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| News and Events Community Champion Nominated A member of the District has been nominated for a Your Champions award for Person of the Year in the scheme sponsored by the Chester Chronicle. John Riley has devoted more than 20 years of his life to the Scout Movement and also helps to cook for charity for the elderly WRVS and is a volunteer walk leader for Age Concern. John was nominated on behalf of the District, who described him as a 'pillar of support'. “He has been a youth leader as well as a trustee and continues his involvement as a manager of support for the Movement in Chester. He has provided financial and accounting advice to the District Scout Council for more than half of his service and has helped steer Chester Scouting through demanding times, resulting in an 18% increase in membership in 2009/2010 – the centenary year of the District Scout Council. “John combines his work for the Scout Movement with other voluntary work, including serving in a luncheon club for the elderly. Chester Scouts are pleased to nominate John for a Champion award!” John said: “It keeps me busy!” Irish Visitors to Chester On 21/22 August, twenty two Leaders and members of the 16th Antrim (Crumlin) group of Scouting Ireland stopped off at the District Centre on the way to the ferrry at Holyhead after their camp at Jambville, France. We were pleased to offer this hospitality and look forward to seeing them again.  Chamboree 2010 Eight Groups from Chester camped at Chamboree 2010 at Tabley and Beaver Scouts from the District enjoyed a day of activities at the site. Well done to the organisers and congratulations to all who took part - they had a great time!
Just before the District meeting on 1 July, our District Chair, Jo Turner , ceremonially planted a copper beech tree at the District Scout Centre to mark our centenary and buried a time capsule (this is due to be re-opened in fifty years’ time!).
District Annual General Meeting Thanks to all those who came to our well attended Annual General Meeting at Chester Guildhall on 15 June. The trustee members of the District Executive for the coming year are:
County Scout Sunday Congratulations to all who took part on 13 June - the weather was not much cop but we counted just over 100 Chester members on parade or in the Cathedral. Well done all - and a special well done to Alan Wilding and Richard Johnson for their work on the order of service, the readers, the bearers and escorts for the County and District colours, the stewards, the Gang Show choir and Colin Parfitt and the band - and everyone else who worked to make the afternoon a success. Visit to Garwolin
On Friday 4 June John Riley, David Bull and Alan Wilding representing Chester and District Scouts flew to Poland to visit members of Garwolin District Scouts. We were met at the airport by Zbigniew Winiarek who took us on a walk around Warsaw old town including St John's Cathedral and then, after lunch, on to the grounds of the Royal Palace. Then it was on to the campsite at Wilga where we were given a tasty barbecue meal prepared by the leaders camping there following which we joined in the campfire.
On Sunday morning we went for a meeting with the team in Garwolin. We agreed to progress relations between Garwolin and Chester and we are hoping to send a few Scouts to Poland later this year and to follow this up by arranging an exchange next year with a possible trip to "Drop into Poland" in 2012. We then had our farewell dinner which was a really good meal with an opportunity to get to know our hosts even better.
We finally left Warsaw at 0600 on Monday morning bound for Liverpool.
In summary, we had a very enjoyable and productive visit to Garwolin and are very hopeful that we will be able to continue and improve our relationship with Garwolin.
District Camp 2010 About a third of the District's membership enjoyed our Centenary District Camp at Poulton - there was wet weather on the Saturday but that didn't slow things down and a good time was had by all. There was a special visit by more than a hundred Beavers and their Leaders on Sunday and everyone enjoyed a great range of activities all weekend, from bouncy castles, to a rock band on Saturday night, to shooting, crafts and sports. Many thanks to all those who worked so hard to make this camp a great sucess - see you at the next one in two years' time? For some photos of this great event, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/chesterscouts/sets/
Scout Section Bowling Competition The Scout Section held an Inter-Troop Ten Pin Bowlng competion on 29 April. Thanks to Charly Hillier for making the arrangements and congratulations to the winners: Champion Team: 40th Chester Individual Medallists: Tom Lydiate (Cestrian) 255 points, Liam (48th) 250 points, Chris Harrington (40th) 239 points. St George's Day Service and Parade - 25 April
Chester Cathedral welcomed nearly five hundred Scouts, families and guests for the annual St George’s Day parade and service The Bishop of Chester spoke during the service, remarking on the success and contribution of Scouting over more than a hundred years, and the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Chester were the principal guests. They stayed after the service to meet the young people and other guests. Many thanks for such a good participation in the service - the Cathedral was packed and the Bishop remarked on how good it was to see it so full. We tried some new things, so opinions on what went well and what we could improve are essential - please bring your views to the next District meeting on 13 May. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make the day go well. We hope that they - and you and your members - enjoyed our time together.
Picture: David Lithgow-Smith Camelot!
On Saturday 17 April, 185 Beavers (6-8) & Cubs (8-11) and 67 Leaders left Chester to visit Camelot theme park where they joined over 2,000 Beavers, Cubs and Leaders from Cheshire.
They had great fun on the various rides: 'Whirlwind' , 'Excalibur', Pirates galleon, Jousting Knights and braved the ride 'Knightmare' which was not for the faint hearted! You could also spot those Leaders who had braved the log flume or Pendragon’s plunge with their Beavers and Cubs as they came off soaking wet, but thanks to the glorious weather everyone was soon dry and grinning ear to ear.
Both performances in the Arena were packed with Beavers and Cubs and you could hear the cheers across the park as Sir Lancelot defeated the evil knight in the Jousting!
Many thanks to Alan Wilding and Richard Johnson and their team for this great event.
Cheshire Hike 2010 Twenty-five teams from nine Groups and Units completed this year's Hike over the weekend of 10/11 April. Congratulations to them all and well done also to the District trophy winners:
Presentation of Awards Chester Guildhall was full to overflowing on Sunday 7 March when we held our annual presentation event. 115 young people received certificates to celebrate their earning the Chief Scout’s Award. Congratulations to all our members!
Gang Show - 54th production a smash!
Our Gang Show provided another great celebration of the District’s centenary – members from all over the District came together to continue the great tradition of Chester’s own Gang Show – well done to them all! Our pictures (by David Mullock) show some scenes from this fantastic Show:
Cub Scout Craft Competition The District Cub Craft Competition was held at Tarporley on 30 January, where each Pack entering had to do a collage for each of the Decades of Scouting in Chester.
The winners were 1st Malpas and there were joint runners up: Cestrian (Tribuni) and 18th Chester (St Mary’s), Maclaren Pack. The remaining teams of 1st Tarporley, Portal and Arderne, 1st Farndon and 1st Saltney came a joint fourth.
Thanks to our Judges Cathy Bland Assistant County Commisioner (Cub Scouts), Geoff Taylor (District Chaplain) and Simon Ashton (Explorer Scout Leader, Renegades).
Thank you to Sainsbury’s in Chester Many thanks to Sainsbury's for their support for us by allowing bag packing by our members on 13 and 20 December 2009 when we raised £2,116 to support our activities for young people in Chester. All of this has gone direct to Groups around the District. Our pictures shows Sandra Taker, Chair of the Fundraising sub-Committee, and some of the Scouts during the bagpacking. Well done, everyone!
Awards for Service Congratulations on the following awards to Leaders in Chester and District:
Bar to the Award for Merit: Wayne Challinor, Group Scout Leader, 8th Chester Iain McIntyre, Assistant District Commissioner (Youth Programme and Events), District Nights Away Adviser, Training Adviser Alan Wilding, Assistant District Commissioner (Cub Scouts), Group Scout Leader, 1st Saltney (St Mark’s), Training Adviser Chief Scout’s Service Award, 10 years: Richard De Beger, Group Chairman, 1st Saltney (St Mark’s) Jayne Challinor, Assistant Group Scout Leader, 8th Chester Chief Scout’s Service Award, 5 years: Sandra Clarke, Colony Assistant, 42nd Chester
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