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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.
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At the same time as most of the Unit were keeping cool on the water, somewhere up in the wilds of North London, Jaye, Magda and Helen took part in the final major training camp before the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden this summer. As well as learning important skills like clothes washing and tick…
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Between the 18th and 20th March, Magda and Remi bravely took up the challenge to represent 8th Holborn at the inaugural District Explorer Camping Competition at Chalfont Heights. The competition consisted of a variety of different challenges including navigation, hiking, cooking, first aid and pioneering. True to form, our team showed off their creativity in…
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Following our successful win of the Novice Trophy in 2010, four 8th Holborn Explorer Scouts joined forces with fellow Explorers from Hampstead and Haringey, to compete in the 30km race around the Chilterns. Despite a damp and rather nerve-wracking start as they waited for Mitchell to navigate his way via public transport to join them,…
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Not to be put off by a snow-storm or two, on the 17th December 2010, senior Explorers from 8th Holborn and Haringey’s Wild Wolf ESU headed off to Empshott in deepest Hampshire for a weekend of leadership training. With tasks ranging from stretcher races and enemy stake-outs to leadership challenges and presentation seminars, the Explorers…
