PHOTO ALBUM
looking back 2005 - 1998
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| 2005 Christmas Dinner | |
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As usual our Christmas Dinner was well attended. Everyone loved their gifts, party games were played and most people slept over. However this year instead of the usual ice skating we managed to book "broom balling" at 1.00am. Great fun was had by all. |
| 2005 County Challenge | |
Learning to knit at Rangers (a clause of the SSOX Challenge 2005) October - November 2005 |
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SSOX stands for Senior Section in Oxfordshire. Its an umbrella term used in the County to cover all Rangers, Young Leaders and Senior Section members. In fact all those 14-25 years of age. Most years the Senior Section Adviser, or the SSOX Committee, devises a County Challenge which can be competed for by all SSOX members, as we own a rather beautiful shield donated by "the Commissioners" in 1922. |
In 2005 the Challenge included clauses on "holding a party in a high place", "biviing out", and "walking to see the sun rise". We rolled all these challenges into one weekend at the beginning of September. Above: - "partying in a high place" - on Jarn Mound, Boars Hill, Oxford and left: - eating breakfast having bivvied out at Youlbury International Scout Activity Centre, then risen early and walked to a high place to watch the sun rise. |
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| 2005 Innovate Wrexham in September | |
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Becky, Manda, Jaye, Lizzie, Ali and Holly attended Innovate and all were inspired by the "buzz" engendered by the event. Here are some of them, all dressed up for the evening entertainment. |
| 2005 Eurojam | |
Becky and friend, both
members
of the International Service Team at EUROJAM. The photo was used for publicity purposes and flashed all over the place. |
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| 2005 Quest - Oxfordshire's County Camp | |
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3 Leaders and 9 Rangers attended the County Camp at Standlake in August. Traditionally Oxon's County Camp is held every five years with most Divisions running their own subcamps, the Senior Section manning a Service Team Camp and a Central Camp for all the organisers. However this year everyone camped with their Division. It was nice to camp alongside our District Guiding team and good to set the Guides an example but we did miss the camaraderie of the other Senior Section Units. We hosted some Russian Boy and Girl Scouts during and after the Camp. Above left shows some of them with us at our final night Party with the older Guides. Left - some of our members on the beach at Bournemouth on our day outing. |
| Sun Run 2005 | |
Watching the Presentations at Sun Run 2005. Attended by AJ, Ali, Amy, Amy, Becci, Becky, Emma, Holly, Kelly, Manda, Maryanne, Olivia, Sheena and Nette. We didn't bother entering the Sun Run this year but did have a team in the Moon Run. And for the first time ever we won a Trophy. The Fastest All Female Team in a time of 3 hours 44 minutes.. Well Done all four of you. You did us proud. |
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| 2005 Silver D. of E.
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In May four of our girls completed their thirty mile Silver Expedition in the New Forest. We're just awaiting their reports. |
| 2005 Chief Guide Award Presentations | |
CONGRATULATIONS to Lizzie and Holly completing their Chief Guide's Challenge Award and to Nette for her 25 year Service to this Unit. We held a big Party in April to celebrate and invited back all our former members. It was lovely to see people again. |
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2004 Our Annual Christmas Dinner is traditionally cooked by the newest members of the Unit. Whilst they're cooking other Rangers deliver the Christmas cakes we've made to the elderly in the village and yet more members will lay the table and decorate it. We rarely sit down to eat before 9.00pm and some years its later. The dinner is always followed by one of our Court of Awards Ceremonies then the giving of presents. Most years we play the right/left present giving game and this is followed by party games before we go ice skating at about 1.00am in the morning. This year one of our Assistant Guiders remade her Promise at the Ice Rink at 2.00am after our Christmas Party. We went on back to our Centre afterwards and slept over. |
2004 With AJ's help it was possible to run 2 Expeditions in the October half term. Five members walked east to west across the Forest being assessed for their Silver Award by a member of the New Forest Expedition Panel and four Rangers walked south to north for their Practice Expedition. The weather was dreadful and most people not only got soaked but covered in mud. We pride ourselves at Horizon on the number of Bronze and Silver Awards we gain. However so far we've only had two Golds in the Unit and one of those was AJ. However being associated with OSAGTO LINK Unit does give us the opportunity to keep the girls involved for longer. |
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2004 Ten members of the Unit attended Summer Camp in 2004 as participants of the Essex Jamboree. We were on Athena Subcamp and participated in some amazing water activities as well as the more usual "its a knock out" and evening discos. We spent an afternoon on Clacton seafront, participated in the Challenge Hike and some of the girls gained their International Friendship Awards. Dressing up in the evening was very popular and one day we entertained some Scouts from Ghana giving them both breakfast and an evening meal. Three members made their Promise whilst at camp. Jade, Sheena and Kelly all made their Promise whilst in the sea at Clacton. Traditionally they cracked open a bottle of perry to celebrate the occasion and we then held a bar-b-cue on the shingle and partied till sunset. |
2004 Another action packed Sun Run in July. Only 19 attended this year though (including LINK). Amy & Nicky managed to pick up some guy from Wales in order to enter the 26 mile Sun Run which they both completed (although the Welsh guy walked off with our map & one of our compasses) and Becky, Leo and Maryanne completed the 13 mile Moon Run. We once again completely flunked the Volleyball but all enjoyed the inflatables and the kareoke. All loved the Discos. |
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2004 We visited the Forest of Dean in June, Kayaking on the River Wye was the main reason for not going to the Peak District this year. It turned out to be only a small group of us even though we were joined by some LINK members. We stayed at Holly Barn, had a meal out at a local hostelry, went mountain biking one afternoon and of course did a lot of kayaking. Jennie said "It was absolutely brilliant" |
| 2004 In May Jade, Sheena, Laura & Jessie all completed their 15 mile Practice Expeditions at the beginning of the month, in the surrounding villages to Kidlington. Then at the end of the month they were joined by Olivia and went on to complete their actual Expedition camping overnight at Youlbury. Well Done all five of you. |
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2004 Becky's Holiday Licence Camp took the form of a Murder Mystery weekend. A camp of Cocktails, 1920'S outfits and mystery it took place at Hill End Environmental Centre, Oxford for the weekend. Other activities included an expert from St Johns Ambulance Service teaching us how to create gory fake wounds on ourselves, won't our mums be proud!!! A video board game called Atmosfear, golf at Didcot Driving Range, swimming and horse riding. We had to guess who the murderer was and we made yet more crafts... We all had great fun. Fiona says it was really great... the activities were good and there was always something to do. Also the food was good, and all the Rangers seemed to enjoy themselves. And of course, Becky gained her Holiday Licence. |
| 2004 Our first overnight event of the year was a Fantasia Extravaganza February half term. This included a visit to Cadbury's World, which was really good. Then we spent all day Thursday doing crafts, and played chocolate games, and had a fairytale tea party. In the evenings we watched videos and had massages with aromatherapy oils. We went home early Friday morning. |
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2003 December saw us in London for the weekend. We spent the first evening shopping in Oxford Street, followed by a meal at Pizza Hut and a visit to the Trocadero. We spent the nights at Baden Powell House. The next day we visited CHQ then Pax Lodge for a tour of the building. We also had a new Ranger make her Promise in the grounds. On the Sunday we went to Harrods for some more shopping, then we returned home to rest our aching feet. A weekend enjoyed by everyone. |
| 2003 October saw our annual Halloween Party and a scary night for the guides that joined us. The party included music, traditional games like apple bobbing and eating mini doughnuts hanging from string, and yet more party food. We drank a witches brew of mulled wine and everyone came dressed up. |
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2003 Our Summer Camp was a fantastic 10 days at Kandersteg in Switzerland. We visited attractions such as the Trummelbach Falls, Our Chalet where some Rangers made their Promise, took a ski lift to Oechininsee where yet more Rangers made their Promises knee deep in the (freezing) waters of the lake and Berne. As we were present for Swiss National Day, we marched into the town with all the others from all over the world, singing and waving flaming torches. An unforgettable experience. |
| 2002 Another Summer Camp and yet another Promise Ceremony. This time at Lands End whilst camping at the Haven site at Perran Sands in Cornwall one of our favourite holiday destinations. |
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2001 At Horizon we have a tradition of having three Court of Award Ceremonies a year. Usually at Easter, the September A. G. M. and at Christmas. As there are not many Awards that the girls can work towards and they love getting badges we give participation patches and certificates for camps attended and jobs well done. The pic. on the left shows some of the girls with their Awards pinned to balloons at the Christmas Dinner Party 2001. |
| 2000 Our first International trip for a while was to New York. Here you see Rangers with Helen (former Assistant Guider) at the Yankees Stadium in New York watching the New York Yankees playing the Canadian Blue Jays at baseball. The Yankees won! |
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| 1998 We've frequently camped at Haven Campsites, enabling the Rangers to party in the evenings in a "family" safe environment and having the advantage of loads of facilities on site. Perran Sands in Cornwall is one of our favourite sites and they're very good about accomodating us. The pic shows Rangers after a Promise Ceremony - Aug. '98 |
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