1st Merimbula
Status: Still operating
Registered: 05/09/1932
Hall: Main Street, Merimbula (opposite RSL/ behind History House)
Scarf: Scarf originally grey base with ¼ in black border, no gap, ¼ in white stripe
History
changed 28/8/1983 to orange base, ¼ in white stripe.
Troop in course of formation June 1932. Troop/Group started 5/9/1932 and registered 27/10/1932 with Sidney Ford founding SM and had 11 Scouts by June 1933. Attended Far South Coast combined camp at Merimbula 2-7 January 1933. Troop closed 1934/35 or 1936. Reopened as Sea Scout Troop on 18/7/1944 with 15 Scouts, Arthur Brett SM and was registered 9/8/1944. Area Commissioner to visit in 1948
Had 13 Sea Scouts/1 Leader in 1945, 9 Sea Scouts/1 Leader in 1946, 6 Sea Scouts/1 Leader in
1947, 12 Sea Scouts/1 Leader in 1948, 10 Sea Scouts/2 Leaders in 1949, 10 Sea Scouts/1 Leader in 1950, 8 Sea Scouts/1 Leader in 1951.
Troop disbanded 1952 when leader left district.
Troop reregistered September 1957 with L Brown SM /Pack registered 29/8/1957 with G Maddock CM. Closed 1959. Inactive September 1961/ had been Sea Scouts. South Coast list registrations said Pack registered 30/11/1961, Troop 26/10/1961 and 30/10/1968. Senior Troop registered 24/11/1966 with A Birkett SSL, Pack reregistered 30/10/1968 with R Knox CM. Venturer Unit registered July 1997.
Had 13 Cubs/20 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1957 & 58, 28 members in 1963, 19 in 1964, 24 in 1966, 20 in 1967, 45 in 1968, 38 in 1969, 34 in 1970, 33 in 1971, 14 in 1972, 39 in 1973, 10 Cubs/23 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1987, 33 Youth/9 Leaders in 1989, 36 Youth/9 Leaders in 1990, 24 Cubs/14 Scouts/5 Leaders in 1991, 20 Cubs/16 Scouts/8 Leaders in 1992.
Group website says cub pack reopened in 2014.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Andrew High · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Brian T. Pritchard · Venturer Leader
? – ? · Christine R. Ballantyne · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Jennifer L. Savage · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Mark J. Valencic · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Peter Bootes · Trainee Leader (Venturer)
? – ? · Peter S. Haigh · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – ? · Rodney J. Nicoll · Venturer Leader
? – ? · Roger B. Pain · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1967 · Robert J. Burke · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1970 · David R. Oliver · Assistant Cub Master
? – 1970 · Keith L. Cross · Assistant Cub Master
? – 1972 · Ronald O. E. Knox · Group Scout Master
? – 1977 · Gregory F. Goodrich · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1981 · Michael J. Keats · Assistant Scout Leader
? – 1989 · Alan Gale · Group Leader
1932 – ? · Sidney Ford · Scout Master
1944 – ? · Arthur Brett · Scout Master
1957 – ? · G. E. Maddock · Cub Master
1958 – ? · B. W. Prior · Assistant Scout Master
1961 – ? · M. Richards · Cub Master
1961 – 1963 · V. Beveridge · Assistant Cub Leader
1961 – 1967 · Gary Rowney · Scout Master
1966 – 1970 · Allan C. Birkett · Senior Scout Leader
1967 – 1968 · Gary Rowney · Group Scout Master
1967 – 1968 · John A. Hassall · Assistant Scout Master
1968 – 1970 · Ronald O. E. Knox · Cub Master
1969 – 1969 · Murray M. Osborne · Scout Master
1969 – 1970 · Hugh W. McColl · Scout Master
1970 – ? · Christopher J. Smith · Assistant Scout Master
1970 – 1972 · Hugh W. McColl · Group Scout Master
1972 – ? · Amy Pritchard · Cub Leader
1972 – 1973 · Peter B. Pritchard · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – ? · Alan Gale · Assistant Cub Leader
1973 – ? · Peter B. Pritchard · Group Leader
1973 – ? · Philip Roach · Assistant Cub Leader
1979 – ? · Gwendolyn L. White · Assistant Cub Leader
1980 – ? · Margaret C. Den Hertes · Assistant Venturer Leader
1983 – ? · Barry H. F. Wilson · Cub Leader
1983 – ? · Judith Brian · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – ? · Judith E. Brain · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – ? · Laurie C. Ford · Assistant Scout Leader
1983 – ? · Michael J. Reynolds · Assistant Cub Leader
1984 – 1985 · Norman P. Pinne · Assistant Cub Leader
1984 – 1985 · William Holmes · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – ? · Ian O'Shea
1985 – ? · Norman P. Pinne · Cub Leader
1985 – 1989 · Barry H. F. Wilson · Assistant Scout Leader
1985 – 1993 · William Holmes · Scout Leader
1986 – ? · Catherine Waterford · Assistant Cub Leader
1986 – ? · Dianne Roper
1986 – ? · Ian O'Shea
1988 – 1989 · Michael Nolan · Assistant Cub Leader
1989 – 1993 · Michael Nolan · Group Leader
1989 – 1994 · Howard Wakeling · Assistant Scout Leader
1989 – 1996 · Robyn Nolan · Assistant Cub Leader
1993 – ? · Judith E. Brain · Assistant Cub Leader
1993 – 1996 · Michael Nolan · Assistant Cub Leader
1993 – 1997 · Annterese Caulfield · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 1996 · Terrance Carroll · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 2002 · Jamie Clark · Assistant Scout Leader
1996 – ? · Colin Bell · Assistant Scout Leader
1996 – 2002 · Peter Bootes · Cub Leader
1997 – 1998 · William Stewart · Assistant Venturer Leader
1997 – 1999 · Margaret A. Broadbent · Venturer Leader
1998 – ? · Annterese Caulfield · Assistant Cub Leader
1999 – 2000 · Margaret A. Broadbent · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1999 – 2001 · Brett S. Brumby · Group Advisor
2001 – 2002 · Steven Jory · Venturer Leader
2002 – 2005 · Peter Bootes · Associate Leader
2002 – 2006 · Colin Bell · Scout Leader
2002 – 2006 · Jamie Clark · Associate Leader
2006 – ? · Jamie Clark · Scout Leader
2006 – 2008 · Christopher Greedy · Assistant Scout Leader
2006 – 2009 · David Luck · Assistant Cub Leader
2006 – 2009 · Stuart Murphy · Assistant Scout Leader
2007 – ? · David Wriedt · Associate Leader
2009 – ? · Stuart Murphy · Venturer Leader
2024 – ? · Arian Manca · Assistant Scout Leader
2024 – ? · Daniel Manca · Trainee Youth Program Leader
2024 – ? · Gary Pearce · Leader in Charge
2024 – ? · Matt Bottomley · Assistant Scout Leader
2025 – ? · Cynthia Roehrig · Assistant Scout Leader
2025 – ? · Guy Bootes · Assistant Scout Leader
Awards
Meritorious Service Award
2017 · Jamie Clark
Special Service Award
2020 · Joanne Thorpe
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