20th Southgate Scout Group
The first two weeks (already!)
As is often the case with Cub activities, the first two weeks of the new term have flown by. With a warm welcome to Cooper, Eli, Isabelle, Ned, Rory, Rosie and Toby the first meeting of term gave an introduction to the typical activities which Cubs do whilst week two was straight into the Money Skills Badge where the Cubs learnt about the power of advertising, different types of currencies and the options for saving money - which was demonstrated by using marshmallows. Each Cub took home £5 as we repeat the Pack charity challenge with half the money raised going to the Royal British Legion and the other half to a charity which will be chosen by three of the older Cubs. Weekend activities have included a Pack football tournament and a pitch and putt afternoon and so we are definitely back again!
A penalty spot of bother
Our Cub Pack has a busy schedule of weekend activities throughout the year including District events and others arranged amongst ourselves. The first big District event of the new term was the 5-a-side tournament on Saturday 26th September where we were able to enter 18 Cubs in 3 teams - a big difference from last year when it was a struggle just to get 10 Cubs to take part. All of our Cubs tried their best throughout the afternoon with some fantastic passing football played and some top defending. Very unusually all of our 3 semi-finals went to penalty shootouts and we couldn't quite get over the line, or get the ball over the line, to progress to the finals. As always though I am very proud of all our Cubs who took part for their excellent enthusiasm and teamwork throughout.