Jamboree 2008 (Ireland)

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Jamboree 2008

Event data
Location	Punchestown, County Kildare
Country	Ireland
Date(s)	2–10 August 2008
Attendance	approx. 12,000
Camp Chief	Christy McCann
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Jamboree 2008 is Scouting Ireland's first international Jamboree that will be held from 2 until 10 August 2008. It will take place on the grounds of the Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland. The aim of the Jamboree is to celebrate one hundred years of Scouting in Ireland. Over 12,000 Irish and Overseas Scouts are expected to attend. The camp chief for Jamboree 2008 is Christy McCann.

1 Organization
2 Subcamps
3 Past Jamborees
4 References
5 See Also
6 External links

[edit] Organization

The Irish 2008 centenary Jamboree will be organized by Scouting Ireland from 2 August 2008 until 10 August 2008.^[1] It will be held on the Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare. Over 12,000 Irish and Overseas Scouts are expected to attend, meaning the site will be in the top 50 towns in Ireland by population.^[2] Punchestown Racecourse was chosen to host the Jamboree, having previously hosted the Creamfields, Witnness and Oxegen music festivals, and as such has often been used as a campsite for large numbers, however never for a duration of 10 days. According to the weather there will effectively be two strategies good and bad weather.

[edit] Subcamps

The campsite is split into a total of nine subcamps, six of these subcamps have been allocated to attending scout groups and cub/macoimh packs. One subcamp has been allocated to Venture/Explorer groups. One subcamp has been allocated to the families of staff. And the final subcamp has been allocated to Staff members.^[3]

Each subcamp is named after Irish geographical or heritage sites. Sub camp chiefs are also listed:

Giants Causeway-Tony Smith
Dún Ailinne-Jo Coy
Hellfire-Darragh O Briain
Newgrange-Yvonne Lawrence
Sceillig-Derek Long
Crúacháin-Julie Malone
Tara (Venture Subcamp)- Eoin O'Mathúna
Tír Na nÓg (Staff family Subcamp)-Gerry Finnegan
Eamhain Macha (Staff Subcamp)-Michael-John Shinnick

[edit] Past Jamborees

Although Jamboree 2008 will be Scouting Ireland's first, the organisation is not completely without experience, as its predecessor associations Scouting Ireland S.A.I. and Scouting Ireland (CSI), as members of the Federation of Irish Scouts Associations, co-organised four jamborees

These were organised in conjunction with Scout Association of Northern Ireland (SANI), with each association scheduled to take the lead role every third Jamboree. SANI were due to organise Causeway 2001, a jamboree at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. However, due to restrictions in place to counteract the spread of Foot-and-mouth disease, these plans had to be abandoned.