8th Kildare Maynooth Scouts

Jamoige 2012

2012-01-19T10:50:00.000Z

Its that time again! Jamoige is back! This only rolls around every three years and is focussed on the Cub and Beaver age group. Maynooth Cubs and Beavers attended in 2009 and it was a blast! We are already signed up to go this year too, we're sure it will be a great event!

Jamoige from scouting ireland on Vimeo.

12 Days of Christmas tickets on Sale at Maynooth Town Square Today!!

2011-11-26T13:38:00.001Z

Right guys! Maynooth scouts are down on Maynooth town Square selling our 12 days of Christmas tickets to help raise funds for our new scout den! If you have a few minutes why not pop down to say hello and buy a ticket! They are only €2 and the prizes are amazing! 12 days = 12 holiday prizes or cash equivalent!! First prize a family trip to Florida worth €6,500!! :-)

Youth Discos 4th and 5th November Maynooth

2011-10-28T14:20:00.000+01:00

After the huge success of the last youth Disco, two more are taking place in the University Students Union on the 4th and 5th of November for two age groups.

On Friday 4th:

Age: 12 - 15 years old
Time: 8pm until 11pm,
Entry:10 Euro.

On Saturday 5th:

Age: 6 to 11 years old
Time: 5pm to 8pm,
Entry: 5 Euro.

All money raised is going towards helping build a Scout den in Maynooth.

Please come and support your local community group.

Maynooth Scout Race Night! Tonight! Glenroyal at 8pm!

2011-10-21T12:54:00.001+01:00

Hi Everyone!!
Well tonight is the big night!

Come on down to the Glenroyal at 8pm for a bit of an ould flutter!! We have McGinty's Goat, Frequent Flyer, EmCon, 9th Wonder,Beetlegeuese to name a few!! with excellent odds and totes at €2!!
So come on down and support the Maynooth Scout group in raising much needed funds for a Scout Den!
Total Enjoyment and Craic Garuanteed!!

See you there!

Race Night!

2011-10-17T14:39:00.002+01:00

Hi Everyone! Maynooth Scouts are holding a Race Night this friday 21st October in the Glenroyal Hotel at 8pm, in aid of raising much needed funds for the construction of a Scout Den for the Group! We are selling horses for the nights races for €20 each and have a few left! If you would like to buy one or maybe a group of people would like to pitch in to buy one please email maynoothscouts@gmail.com with your name or groups name, phone number and name of your horse. Even if you don't want to buy one, why not pop down for on ould flutter and join in on the craic! Its guaranteed to be a very enjoyable night! Hope to see you all there! :-)

Maynooth Scouts in the Phoenix

2011-08-21T19:16:00.005+01:00

Maynooth Scouts qualified for the second year in a row for the Phoenix and competed with honour!
The competition consisted of campsite construction, a 14km hike, bivvying out in the woods for a night and two days of programme bases from rockclimbing challenges to backwoods cooking and much much more...
They were awarded a Bronze award for their efforts and it was richly deserved.
Maynooth Scouts would also like to congratulate the Allenwood Scouts on an excellent performance as well. Cill Dara returned with two bronze awards...

And to top off a great venture weekend.,,,

2011-07-17T20:17:00.001+01:00

Fresh off a diving lesson

Maynooth ventures July 2011

2011-07-16T18:41:00.000+01:00

Barbecue built, off to work up an appetite!!

Maynooth ventures July 2011

2011-07-16T16:39:00.000+01:00

What do you get if you cross three ventures with an old boiler and an angle grinder?????

Fun from Scout camp!!

2011-07-13T23:18:00.002+01:00

Warning: There was no pirates or chickens hurt in the making of this video!

Vote for the Scouts!

2011-07-11T09:39:00.001+01:00

The challange is on in Mannor Mills for the month of July 2011 1st July to 31st July only.

All you have to do is to pick up a form in any of the stores in the center and vote for Maynooth Scouts, sign it and add an e-mail address and post it into the box with the SI logo. It's as simple as that. The community group with the most votes in the box at the end of July will win €2,000.

So please take several forms every time you are in the center and fill them out and post them into the box with the SI Scouting Ireland Logo..

You can vote every day so please pass the word to all your family and friends and ask them to vote for the scouts also. Every vote counts.

Please support your local scout group.

Vote early and Vote Often

Thanking you in advance for your continued help and support.

Yours in Scouting

Peter Garrad

Group Leader 8th Kildare Maynooth Scouts

Get down to Manor Mills and vote for Us!!

2011-07-08T12:28:00.002+01:00

Uh oh! Looks like Peter is in for some stiff competition!
Let's save him by voting for Maynooth Scouts!!

Make your way to Manor Mills and vote for us!!

2011-07-08T12:07:00.000+01:00

What a great camp!

2011-07-03T22:06:00.001+01:00

The cubs finished up the camp with a great surfing session, it was a perfect end to a great camp, and everyone had a ball!

Scenes from today

2011-07-02T20:52:00.000+01:00

Stopping for lunch on the dunes:

Fun on the dunes

2011-07-02T13:19:00.000+01:00

First night survived!!!

2011-07-02T11:50:00.000+01:00

First night on camp and all is well, and yes even the leaders got sleep! We're doing activities all day today, but the excitement is mounting for the surfing tomorrow!!! Watch this space for photos!

The cubs take the guns

2011-07-01T22:35:00.000+01:00

While exploring the cubs found a cannon which they promptly overrun. Now we are real pirates!!

Arrived and set up

2011-07-01T17:54:00.000+01:00

The cubs arrived at the campsite by the beach safely, after navigating trains and buses. We're just settling in now and checking out the beach. After dinner tonight we'll go on a walk around the area and start planning out activities for tomorrow.

On our way!

2011-07-01T11:22:00.001+01:00

The Maynooth cub scouts are on their way to their annual camp in Sligo! Each carrying a spar that they'll be using to carry out activities and challenges over the weekend. The weather is nice in Maynooth let's hope it's like that in Sligo too!

Cub annual Camp

2011-06-30T15:53:00.000+01:00

Tomorrow Maynooth Cubs Scouts will embark on their annual camp to round up a great year of scouting. The cubs chose the theme and activities themselves and so we are off to the west to go surfing!

Expect updates on this site over the weekend as we progress. Think happy thoughts about the weather, and maybe we'll see some like this:

Camping.... the ultimate stress test

2011-06-29T10:06:00.000+01:00

Youth Disco Friday 1st July

2011-06-27T11:49:00.000+01:00

What: Youth Disco
Where: NUIM Students Union
When: July 1st 8pm-11pm

Maynooth Scouts are holding a youth disco in NUIM student's union on Friday 1st July 2011 from 8pm to 11pm.

This is open to All youths between 12 to 15 years of age and will be fully supervised. All funds raised will go into the new Den fund.

The entrance fee is €10 and this includes a soft drink and snack. There will be soft drinks and snacks available for sale and there will be NO ALCOHOL available.

No bags allowed into the hall and a cloakroom will be available.

Please pass this on to anyone that might be interested!

Maynooth Beavers 6k hike in Donadea Forest stop off at the Wishing Tree!

2011-06-25T18:12:00.000+01:00

Table Quiz TODAY upstairs in Brady's

2011-06-24T13:22:00.000+01:00

Just a Quick reminder to everyone that our fundraising table quiz is tonight upstairs in Brady's from 8pm. Cash Prizes aplenty and Lots of spot prizes. Entry is 20 Euro for a tale of 4 people. Please come and bring some friends!

All funds raised are going towards the construction of a new Den. Scouting in Maynooth doesn't have a permanent home and we need one if we are to expand and provide a future for Scouting in the community.

See you there!

Beaver National Camp photos

2011-06-22T12:18:00.003+01:00

One of our Cub Scouts was helping out at the Beaver National Camp and as part of a project recorded the fun and activity in photos. He put together this slideshow of the weekend to present to the Cubs last night. It looks like it was great fun!

Table Quiz Friday 24th June

2011-06-20T15:28:00.000+01:00

Maynooth Scouts are hosting a Table Quiz to help raise funds for the construction of a permanent home for Scouting in Maynooth. The Venue is Upstairs in Brady's at 8pm on Friday 24th June. The Cost is 20Euro for a table of 4 people. There are Cash Prizes and Spot Prizes available. Come along and bring some friends!

Maynooth beaver scouts visit the O'bamas

2011-06-19T22:37:00.000+01:00

Maynooth Beaver scout National Camp!

2011-06-18T10:41:00.000+01:00

We are well underway on our trip to Pallaskenry! Having a Bawl! The bus driver even brought us through moneygall so the beavers could see where Barack Obama came from! They of course loved that! And they also got to go through limerick tunnel which was a bonus for them! (not for the poor bus driver! We took a wrong turn!!) I think I need to brush up on map skills!! :-) Maria

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World Record Breaking Rain Dance

2011-06-01T12:17:00.000+01:00

On May 29th Members of Maynooth Scouts participated in the world record breaking attempt for the largest ever Rain Dance. The event at Carton House proved to be a huge success, with the previous record by 161 people being smashed. In total 395 participants danced, chanted and made their mark on the Guinness World Records. The final numbers were verified by Katie Forde, an adjudicator from the Guinness World Records organisation. The event was organised by PEI Ireland and the money raised went to Focus Ireland. Here are some photos taken on the day of some of our members taking part:

for more information see: http://www.pei.ie/About-PEI/CSR/Focus-Ireland-World-Record

Scouter's tactics

2011-05-26T11:33:00.002+01:00

Click on the image for a larger version.

OH MY GOD, YOU GUYS!

2011-05-16T12:13:00.007+01:00

The Maynooth Scouts went to the County Shield with only a few weeks preparation done. The weather was against them for most of it and with a total of 16 teams in the shield the odds were stacked up against them too! But fear not! The team consisting of Aoife O'Shea (Patrol Leader), Kate Essex (Assistant Patrol Leader), Darragh Murphy (First Scout), Kieran Casey, Jack Gallagher, Sarah Heaslip, Donnagh Mayock and Laura McCarthy put up a fantastic display of teamwork, endurance and good old fashioned fun-loving scout spirit!
They came second overall and won best site and did us proud! Allenwood came first place, well done to all in Allenwood.

Below is a clip of their sketch. It speaks for itself!
Maynooth Sketch

Beaten to the top!

2011-03-08T22:00:00.004Z

The Ventures had their first activity of the 2011. We took it easy, maybe a bit too easy and were beaten to the top of the little sugar loaf by some kids!! GRRR!!!

The Beavers take on the Hell Fire Club and Massey Wood and win

2011-03-06T20:24:00.002Z

The Beaver Scouts completed a 7 km hike today around the Hell Fire Club and Massey Wood. Under and over fallen trees, fighting through thick gorse and trees, and up and down the mountain side. Looking forward to the next one. Check out the photos below:

Table quiz 11th March in Newtown Inn

2011-03-04T15:42:00.001Z

What: Table Quiz

Where: Newtown Inn, Maynooth

When: Friday 11th March 8pm
Who: You and 3 others!
How much: €20 for a team of 4.
Prizes aplenty!

Come help us give Scouting a home in the Community!

35 years of scouting in Maynooth, has created a group that is growing from strength to strength. We have over 100 youth members from all parts of the community involved, but we have a waiting list equally as long! We have never had a permanent home in our 35 years and now we have the opportunity. This will help us expand and ensure that we can bring scouting to the youth of Maynooth for generations to come. Come help us raise money to make our vision of scouting in Maynooth a reality!

National Tree Week 2011

2011-03-01T13:33:00.000Z

National Tree Week takes place from 6-12 March 2011. The theme is ‘The Year of the Forest – Celebrating Forests for People, in keeping with the United Nations designation of 2011 as ‘The International Year of Forests’.

There are loads of activities going on all around the country, Check out this list at: http://www.treecouncil.ie/treeweek/programme.html#kildare to see the listing of events in the Kildare Area.

This year, as well as prompting people to plant more trees, National Tree week is seeking to strengthen awareness of the role of sustainably managed forests for the benefit of current and future generations.

Scoutabout Radio Podcast from the Anniversary celebrations (part 2)

2011-03-01T11:37:00.001Z

The second half of the special podcast by scoutabout radio on the 35th anniversary celebrations of Maynooth Scouts was broadcast yesterday. Click below to have a listen!

Maynooth Scouts 35th Anniversary Celebrations Episode 2

Scoutabout Radio Podcast from the Anniversary celebrations (part 1)

2011-02-23T09:48:00.001Z

As part of the hugely successful 35th Anniversary celebrations two weeks ago, Scoutabout radio interviewed new and old members, and soaked up some of the atmosphere from the day. Have a listen to the first of two podcasts they've produced to commemorate the occasion (just click on the play button below):

Maynooth Scouts 35th Anniversary Celebrations Episode 1

Maynooth Scouts 35th Anniversary Celebrations

2011-02-01T11:23:00.000Z

The 8^th Kildare Maynooth Scout Group

are delighted to invite past and present members and families to our

Anniversary Celebration

12 February 2011

At Maynooth College

Meeting at Carton Avenue at 11.15am to parade through the town to the College.

Mass at 12 in the College Chapel

Followed by a reception

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Please RSVP to

maynoothscouts@gmail.com

Maynooth Festival Meeting Cancelled

2011-01-26T23:29:00.002Z

The Public Consultation meeting planned for Monday 31st January has been cancelled. For information on the Festival stay in contact with the Maynooth Community Council

Maynooth Community Festival Consultation Meeting

2011-01-19T12:13:00.001Z


Time	31 January @ 8pm

Location	Maynooth Post Primary School

This is a meeting to set down the ideas for the festival and to get feedback into what people want from a Community Festival

Festivals are a great way for a Community to celebrate its identity. This year we want to revamp what we are doing so that the Festival best reaches the Identity of our every growing and ever changing community. Please come along to the Consultation meeting to give your say and to listen to the opinions of others.

See the Maynooth Community Festival Facebook page for more details.

Proudly supported by 8th Kildare Maynooth Scouts.

New Scouting Ireland Website

2010-10-26T13:45:00.001+01:00

In Case you missed it, Scouting Ireland released their new-look website last week. This will become a one-stop shop for all your new programme needs, events info and general chat about scouting in Ireland. Why don't you check it out?

www.scouts.ie

Leader Training weekend

2010-08-29T16:22:00.002+01:00

In preparation of the new scouting year we held a training weekend in Glendale Lodge in the Wicklow mountains. Leaders refreshed their skills on a wide range of activities and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. A really good weekend was had by all.

Phoenix Challenge

2010-08-23T08:27:00.003+01:00

Well the Phoenix Challenge has been and gone and the 8th Kildare Maynooth Scouts done the group extremely proud and achived Silver Standard. From all the leaders in the Scout Section and all the Leaders in the group I want to congratulate the team on a job well done. Over the weekend the team had to work together to get their site up, cook their own food, complete a log of each day, partake in different bases such as raft building , puzzle solving and much more.

Scouts at the Phoenix Challenge

2010-08-20T19:16:00.000+01:00

This weekend Scout patrols from all around the country will take part in a national Challenge weekend know as the Phoenix Challenge. A Patrol from Maynooth scouts qualified to participate having come first place in the Cill Dara county pre-qualifiers earlier in the year. The scouts have been training very hard over the last few months, meeting every Sunday on top of their normal scout meetings, making sure that every aspect of their camp craft and teamwork was perfect. This year's theme in the Phoenix is "The Big Bang" and so lots of themed costumes and activities had to be devised. Best of luck guys!! You've done all the hard work and now its time for you to enjoy yourselves.

Venture Camp Day four

2010-08-12T17:56:00.002+01:00

And they all made it safely to lahinch

Venture Camp Day three

2010-08-12T10:52:00.002+01:00

So, last day of finding camping and the teams are getting ever closer to their final destination of lahinch,
After walking close to a marathon on Tuesday the blue team completed a weary five km to get to doolin. After a run in with a big wave they found camping in the grounds of a hostel which means that dry clothes are a possibility for the last day-17 km left and they can finally say goodbye to rucsacs for a few days!

The green team continued with their plan of breaking the route up evenly and completed 22km to arrive outside if kilfenora. After a false start at a "tractor factory" they yet again made friends with a local farmer who offered them tea and somewhere to stay. The team were in high spirits when met by the leaders and looking forward to only having to walk 8 km on day four ,
Their leaders have also been enjoying driving around, finding the teams and being tourists for a few days, the peace was nice while it lasted.

Venture Camp Day 2

2010-08-12T00:05:00.005+01:00

Day two

Well, the blue team covered a mammoth 37km to make it to a wood in lisdoonvarna, a very weary team were met by their leaders on Tuesday night.

The green team covered a more modest(!) 27 km and made it to yet another friendly farm- this time in Corofin beside a beautiful lake, again last seen amusing themselves, this time with a newly acquired frisby.

Nearly there, just one nights camping left and then into showers - by force if necessary!

Venture Camp Day One

2010-08-10T19:27:00.002+01:00

Day one started with a bit of a hitch when the bus to Galway turned up full!!!

Eventually an empty bus turned up for them (someone must have warned them!!)

Blue team started off in Kilcolgan and made their way to Kinvara where they managed to end up staying in the grounds of a castle!!

Green team started in Ardrahan and met a friendly farmer who provided them with water and a spot to pitch their tents. They were last seen enjoying a game of poker.........

Venture Camp is on the Road...

2010-08-10T19:18:00.003+01:00

The Ventures Scouts have started their Annual camp in flying style! Their challenge is to cross Co Clare and get to Lahinch by Thurday. Working in two teams and having to complete numerous challenges this is not going to be easy but that is not stopping them!

Beavers and Cubs in Rathbeggan lakes

2010-07-15T23:12:00.002+01:00

To finish up the scouting year the Beavers and Cubs spent a fun day out at Rathbeggan lakes, fishing, playing games, having a BBQ. The highlight however was the enormous waterfight at the end where the leaders became the main targets! A great time was had by all!

Group Camp photos

2010-07-15T23:04:00.002+01:00

A little late (Sorry Johnny! :) here are a selection of photos from the group camp in Larch hill earlier this year.... Enjoy!

Cill Dara Courty Shield

2010-05-03T11:29:00.003+01:00

On the weekend of 2nd of May a Patrol from the Scout section took part in the County Shield Competition .The Competition comprised of

Campcraft - Setting up camp, building camp furniture and gadgets.
Competition Meal - Preparing a 3x course meal for judges (and patrol) on an open fire.
Sketch - a short skit performed by all members of patrol at the campfire
Bases - Orienteering, pioneering, first aid, team games, backwoods skills.
There where 6 Patrols competing for a chance to go trough to the National Level of the competition called the Phoenix .

It was a wet weekend but spirits were not dampened as the scouts from the county really went out and enjoyed themselves

The Scouts from Maynooth done the Group and the Scout section proud as they won the Shield for the first time in 10 years.

Awards for the weekend were
Overall Winner - 8th Kildare Maynooth
Runner Up - 1st Kildare 3rd Celbridge (The Mill)
Test Meal - 8th Kildare Maynooth
Sketch - 8th Kildare Maynooth
Camp Spirit - 13th Clane (Junior Patrol)

I would like to congratulate the scouts on a job well done and for all the hard work they put in over the last few months.

There will be pictures to follow so check back soon to see them

Photos from the Scouts trip to France/Switzerland!

2010-03-18T22:41:00.004Z

And some links to videos from the train and the céilí :)

Everyone singing a French song on the train

Everyone singing an "Irish" song on the train :-D

The girls showing their Irish dancing skills in Kandersteg

The céilí in full swing in Kandersteg

Table Quiz

2010-03-12T14:58:00.002Z

The big container cleanout!

2010-03-06T14:48:00.001Z

Live from the big clean out, to get the equipment ready for a new
camping season. I don't know how all this stuff fit in the container!
The next problem will be, how to get it all back in!!!

Zoo & Star Scout Show

2010-02-23T17:26:00.001Z

Dear Parents,

Please find attached information on a joint Beaver & Cub event.

As it is a seated event places are limited and will be issued on a first come first served basis.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Gina

Live from Geneva!!!!!!

2010-02-19T21:31:00.004Z

Having completed the first full day on camp, everyone is in great form! The scouts will be staying one more night with their host families before they leave for Kandersteg international campsite in the morning (see the post below!). There they will be taking part in winter activities. Keep checking this site for more updates. As you can see we called in on the united nations today to make sure they were doing everything right!

(They passed our tests! :)

Kandersteg webcam... Watch this space!!!!!!

2010-02-16T23:46:00.008Z

Make sure to reload (while holding ctrl) to refresh the image!!! A new image is taken at 1 minute past the hour, every hour, who knows who you may see over the weekend!

HAPPY 2010

2010-01-01T13:01:00.004Z

Happy New Year to everyone lets hope 2010 is as good to Maynooth Scouts as 2009

Have a look at our new photos looking back on 2009 and some of the memories

Cub Scout Camp in Larch Hill

2009-10-22T18:30:00.004+01:00

The Cubs had a great overnight stay in Larch Hill the Scout National campsite in the Dublin moutains recently. This was the last overnight in tents before the winter season, and even though it dropped to about 2 degrees Celcius in the middle of the night, the Cubs persevered and had a great time. There was a great buzz in Larch Hill that weekend, with over 600 people camping in the estate, including a huge Dublinia county camp. The cubs put everything they had been taught in the preceeding weeks to good use, transporting gear, putting up their own tents and cooking their own food (including making garlic bread from scratch!). They were very lucky as representatives from Astonomy Ireland were there and had set up their telescopes near to the camp, and after a night hike without torches (!!!!) the cubs got to see Venus and some of its moons through the telescopes.
For such a short camp a huge amount of activities were taken part, including treasure hunts, obstacle courses, campfire songs and of course making smores on the campfire. They went home tired and happy, with loads of memories to keep them going until the next camp in the new year.
See below for some photos of the event.

Dancing on the Prague Metro

2009-08-13T23:34:00.002+01:00

Ventures return from Czech Republic

2009-08-06T23:52:00.002+01:00

Scout Annual Camp 2009 Photos

2009-07-21T15:01:00.003+01:00

Hot off the press! The photos from the annual camp are on line and ready for your viewing, even before the camp is even finished!!!!
Check them out below!

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Get your own

If the flash slideshow above isn't working for you, or you want to look at all of the photos at once, then just click here

Thanks for the support at the Maynooth Festival!

2009-07-14T09:24:00.006+01:00

The 8th Kildare Maynooth Scout Group would like to thank the public for attending our Family Fun Day on Sunday 28th June in such large numbers.

Our aim on the day was to let the community know more about Scouting in Maynooth, see some or our skills and activities we take part in during the course of the year.

The scouts also ran a Bring & Buy sale and parents ran a book sale ans raffle to raise funds for the Maynooth conference of Saint Vincent de Paul. We raised over €500 on the day which will be donated in the coming days.

There was face painting, wind mill making, coconut cup making, back wood cooking, a Leonardo Bridge was built in the middle of the site. There was a large Teepee tent and a large circular black German tent as well as all the normal scout tents on site for the day.The scouts also built a gate, a dining shelter, wash stands an open altar fire - which was used for the back woods cooking as well as the very popular BBQ.

We were delighted to welcome onto our site many local dignitaries: TD's Aine Brady, Emmet Stagg and Bernard Durkan as well our many of our local councilors including the new Mayor of Kildare Councillor Colm Purcell, and councilors Senan Griffin, Catherine Murphy, Paul Kelly and John Mc Ginley. This gave the scout group a great opportunity to outline the current situation in relation to the development plans for a Scout Hall in the harbour Filed which will be open and available to other community groups in the town. We want to inject life into the harbour files and create a central focal point in the area.

The scout group currently has 102 youth members and 21 adult members along with a very strong parents and friends support group.

Finally the 8th Kildare Maynooth scout group would like to thanks our very generous sponsors on the day Garard Mulcahy Butchers, Mac Donald's Maynooth and Maynooth Community Council for all their help in organizing this event and indeed all of the parents and friends who helped in any way to make the day such a success.

Yours in Scouting
Peter Garrad
Group Leader
8th Kildare Maynooth

Scouts at the maynooth Festival

2009-07-11T10:29:00.012+01:00

We had a great day out at the harbour field as part of the Maynooth Festival. The Scouts ran a host of activities for the community and raised money for St. Vincent De Paul.

Click here to view a slide show of some of the photos!

We also had a visit from Scoutabout radio who broadcast an entire episode from the festival. To listen to that episode just click play below.

The Ambulane, Jamóige style!!!

2009-06-11T21:48:00.001+01:00

Due to the Recession a new ambulance was acquired!

Nore Subcamp

2009-06-10T16:47:00.010+01:00

So how many Maynooth People were at Jamóige???

Jamóige Admin

2009-06-10T16:47:00.008+01:00

Maynooth takes over Admin in Jamóige!! But where's Tracie??

Programme at Jamóige

2009-06-10T16:44:00.003+01:00

Honestly, we were worked really hard in programme!!!!

Donadea day fun

2009-03-23T10:27:00.009Z

The regular visitors to Donadea forest Park looked on in amazement at the activities of the Beavers and Cubs that were taking part in a backwoods activity day on Sunday last. They may have been wondering the meaning of the cryptic symbols made from sticks and stones left by teams of cubs and how easily the chasing teams deciphered and followed them during the track and trail activities or the purpose of the sleeping shelters constructed by the Beavers. But there was no confusion on the part of the Maynooth Beavers and Cubs, as they went about proving their knowledge of outdoor survival skills.
Both groups cooked their lunch outdoors, the beavers making hobo stew and baked potatoes over an open fire using only tinfoil, and the Cubs cooking chicken in specially constructed cardboard-box ovens. There was no doubt that these scouts knew their stuff!
The day ended with a joint investiture ceremony, where the new Beavers, Cubs and Leaders officially became members of the association and were presented with their green and sky-blue Maynooth neckerchiefs. All to the delight of the parents and families that came to watch. A great day was had by all.

Table quiz a great success - Thanks!

2009-03-22T09:55:00.001Z

The table quiz held in Newtown Inn on friday last was a huge success, raising over 1,200 Euro for the Den fund. Extra tables had to be sourced from other parts of the bar as over 20 teams arrived to try to claim the 100Euro prize money. There was great craic had as people scrambled to complete challenges to win spot prizes, you wouldn't believe what people were willing to do to win an easter egg!
Our thanks to all who came to support the night, and to those that put in all the work in organising and promoting the event. This brings us one step closer to realising our goal of establishing a permanent home for scouting in Maynooth.

St. Patrick's Day Winners

2009-03-18T10:08:00.003Z

The unusually fine weather encouraged a record number of people to come out to enjoy the spectacle of the annual Maynooth St. Patrick's day parade. They weren't dissappointed with a wonderfully entertaining selection of floats and costumes on display. Once again the Maynooth Scouts took part and to their delight their depiction of the adventurous activities they partake in on any given weekend took the prize for the best community float. Our thanks to everyone that took part!
Photos from the day will be added to our photo library (see link on the right) in the coming days.

Group Hostel

2009-02-27T19:55:00.002Z

Maynooth Scout Group arrived back from Mellary Hostel on Sunday the 22nd after a fun filled weekend including Boldering ,Zip-Line,Commando Bridge, and Hikeing to name just a few activities . I would also like to congraulate all those who got invested at the campfire on Saturday night. Pictures for this event will be posted shortly.

Group Hostel

2009-02-01T13:30:00.002Z

The 8th Kildare are getting ready for a fun filled weekend in Mount Mellary Scout Hostel due to take place over the weekend of the 20-22 of Feb.This weekend is for Cubs,Scouts and Ventures in the Group. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Masquerade Ball

2008-09-16T14:09:00.004+01:00

The Maynooth Scouts is organising a Victorian Style Masquerade Ball in Carton House. The Ball is on the 1st November at 20:00. This is open to anybody and tickets can be got from:
Stephen 085 -7131385
Gina - 086 - 8562953
Karl - 087- 6107199
Tickets €95 per person
(€155 pp plus B&B - limited number)
So what are you waiting for?? Tickets are going fast!! :-)

The Beavers are moving

2008-09-16T09:55:00.002+01:00

Due to a change of Location the Beavers are moving to a Wednesday night in the Old Gym in Maynooth Post Primary School. Monday 15th September saw the last Beaver Meeting to be held in the prefab that has been home to the Maynooth Scout Group for many years. The Colony are looking forward to discovering their new surroundings, but equally sad to say goodbye to the old Den.

Scouting Ireland receive Award

2008-09-15T12:30:00.004+01:00

Scouting Ireland received the People of the Year award 2008 for its continued work with young people. Check out the Youtube video to see George Hook - A former scout present the award to the Chief Scout Martin Burbridge...

Maynooth at Jamboree

2008-09-08T22:07:00.003+01:00

For the Centenary celebrations of Scouting Ireland, the Maynooth Scout Group joined with scouts from all over the world to celebrate at the biggest Scouting Event for Scouting Ireland. 16 Beavers, 10 Cubs, 18 Scouts and 5 Ventures as well as 3 Ventures staff were part of the Maynooth Contingent.

Pictures from the event are avilable to view by following the link on the right hand side of the page

Leader Resources

2008-06-09T13:01:00.002+01:00

Programme
Scouting Ireland's Virtual Library

Group Finances
Personal Expense Claim
Event Finance Form

Scouts on TV

2008-05-27T20:24:00.002+01:00

A clip from the Afternoon Show from Friday 23rd May 2008...
Jamboree 2008 - It's going to be great

2008-05-09T00:16:00.002+01:00

Please support Maynooth Scouts by voting for us in the AIB Better Ireland Programme. For every text you send we get a vote so... PLEASE PLEASE vote for us by sending:
"maynootha" to 53099

Thank you! :-)

2008 - 100 years of Irish Scouting

2007-12-14T15:02:00.000Z

This is a great video put together to promote the 2008 Jamboree.
For more information see: www.jamboree2008.ie

New Members in Beavers!

2007-09-22T14:50:00.000+01:00

The Beavers would like to welcome 'Jack the Beaver' and 'Super Beaver' to their colony

All fun and games...

2007-09-07T00:06:00.000+01:00

The Beavers and Cub will be joining forces on 16 September, in Maynooth College North Campus, for some fun and games. The purpose of the day is to introduce the beavers who are swimming up to cubs, to the cubs and their leaders. Although this is a link event, all beavers are welcome, as it is a good opportunity for everyone to get reacquainted after the long summer break.

100 Years a Growing!!

2007-08-01T13:40:00.000+01:00

Today marks the 100 Anniversary of Robert Baden Powell starting the first Scout Camp on Brownsea Island. From all those in 8th Kildare Scout Group Maynooth we would like to wish all those in scouting a Happy Birthday and to all those not in scouting, well... You don't know what your missing!!! :-)

Scouts home from Dundrum

2007-07-31T13:29:00.000+01:00

The scouts are back in Maynooth after their week in Dundrum. Check out some of the pictures below.

Click here to view Scout album

Venture Expedition 2007

2007-07-31T12:21:00.000+01:00

The Pictures from the Venture trip to Germany are now in. Here are some of the pictures. We will put more up when we get them.

Click here to view Venture album

Dundrum starts on good foot

2007-07-21T20:08:00.000+01:00

The man in charge! Stephen's first night on camp. We have settled into our home for the week! Fields are waterlogged to have to stay indoors!!

First night of Venture camp

2007-07-14T19:18:00.001+01:00

Made it safe and sound to an island in the middle of the Rhein river in Germany. All is going well.

2007-07-13T17:30:00.000+01:00

Starting from tomorrow, the Ventures will be on annual camp in Germany. They will be hiking along the river rhein following the rhein steig (http://www.rheinsteing.de ). During the week of hiking and camping they will travel between Wiesbaden and Koblenz a distance of about 150 km. The rheinsteig is a mountainous trail, so its going to be fairly challenging.

Carrying everything on their back this will be great training for events like the challenge and the explorer belt. We'll have to see if the leaders can keep up!

Bag Packing

2007-06-22T23:43:00.000+01:00

Maynooth Scout Group will be Bag packing in Boots in Liffey Valley on Saturday the 23rd and Saturday the 30th of June. If you are in the area please show your support as funds raised will go towards the new Scout Den.

2007-06-12T13:08:00.000+01:00

We have a new emblem in Scouting Ireland. At the National Council on the weekend the above emblem was agreed.

Have we found a new Emblem?

2007-05-18T13:00:00.000+01:00

With the count-down to National Council '07 well underway, the hard working Emblem working group have released several proposals from all parts of the organisation (from cubs to leaders) to choose from. For those not in the know, we currently don't have an emblem (except if you count the international scout symbol) for our organisation. The SI logo is our "commercial" face to the outside world, and can be changed to suit current thinking. The emblem is meant to be timeless and embody something of who we are. The following are the proposals with an explanation of what they represent:

Option 1: This design is based on a knotted rope that forms the shape of a shamrock. The knot is a friendship knot (also known as a square knot). The interlacing of the knot is somewhat Celtic in style too.

Option 2: This option incorporates two elements of the former association’s emblems; the Celtic knot from the SAI – now also representing Scouting – and the shamrock from the CSI – now representing Ireland. Both elements are redrawn with equal weighting for each and merged together to form the central piece of this emblem. They are then held together as one in a symbolic neckerchief /cupped hands.

Option 3: A shamrock representing Ireland centred over a distinctive fleur-de-lis to represent Scouting. The proposal is not overstylised to give a sense of being timeless. The proposal will work well in a one or multiple colours.

Option 4 is a neckerchief containing a modern slant on the Harp. These 2 symbols represent Irish Scouting.

Option Five is based on a redrawing of the fleur-de-lis inspired by Celtic swirls to give it an Irish touch. It is drawn in a way that is not overcomplicated but still not too simplified to lose the sense of timlessness associated with an emblem.

Option 6: While the purpose of the emblem is not to replace the logo (which will continue to be used as the logo no matter what is chosen as our emblem) the idea behind this option is to also have this design as the emblem. There would be no difference between where we would use the emblem – such as on the items mentioned above – and the logo.

Option 7: This design draws inspiration from Ireland's ancient Celtic heritage and our proud scouting tradition. It is formed from a simple Celtic knot which has no beginning or end, signifying continuity and equality in scouting and our sense of Irishness. It is intertwined with the WOSM rope, with the Fleur De Lis at its centre, showing our close relationship with the wider scouting community.

The colour of our site background does them no justice, so for a better look click on a picture OR check out the poster in pdf format here:

Whats your opinion? Let us know by leaving a comment below!

Ventures on Bray Head

2007-04-10T00:47:00.000+01:00

On Saturday 7th April 2007, the Ventures hiked Bray Head as a Warm up for Germany. The day was full of "Treaherous" lipping land and floating fences. It was only through sheer skill that they got to the end...

Scout Stamps celebrating 100 years

2007-03-31T13:31:00.000+01:00

An Post and Scouting Ireland have announced the production of two stamps celebrating 100 years of Scouting. The stamps are part of a European run, where each country will produce their own version. The Irish Stamps were choosen to show the "now and then" aspect of Scouting in Ireland. They will be available for sale from May 9th.

Links:
Scouting Ireland news item
Wikipedia entry on all the European Scouting stamp celebrating 100 years

Skiing across Greenland to support Scouts in Lebanon

2007-03-01T22:45:00.000Z

Check out these guys. They will complete a 570km unsupported ski crossing of the Greenland icecap to celebrate 100 years of Scouting and raise funds to help Scouts rebuild Lebanon.

As they put it:
"we will have to carry all our food, fuel and equipment to enable us to survive in this harsh climate for up to 4 weeks. We will ski east to west over Greenland which is the second biggest ice cap in the world and each day we will be aiming to cover between 20 and 30 km. All of our food, fuel and equipment will be pulled behind us on Pulkes"

These Guys are tough! Check out their progress here

Table Quiz

2007-02-17T22:03:00.000Z

Stay tuned to this website for all the news on the up and coming Table Quiz to raise funds for the new Scout Den. It is on in the Newtown Inn on Friday the 2nd March at 21.00. €40 for a table of four. Excellent prizes!!

Ventures do Sligoooooooooo

2006-11-13T19:07:00.000Z

The Ventures took a road trip to Sligo to find out what a certain westerner was raving on about? ;-) After trekking the high roads and byroads of the county it was agreed that it was a great weekend. Thanks to the 2nd/3rd/10th Sligo for all their help! Joe, you're d man!

Johnny Dowling - Recognition at last!

2006-09-24T18:13:00.000+01:00

Today Cill Dara Scout County Awarded Johnny Dowling the Bronze Meritorious Award for his excellent long service to Maynooth and to Scouting in the North Kildare area. Johnny is the current Group Leader in Maynooth and member of the County Management Committee. From all in the Maynooth Scout Group we would like to say a big Thank you and well done to you Johnny!