Photo's & News - 2011
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All photographs are taken by Michael Dale, unless otherwise stated.
The Lord Lieutenant's Competition Presentation Evening
The following text and photos have been taken with kind permission from the Royal British Legion Northumbria County branch website.
The evening of Friday the 25th February saw the Royal British Legion, Northumbria gather in the sumptuous Hall of the Northumbria University Student's Union to honour and thank the youth organisations, schools and colleges of Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and Co Durham who helped their local legion Branches with their Poppy Appeal collections during November 2010. Altogether, the Youth Organisations concerned collected an amazing total of over £60,720.00p for the 2010 Poppy Appeal.
Forty-one Youth groups from the Sea Cadet Corps, Army Cadet Force, Air Training Corps, Scouts, Colleges and other Youth Organisations were present to receive certificates from the Lord Lieutenant of Tyne & Wear, Mr Nigel Sherlock CBE; the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland, Air Vice Marshal Sandy Hunter CBE DFC and the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, Col. Arthur Charlton TD DL.
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Swimming Gala
On the Sunday 13th March 2011, the District held this years swimming gala at Tynemouth pool.
Trophies were awarded as follows:
Best Scout swimmer - Harvey Jameson
Best Explorer swimmer - Abbie Naisbitt
Winning Scout Troop - 6th Tynemouth
Winning Cub Pack - 8th Tynemouth
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Powburn Skills Weekend
Some of the Leaders in the District visited Powburn in April to have a try of some of the activities we can do at our outdoor activity centre.
Thanks to Julia Stenhouse for the photos.
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St. Georges Day Parade
Friday 15th of April saw the District take part in the annual St. Georges Day parade and service to honour the Patron saint of Scouting.
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St. Georges Day Awards
The photos below were taken at County Hall at the St. Georges day presentations. Thank you to Julia Stenhouse for the photos.
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