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Congratulations to one of our Scout teams who achieved 9th place out of 55 in this year’s Chiltern 20 Challenge. Read more here.
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8th Holborn Cubs enjoyed a fantastic weekend at Fairmead in Epping Forest with our friends from East London District. They learnt shelter-building skills, enjoyed a water slide and made their own ice cream.
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The Scout Troop enjoyed an exciting summer camp in Dorset at the end of August. 15 Scouts camped at Buddens Scout Centre near Wareham. Some highlights: Watching an open-air movie screening in the ruins of Corfe Castle Visiting Brownsea Island to see the site of the first Scout camp Riding a tracked vehicle at the…
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We sold lots of books, cakes and sweets at the Queen Square Fair today – and ran our usual rope-making activity too. The QSF is a very important event in the Holborn calendar and 8th Holborn is proud to have taken part each July for about 15 years.
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Well done to everyone who took part in Athletics Day at Finsbury Park. Lots of Athletics and Athletics Plus badges were earnt – and quite a few medals as well.
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Our Group Camp at Walton Firs at the beginning of May was the largest ever 8th Holborn camp with 115 people involved. A massive ‘thank you’ to everyone who made it happen.
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January saw an invasion of City Hall by four Explorers and three Scouts for a reception for people that make a difference to their communities in Camden and Barnet. As well as enjoying the spectacular views of Tower Bridge and the City and inventing a new game of ‘guess the canape’, they also managed to…
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One of our Network members has just returned from a week in the snow at the International Scout Centre in Kandersteg, Switzerland. Here’s his video on the whole experience:
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This Wednesday, eight members of the 8th collected awards at the Annual County Awards Evening at the RAF museum in Hendon. Once again, they showed exactly why the group still deserves it’s title of ‘The Keenest Group in Holborn’ (maybe we should change this to ‘in CCI?’), by picking up a whole host of Awards…
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This week seven Scouts, three Explorers and six leaders from 8th Holborn will set off for the Haarlem Jamborette in the Netherlands. We’ll try to post some pictures and updates on this site during the 10-day trip.
