The 13th Kildare scout troop will be closing from Friday the 18th December 2009 till Monday the 11th of January 2010. Happy Christmas and Newyear to one and all.

The unit Leader Bernie Plunkett would like to wish all the Beaver,s Cub,s Scouts and Leaders of the 13th Kildare Scout Troop Clane a very Happy Christmas and Prosperous new year in 2010 we are looking forward to a new year of happy scouting in Clane and Happy Children and Leaders in the coming year.

I would like to thank all the unit leaders who willing give up thier free time to do scouting for teh benefit of the Children of Clane.

Bernie Plunkett Group leader 13th Kildare scouts

On Wednesday the 25th of November 2009 the Monday and Wednesday Nights  Cubs Packs joined together to have their Investiture Cermony we had 35 Cubs on the night they were invested into the 13th Kildare Scouts {Cub section}  by Michael McGuinness. Many thanks to all the Parents and Friends who joined us for the Investiture and the Party later the Children had a good time with lots of sweets and soft drinks and Tea and Coffee and nice cakes the parents of the cubs brought on the Night. All so I would Like to thank Paddy for taking the pictures of the Children on the night and who gave each Child a photograph to bring home as a keepsake some of which we hope to add the  website soon.

Patrica and Siobhan Wednesday Night Cub Leader, Brian adn Mark Monday Night Cub Leader

Our Investiture night on the 26th November went very well, 11 Beavers were invested by Greg Killoran, Scout Master. Freddie Stack,Gemma Austin {our Birthday Girl} Sean Newman, Kate O’Brien, Ryan O’Connell, Saskia Britton, Mark Mulqueen, Niamh Henry, Rebecca Lynch, Conor Croughlan, and Caitlin O’Hara. They were presented with a Certificate, Paw Badges and the Beaver Buddie Badge. The Older Beavers received the last of their Paw Badges and will now do their good deed badge. They all appear  to be quite happy in the Beavers. Gemma Austin gave Greg a little gift on behalf of the Beavers to thank him for doing the Cermony. Many thanks to all the Parents and friends who attended on the night.

Anne Byren

Our outing to Liffey Valley was  a huge success. 32 Beavers and 8 Leadres went on public bus {to keep the cost of the outing down} from Clane on the 7th November 2009. First stop was McDonalds where the Beavers enjoyed a happy meal. Then across to the Cenema to see “Mr fox”. We then went to the shops and as Gemma Austin was 6 years old on the day we gave her a persent,a Birthday balloon and a cake. We would have liked to have more time there, but we had to run to catch the bus. Many thanks to Mairead,Sharon, Bernie,Shannon and Emily for their help.

Anne Byren                                                         Â

Our annual bag pack took place this weekend in supervalue Clane a big thank you to all the scouts and Leaders who gave up their time over the week-end well done. and thanks to supervalue for allowing us to bag pack.