The Troop
We have an amazing time at an amazing Scout Troop! With Skip and Gary in charge you never know what we might find ourselves doing next. We all work towards our Chief Scout Gold Awards, which is a difficult award to get, and Skip doesn’t let us get easily! That said, we have had 8 awarded in 2020 which is a record for us. The programme is great, although we do have to do some things that are not that much fun but are needed for our awards.
If you are going to join us, make sure you know how to roll a necker! Skip and Gary insist on us being smart, which is a bit of a pain each week, but does pay off whenever we go out on parade or join in with the public.
Over the last few years, we have had the most incredible experiences. Skip and Gary make sure we get away camping at least four times a year, and last year, we even spent a week away in Belgium! We went to Kandersteg in 2022 and some of us are lucky enough to be going back to Kanderstag next year, and I can’t wait!
Leadership Team
Kevin (Skip) and Gary head up the Viking Troop, having done so for the last 6 years. Between them they have 22 years experience of leading in Scouting with Kevin having seen action as A Scout Leader, Venture Scout Leader and Group Scouter in the past. He was also a Cub, Scout and Venture Scout himself. Gary came up through the group as a Beaver Leader, Cub Leader and now with Scouts. His youth was spent in the Boys Brigade. They gel well together and have led an extremely successful Troop, so successful that it split in 2018 to form the current 2 troops. Joining the team are Harriet Neech who got involved in scouting through her two boys, James Willis and Chris Barnes who came up through the group from Beavers and Mikhal Olek who is new to Scouting and started as the Chef at Group Camp!
Patrols
We currently Run 5 Patrols
Cobras
Lions
Panthers
Tigers
Wolves
