The beavers finished a busy term with the traditional games night and B-B-Q. Tic-Tac arranged use of a spare field at a local farm and the beavers enjoyed cricket, tennis, skittles and generally had a good run about. They then sat down…
Orwell District Cub Camp – July 12th-14th
On July 12th several of our cubs arrived at District Cub Camp at 6pm ready for flag break 6-45pm and a fun weekend ahead. After flag break we had a sport competition followed by a hot dog supper, hot chocolate…
Wet Weekend at Ramsholt
On the first weekend in July the Scouts joined in the annual County Scout and Guide Wet Weekend at Ramsholt. This is a weekends greenfield camping and kayaking, canoeing, sailing and rafting on the river Deben. The weather was very…
Kirton Open Gardens – June 23rd
1st Kirton Scout Group would like to thank Kirton Gardeners’ Club for opening their gardens on Sunday 23rd June to raise funds for the new Scout hut. We hope everyone enjoyed the day and the feedback received by our project manager, Keith,…
Orwell District Scout Camp – June 14th-16th
Scouts attended Orwell District Scout Camp this weekend. The camp is a competition which involves gaining points for activity participation, cooking and campsite . Activities on Saturday included canoeing, abseiling, climbing, archery, shooting and many more. In the evening there…
Scout Community week
3rd – 9th June was national Scout Community week. The idea is that Scouts complete a community project and raise money for their own group and the national fund to help disadvantaged children get involved with Scouting. 1st Kirton Scout Group agreed…
A Good Turn Out for the Car Boot Sale and Fun Day
On Sunday 2nd June we held our annual car boot sale at Kirton Recreation Ground and this year, to celebrate our 40th birthday, we decided to make it even bigger and more fun. It was an early start for all…
Beavers visit Bewilderwood
On Saturday May 18th 7 of our Beavers set off bright and early for an exciting day of adventure in Norfolk. They were off to Bewilderwood for a tiring day of climbing, sliding, swinging and Boggle hunting with Beavers from…
St Georges Day
1st Kirton Scout Group attended the St Georges day parade along the Promenade at Felixstowe along with other groups from the Orwell District. It was a great turnout by all the groups and was lovely to see all the flags…
