Chief Scout Award Presentations
Congratulations to our young people who were recognised by West Sussex Scouts last weekend for achieving their Chief Scout Gold and Platinum Awards
2nd Ifield Harvest Festival
On Sunday 29th September 2nd Ifield gathered for our Harvest Festival. The service led by Fr Dominic at St Margaret’s Church, Ifield saw the church full with the youngest Squirrel to the oldest Adult member along with parents and friends of the Group. We all heard from Fr Dominic about …
Conkers
This weekend saw Cub Scouts from around the District come together for the annual conker competition. A great day saw the young people compete against each other outside before the weather got the better of them and had to move inside for the finals. Congratulations to Heidi, 3rd, Alex, 2nd …
Drake Explorer Scouts Review Meeting – September 2024
Last night’s Explorer meeting was looking at both the past and the future. The meeting started with three groups talking about their Sweden experience in the summer accompanied with a video of the trip (the video will be published soon). This was followed by the introduction of the expedition plans …
1st Northgate – Cubs Summer Camp Report by Maximilian Gregg
1st Northgate Cubs have recently returned from their summer camp. One of the Cubs has submitted the below camp write up sharing all the fun they got up too! Day One Mummy and daddy dropped me off and we put our stuff in the place we needed and our camp …
Stanford 100 Club – Aug 24 Results
The fifty eighth draw of the fundraiser for our District campsite took place at the end of August. The numbers drawn are: If you would like to join the Stanford Campsite 100 Club for the next draw, please click here for more information.
Shackleton ESU – Silver D of E Expedition
Congratulations to 7 of our Explorers who successfully completed their Silver D of E expedition in the New Forest this weekend. Walking around 60km over the 3 days, the teams also demonstrated teamwork, navigation skills and excellent camp craft. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t kind to us and we had heavy …
2nd Ifield’s Tiger Cub Scouts Summer Camp
On 24 July, twenty Cub Scouts in a minibus and leaders cars with Craig towing the box trailer with all our equipment in, drove down to Bushy Wood Camp Site in Hailsham, Sussex. The Cubs in the minibus sang as we drove down on a hot sunny day. After being …
Stanford 100 Club – July 24 Results
The fifty seventh draw of the fundraiser for our District campsite took place at the end of July. The numbers drawn are: If you would like to join the Stanford Campsite 100 Club for the next draw, please click here for more information.
2nd Ifield’s Water Camp
At the weekend the group held it annual Water Camp on the River Arun. We left Stopham bridge on Friday evening to paddle into the campsite. As always the novices being paired with Explorer Scouts in the Canoes. Having set up our Greenfield camp we relaxed ready for a busy …
Raft building – July 2024
Over the past month, Tilgate lake has been host to 2nd Ifield’s Scout Troops and Explorer Unit. Every Scout and Explorer Scout have had the chance to use the knotting skills their should of learnt in the scouting journey. It became clear that there is a wide ability in their …
2nd Ifield Sycamore Beaver Camp
Last weekend, Sycamore Beaver Scout colony had their annual Summer Camp in the Surrey Hills. We enjoyed many activities tye dying our own pot bags for future use. The main event of the weekend was a hike, it started at the campsite, Boidier Hurst, out to Headley Heath and finishing …