This evening we were fortunate to be hosted by Jasper from Go Tennis at the fabulous facilities at Haslemere Lawn Tennis club.
 
Our Beavers got to practice hand and eye co-ordination which are key for playing any kind of sport.  They learnt about forehand and backhand tennis strokes; where to position their feet and bodies to ensure a good return of the ball that was fed to them.  They then put all the techniques into practice  and played various tennis games which seemed to be met with great enthusiasm.  We had a couple of Beavers that proved to be real tennis stars – well done everyone for taking part and entering into the spirit of the session.
 
Thanks to Jasper and HLTC

Last year we took our older cubs off to Brownsea Island to celebrate the Cub Scout centenary. It was such a fantastic camp, very relaxed with a smaller number to look after, and more exciting for them as they had to bring their own provisions - proper explorer style! So good was the camp we decided to make it a tradition and run the camp each year as a "My Last Camp". 

This year's camp was just as much a success as last year. Cubs made shelters from DD Tarps (thanks to Scouts for lending them), brought their own highly tactical survival food (some more tactical than others, but it's a learning curve), learned how to whistle through an acorn cup (thanks a LOT king Louie!) and witnessed the Colonel being awarded his wood badge (though maturity is in question). 

Welcome back to Beavers and also a very warm welcome to our new Beavers! This evening we made paper hands to help us learn each other’s names.

We also collected natural things to go into our bug hotels. The insects of Haslemere are going to be very lucky.