Sweat makes the green grass grow.
A traditional scout activity, the chippy hike. The chippy hike gets our cubs out of the hut and explore their local area. Our hike took in a scenic route from our hut at The Marlbrough Pavilion, along the Alban Way and ended up at one of our favourite chip shop at The Camp area of St Albans.
Continuing to work towards the Survival Skills Activiy Badge, the Ibn Firnas (scouts) had a session working with knots and catapults; providing them with an increasing range of skills for the outdoors.
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The Ibn Firnas (Scouts) group were given an initiation into how to build, make and control a fire. Given some cotton and fire making flint, the members were shown how to create the fire in adherence to strict health and safety measures. This session was an important contribution to the Survival Skills Activity Badge.
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March 2020- The Ian Woods Air Rifle Competition (IWARC) annual Air Rifle competition was held on 7th March at Tolmers Camp and attended by a number of groups from the St Albans district.
This was only the 2nd time the Ibn Firnas (Scouts) had taken part and they made a significant improvement from the year before finishing in a respectable 10th place.
Congrats to the 4th St Albans group who took home the trophy for the 3rd year running. Next year – the 20th Ansar will be gunning for the top awards!
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Pursuit of the Gardening and Outdoor activity badges were the perfect excuse for the Cubs to get down and dirty in the mud at a local Community Garden! The cubs learnt about gardening tools, lit a fire and then went about getting as messy as possible! Our leaders continue to find creative ways to pursue badges in the most enjoyable ways.
More DetailsThe great outdoors comes in all shapes and sizes and the activities will vary. The Cubs have been working on completing their outdoor badges. One of the activites planned was a trip to the Community Garden, in which the 20th Ansar have been allocated a plot of land to cultivate.
Activities at this open air session included a Bug Hunt, Learning about gardening tools and how to light a fire with a flint. Weather held out for around 10 minutes but the down pour did not dappen our sprit.
The 20th Ansar family came together for a 2nd Anniversary Jamboree on the 6th of Feb. The occasion marked two years since the 20th Ansar started.
Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and parents come together at the HQ in Marlborough Pavilion. Games, food and an outdoor fire (much needed as it was rather chilly!) were set up to keep all entertained.
We hope and pray that the 3rd year of the Ansar sees continued progress, further members and even great memories iA!
