Welcome to the online troop log of the 7th Waterford De La Salle Scout Troop for 2005. You can also see what we got up to in 2004, 01/02, 00/01, 99/00 and in 98/99. The troop was founded way back in 1931 and has seen many scouts and leaders over that time. Today, Billy Collins is the Scoutleader and Patrice Doyle, Alan Robinson and Kenneth Rouse are the Assistant Scoutleaders. The troop has a core of about thirty scouts which are divided up into four patrols (Hawk, Wolf, Panther and Cobra).
Above: The 7th Waterford in the Comeragh Mountains in January 2005.
We meet every Wednesday night from 7.30pm to 9.00pm and like our brother De La Salle troop, the 3rd, a lot of our programme is based in the outdoors and it is mostly the non meeting night activities we give below. Read on and you'll see what we mean!
Troop Log 2005
Ulster MPC - 21st - 23rd October 2005
The 2005 Ulster Mountain Pursuit Challenge took place from the 21st to the 23rd of October 2005 in the Mourne Mountains in Co. Down. It was an excellent weekend of mountaineering and which featured a superb horseshoe route in excellent conditions across Slievelamagan, Cove Mountain, Slieve Beg and Ulster's highest mountain, Slieve Donard. You can read the full account with lots of photos here.
County MPC - 16th - 18th September 2005
The 2005 Waterford Scout County Mountain Pursuit Challenge took place from the 16th to the 18th of September 2005 in the Comeragh Mountains. You can read the Expedition Report of the event on our County MPC 2005 page while the County MPC 2005 Gallery page also has an outstanding selection of photographs taken by participants in the event from across the county.
Annual Camp - 30th June - 3rd July 2005
The small village of Castlecove in Co. Kerry was the venue for our Annual Camp 2005. Highlights included high speed zapcatting, rafting, climbing, air rifle shooting and a visit to the mysterious Staigue Fort. You can read a full account with loads of photos on our Camp 2005 page.
Above: Preparing the mince stew on Camp 2005 at Castlecove.
County Challenge Weekend - 17th - 19th June 2005
The second Waterford Scout County Challenge Weekend took place at Inistiogue in Co. Kilkenny and it was a great weekend. We won the award for the best photo log of the weekend and came 5th overall in the competition. A full account and lots of photos are available on our County Challenge 2005 page.
Above: The team from the 7th on the County Challenge 2005.
Troop Hike - 6th of March 2005
On Sunday the 6th of March 2005 the troop went on a hike to Faithlegg. We met in the den at ten o' clock. When we had all arrived we left for Faithlegg. When we got to the Dunmore Road, Barry Kelly had the idea of waving to the people in their cars while we waited for people to come out from the Londis shop at Ballinakill. Most people waved back at us. When everyone came out of the shop we started walking again. We got out to Faithlegg at about half past twelve. When we arrived Billy taught us how to do "backwoods cooking". We collected firewood and lit fires. When the fires were lit Billy taught us how to prepare the food. We cooked eggs, rashers, sausages, apples and oranges with chocolate. When the cooking was done we feasted on some delicious food. After eating we had to have the well deserved game of manhunt. When the game was done it was four o' clock and time to go home. This was one of my favourite hikes with the 7th because the cooking was very interesting and the hike itself was a lot of fun. Attendance: Billy Collins, Patrice Power, Darragh O'Callaghan, Michael Kavanagh, Emmet Power, Eoin Kelly, Lucy Power, Kieran Kelly, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Caitriona Collins, Barry Kelly and Jack Power.
Troop Overnight - 21st - 22nd January 2005
Above: Eoin Kelly shows off his climbing technique at the Rathgormack Climbing Wall.
The Rathgormac Hiking Centre was the venue for a quick troop overnight at the end of January It's an excellent spot located at the foothills of the Comeragh Mountains and has a climbing wall, large hall as well as a kitchen, showers and dormitory accommodation. We got there at about 7.00pm and got stuck into the climbing wall at the back of the hall and nearly everybody gave it a go. There were a few exceptional performers with Eoin Kelly and Graham showing amazing technique with Declan demonstrating the best endurance. Only Shane eventually surmounted the overhang. In the speed climbing competition Graham took the U-13 prize while Shane took the U-16.
Above: On the Rathgormack Climbing Wall - Click to view a larger image.
Indoor soccer and basketball was followed by a mad battle game with many many balls, we ate more, made plenty of noise and a few people even went to sleep. The next morning we had a good breakfast in preparation for our hike to Loch Mohra beneath Knockanafrinn. It was a very wet morning and every crossroads we met in the forest gave us a choice of up or down but we always picked up. Eventually we made it to Loch Mohra but we retreated back into the shelter of the forest quickly for a bit of lunch before battling our way back down to the cars.
Above: Where are we?
Below - More images from the hike - click to view a larger image.
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