Scouting Ireland Scouts

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Scouts

Organization:	Scouting Ireland
Country:	Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Age Range:	11.5 to 16 yrs
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Macaoimh	Venture Scouts

Scouts in Scouting Ireland are aged between 11 and a half to 16 years of age. Each group has a Court of Honour/Patrol Leader's Council which under the guidance of an adult Scouter designs and implements activities. Scouts is the section where activities begin to really challenge the youth member and impart responsibility and self-reliance in accordance with the Scout method and the educational philosophy of Baden-Powell. The association also currently has Sea Scout and Air Scout programmes. The highest award is the Chief Scout's Award

Scout progressive badge scheme (former CSI). Clockwise from bottom Tracker Award, Explorer Award, National Award, Star Award.

1 National Scout Forum
2 The Phoenix Patrol Challenge
- 2.1 Winners
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] National Scout Forum

A National Scout Committee represents Scouts on all national administrative bodies in line with the associations Youth Participation Policy.^[1]^[2] The NSC meet regularly to discuss matters of importance to Scouts nationwide. The nine member committee is elected annually at the National Youth Forum and meets at Larch Hill. See also National Venture Forum Committee. The committee members each represent a Scout Province and are elected by delegates from that Province at the National Youth Forum. One of the primary roles of the nine member team is to present the successful motions of the National Scout Forum to the associations National Council. National Council is the AGM of Scouting Ireland at which grassroots members from all over the island meet.

The Phoenix Trophy

[edit] The Phoenix Patrol Challenge

The Phoenix Patrol Challenge is the national Scoutcraft competition. It organised by the National Events Team. Patrols of 8 members qualify from their respective Scout Counties to reach the 4 day event. Patrols combine traditional Scout skills with team games. Tasks vary from year to year, with pioneering, water activities, hiking, bivouacking and crafts. There are separate prizes for Campcraft, Cooking,Health & Safety, activity bases and special projects and the coveted overall winners' prize.

The Phoenix evolved from the Melvin competition of Scouting Ireland (CSI) and the Smythe Cup of Scouting Ireland S.A.I.. The name "Phoenix" was chosen for its symbolic meaning by the National Patrol Leaders' Forum in August 2004. The first official Phoenix Challenge was run in 2005 in Pallaskenry (County Limerick). Although, the National Patrol Challenge was held in Larch Hill in August 2004. In 2006 it was held in Tollymore Forest Park (County Down). Each Phoenix is themed and all of the activities relate to the theme, Pallaskenry 2005 had the theme "Journey Through Science", Tollymore 2006 was "The Medieval Experience" and the Phoenix 2007 is themed 'The Flight of the Pheonix'.