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Troop Meeting 1st April 2006 - Photography Badge
Our troop meeting on Saturday 1st
April 2006 was a special one, since it was all reserved
for the Photography Badge.
Mr Anthony Agius, a professional photographer
came to our hq and presented us with a detailed lecture
on Photography. Amongst other things, he explained about
apertures, shutter speed, lens, depth of field, type of
films and the history of cameras. We also took part in some
practical examples.
Everyone enjoyed this interesting session,
which will finally lead our scouts to achieve the photography
badge.
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Fire Awareness Course
19th March 2006
Eight scouts, four ventures, Ian Azzopardi
VSL and Josephine Gatt SL attended a Fire Awareness course
organized and sponsored by the Fire & Safety Section
of EneMalta Corporation.
Mr Michael Church gave us a detailed
lecture, including a power point presentation on Triangle
of Fire, Classification of fires and extinguishing media.
Afterwards, we all had the opportunity to practice what
we learned, using different types of extinguishers.
This activity was an interesting session,
which will be useful to all of us in our everyday life.
   
  
  
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Horse Riding - 12th March 2006
On Sunday 12th March 2006, one of the
coldest and windiest days of our winter, fifteen scouts,
four ventures, Josephine Gatt SL and Yanika Spiteri ASL,
went to Golden Bay for Horse Riding.
We were divided into two groups. Each
ride took one hour and while riding on horseback, we enjoyed
the spectacular scenery of the area.
  
  
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National Event – Treasure Hunt
- 5th March 2006
On Sunday 5th March 2006, six of our
scouts namely: Valentina Desira, Denise Bugeja, James Attard,
Reuben Gatt, Christian Carabott and Ryan Church represented
our troop in a National Event organized by San Anton Scout
Group, on behalf of The Scout Association.
It was a Treasure Hunt in Valletta
and ten different scout groups participated. The scouts
had a good time running up and down the streets of our capital
city, while all the leaders were posted in different posts
for safety/first aid reasons.
Our troop placed second place with
97 points. The scouts were given cinema tickets as tokens.
Well done to all!!!
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Sleep over and Bike hike - 25th Februarty
2006
On Saturday 25th February 2006 we met
at Master Gunner’s House headquarters at 2pm. Thirteen
scouts were present. Venture/junior leader Josef Mizzi gave
us the cyclist badge lecture about safety and maintenance
of the bicycles. Then he checked our bikes. Afterwards our
Scout Leader Josephine Gatt briefed us about the new look
of our troop meeting room. We also discussed the progress
of our scout standard and advanced scout standard awards.
At 5pm we were divided into patrols
and started to prepare our dinner. We had penne with pesto,
meat, chips and salad, as well as bananas with cream. Soon
after we had dinner, we cleared the dishes and tidied the
kitchen. Then it was time to celebrate my 13th birthday.
We all gathered around the table and I cut the cake and
blew out the candles. I had to hear them all screaming “Happy
Birthday”.
We played games until 12pm. We also
had marshmallows in biscuits (slightly burnt), cooked in
the embers of the fireplace. Then it was lights out and
shut eyes…….
The next morning was the big day for
us because it was the bike hike. After breakfast, seven
scouts, namely: James Attard, Denise Bugeja, Sascha Blanco,
Steven Dalli, Reuben Testa, Terence Cutajar and me ; Josef
Mizzi and (surprise!!) our scout leader with her BMX came
to this hike. We went from Birzebbuga to Gudja passing through
Hal Saptan. Near Gudja airport we discover that Terence
had a tube rupture, so we had to do the necessary repairs
before proceeding. Having fixed the problem, then we passed
through some mud pools and our Scout Leader got stuck in
the mud and lost her balance. She ended up with slippers
and socks soaked. We had a break at Ta’ Loretu Chapel
in Gudja. We went back to Birzebbuga through Hal-Far Industrial
Estate and on the way we had fun passing through a pool
of water, with the result that we got wet up to the knees.
We proceeded via Benghisa and straight to our headquarters.
We arrived at exactly at 11:46:35am. It was great fun and
we would very much like to repeat this experience in the
near future. For me it was a truly memorable way to start
my tennage years!!
Christian
Carabott
Tiger Patrol
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Weekend camp Rinella
20-21-22 January 2006
Fourteen scouts, four ventures and
four leaders spent a weekend camp at Rinella Scout Centre
on 20/21/22nd January 2006.
Notwithstanding the bad weather, we
succeeded to do several outdoor activities, namely: to cook
open fire for Saturday lunch, to do casts and practice of
knife and axe. Some of our scouts had the opportunity to
do their camp cook badge, under the supervision and testing
of Mr Nikola Spiteri, a professional chef; while others
finished their observer badge. After a routine lecture of
Pack a rucksack, the patrols were instructed to write and
sing a rap song on this same theme. The older scouts had
the task to remove weeds and logs, thus clearing the area
near the toilets.
On Saturday evening we went to Kalkara
Parish Church for mass. After dinner we had lashings and
pioneering practice with the venture scouts. We finished
off by some indoor games, as it was then raining cats and
dogs.
The weather cleared slightly on Sunday
morning and we had some court games outside. We left campsite
around 2pm. This was yet another of our wet camps, which
we will surely remember!!!
   
  
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