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Click here for the latest news. The Daily Martlets 2007 Issue 2.Special Issue: Sunday 1st April a special edition of the newspaper to be published daily during the Martlets Jamboree - the East Sussex Scouting Centenary Celebration Distributed by e-mail or post to all those who have submitted bookings

Martlets East Sussex Jamboree 2007. Over 2,500 Scouts, Cubs and Beavers are expected to take part 28th July to 4th August 2007.Stop Press it is believed over 2,000 have paid their deposits and signed up already! (4th December 2006) Over 600 are going from Ashdown District.. 1st Crowborough has over 165  Beavers, Cubs and Scouts have signed up, plus 22 Explorers! We sent off the booking form the weekend 22nd Nov, so any deposits now received will be at the full rate. Many Scout Groups will be walking to Martlets from their home town and Crowborough Scouts and Explorers will be walking the 12 miles to Martlets! Click here for a copy of the Crowborough Martlets letter.

from A to Z … Where else would you find all of this on offer in a single week? … Abseiling, Aerial Runway, Air Activities, Air Rifle Shooting, Amateur Radio, Archery, Arts & Crafts, Backwoods Cooking, B-P's 1907 Camp, Badge Swapping, Basket Weaving, Battle of the Bands, Bouldering, Bush craft, Cafes, Campfires, Camping, Caving, Canoeing, Celebration, Cinema, Circus Skills, Climbing Wall, Codes and Ciphers, Communication, Community Projects, Conservation, Cooking, Day Visits, Digital Photography, Dinghy Sailing, Disco, Discovery, DIY Skills, Environment, Face Painting, Faith, Fairground, Flags of the World, Games, Geological Trail, GPS Navigation, Hiking, Hog Roast, Hovercrafts, International Scouting, Jamboree!, JOTI, Kayaking, Knots, Lab in a Lorry, Lashings, Making Music, Map Making, Map Reading, Mountain Biking, Native American Crafts, Natural History, Navigation, News reporting, Observation, Off-Road Cycling, Opening Ceremony, Overnight Hike, Pioneering, Power Boating, Promotion of Scouting, Quad Biking, Rafting, Rock Climbing, Rocket Science!, Sailing, Samba Band workshop, Sculpture, Service (D of E Awards), Skiing, Snowboarding, Souvenir Shops, Sub Aqua, Sunrise Ceremony, Surf Kayaking, Survival Skills, Swimming, Technology, Tie-Dying, Tracking, Trampolining, Tree Recognition, Trug Making, Useful Gadgets, Visits to Hylands Park, Venture Scout Reunions, Wide Games, Windsurfing, Wireless Communications, World Scout Jamboree Link, X-Factor competition, Yarns, ZZZZzzzz when you get home! Can you afford to miss out? It is still not too late to book! (see your leader urgently for details)

The was a presentation to parents on Tuesday 17th October 2006 at 8pm at Crowborough Scout Headquarters

Dear Parents

Hopefully most of you will already be aware of the Martlets Camp in 2007.  In case you don’t, the camp is being organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1^st Scout Camp organised on Brownsea Island in 1907.

The camp will take place from the 28^thJuly to the 4^th of August 2007 and is to be held at the Laughton Showground which is located between Ringmer and Golden Cross.  There will be over 2000 members of the Scout Movement camping at the site and the dates are designed to coincide with the World Jamboree which is being held in Essex at the same time.

We have decided, as 1^stCrowborough Scout Group, that we want to attend the Martlets camp and all the Cubs and Scouts camp together as a group, with all the Beavers visiting on the 1^stof August 2007. There is going to be loads to do during the week, including a visit to the World Jamboree and we feel that it will be a fantastic and exciting opportunity that we just wouldn’t want to miss.  I am fairly certain that none of us will be available to attend the next 100^thanniversary of Scouting, so we didn’t want to miss this one.

It would be absolutely brilliant if we were able to get everyone in the group, either camping the whole week, or, if Beavers, attending on Wednesday the 1^st of August.  As the literature posted in the hall of the Scout HQ states, the Wednesday is the actual anniversary and all those in the Scout Movement throughout the World, will be renewing their promise that day.  I think you’ll agree that this will be a day that will go down in history and will be something that all those involved in Scouting will remember for ever.

The purpose of this letter is to let you know the dates, to let you know of our intentions and to give you the cost of the camp.  You will get more detailed information from your section leaders nearer to the camp, i.e. health forms, kit lists, etc.

The camp will cost - £180 for the week.  This does include all activities and food, though not transport too from the site.  The cost of the day visit for the Beavers is £10 and does not include food or transport to or from the site.

If your youngster is currently a Beaver, but will be a Cub before the 16^th April 2007, i.e. 8 years old, they will be eligible to camp all week.  If your young person will be an Explorer Scout before the camp, they will be camping as well, so they will not miss out, but you will need to speak to your leader about the arrangements.

The small print

I am going to set up an instalment system to ease the blow, but we are asking for £10 non-refundable deposit to secure the places.  All cheques will need to be made out to ‘1^stCrowborough Scout Group’ please and clearly marked Martlets Camp and then given to your section leaders with the tear off slip, below.  I need these deposit cheques before the 17th November 2006 please. The organisers have requested full payment by 26^th February 2007! However, we realise the implications of this and have decided to set up a payment plan from 1^st November 2006 to 1^st April 2007,inclusive at £30 per month for 5 months and the last payment of £20.  If you would like to provide post dated cheques to your leader, that will be OK.  The payment method will be up to you, i.e. instalments or full balance; as long as we know your child is coming, that’s the main thing.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to speak with me or a Section leader and we’ll try and answer them.

Yours in Scouting

John Easton

Group Scout Leader, 1st Crowborough Scout Group

01892 660092 or theeastons@gmail.com

The Martlets Jamboree is names after the heraldic Martlet bird which is on the East Sussex County badge.
The Martlets Jamboree 2007 or Martlets Jambo or Martlets Jam is the Martlets International Jamboree a Scout Jamboree to celebrate 100 years of Scouting.
From the 28th July to the 4th August 2007, the Laughton Showground near Ringmer in East Sussex will be transformed into the largest international Scouting Jamboree the County has ever seen. Scouts, Explorers and Cub Scouts from all Districts will be camping together with groups from other countries and taking part in the world centenary celebrations of the Scouting movement. Beaver Scout colonies will also be able to experience the fun and excitement of this once in a lifetime opportunity through day visits.