20th January

Some dates for your diary:

Friday 10th February ? No Scouts, school holiday.

Thursday 23rd February Skiing at Newmilns (£8) or Friday 24th February Climbing Wall (£ 15) (Still to be determined)

Friday 24th February ? No Scout meeting, hall in use by Church

Saturday 10th March ? Hillwalk

Saturday 24th/Sunday 25th March ? Hostelling Weekend (£20)

Friday 6th & 13th April ? No Scouts, school holiday.

Friday 27th April ? Swimming night at Troon pool. Chance to gain Staged Swimmers badge.

Saturday 5th May ? Kingcase Church mini-olympics.

Saturday 19th May ? Scout District Fun Day

Friday 25th May to Sunday 27th May ? Culzean Camp (£25).

Friday 1st June, No Scouts, school holiday

Friday 22nd June ? Final meeting before summer holidays.

Scouts is much more than just turning up for meetings every Friday, please make every effort to attend as many of these events as you can.

13th January

Welcome back to a new year of Scouting. Hopefully you all had a great Christmas break and got everything you wanted off of Santa. We have not planned all our activities for the year but will be out of the hall on Friday the 24th February due to the Kingcase Players bi-annual play. We are looking into either a return to Newmilns dry ski slope on Thursday the 23rd or a vist to the climbing wall on Friday the 24th. Either way keep that Thursday / Friday clear in your diaries.

If you have not already paid your Capitation fees last year then please do so as soon as possible. This is an annual fee of £25 that is paid to the Scout Association to cover the costs of running the organisation, insurance, Scout owned outdoor centres etc. Please return the payment along with the attached personal details form inside an envelope with the Scout's name and "Capitation Fees" written on the outside. If you are paying by cheque, please make cheques payable to "12th Ayrshire Scout Troop".

18th November

Remember the Coffee Morning tomorrow. We're looking for donations of home baking and items for the bottle stall, tombola and Christmas stall.

Parent helpers are required and we'll sort out tonight who can help out from the Scouts.

11th November

There is a walk planned for tomorrow morning at Largs. We will meet at the Church Hall at 9:00 a.m. Going could be tough so hiking boots or strong walking shoes are essential. Make sure you are dressed for the weather with waterproofs, hat, gloves and enough layers to keep you warm. Take along your neckie and a packed lunch.

Dependant on numbers we may need help with transport. Parents providing transport are welcome to attend the walk. If you are planning to come along bring the completed permission form with you tomorrow morning.

We will be in church on Sunday for the service of Remembrance. Please be in the Church Hall in full uniform by 10:35 a.m. Please make every effort to ensure that we have a sizeable attendance.

The Group Coffee Morning takes place on Saturday the 19th November from 10:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. We are looking for donations of home baking, bottles for the bottle stall and items for the tombola prizes. Please bring them along to Scouts next week or early on the morning of the 19th. Scouts that are coming along to help should be in full Scout uniform. Any help from parents would be most welcome. Please try and get as many people as you can to turn up.

Capitation fees this year remain at £25 and are payable now. This is an annual fee that is paid to the Scout Association to cover the costs of running the organisation, insurance, Scout owned outdoor centres etc. Please return the payment along with the personal details form inside an envelope with the Scout's name and "Capitation Fees" written on the outside. If you are paying by cheque, please make cheques payable to "12th Ayrshire Scout Troop".

Note: Explorers will collect their own capitation fees, so if you are moving on wait until told by the Explorer leaders when to pay.

28th October

Tonight is the Halloween party so remember to come dressed up.

The ten pin bowling night to celebrate our Gold CSAers will take place on Friday the 4th November. Meet at LA Bowl in Ayr at 6:30 pm. You don't need any money for the bowling but bring along some money for drinks and snacks.

Sunday the 13th of November is Remembrance Sunday and is one of only two occasions that we attend church. Meet in the church hall at 10:35 a.m. The attendance at our last church service was extremely poor, please make every effort to get this back to the numbers we used to put out.

Join the 12th Ayrshire Scout Facebook Group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/134986803205725/ It's a closed group so you need to request permission to join.

14th October

Well done to everyone that survived another underwater camp. I'll sort out the Nights Away and Challenge badges after the holidays.

No Scouts next Friday due to the school holidays.

Although I had planned to go ten pin bowling after the holidays I just realised that Friday the 28th October is Halloween. As usual we will run a Halloween party so get you best disguise on and come along.

The ten pin bowling night to celebrate our Gold CSAers will move to Friday the 4th November. Meet at LA Bowl in Ayr at 6:30 pm. You don't need any money for the bowling but bring along some money for drinks and snacks. If you plan to go along please fill in the form below and return by the 28th October. (or email or fb message)

7th October

Camp at Culzean tonight. Be there at 18:30 sharp, it'll be pitch black by 19:30 and there is some setting up to do.

Weather forecast is changing by the minute and not for the better. It looks like Friday may be dry but Saturday and Sunday will be very wet. Make sure you have your waterproofs and wellies or hiking boots and enough changes of clothes.

It could get cold at night so make sure you have enough layers and don't forget your roll mat. There's no tuck shop at Culzean so make sure to bring enough for the weekend, although we will probably spend some time down in the park so you might want to bring some money for hot chocolate.

See you all tonight.

P.S. remember that Scouts are on next week as usual, but off on holiday on Friday the 21 st October.

30th September

No Scouts next week as we are going camping to Culzean. Meet at Culzean at 6:30 pm. I don't think the current weather is going to last to next week so check before hand if it's suncream or waterproofs you need. Make sure you hand in a completed permission form and payment of £25 tonight.

The night at LA Bowl has been rearranged to Friday the 28th October. Details will follow nearer the time.

Scouts will run as normal on Friday the 14th October but will not be on Friday the 21st due to the school holidays.

As an experiment I have created a Facebook group for the 12th Ayrshire Scouts to post news and details of events. This will be a closed group so only members will see what we are planning to do. Visit http://www.facebook.com/groups/134986803205725/ and request to join. Membership is open to Scouts and parents. Note that emails will still be sent out each week and the 12th Ayrshire website will still contain the latest details and forms.

23rd September

Congratulations to Kerrie on getting her Adventure Challenge.

The camp at Culzean on the weekend of the 7th to 9th October has been confirmed. If you are planning to attend fill in the permission form and return by Friday the 30th September.

9th September

We plan to run a weekend camp at Culzean from Friday the 7th October to Sunday the 9th October. Cost will be £25. Permission forms will be given out on Friday the 23rd September. If you have not camped before please try and come along as we will provide a program that will enable you to get your Outdoor Challenge.

No Scouts next Friday due to the school holiday. Scouts resume on Friday the 23rd September.

To acknowledge the efforts of our latest group of Scouts to achieve their Gold Chief Scout Award we are looking to run a night of 10 pin bowling at the LA Bowl in Ayr on Friday the 14th October. Again permission forms will be given out on Friday the 23rd September but we would be looking for a show of hands to get some indication of numbers available to go

19th August

There will be no Scouts tonight due to a double booking at the hall. Scouts will resume as normal next Friday (26th August).

Sorry for the late notice, please pass this on to any other Scouts you know.