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- added 20 Feb 2010
The dates for the Family Camp have now been agreed as 25th - 27th June 2010 at Garners Field. This will be an exciting activity packed couple of days and we are all looking forward to it, so look out for letters inviting parents and children to attend.
- added 20 Feb 2010
Following the last committee meeting, the committee would like to say a special thank you to Hilary and Eric Duncan who are leaving on 12th February having been leaders with the scouts for several years. We will all miss them.
- added 20 Feb 2010
Planning around Ripley Rocks on 10th July continues. The beavers, Cubs and Scouts are all busy with lots of activities at the moment, with the cubs doing their community challenge and raising money for Guide Dogs for the Blind, and the Scouts preparing for a survival challenge. The next committee meeting is at the end of March but why wait to get more involved? We always need adult helpers, so contact us now if you are interested in finding out how you can help!
Ripley Rocks now has it's own website
- added 23 Nov 2009
Our annual music festival, Ripley Rocks, now has a dedicated website, where you can find all the details from the festival, past and future.
STOP PRESS! The date of 2010 Ripley Rocks has now been announced - check the website for more information: www.ripleyrocks.org.uk
- added 09 Oct 2009
The September 09 Committee meeting discussed the successes of the June Centenary Family Camp and Ripley Rocks. Next year's Ripley Rocks promises to be the best yet and plans are already in hand with our new website dedicated to the event set up.
Events this term to look forward to include the Bonfire night float based on the theme of the Great Outdoors to support our new Chief Scout, Bear Grylls. This will parade down Ripley High Street on 31st October. All help in float construction gratefully received, please contact our Chairman; Peter Hookins.
There will also be our annual panto trip on 18th December to see Cinderella at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre featuring Gethin Jones as Prince Charming. Tickets will cost £8.50 each.
Our Annual General Meeting is going to be on 19th October at 8pm in the Scout HQ. All parents are invited to join us and show their ongoing support and involvement.
- added 25 July 2009
We have now set up Picasa (Google) web albums for our Scout event photos.
Some of these albums will be restricted to members only. For instructions on how to see the restricted albums, sign in to this website with the usual member password, and view the gallery page.
Albums so far added include our Centenary Celebrations, and Ripley Rocks 2009.
Ripley Rocks 2009 - Gallery now available
- added 24 July 2009
Ripley Rocks was a huge success for the second year running.
Many, many thanks to ALL of the helpers, sponsors, musicians, and friends who gave their time and services to make this such a special day. Above all, well done to Peter Hookins and Richard Ayears whose energy and enthusiasm kept us all going!
The photo gallery for this event is now available on the official Ripley Rocks 2009 webpage.
- added 3 July 2009
Over 250 current and former members of the 1st Ripley Scout Group celebrated the 100th anniversary of Scouting in Ripley with the unveiling of a Totem Pole on Saturday evening.
The Group which was first registered on the 24th June 1909 had commissioned a totem pole with local artist Graham Hart which was made from a larch tree donated by Sir Richard Thornton the former Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. The ceremony, which formed part of the group's centenary camp, culminated in a traditional camp fire. The Group were honoured to have Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the grandson of the founder of the Scout Movement, unveil the unique pole. Lord Baden-Powell a former Ripley resident and scout leader in the village went on to entertain the assembled guests with his interpretation of a traditional North American greeting.
During the weekend the bell from the old Ripley Fire Station was also rung for the first time for many years following its restoration. The bell is now installed in the Scout HQ in an oak frame made by Matthew Phillips an Explorer Scout and the rope used to ring it was made by Howard Denyer of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. Throughout the weekend the current Beavers, Cubs and Scouts along with their families enjoyed the glorious weather and many activities organised for them.
There are now some photos in the gallery of the event.
- added 8 May 2009
This year's St Georges Day Parade at Guildford Cathedral was attended by 40 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts along with leaders from all of our sections on a fine day in this our groups 100th year. The group was led up Stag Hill by Eric Duncan our Assistant Group Scout Leader and each section was led by the flag bearers Elisabeth Peak, Ronan Goss and Peter Hill.
The flags from both Guildford East and West Districts were led into the Cathedral by Amy Yeo and Bertie Ayears both of whom are Scouts from Ripley. The two girls were left to lead the entire parade unaided due to my own departure very suddenly at the start of the service due to a large fire in SE London, well done girls.
It was very pleasing to see so many well turned out young people representing the group, well done. - Richard Ayears Group Scout Leader
Ripley Scouts win award for communication
- added 20 Jan 2009
1st Ripley Scout group have won the Gerald Beck Memorial award for communication.
The award is given to the scout group sending the best news report to the Surrey Advertiser, and we were selected by the newspaper to win it for 2008.
- added 20 Feb 2008
As part of our initiative to keep parents more informed about happenings in Ripley Scouts, we have added a Parents page to this website.
To see this, log in to this website using the member password, and the page link will appear on the left.
- added 5 Dec 2006
The Scouts organisation has produced a useful guide for parents, with lots of information about what we get up to, and how you can help your child get the most out of scouting. The guide can be found by clicking here.
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