| Reports of Events |
Here are reports of some of our events.
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| Sionnach - Mournes | 15th October 2004 |
| Once again Tommy managed to get a lift to the Mournes for the 3rd and final Sionnach, thanks to Paul. Of the 3 Sionnachs this year the Mournes was Tommy‘s favourite and he just went on and on about the wonderful scenery and the history attached to the Mournes. Well worth a visit he says. This was the 3rd and final Sionnach this year and is Tommy‘s 2nd year to complete all 3 Sionnachs. |
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| Sionnach - Mamturks | 2nd October 2004 |
| Again tommy managed to get a lift with out good friends in Clara and headed off to Galway to act as Junior Staff on the Mamturks for the weekend. |
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| Sionnach - Comeraghs | 12th September 2004 |
| Tommy O B went on the Sionnach on the Commeraghs. This was Tommy‘s 1st time to go a junior staff, but he would recommend that anyone with an interest in Hillwalking should make every attempt to go on a Sionnach. Lots of groups took part from all over the country. Tommy is hoping to take part in each of the 3 Sionnach organised this year in 3 different provinces. |
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| NATIONAL PATROL CHALLENGE | 19th August 2004 |
| The Funky Womabats attended the National Patrol Challenge which was held in Larch Hill, Dublin. This is the new version of the Smythe Cup which we won last year. Everyone had a great weekend. |
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| Graiguenamanagh Regatta | 1st August 2004 |
| Well done to all the Scouts who took part at the weekend in the Regatta. To Daniel O B who won the Junior U 16 Iron man for the 3rd time and to Tommy O B and Shane F who came 2nd and 3rd in the mens Senior Iron Man competition. This competition involves a swim across the Barrow, a run followed by a canoe race. Lots of scouts also won prizes in the swimming and diving competitions also. The biggest win of the weekend was by one of our Cubs, Ciaran who is 10 and won the mens Senior High Diving Competition. Other Scouts who won prizes were Sean O B, Shane W, Physcho, Mark G, Robbie and Stewie and also cub James D. Lots of swimming races, cot races low diving competition, high diving competition, diving for plates were held throughout the day. This is a great day out for everyone and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. On Monday the Graiguenamanagh Rowing club had its Regatta and visiting crews from Carlow< New Ross and Athy attended. |
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| Kayaking | 26th July 2004 |
| Well done to Tommy O B & Daniel O B who came 1st and 2nd in the U 18 general purpose kayak race which was held on Tuesday night in Graiguenamanagh as part of the river festival. |
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| 30 km HIKE | 24th July 2004 |
| Stuart has been busy lately. He organised a 30km hike starting outside of Dungarvan Co. Waterford and following the Commeraghs on to Clonmel. The group left on Friday night and after a short hike set up camp for the night. On Saturday they headed off on the long trek across the Comeraghs. On Saturday night they camped high up in the Comeraghs and on Sunday they walked the final stretch to Clonmel where they got the bus back to Kilkenny. Well done to all the Scouts who completed the challenge with Stuart. Robbie, Shane W, Tommy, Daniel, Shane F, Sean, MIchael C and leader Arron. A great weekend was had by all. |
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| Building a Bridge | 12th July 2004 |
| On Monday 12th of July Stuart decided to start making a bridge over the back river for his Chief Scout award. He was helped by Michael, Robbie, Tommy and Daniel. Well done Stuart. |
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| 100 km Cycle | 2nd July 2004 |
| Robbie & Daniel agreed to plan and organise a 100 km cycle for their Chief Scout Awards. On Friday 7 Scouts left Graiguenamanagh for Campile Co Wexford where the spent their 1st night. On Saturday they headed off to Ballyhack where they got the Ferry to Passage East. From there they went to Tramore and then followed the coast road moving along through Annestown, Bunmahon and Finall Stradbally. On Saturday night we headed off to see Shrek. On Sunday after the gear was packed up we went back to Bunmahon. Everyone had a great time swimming, canoeing and everyone got a chance to try out our new kite on the beach. Everyone had a great weekend. Well done to the other scouts who completed the challenge. Shane F, Michael C, Eoghan, Sean and Tommy. |
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| CUB CAMP WOODSTOCK 2004 | 25th June 2004 |
| On Friday the 25th of June 20 Cubs and 6 Cub Leaders left Graiguenamanagh for the Woodstock Camp Site in Inistioge on their First Cub Camp. We settled in and were well entertained with archery lessons for all the Cubs that night was very wet and windy and there was a lot of drying out on Saturday morning, when eventuall the sun shone through. trips through Woodstock Gardens, the archery and most popular of all, the Water Slide kept us all going all day. We had a very entertaining campfire sing-song both Friday and Sadurday nights with both Cubs and Leaders displaying unknown talents. Sunday morning was packing up, cleaning up time and with time to spare before going home another chance at the Water Slide. the parents arrived and certificates were presented to the participants. This weekend would not have been the success it was without the organisation and hard work of two Scouts, Daniel and Robbie who undertook the complete task, as part of the Chief Scout Award. We will be forever in their debt and wish them the very best with the rest of their challenges for the Award. |
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| SCOUT COUNTY RAFTING COMPETITION | 20th June 2004 |
| This years competition was held for the 1st time in Graiguenamanagh. Scouts from Carlow, Borris, Kilkenny, Bennettsbridge, Kells and Graiguenamanagh took part. Firstly the scouts had to build the rafts using ropes spars, barrels, tubes, etc. They then had to paddle them a distance of about 500 metres. Following 3 heats we had a final. The final was won by 3rd Kilkenny Graiguenamanagh followed closely by Kells and Borris were 3rd. This proved to be a great fun day for all the Scouts taking part. Well done to the leaders from Kells who won the leaders race. |
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| Annual Group Barbecque | 18th June 2004 |
| A barbecque was held on Friday night for Beavers,Cubs, Scouts and their families. Thanks to Mega Bounce who provided the entertainment and to the Poole Family for hosting the event. We were very fortunate in that we had just a few showers and everyone had a wonderful time. |
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| Medieval Field Day | 7th June 2004 |
| The Scouts have been busy over the past few weeks helping the Medieval Field Day committee prepare for their Field Day as part of the Graiguenamanagh 800 celebrations. The Field day was held on the Bank holiday Monday. It was a new idea for Graiguenamanagh and proved a great success |
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| Graiguenamanagh Rowing Club | 6th June 2004 |
| Graiguenamanagh Rowing Club attended the Carlow Regatta. Well done to the Junior 4 who beat Neptune in the Final. The team consisted of Scouts, Tommy, Damien, Shane, ex Scout Graham and Emmett. This is a wonderful achievement for these lads. |
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| Graiguenamanagh 800 | 6th June 2004 |
| In order to mark the 800th anniversary of the foundation of Duiske Abbey in 1204 all the Parishioners were invited to join in celebrating the event on Sunday. Al solemn Mass of thanksgiving was held in Duiske Abbey. the principal Celebrant was Most Rev. Dr Sean Brady, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland. The Scouts were honoured to form a Guard of honour for the Mass. An informal reception was held in the Abbey Hall afterwards. |
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| Chief Scout Award Rafting | 5th June 2004 |
| Stuart opted to organise a rafting day for the rest of the troop. It was the Bank holiday weekend and we had a turnout of 18 scouts. Rafts were built and launched on the Barrow. They paddled down to the weir where everyone abondoned the rafts to have some fun on the weir. Well done to Stuart, everyone had a brillaint day with lots of craic. |
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| Sherwood Cup 2004 | 21st May 2004 |
| The scouts were at the County Camping Skills Competition in Inistioge. Altogether 20 teams took part. Teams came from Durrow, Kilkenny City, Clara, Bennettsbridge, Borris, Kilkenny Guides, Kells, and Graiguenamanagh. the Funky Wombats are the current all Ireland Champions but the only had a team of 6, missing Wayne who left last year. Other that that we had 2 other teams competing, the Dragons, a very young patrol let by a very experienced Scout Tommy and the Radioactive Racoons led by David.Congrats to the Wombats who managed to pull it off again winning their title 2 years in a row. Close behing were 3rd Carlow Borris. In 3rd place were the Woodpeckers from Bennettsbridge and in 4th place came the Dragons. The All Ireland Camping skills competition will be held in Larch Hill in August. this will be a tough competition as we now have a new larger Association and the competition will be stronger. all in all this was a great wekend for Scout in Graiguenamanagh. |
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| FIA CHALLENGE | 24th April 2004 |
| The Fia Challenge was held at the foot of Knockroe, which is part of the Blackstairs, This is a weekend camp for younger scouts and was organised for the District by 3rd Carlow Borris. A small crowd turned up for the weekend but everyone had a great time and the weather was lovely which makes a change as it usually rains for the Fia |
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