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• The winners of Operation Red Flare 2010 were Raynes Park Explorer Scout Unit, and runners up Faversham Ranger Guide Unit – they also won the Ladies trophy. The highest placed visitors were Griffyn Explorers from East Grinstead, and the highest placed mixed-team were Belmont Explorers from Sutton. The Scout Network trophy was won by Sutton Scout Network with Croydon runners-up. Read the full Red Flare 2010 Report for further details. (9th March 2010)

• No luck with your 2011 World Scout Jamboree application? Interested in an Expedition to Sweden in 2011? GLSW is mounting an expedition to an organised Scout camp in Sweden in July/August 2011 which will include a visit to the World Scout Jamboree. Further details and an online application form on the website (closing date 31st March 2010). (28th February 2010)

• There will be an opportunity for older Explorer Scouts (16 and over) and Scout Network members to take part in a Queen’s Scout / Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Expedition in the Lake District in August. Please see the online form for details and to register your interest. (16th February 2010)

• The 23rd Mitcham team won this year’s GLSW Scout Cooking Competition 2010 with 1st Tolworth B team in second place and Berrylands B team in third place. Special merit awards included smiliest team (13th Wimbledon A), most blood spilt (1st Tolworth D), most burnt dixie (1st Tolworth B) and most equipment used/biggest spillage (22nd Wimbledon A). Full results are available on the website. (14th February 2010)

• The GLSW Scout Night Exercise 2010 will take place on Saturday 13th March to Sunday 14th March 2010 @ Boidier Hurst Campsite (entries must be received by Saturday 19th February 2010). (29th September 2009)

• CHAOS 2010 will be a fun-packed weekend for 600+ Scouts from all across the county, with their leaders, to celebrate Scouting in GLSW. CHAOS 2010 will take place from 25th to 27th June 2010 at Tolmers Scout Activity Centre in Hertfordshire, a fantastic site with great facilities and a great crew well versed in providing excellent activity camps for Scouts. Download the registration form to register your interest now. (10th January 2010)

• Winners in the GLSW Orienteering Competition 2009 were Harrison P and Curtis A from 25th Purley (under-12), Dominic C and Joshua A from 25th Purley (under-14), Ben G and James C from Kenley Explorers (under-16), Daniel W and Edward S from 25th Purley (under-18) and Ian Smith and Neil McLauchlan from Raynes Park ESU (over-18). The competition took place on Sunday 6th December 2009 in the Happy Valley area of Coulsdon. (10th January 2010)

• Innuendo, a team from Wimbledon & Wandle’s Raynes Park Explorer Scout Unit, won the Gold Trophy in the GLSW Explorer Night Hike 2009, which took place at the end of November last year. The Bronze Trophy was won by a team from Royal Kingston’s Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit. (10th January 2010)

• The GLSW County Annual Report and Accounts 2009 are now available online in Portable Document Format. (10th June 2009)

Other recent additions: GLSW County Scout Night Exercise 2009; Operation Red Flare 2009; GLSW Scout Cooking Competition 2009; GLSW Orienteering Competition 2008.