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PG FOUR Went To Hylands Four members of PG represented the Group, as part of the Berkshire Units, at the World Jamboree in 2007 Click Here for details of how they PG Four got selected |
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Alex Robins, Mark Courtier, James Kirk and Toby Ayre
represented PG and Maidenhead, as part of the Berkshire Units, that went on the
World Jamboree. The Jamboree was held in UK, at Hylands Park in Essex, 27 July to 8 August 2007 |
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HO HO is where Scouts from another Country stay with the Scouts and their families for a few days. Mark and Toby both had two Japanese Scouts staying with them |
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For more details of fifteen Scouts going from Maidenhead Click Here |
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Follows is a report from Mark Courtier: Form 26th July to 8th August the PG Four (Mark Courtier, Toby Ayre, James Kirk and Alex Robins) were having a brilliant time at the 21st World Scout Jamboree. This involved 40,000 scouts from almost every country in the world celebrating the centenary of scouting in Hylands Park, Essex. We did many activities including Gilwell adventure, a day spent doing physical activities such as a giant obstacle course, climbing, pedal go carts, tobogganing and, if you were brave enough, a huge water slide, as well as time spent doing scouting skills and having a historical tour of Gilwell. On other days we spent time in the global development village, where we experienced activities, crafts and foods from the countries, which I really enjoyed, and we also spent a day, called starbust, in the local community doing something useful. I personally helped build a bridge in a nature reserve and others made some bird boxes and helped clear footpaths. There were also ceremonies and one big one on sunrise day (1st August) which was the exact centenary of scouting. However the best part of the jamboree was meeting the thousands of people there, having conversations with them (most spoke better English than me), swapping badges and other items and going out for meals. I personally ate out with some Belgians and our Japanese home hospitality scouts and we invited some Danes to eat with us. I had an amazing time and will never forget it and I would like to thank PG for their support on fundraising and going on the Jamboree and the Jamboree Unit Leaders for surviving us. We will be doing a fuller report at the Parents Evening, on 6th October 2007. Follows is a message from Alex Robins: The 21st World Scout Jamboree, organized to celebrate 100 years of Scouting, was a fantastic experience for all those who were lucky enough to be able to go. As one of the four scouts from PG who was fortunate enough to go on Jamboree I had the best time of my life; the activities provided allowed us to meet people from over 150 countries, although I have to confess I didn't manage to get to know someone from all of them, and to build up team skills, bypassing languages problems, racial, religious and class differences. At no other time have I been able to walk up to a group of people I've never met and be certain of a warm, friendly reception. The fact that we were all part of the scouting community meant that we always had something in common and any differences were just a topic of conversation. The ability to share a meal, to play games and to celebrate 100 years of Scouting with people from a different country, a different continent was something very special. The PG Four would like to say 'Thank you' to the many people who supported us and made this dream a reality. Amongst all of our supporters we would like to say a special thank you to Simon Wheeler (Scout Leader), Erica Hunter (GSL), all of the Pinkneys Green leaders, the parents who donated money and took part in the activities that we ran, and to the charities who were kind enough to donate money to our fund. Follows are a few of Alex's Photos: |
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