Explorer Scouts are young people, usually aged between 14 and 18 years
old. They make up the fourth Section of the Scouting family. There are
many types of Explorer Scout Units, some may be linked to your local Scout
Group, others may be based around different activities. Explorer Scouts
get the chance to work with others in the District, not just the Unit. By
doing this, they will get the chance to do many more activities, not just
the ones the Unit organises.
The Wokingham District Explorer Scouts have their own web site at
www.iexplore.org.uk
so that's the link to follow for the best information. There are one or two
interesting links below, though. They will take you to reports from recent
activities, or other future events that could involve Explorers from
anywhere.
Explorers about to have a go at white water canoeing during
a County Expedition to Sort in the Spanish Pyrenees in the summer of 2006.
The great news is that Eagles Explorer Scout Unit has reopened as of 9th
September with faces new and old.
Here's a copy
of their programme for Autumn 2009.
Here's
a copy of the Spring programme for Phoenix.
Three
teams of Explorers took part in the Three Towers Hiking Competition on 4th
April, a timed event over 45 Kms. You can see the full results on the
Hike web site, but
here are Phoenix' results:
Phillip (Egg), Lewis and Dan 3rd in 7 Hrs 49 Mins
Tom, Stuart and Ed 4th in 7 Hrs 51 Mins
Ben & Tom 18th in 11 Hrs 56 Mins (Belinda did not finish)
On a
Monday evening at the end of March, some members of Phoenix visited a
climbing wall, and here
are a few photos. The opportunity to invest new members in a way out place
was taken, half way up the climbing wall!
The
Young Leaders Explorer Unit meet on the
first Thursday of every month at 3rd Wokingham Scout headquarters (19:30 -
21:00)
Emma Lawrence has joined the unit as an Assistant ESL.
Here is a copy of
the Young Leaders Training Programme which runs for the year to July 2010.
If you want to know more please contact
us
or visit this web page www.iexplore.org.uk
and look for the section for Young Leaders.
News
The County Expedition for 2010 will be Massif 20-10.
The likely dates are 15th - 29th August.
More....
There's an
Activities Opportunities Flyer which highlights some of the various
adventurous activities available to members of Scouting with links to
information about how to make it happen.
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