1st Taxal become the first Troop to win the Derbyshire County Scout Section Rampage Competition in consecutive years. They also pick up prizes in every section, winning the Assualt Course, Scouting Skills and Orienteering outright and the Bases joint.

In June we again took part in the parade for the Whaley Bridge Rose Queen Festival. This year we dressed the float as a pirate ship and the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts dressed up as pirates. We even had cannons that fired !

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In May we took part in Derbyshire County Scout Section's 6-a-Side Football competition. Yet again we finished 3rd.

The report is by Josh, one of the players.

We won. We were...not the champions but the third best...again. We won half our games overcoming many difficulties, including doggy refs, to reach the semi finals where we where outclassed and lost 2-0, they scored the second while we were looking for the equaliser. However at least we lost to the eventual winners. Then came the third / forth place play off. One nil down at half time I, Josh, picked the ball and started running forward with it, it opened up so I shot and I scored, off the underside of the crossbar. We were level.

Dam !!!!!!!!! 2-1 down.

We start attacking again for the equaliser and this time Josh, not me but a different one, got played through with a beautiful ball and he shot.

GOAL!!

Then in a tactical move Chris replaced Wes and we held on until extra time. The first half of it was end-to-end stuff but neither team could find a way through. Then in the second half of extra time the ball arrived at Chris's feet, he then shot, he then scored his third goal of the competition and we, for the first time in this match, were winning. It was a lead we were to hold on to until the end so clinching third place... again - we never seam able to win the semis.

In February Derbyshire County Scout Section held it's Patrol Leaders' Activity Weekend at our Headquarters at Taxal.

This report is by Stephen, one of the Scouts who took part from Taxal.

Patrol leaders weekend was held at 1st Taxal scout hut on the 3rd and 4th of February. It involved around 70 scouts from around the county and lots of leaders. There were five activities climbing, archery, pot holing, a hike and loads of different activities in the scout hut. The climbing was done at wind gather rocks where it was cold, wet and windy, but fun. Archery was in woods in the Goyt valley where you had to shoot at targets dotted around the wood. Pot holing was in a small cave near Castleton where it was wet and full of mud. The hike was a short walk round the Goyt valley for half a day. The last activity was in the scout hut where we had to complete lots of different activities like balancing eight people on a brick. The food was also great and tasted nice and there was plenty for Chris. Everyone had a great time.