Winter Camp 2011
Here is the first bit of info for the first event of 2011. If you wish to go, then you can either pay online, or bring the £10 deposit to Explorers with a note saying what it’s for.
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Well done to our 3 team for coming 36th (Follow the Sheep), 22nd (Fudge Lobster Express) and 18th (Lobster) in this year’s Apex Extreme Challenge. An extra mention goes to the Lobster team (Kieran, Jack, Imran and Will) who came 6th on the Apex Eliminator, the army assault course, beating most of the Network teams too!
The full results for all 3 teams are available online:
Lobster
Fudge Lobster Express
Follow the Sheep
The photos are available on our Facebook page and on the Apex Challenge Facebook page
Apex Challenge final details
Well folks, it’s just 8 days to go until the big event, and Helios are already buzzing!
For those of you that are going, make sure you check out the following, as if you miss anything, they won’t let you take part… You need to bring EVERYTHING on the kit list, and make sure you print and fill in the consent form.
Joint Camp – a huge success
Helios ESU have just returned home from a fantastic weekend’s camping with 3rd Hindley Scouts / Explorers and 3rd Brampton Scouts at Linnet Clough
Thankfully the weather was nice to us, and we were able to see the summer out in style, conquering The Cube high ropes course, kayaking, low ropes, pedal karting in the mud, and the bouldering wall, as well as getting to meet people from the other groups.
Photos will, as ever, follow soon.
Next up – Apex Extreme – bring on the challenge!
Photos, photos, photos…
I have finally got round to working the magic on the photos from the last few months so that they appear on the website. Here they are…
Aug 10: Summer Camp at Beaudesert Park
Aug 10: Water fight
May 10: Ashover carnival fundraising
Apr 10: Cardboard castle battle
Apr 10: Apex Overnight Challenge
Still to come…
- Birdbox making
- Expedition
Summer Camp report
Helios ESU have just returned from their first Summer Camp, held at Beaudesert Park over the bank holiday weekend. The four day format was a huge success, with an intense programme of activities, including crate stacking, Jacob’s ladder, zipwire, geocaching, volleyball, climbing and abseiling (most of which took place with an inflatable lobster krabbed to someone’s back.
Other highlights included Joe’s many pearls of wisdom which will be added to the quotes page soon, our home made death trap low ropes course and the awesome fire on the last night.
There was however one point of sadness – Dan burst the lobster. He accidentally stood on Larry, our mascot (blow up lobster). There will however, be a ressurection soon!
The only other lowlight of the weekend included the dreadful Take That tribute band shipped in to entertain the Guides on site.
Once Padge gets round to working the magic, the photos will appear on the website, but until then you can check them out in this flickr set
Planning is already underway for next year’s Summer Camp, which will be held at Blackwell Adventure the same weekend (26th – 29th August). The activities are likely to include 250m dual zipwire, 3G swing, high ropes cowstails course (like Go Ape), swimming pool, kayaking plus other lobster related nonsense…
Joint Camp – forms and directions
Here are the forms and directions to download for the joint camp at Linnet Clough. The letters are the same ones that have been given to the Scouts, so you’ll probably want to ignore the kit list and use your head instead (hint – you might want something to sit on :~) )
[Health Form]
[Letter]
[Directions]
If you want to go, but haven’t signed up yet then there are still places. The cost is £35 and you can download a form [HERE]
Apex team entries
Entries for this year’s Apex Extreme Challenge open on Sunday and I will be submitting our team details first thing Monday morning. Cost will be £22.50 per person and you can pay online, or bring the money/cheque to me ASAP. So, get yourselves in to team of four, and work out the following:
- Your team name
- 4 x members’ names
- Your DOBs
- Your mobile numbers
- Your email addresses
…then head over to [THIS PAGE HERE] and enter it there.
If you haven’t done it by Sunday then I’m afraid your team won’t be entered. You have had 14 weeks to sort yourselves out!
If you still want to enter after Sunday then you’ll have to do it yourself, and get a parent to write you a cheque. You’ll also need access to a printer to print the email that you receive to confirm your entry.
Form for Summer / Joint Camps
Here’s the form for if you want to go on the Summer Camp / Joint Camp. It’s A5 so it might print funny depending on your settings, but don’t worry about it.
It would be helpful to have deposits by the end of May please.
