Bonfire Night!

It is that time of the year again. Our Group Bonfire and Fireworks display is being held this Friday, 3rd November, at the hut. The evening starts at 6:30pm, with hot dogs, burgers, tea, coffee, sweets, raffle, glow sticks and the fantastic Fireworks themselves.

All Scout families very welcome for a small donation towards the cost of the event.

See you there!

Bordering on Success!

This year's Scout Border Hike was a great success. The walk is held every year and organised by Gradbach Scout camp with packs from across the country entering the challenge. 

1st Taxal Scout's team, Alex, Zak, Gabe and Nate came 3rd Overall, and won the Johanna Knowles Trophy for the highest scoring team from the High Peak District, in a field of 48 teams from across the country.  A great effort for our first venture into this competition. 

Curry and a Quiz? Perfect combination!

1^st Taxal Scout Group are hosting a

                                              

                           

Friday 10^th March, 7.30pm

At the Scout Hut, New Road, Whaley Bridge

Quizmaster

High Peak Radio Breakfast Show DJ

Barry Jarvis

Tickets £10 per person

Including Curry, Rice & Naan Supper

Tickets available from Bywater Gas in Chapel-en-le-Frith

or contact Tracey on 07966 072159

Tables of 6 (4 minimum)

Prizes  ̴  Cash Bar  ̴  Raffle

Fundraising for Cultural Exchange Trip to Norway, July 2017

Kindly supported by Aldi Store in Chapel, The Co-op, Tesco and 
Wild's Butchers in Whaley Bridge and High Peak Radio.

Cub Scout (Balsa Wood) Race Night

Martin with our winners

Taxal Cubs held their heats of the District Balsa Wood racing tonight and what an exciting night of entertainment it was. Martin Berriman, from 1st Chinley, has been organising the event for months and he turned up on the night with his purpose build track with timing gates to officiate.

Each of the Cubs got to race their home-made cars 3 times against other competitors. The 6 fastest then moved forward to the semi-final with the top 3 qualifying for a spot in the District finals.

There were many cheers, and a few tears, but eventually we had our three champions. There were no losers tonight though, everyone had fantastic fun.

Many, many thanks to Martin. See you at the finals in a few weeks!

Coffee Morning Success

Many thanks to everyone who came to our coffee morning on Saturday, the support we received was really fantastic and we have had one of our most successful mornings ever. At the final count we made £311.64 profit.

Congratulations to one of our Cub Scouts, Ben Brown, who won the 'Rucksack' cake in the raffle.

Hope Valley Mountain Bike Challenge 2016

This coming Saturday Cub Scout Leader, Steve Garratt, will be taking part in the Hope Valley Mountain Bike Challenge. The event is an annual off-road technical ride which takes in some of the area’s most iconic trails and locations such as ‘The Beast’, Jaggers Clough, Edale, Jacobs Ladder, Hayfield, Rushup Edge, Hollins Cross and Mam Tor. 

The route is 28 miles with nearly 5,000 feet of climbing involved and will likely take over 5 hours to complete.

Steve is raising money for 1st Taxal Scouts trip to Norway next Summer, any donations will be most gratefully received, either personally or via their new fundraising page*:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/1stTaxalToNorway

Keep an eye on the new section of the website for more Norway 2017 fundraising activities!

*online donations are subject to a 5% JustGiving admin fee