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Jamboree On The Air (JOTA)

Scouts and Cubs from Tynemouth were amongst the thousands around the world to take part in the annual Jamboree on the Air this weekend thanks to the help of Tynemouth Amateur Radio Club.

Modern communication technology offers all members of the Scout movement throughout the world the opportunity to make friends in other countries without even leaving their home town. Each year about half-a-million Scouts and Guides "get together" over the airwaves for the annual Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and via the internet for the Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI).

Two High Frequency (HF) radios and one Very High Frequency (VHF) radio where set up for the Scouts and Cubs to use. The skills taught helped them gain the Cub and Scout communicators badges.

The Cubs and Scouts managed to make contact with both local event stations in Blyth, Cramlington, Hartlepool, Barnsley and even, by pure chance, a former member of the 3rd Tynemouth now living in East Yorkshire, as well as stations further a field including Sicily, Greece, Geneva, Canada, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Hungary.

One of the biggest surprises of the day was the Cubs and Scouts interest in morse code. A laptop was connected to one of the HF radios which allowed Cubs and Scouts to type a message which the computer converted into morse code and transmitted. The received message was “read” by the computer and then displayed on the screen. The surprising thing was that once they saw the morse code keys, they preferred using those to the computer.

Our thanks go to Tynemouth Amateur Radio Club for all the hard work they put in on the day.

Visit their website here

Norah Roberts Competition

1st Place - 3rd, 2nd Place - 5th, 3rd Place - 8th

Congratulations to everyone!!

Scouting - 100 Not Out

Scout 5 A Side Football Competition

Thanks to James Nesbitt for the above photographs

Beaver Badge Day

Over 100 Beaver Scouts from Tynemouth District took part in an afternoon of activities recently which resulted in them all earning two of the Scout Associations newest badges for Beaver Scouts, the Healthy Eating badge and the Imagination badge. A few more photos appear on the press release!

Comic Relief - District 5 Mile RND Hike

On Saturday 10th March 2007, 31 Scouts, Leaders and Parents completed a 5 mile hike from the cliff top car park at Hartley to the 19th's Headquarters in the Haven at Tynemouth to raise funds for this years Comic Relief. Following the beaches and coastal path all the way. Well done to all those that took part on an enjoyable, even if it was cold, day out!!

Photograph taken after stopping for lunch at Cullercoats Bay

St. George's Day Parade

Swimming Gala

Results from the Gala

Scout Trophy 1st Place - 4th, 2nd Place - 6th, 3rd Place - 13th

Individual Trophy - Joseph Barker (6th)

Explorers Trophy 1st Place - Young Leaders Unit, 2nd Place - Cannon Unit, 3rd Place - Coast Unit

Cub Trophy 1st Place - 4th, 2nd Place - 18th, 3rd Place - mixed team from 2nd, 5th & 18th

Cub 5 A Side Football Competition

Congratulations to the 8th Cubs on winning the District Cub 5 a side competition. Well done to Robert Harrison, Cameron Dodds, Edward Hodgson, Luke Morris, Jonathon Middleton and Daniel Carr (not pictured).