215th Sheffield (1st Totley) Scouts

Scouts

Scouts - 10½ to 14 years

Jump in and get muddy. Give back and get set. Scouts ignore the butterflies and go for it, and soon so will you.



Where are we?

The Scouts meet at:
Behind 41 Aldam Road
Totley
Sheffield
S17 4GA
Meeting Times
Monday Troop
Mondays - 19:30 to 21:15

Friday Troop
Fridays - 19:30 to 21:15

Due to our active programme, we often meet outside of these times as well.

News & Blogs
?By Daniel  Wolves Patrol Leader (Monday Scout Troop)
 
On Saturday the 17th of May, three Totley Scout groups and eighteen other scout troops set off across Sheffield in the Scout Scarper. The Scout Scarper is a scout competition which consists of teams using buses to get across Sheffield, while earning points for travel and completing tasks at bases which give you a score out of ten points depending on the teamwork and skill portrayed by the team.
In my team, we started off by taking a bus to the Millhouses Scout hut where we completed our first task. We then took another bus to Totley where we raced one of the other Totley Scout group to the hut and got there first narrowly and competed in an archery competition. We proceeded to get an average of four points per arrow out of fifteen total arrows (which we were very happy with).
 
After the archery we went on even more buses to more bases such as the ones in Hillsborough and the city centre and managed to sneak in a trip to McDonalds in between bases. After completing seven bases we had thirty minutes left and no buses were available to any places that we would have found useful, so we had to run to the base at the Children’s Hospital. We arrived with two minutes to spare before it closed and completed the task hurriedly. We were then able to stroll towards the finish line and still arrived around twenty minutes early, before watching the trophy presentation to find out that our team won the competition!
All the other teams also did brilliantly with one finishing in fourth place finish and only two points away from second place. Our other team got distracted by convenience stores and chip shops and so didn't do so well, but still had a great time.
 
It was such a fun day and I’m sure all the scouts will participate next year if they can and a huge thanks to all the leaders that helped set the event up.
 
 
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On Saturday 15th March, Many scouts went to Hesley Woods to compete against other scouts (over 100 people were there) for the Hallam Trophy with a team of 4 or 6. Our scout group had two teams competing against the others. The goal was to get as many points as possible at each base and win the most points. We got points on how well we did at the activity. 

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At the start of the event, we were given a joker card. This joker card doubles the points we got on one base so we had to think if we would do well enough at that base to use the joker. The Hallam trophy was really fun. Each base has activities that are different from the others like building a base, morse code, minefield and some water activities. My favourite was transporting a tennis ball to a certain place using gutters while being blindfolded and having one person in your team to tell you instructions which was quite hard but fun as my team would have to balance the ball in our gutter blindfolded.

 
 
 

At the end of the event, Ecclesall’s scout group won the trophy like last year, but we had lots of fun and both of our teams did quite well with my team coming in 3rd. This event was like Scout Scarper which I really liked, but this time we didn't need to use public transport and just focused on the activities.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Two teams from 1st Totley Scouts entered Scout Scarper 2024 on Saturday 18th May which, in total 15 teams of 75 Scouts took part. In this annual competition for Hallam District Scouts the teams visit as many Scout HQ’s in the District, plus other venues in town. They must use public transport and they complete certain tasks, such as guessing the parts of a body on a skeleton, carrying water in a leaky bucket and archery, and gain points for how well they did.
 
One of the Totley teams came a creditable 5th place, only a few points away from a podium finish; just one more base visited would have made all the difference.
 
Josh, one of our Scouts, told us about the day:
 
I love Operation Scarper, it’s one of my favourite events of the year. You get to work as a team completing fun activities such as archery, and you get to ride the buses from base to base. There are different challenges to do at each of the bases and you have to try and score as many points as possible. The more bases you visit and the further you travel, the better your team score. I’d really recommend giving it a try, you won’t regret it!
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On Friday the 20th September 2024, two teams from 215th 1st Totley Scouts group competed in the Westbourne Cup along with 12 other teams from other Scouts groups from the district. The Westbourne Cup consists of a roughly 6 hour hike through the night to reach 8 bases. It is one of the most challenging events Scouts can take part in, since you have to work as a team to use map and compass skills to cover a large area and get to each base in the dark. At each base you then have to carry out a different activity. Each team is then given a score, based on teamwork, speed and accuracy.

The tents were already set up at Whiteley Woods, once we had arrived (thanks to Tristan and Dave), so we only had to set up our beds for the night.

It was quite a foggy night but fortunately we were well equipped with bright torches and spare batteries. We set off into the night heading for the first base, where we successfully completed the first activity. We continued around all bases, completing all activities at each one. Our team particularly enjoyed the 5th base with Dave, Jon and Adam where we had to guess what was in the box, but we did NOT enjoy putting our hands in the baked beans!

Finally we arrived back at camp at around 2:30, tired but proud of our achievements, where we all slept soundly in our tents till around 8:30.

In the morning, after a breakfast of pancakes, we found out our places in the Cup. Our team placed 6th, and the other team placed 2nd all out of 14 teams which we were all very happy with.

It was really great fun - but we all appreciated our beds the following night! Thanks to all the leaders for organising and participating too.

Many thanks to Bron, one of our fantastic Scouts for writing about her experience at the Cup!
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