On Sunday 17. November 2013, a group of hardy Scouts from both Troops took part in a Mountain Bike Hike along the Heritage Way from Douglas to Peel. Conditions weren’t great as it was constantly raining. Some Scouts were collected at Peel, while five made the return trip back to Douglas, with the two Leaders. […]

Last night Thursday Beavers had a visit from the new Island Commissioner for Scouting – Guy Thompson. Guy called by to introduce himself and to meet the Beavers. Whilst he was there, Guy was also able to present a very special award to Evan W., who has gained his Chief Scout’s Bronze Award. This prestigious […]

Earlier in the month Thursday Beavers joined Tuesday Beavers and the rest of the Group to celebrate Fireworks Night. After a massive ‘Beaver Shout’ and a couple of games in the hall – hot dogs and juice were served followed by some impressive Fireworks. The Beavers really enjoyed the evening. Many thanks to everyone in […]

A big thank you to all the Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders who attended the Remembrance Sunday Parade and Church Service on the 10. November 2013. We know a lot of you sacrificed other activities to attend this very important parade. There are more photos on our Facebook Page here. We also had a 2nd […]

We have some more photos of the Chief Scout with our Beavers and Cubs. You can view the gallery here. You can access all our photo galleries here.

We had a fantastic turn out of almost the whole Group at our Fireworks Activity Night on the 4. November 2013. Around 150 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers Leaders and a couple of Committee Members took part. While the Beavers had games in the hall, Cubs from one Pack took part in a treasure hunt, while […]

Tuesday and Thursday Beavers celebrated Halloween last week with a joint Fancy Dress Party. All the Beavers and Leaders dressed up in some scary costumes and masks! The Beavers took part in some spooky games and activities, including the chocolate bar game, apple bobbing, sweets in flour and pass the cauldron! There was a prize […]

We are hoping to have details about the 2014 Summer Camp out in the next couple of weeks. We are still deciding on a venue for the week long camp, but it will be under canvas, on the Isle of Man and will be packed full of activities. The date however is sorted and will […]

As part of the Creative Challenge Badge, Scouts in  the Phoenix Troop took some head and shoulders portrait photos of each other. Below are a few results (click on an image to enlarge):

We give out a lot of badges to our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts at 2nd Onchan. We must spent in the high hundreds of pounds buying badges from the Scout Association each year and we would therefore appreciate it if when a badge is awarded it appears on uniform as soon as possible. We know […]