Three of our crew along with our leader and other rovers and scouters, will be visiting a scout group in Peschiera located in Italy this summer. Amongst other activities, we will visit gardaland and canouing in the famous lake Garda.

Peschiera del garda --- Arial view

There will be 2 BBQ organised by the 1st Hamrun Ventures. The first one  will be held on 4th July 2008 at our head quarters. The occasion being the reopening of the games room. The other one is still under costruction and will be the discussed in our next meeting. 

Thanks.

The internal composition, organization and administration of a Venture Scout Unit are decided by an Executive Committee, elected by the Venture Scouts of the Unit, at regular intervals as may seem fit for that particular Unit. The size of the Committee and the method of selection will depend on the size and composition of the Unit. The Executive Committee will consist of a Chairman and such other members as the Unit may decide.

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All started on Friday night when at about 8:30pm we met at our headquarters and after having the last briefing about the journey we departed to Cirkewwa. From there we boarded the Gozo ferry and after some minutes we were at Mgarr harbour.  We pitched our tents and spent the first night of our journey beneath Forth Chambray. It was amazing how members of the Venture Unit and Rover Crew managed to share their food and drink supplies.

On Saturday we had to wake up very early in the morning, actualy some few minutes after sunrise so as to avoid the large ammount of heat which was due to happen due to the clear weather that was forecasted. We managed to arrive at Nadur earlier then planned and so we could afford having a longer break.

After this break we headed to Xaghra and after passing through a valley just beneath this village we passed by the parish church were we met our brothers in scouts from the Xaghra Scout Group. These scouts led us to their headquarters were we had a very warm welcome. We exchanged ideas about some joint activities and even shared ways by which this group can train their leaders. Following thi break, we followed our route which led us to Victoria scouts headquarters. Here again we found the group scout leader who showed us the headquarters and gave us a brief description of the facilities which we can use. We organised a table-soccer league and afterwards we had dinner.

On Sunday we woke up a bit later then the previous day due to the fact that the distance remaining in order to reach our destination was only 8Km. We started this day by going to the mass and afterwards we had breakfast at nearby coffee shops. Going back to the Victoria scouts H.Q. we checked all the headquarters to make sure that we leave the place clean and tidy.

Our last destination was Mgarr harbour, from here we boarded the ferry and were soon on our way to Cirkewwa. Here we took some group photos and moved back towards our headquarters.

It was a great Journey in which the older sections of the Hamrun Scout Group ( Venture Unit and Rover Crew ) once again demonstrated their skills, long term planning gave us great results. 

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Last Friday after having our usual meeting everything was set for both Rover crew members and members from the Venture unit to start drawing our route and hence writing down the exact co-ordinates we should pass from during our expedition.

The Gozo map was well examined and footpaths to be used were further checked against contour lines to avoid steep paths. Points involving valleys were compared to the inteligence  collected from our Gozitan friends so as to stay away from obstructed trails which can lead us to a waste of time.

Emergency paths were also considered for the reason that our policy is to stick to our motto and BE PREPARED for any situation that may emerge.

Route Summary:

• Approximate distance to be covered: 37.8 KM
• Duration: 3 Days
• Terrain Type: Country Side - Footpaths
• Accomodation Type: Light weight tents
• Certified First Aiders Attending Event: 5 Persons

 Expedition Route————>

Once again we would like to thank all Gozitan Scout Groups for giving us their support. We are sure that this expedition will strengthen our relations with these groups, and offer our mutual support regarding any Scouting matter.

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On Saturday afternoon (Last Saturday) the 1st Hamrun Venture Unit had in program to go for a hike.

 We ate and were ready to begin our hike. At about 14.00 we started walking from our camping site. In the hike we did not walk very much but we had lots of fun because we did lots of adventures like rock climbing, and took lots of photos which could be seen in this site too.

We arrived at the camp site at about 16.00.It was a hike with a difference, typical of the 1st Hamrun Venture Unit.

Following our latest correspondances with both Gozitan Scout groups I am in a position to announce that these groups offered their assistance during our coming event.

Xaghra Scout Group wish to meet us at their Headquarters, and having this invite I am sure that both Venture Unit and Rover Crew will agree to addapt our route so that we will meet our brothers in scouts.

In addition during the centenary camp we asked Victoria Group Scout Leader about the possibility to sleep at their H.Q. and to this request, again they offered their full support.

These issues and others concerning the Gozo expedition will be on the agenda of next Friday’s meeting. 

Please remember that today all the members who are going to participate in the Good Friday activities must be at HQ by 3:45pm.

• All members who are participating in the CNC must be a member of the SAM and have a valid consent form
• Each unit (District/Group/Section) must have a Camp Chief who in turn will report to the CNC Coordinator as soon as they arrive on the camp site
• Registration is done at the CNC Office by each unit
• Entering and Leaving - all units entering or leaving the campsite at any time of the day must inform the CNC coordinator’s site office, which will be in ablution block ‘A’ left side to the main entrance. Main gate must always be closed
• Parking - all vehicles must be parked of the camping plots and parked next to the container outside of main camping plots
• Heavy vehicles bringing in equipment will have permission to unload and load on the camping plots. As soon as these are lighten, these vehicles must park as mentioned above
• All members arriving at the Campsite by coaches or private vehicles must disembark at the main gate
• No Alcohol is permitted on the campsite
• Smoking is only permitted in designated areas away from the main campsite and not in-front of young people
• All litter/garbage must be collected and separated at source by each unit and disposed off in the dedicated skips
• Lighting of Fires - all fires that are to be used must be small controllable fires with flames of not more than 300mm high
• Each unit must have at least one electrical connection with a P16 (Blue) male connection for electrical power supply and a water connection with a ½” screw on hose which both electrical and water connection can be connected to each bollard. These items must be provided by each unit
• Ablution Blocks must ONLY be used as toilets and showers. No-one will be allowed to wash utensils in the ablution block
• All utensils/personal mess tins, must be wash at a designated area next to each unit’s kitchen and grey water must be disposed off correctly
• Each unit must be prepared to do ablution duties and these duties will be taken by turns
• All camping plots must be clean at all times and site inspection will be done before a unit leaves the allocated camping plot
• Silent hour starts at 23.00 hrs and must be respected
• No generators are allowed in the campsite
• Meeting point, Emergency/injury - CNC Coordinator’s Office
• CNC Coordinator - Leslie Bonnici - Mob 9949 5879