3rd Carlow Borris & 14th Kilkenny Bennetsbridge
Sean Wattmore
Ryan O'Driscoll
Liam Dowling
Colm Dowling
KeiranDowling
Alan Byrne
Robert Cunningham
Denise Egan
Bebhinn (sorry) Walsh
Jennifer Daly
Katie Wemyss
Kylie Dollard
Doireann Walsh
Daniel Kinsella
Sean Wemyss
Christopher Fitzpatrick
Maritn Treacy
Liam McEvoy
Adain Doran
Richie MeEvoy
Vinnie Croke
Pete Cullen
Lar Bolger
Zoe Couglan
Emma Degan
Aine Gannon
Amanda Noonan
John Lennon
Grainne Nolan
Jennifer Skelton
Brian Nolan
Maire Cahill
Ashling McDonald
Eadoain Dalton
Dolly Cahill
Caroline Stapelton
Madeline Homes
Sarah Gittons
Lar Doyle
John Flood
Virioca Canavan
Stephen Canavan
Graham Bolger
Aoibhin Walshe
Sarah O'Gorman
Rita Doyle
Aine Lennon
David Clerkin SL
Betty Clerkin
Brigid Dalton
John Dalton
Sinead Nolan
A joint venture by Borris and Bennetsbridge in Feb 2004 will bring over 50 members to the Lecthal Valley in the North of Austria for a week of pure Skiing and Fun. The trip is planned for the mid term period of the Feb 2004, where the scouts and leaders will enjoy 10 days of skiing and various other activities.
The trip is over and gone now with some fantastic memories and friends made once again. The weather was fantastic with 5 out of the 6 days skiing under the blistering sun on some of the best skiing conditions for 10 years. The bulk of the skiing was done in Holzgrau where there is 3 slopes 1 green, 1 blue and a black. We stayed in a small village about 5 miles away called Haselgehr in House Marnix, which had a pub, petrol station and a chemist and lots of snow. There was one small slope in the village that we used on the first evening as a training session...... The scouts really did love the slopes they all got on fantastic over the week with a few falls and 2 scouts airlifted off the mountain with minor injuries that didnt dampen their spirts one bit.
During the week the scouts were hit (including me) with a bad stomach bug that hit about 50% of the crew by the time the week was out, i think some of them were glad of the rest though. The food was poor at times but with plenty of fund raising before hand allowed the scouts eat well in restaurants during the day. We had a very active week with regard to activities with something on every eveining so they had no time for mischeif. With tabogganing on 2 evenings, ice skating, swimming (indoor) and air rifle shooting the scouts were well occupied with all of them turning out to be a brilliant success - tobogganing being my personel favourite, when would you ever get a chance to scoot down a mountain as fast as you wish on a wooden sleigh with no brakes in the dark..... but being pulled back up along with 50 others behind a tractor is just as fun. The Accommadation was simple and very good with plenty of dorms for all the kids and leaders, a 3 storey austrian house with a large basment for the ski gear.
Memories from the camp -
1. Madelaine and Lars crash on the slopes
2. Helicopter collecting poor olde Aisling
3. Vinnies recovery on the button lift.... well done
4. Graham Bolgers tendency to fall everytime he got on the skis
5. Dominc......... ask the girls..... Sara Connor
6. Martins off piste experience - 9 points for efforts
7. The 90 degree bend on the tabogganing trek - hells corner ehhh... watch out Sarah
8. Apple sturdels... Yum and the Mammoth ribs on the Jockelspitzel
9. The Austrian girls adventure to the boys room and the boys not knowing what to do.... poor John Flood
10. The Mayhem on the first morning when everyone discovered the snow.... Graham Bolger
11. Martin Feeding me Sprite when I was sick, like any good mother...
12. And all the new friends that we made from Bennets Bridge...... what a good bunch of scouts really looking forward to camping with them again.
13. The girl guides attempt at a snow fight
14. Zoe's Hot pants...... were they painted on
15. Pass the Pigs
16.Sour Puss........?
17. Pierre and his timekeeping.......
18. Ryan and the black eye....
19 Ryan and Chris and their drag.... that was scary too much enjoyment ??
20. Kylies famous snow plough at 50mph...... well done to you
21. Brian, Sara connor, Aine and johns first flight
22, Jennifer and Aoibh and Sarah Gorman........ are we there yet.
23. The slide to the toilet at the ice skating
24. Everyting being found in Stevens suitcase.... and all stevens gear in the girls room
25. The Play ground at the bus stop on the way there....... Graham and the pringles
26. Richie and his hot aim....? James Bond d 2nd
27. Sinead and her aim.... oops wrong target
28. Sinead and the Buttons Lift..... actually everyone and the button lift
29. Ryan and his black eye.......?
30. Denise and her collision with the fence.... can you do a snow plough .... Yes?
Anyway to cap the week off we ended up at a large ski resort called Warth, where their is 60 slopes 30 chair lifts and lots of snow.... the scouts only got 5 hours skiing here which is unfortunate, next time we will get more time up there i hope......... I would like to finish off to say that how much i enjoyed the trip and that i would like to thank my scouts and martins scouts for their good behaviour on the trip and i am delighted to hear that everyone would love to revisit the snow again some time (sorry to all the parents)
We did have an unfortunate accident on the last day where one of our scouts was air lifted off to hospital with a head injury.... she and a few leaders did have to extend there trip because of this but all was well in the end thank god..............
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