of our entry and our participants are below:

Challenge Day Success

Boyle Scouts have done themselves really proud once again competing in our Annual County Challenge Day held on Saturday 6th March in Lough Keel Campsite. In the Scout Section, our Boyle Team finished in a well deserved 1st place with a great effort put in by the Team throughout the day. In the Cub Section our Monday Cubs also took 1st place with our younger Tuesday Cubs putting in a brilliant team effort to scoop 2nd place.
Teams from Boyle, Ballinamore, Carrick on Shannon, Longford and Lanesboro/Ballyleague took part on the day demonstrating their skills in many areas of Scouting including Air Activities, Backwoods Cooking, Emergencies, Pioneering and Sailing/Rowing.
Congratulations and well done to all 3 teams (pictured below) and their Leaders. Also a word of thanks to all of the Leaders from Boyle and the other Groups who organised and ran a very successful and enjoyable Competition.
Our Boyle teams now go forward to represent Lough Keel Scout County in the National Challenge Competition in Larch Hill, Dublin on 17th/18th April. We wish them all the very best of luck.

Scout Section Winners

Monday Cub team pictured with their Leaders, Saoirse O'Flaherty, Colin Kearney and Angela Leonard. Cub Section Winners.

(Missing from photo, Niamh Beirne)

Tuesday Cub Team with their Leaders, Padraig Langan, Mary O'Donoghue and Stephen Tighe.

Cub Section Runners-Up.

Scouts Indoor Camp - Rosses Point 26th - 28th February

The Scout Section had a very enjoyable indoor camp at the Rosses Point Sea Scout Den last weekend. The weather although cold, was dry with even some sunshine! The scouts planned, cooked and prepared all the meals for the weekend. The Scouts spent most of Saturday on the beach learning new skills and taking part in challenges and games.

One of the highlights of the weekend was the trip to the RNLI Lifeboat Centre where the Crew gave the Scouts a tour of the facility and also gave them a talk on Water Safety. The scouts were also invited to the centre on Sunday morning to see the lifeboat being launched and operated as part of a training exercise.

Scout Section Camp to Rosses Point Sea Scout Den

Scout Indoor Camp

Rosses Point Sea Scout Den

26th – 28th February

Leaving Den at 7pm Friday evening.

Arriving back at den at 2pm Sunday.

Contact Enda for further details.

Peak 2000 Hike

Our Annual Peak 2000 Fundraising Hike took place on Sliabh Ban, Strokestown on Sunday last, 21st February. Boyle Scouts had over 120 Members, Leaders and Parents taking part in the event. Weather conditions were almost perfect for hiking. It was cool and dry with a few traces of snow in places, to add to the cold feel. All were rewarded for their efforts with BBQ Burgers, Hot Dogs and Hot Chocolate at the summit. Boyle Scouts would like to thank everyone who participated and helped out on the day and to all who supported our members so generously in the fundraising effort. (A few Pictures below)
A special word of congratulations and well done to Michael Grehan who received a presentation on the day to recognise and thank him for his help in designing a new County Badge for Lough Keel Scout County. His design along with 3 others were used to formulate the final design which you can see below.

Final Design by Allen McCarthy/Trevor Conroy, Trojan Complete IT Solutions

Venture and Rover Sections Paintball Trip

Our Ventures and Rovers had a day paintballing in Bray on Saturday last 20th February. The hugely popular sport proved a big hit with our sharpshooters and not so sharp!! Plenty of stories and bruises are going down in evidence of their feats! There are a few photos below of the troops.