PLANS AFOOT!
Ingleton Scout Group, which has a membership of over eighty people young and old, and a massive waiting list, has started the new term with great zeal and much renewed enthusiasm!

The Scout hut in Mealbank Quarry, which has served the needs of the Group so well for more than twenty years, is now beyond repair. Various initiatives to locate new premises both as a venue for weekly meetings and a place to store vast quantities of Scouting equipment have all come to nothing.
However, having had their hopes dashed on many occasions, after recent discussions with Craven District Council and Ingleton Rural Community Association, the Group is now hopeful that in the months to come, with the support of the local councillors, they can move forward with fresh initiatives for the youth of Ingleton village. The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts have therefore recently started a fund raising campaign in order to raise cash in the hope that they can go ahead with plans not only to improve their resources but also to contribute towards a much needed and long awaited replacement for their headquarters. The picture shows the scene in Ingleborough Community Centre just before the start of their recent Jumble Sale that raised the pleasing sum of £406 for Group funds.

With each Section bulging to its seams with keen and enthusiastic youngsters, the Ingleton Group is unfortunately a victim of its own success.
Not surprisingly, the existing dedicated and industrious Leaders are desperately in need of additional assistance and so they are actively recruiting adults who can either help with the running of meetings or by supporting the Executive Committee in some way. The Group are also seeking sponsorship in the form of donations, gifts in kind and offers of practical support so that they can turn their hopes of extending their adult membership, renewing their resources and building a new HQ into reality.

Anyone interested in helping should contact the Group by emailing contact@ingleboroughscouts.org.uk or by telephoning the Group Scout Leader, Anne Cox, on 015242 41344.

Kingsdale Challenge 2005
Recently over seventy Cubs and Scouts took part in the Kingsdale Challenge, an exciting murder mystery game set at the fictitious location of Manor Grange, near Settle, home of the Snodgrass family. Youngsters from throughout Ingleborough Scout District travelled to Settle Primary School where they discovered that Lord Snodgrass sadly had met a rather sticky end!
Thirty-six adults were also involved making the event enjoyable and informative for all.

At the start of the day the teams were introduced through role-play to the Snodgrass family, as well as their servants, by twelve adults all suitably dressed in realistic costumes. The game then continued with a series of challenges on the theme of a police murder hunt that allowed teams of five participants to earn clues needed to solve the crime. These activities, which were sited at various locations around Lord Snodgrass's estate such as the Potting Shed and the Stable Yard, included taking and classifying fingerprints, searching for clues and identifying specimens using a microscope. The teams also had to perform first aid, as well as watch a surveillance video to identify an intruder, observe a scene of crime and record evidence, to name but a few of the challenges. To fill any gap in the busy sequence of bases, the teams could also visit the "Herb Garden" where many mini-challenges were achieved. As the day drew to a close the apprentice detectives all assembled at the "Incident Room" where the officers in charge of the case held a Press Conference so that the suspects could be questioned. With an adult mentor to keep the teams on track, the last task was to make their decision as to who was the killer, what was the motive and how they carried out the deadly deed. Finally, the young people evaluated their performance throughout the day.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves but more importantly the event gave the participants practice in effective leadership, problem solving and decision making skills. The youngster's skills of detection were amazingly accurate and very perceptive for their age. At the end of the day, Ingleton Team F, consisting of Alex McLoughlin, Emma Cornthwaite, Grace Harrison and Sam Haigh (back row, left to right) had won by a narrow margin the most points in the Scout Section and Ingleton M Team, which consisted of Aaron Woodhouse, Kieran McLoughlin, Nick Spence and Jack Barnett (front row, left to right) demonstrated they were the clear winners in the Cub Section.

When asked about the event one Scout said "We had a fantastic day ~ it was fun and challenging and you had to think!" A Cub reported that “There was always something to do and we learnt a lot!" The day was rounded off by thanks being given to all concerned, especially the organising committee members who had given up so much of their time to make the event such a success.