 Scout Section District Website
Welcome to the website for the Scout Section of Bexleyheath District Scouts.
The Scout Section is open to boys and girls aged between 10 1/2 and 14 years of age though they can join a Troop any time after their 10th Birthday and stay with the Troop up until they are 14 1/2 .
Bexleyheath is in the Scout County of Greater London South East and we have 9 Troops meeting througout the District on different nights of the week so there should be one meeting at a time and place to suit everyone.
The latest Census figures showed around 170 Scouts within the District and all together there are around 640 youth members aged 6 to 18 throughout the different sections.
If you are already a Scout within one of the Troops we hope that you find the information on this site useful and we'll regularly update it to let you know what District activities and competitions are being planned.
If you are a Cub Scout in Bexleyheath District then as you approach the age of ten and a half your Akela should discuss with you and the Scout Leader a suitable time for you to leave the Pack, gain the Moving On Award and transfer onto the Scout Troop.
If you're not involved in Scouting but would like to be please either e-mail adcscouts@bexleyheathscouts.org.uk or telephone the District Recruitment Line on 0845 094 6368 to find out more details of your nearest Scout Groups.
2010 5 A Side Football Competition
The 2nd year at Goals saw a 5 a side tournament again full of drama right to the very end.
With 9 teams entered we had a different format with 3 groups of 3 teams in the opening phase and then the 2nd phase again having 3 groups of 3 with all the group winners in one playing for overall places 1 to 3 and so on.
Each team therefore played 4 games in total and it shows how keenly fought the competition was that no team won more than 2 of their 4 games.
In the 2nd phase Gold group each of the 3 teams won 1 game and lost 1 so it all came down to goal difference with 1st Bridgen's 4 - 1 win over Bexley proving decisive and giving the newly reformed troop their first win since 1995.
2010 Ten Pin Bowling Competition
The 6th Annual Bowling Competition at the end of January saw a first win for 3rd Barnehurst.
The Best Bowler competition was shared for the first time ever with both Sam (Bexley) and Lewis (3rd Barnehurst) scoring 111 with Ben (4th Bexleyheath) a scoring 1 less in 3rd place.
In the Leaders competition 4th Bexleyheath were again the winners.
2009 Haslehurst Hike
This year's Hike was held in Kent with a route of around 8 miles and 6 incident checkpoints - first aid quiz, pioneering, semaphore, map & compass, string trail and pack a rucsac.
The winners of the main trophy were 4th Barnehurst (Impeesa) and the junior trophy (for younger teams accompanied by leaders) was won by Bexley so congratulations to both groups.
Thanks, as always to all the leaders and helpers who assisted on checkpoints, at HQ or by walking with junior teams.
Full results will appear on the Haslehusrt page of the website in due course.
2009 Masterchef
The theme for this year's Masterchef, held in September, was for each team to cook a 2 course meal on an open fire with a Spanish theme.
Congratulations to the winning team from 1st Bridgen.
2009 Patrol Hike Challenge
Another Patrol Hike Challenge on a warm sunny day - not ideal for the teams hiking but very pleasant for the leaders running the checkpoints!!
11 Scout teams took part and congratulations to the winning team from 4th Barnehurst Impeesa.
It was also pleasing to see 5 teams of Cubs coming along and walking with a Leader as this gives them a chance to see the activities Scouts do. As always this was a closely fought competition with 7th Bexleyheath the narrow winners.
The full results will appear shortly.
2009 5 A Side Football Competition
The new venue at Goals saw a 5 a side tournament full of drama right to the very end.
In the group stage 3rd Barnehurst won all 5 games to win the opening phase and progress directly to the Grand Final.
4th Bexleyheath went into the Elimination Final with 4 wins and a defeat but the battle to play them could hardly have been tighter. Bexley recovered from a poor start to finish level on points with 5th/7th Bexleyheath but were left to rue a missed penalty in the final seconds when the 2 teams had met as 5th/7th progressed on goal difference.
The Elimination Final was a hard fought contest with 4th Bexleyheath coming from a goal down to defeat 5th/7th Bexleyheath 2 - 1.
The Grand Final was even more keenly contested with no goals at the end of normal time and 4 minutes of extra time also failing to produce a goal, though 3rd Barnehurst did hit the inside of a post. So to the dreaded penalties and after the first 6 had all been scored 3rd Barnehurst's 4th kick hit the underside of the bar - in increasing tension the remainder of the penalties were all successfully dispatched and 4th Bexleyheath won the shoot out 5 - 4.
2009 Ten Pin Bowling Competition
The 5th Annual Bowling Competition in February saw Bexley Scouts pip 5th/7th Bexleyheath by 1 point to win the tournament and end 5th/7th's perfect 4 year record.
The Best Bowler competition was won by Niall (3rd Barnehurst).
In the Leaders competition 4th Bexleyheath were the winners.
Escape 2009 Blog
Escape 2009, the 14th Australian Venture was an International Scout Camp for 14 to 17 year old Venturers and was held in Perth, Western Australia in January 2009. The Australian Venture camp is held every 3 years and members from Bexleyheath District have also attended previous Ventures in Victoria in 2000 and New South Wales in 2006. For Escape we had 11 Scouts and Explorers (plus 5 leaders) from Bexleyheath who flew out from the UK on Christmas Day, spent a week (including New Year's Eve) in Sydney organised with help from our friends at Oatley Scout Group and then flew to Perth in time for the start of Escape.
We are busy behind the scenes creating an updated web site for Bexleyheath Scouts and the team were blogging their Aussie adventure on the new site so pop over to the (under development) new site to catch all the latest news: http://dev.bexleyheathscouts.org.uk.
Please excuse any mess that you might find on the new site... it will be up and running soon!
2008 Haslehurst Hike
This year's Haslehurst Hike took place around Downe with an 8 mile route and 5 incident bases - map symbols, orienteering, first aid, make a hot drink and pioneering.
Congratulations to Bexleyheath ESU who won the main Haslehurst trophy and also to 4th Barnehurst Impeesa who won the Junior Trophy.
Thanks to everyone who assisted the event at HQ, running checkpoints or walking with the junior teams.
Full results will appear shortly on the Haslehurst page.
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