1st Russell Vale (Reformed Church) (1955) / 1st Russell Vale (1963)
Status: Still operating
Registered: 27/10/1955
Hall: Cnr Bellambi Lane & Princes Hwy, Russell Vale (1979)
History
Harry Henson Park, Robsons Rd, Corrimal
Scarf: Emerald green base, ½ in white border
Group registered 27/10/1955. Scouting in NSW April 1958 says newly registered so may have closed/ reopened. Pack registered February 1958 with A. Adams as CM. Senior Troop registered 25/7/1963 and 3/10/1963 both with Cornelius Delhaas as SSL. Name changed from 1st Russell Vale (Reformed Church) to 1st Russell Vale in October 1963. In 1978 attended 2nd Cumberland Jamborette. Name changed in May 1965 to 1st East Corrimal (South Coast Scouting Jun 1965 - but both listed in 1968, 1970, 1973, 1977. In October 1968 C Feberwee ?? / F Feberwee ACM transferred to Group, Pack registered. In April 1970 Troop registered. In 1979 new HQ at corner Bellambi Lane / Princes Hwy. Venturer Unit registered 25 July 1979, Rover Crew registered August 1986, closed in 1991, deregistered in June 1993. Joey Mob registered April 1994.
Had 12 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1956, 13 Scouts/3 Leaders in 1957, 11 Cubs/11 Scouts/6 Leaders in 1958, 37 members in 1960, 28 in 1961, 36 in 1962, 33 in 1963, 26 in 1964, 47 in 1965, 32 in 1970, 42 in 1971, 38 in 1972, 13 Cubs/16 Scouts/4 Venturers/6 Rovers/7 Leaders in 1987, 50 Youth/9 Leaders in 1989, 26 Youth/7 Leaders in 1990, 18 Cubs/9 Scouts/6 Venturers/5 Leaders in 1991, 12 Cubs/11 Scouts/8 Venturers/4 Leaders in 1992.
1961 South Coast & Tablelands Annual report said community hall acquired for scouts. In 2002/04 their hall was on Integral Energy land, and Integral had told them were selling land and they would need to move. They were negotiating to move to a hall previously occupied by Corrimal Guides.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Denise A. Day · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Garry V. Cooles · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Leonard Vinken · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Mary Posthuma · Assistant Cub Master
? – ? · Raymond T. Armstrong · Assistant Venturer Leader
? – 1963 · G. Zonneveld · Cub Master
? – 1970 · Charles W. Parker · Assistant Scout Master
? – 1972 · Cornelia A. Feberwee · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1983 · Glenn Matthews · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1992 · Kylie O'Neill · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1994 · Barry May · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1994 · Keith Robinson · Venturer Leader
? – 2000 · Garry J. May · Cub Leader
? – 2002 · Rebecca Collard · Joey Scout Leader
1955 – 1959 · A. J. De Graaf · Group Scout Master
1956 – ? · G. Van Opstal · Assistant Scout Master
1956 – ? · W. Niewuwenhuizen · Assistant Scout Master
1958 – 1960 · Cornelius A. (Keith) Delhaas · Assistant Cub Leader
1958 – 1963 · Arthur Adams · Group Scout Master
1960 – ? · J. Zonneveld · Cub Master
1960 – 1961 · Teeke J. Feberwee · Assistant Scout Master
1960 – 1963 · Cornelius A. (Keith) Delhaas · Scout Master
1962 – 1963 · O. Bouma · Assistant Cub Leader
1962 – 1967 · Klaas Wiersma · Scout Master
1963 – 1964 · Cornelius A. (Keith) Delhaas · Assistant Senior Scout Leader
1964 – ? · A. J. Brokken · Assistant Scout Master
1964 – ? · Cornelius A. (Keith) Delhaas · Group Scout Master
1964 – ? · Jannette Happell · Cub Master
1964 – 1965 · Jean Brokken · Assistant Cub Master
1964 – 1965 · Theodorous L. Happell · Assistant Cub Master
1967 – ? · Cornelia A. Feberwee · Lady Cub Master
1967 – 1967 · Stephen Mannes · Assistant Scout Master
1968 – 1969 · Teeke J. Feberwee · Assistant Cub Master
1969 – 1969 · Ronald L. Storey · Assistant Cub Master
1969 – 1970 · Frederick G. Arthurs · Group Scout Master
1970 – 1970 · Margaret Hayman · Assistant Cub Master
1970 – 1971 · John D. (Jack) Stiff · Group Scout Master
1970 – 1971 · Morris E. Lee · Scout Master
1971 – ? · Teeke J. Feberwee · Assistant Scout Master
1971 – 1975 · Morris E. Lee · Group Scout Master
1972 – ? · Margaret A. Daley · Assistant Cub Leader
1972 – 1973 · Jean Moxon · Assistant Cub Master
1973 – 1975 · Gordon M. E. Harm · Scout Leader
1974 – ? · Ann B. Harm · Assistant Cub Leader
1975 – ? · Harold I. Miller · Assistant Scout Leader
1975 – 1975 · Gordon M. E. Harm · Group Leader
1975 – 1984 · Morris E. Lee · Scout Leader
1976 – 1977 · Lee Fowler · Assistant Cub Leader
1976 – 1979 · William Colarich · Assistant Scout Leader
1976 – 1981 · Robin Anderson · Assistant Cub Leader
1977 – ? · Lee Fowler · Cub Leader
1977 – 1980 · Ian H. Keys · Assistant Scout Leader
1978 – 1982 · Robert M. Taylor · Group Leader
1979 – ? · Annette M. Bowdich · Assistant Venturer Leader
1979 – 1982 · Wayne Harm · Assistant Cub Leader
1979 – 1984 · Patricia Zuiderwyk · Assistant Cub Leader
1979 – 1984 · William Colarich · Assistant Venturer Leader
1981 – ? · David J. Armour · Assistant Scout Leader
1981 – ? · James W. Poole · Assistant Scout Leader
1981 – 1983 · Leslie A. Horwood · Assistant Scout Leader
1981 – 1983 · William J. Poole · Assistant Scout Leader
1982 – ? · Jennifer A. Armour · Assistant Venturer Leader
1982 – 1985 · Robert M. Taylor · Assistant Venturer Leader
1983 – ? · Kenneth R. Hill · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – ? · Martin Ware · Cub Leader
1983 – 1984 · Roy Nathaniel · Assistant Scout Leader
1983 – 1992 · Paul Taylor · Group Leader
1984 – ? · Jennifer I. Eager · Assistant Venturer Leader
1984 – ? · Maxwell Coulton · Assistant Scout Leader
1984 – ? · Raymond H. Critcher · Venturer Leader
1984 – ? · Roy Nathaniel · Scout Leader
1985 – ? · Elizabeth A. Kirchner · Assistant Cub Leader
1985 – ? · Scott Nathaniel
1985 – ? · Wendy Hill
1986 – 1992 · Michael A. Houghton · Rover Advisor
1987 – 1994 · Jennifer I. (Nee EAGER) King · Assistant Venturer Leader
1988 – 1989 · Gregory Sciffer · Assistant Cub Leader
1989 – ? · Gregory Sciffer · Cub Leader
1992 – ? · Paul Taylor · Assistant Scout Leader
1992 – 1994 · Kylie O'Neill · Cub Leader
1993 – ? · David Frith · Assistant Scout Leader
1993 – ? · Josephine Hogan · Assistant Cub Leader
1993 – 1997 · Chryne Blundell · Assistant Scout Leader
1993 – 1997 · Paul Taylor · Scout Leader
1994 – ? · Barry May · Cub Leader
1994 – ? · Garry J. May · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 1995 · Tracey Tolhope · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1994 – 1996 · Johanna Bottomley · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1994 – 1996 · Lorraine Sowiak · Joey Scout Leader
1994 – 1997 · Ian Griffiths · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 1997 · Jennifer I. (Nee EAGER) King · Venturer Leader
1994 – 1998 · Brendan Van Vliet · Assistant Cub Leader
1994 – 1998 · Graham King · Assistant Venturer Leader
1995 – 1996 · Terrence J. Geoghegan · Group Leader
1995 – 1998 · Jennifer Haviland · Assistant Cub Leader
1995 – 1999 · Steven Harding · Assistant Scout Leader
1995 – 2001 · Lee White · Assistant Cub Leader
1996 – 1997 · Johanna Bottomley · Joey Scout Leader
1996 – 1997 · John Gillies · Assistant Venturer Leader
1996 – 1998 · Lorraine Sowiak · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1997 – 2001 · Jennifer I. (Nee EAGER) King · Assistant Venturer Leader
1997 – 2001 · John Gillies · Venturer Leader
1998 – 1999 · Catherine Mcgrath · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
1998 – 1999 · Graham Watchorn · Scout Leader
1999 – 2000 · Christopher Cottome · Assistant Scout Leader
1999 – 2000 · Rebecca Collard · Assistant Cub Leader
2000 – ? · Rebecca Collard · Cub Leader
2000 – 2001 · Garry J. May · Group Leader
2000 – 2006 · Christopher Cottome · Scout Leader
2001 – ? · Marie Walsh · Joey Scout Leader
2001 – 2003 · Garry J. May · Group Advisor
2001 – 2011 · Jennifer I. (Nee EAGER) King · Group Advisor
2002 – 2003 · Jeffrey Rosen · Group Leader
2003 – 2004 · Adam Bedson · Scout Leader
2003 – 2004 · Garry J. May · Group Leader
2003 – 2004 · Heather Lace · Associate Leader
2003 – 2005 · Jeffrey Rosen · Group Advisor
2003 – 2007 · Beverley Sparks · Cub Leader
2004 – ? · Timothy Baker · Assistant Joey Scout Leader
2004 – 2005 · Garry J. May · Group Advisor
2007 – 2007 · Lukas Matysek · Associate Leader
2007 – 2007 · Timothy Baker · Associate Leader
2007 – 2008 · Steven Harvey · Associate Leader
2007 – 2009 · John McInally · Associate Leader
2007 – 2009 · Lukas Matysek · Scout Leader
2008 – 2009 · Mervyn Thomas · Associate Leader
2008 – 2010 · Karen Thomas · Associate Leader
2008 – 2010 · Steven Harvey · Cub Leader
2009 – ? · Kelley Shepherd · Associate Leader
2009 – ? · Leanore Garnon · Associate Leader
2009 – 2009 · Rodney Brisbane · Assistant Scout Leader
2009 – 2009 · Rodney Brisbane · Scout Leader
2009 – 2010 · Mervyn Thomas · Assistant Scout Leader
2010 – ? · Heather Brown · Associate Leader
2010 – ? · Paul Shepherd · Associate Leader
2010 – ? · Steven Harvey · Scout Leader
2010 – ? · Warren Millar · Associate Leader
2011 – Current · Jennifer I. (Nee EAGER) King · Cub Leader
2018 – ? · Michael King · Assistant Scout Leader
2019 – ? · Sue Martin · Assistant Cub Leader
2021 – ? · Carly Weatherly · Trainee Youth Program Leader
2021 – Current · Jennifer I. (Nee EAGER) King · Leader in Charge
2023 – Current · Joshua Warren · Assistant Scout Leader
pre 2018 – ? · Donna Geary · Trainee Leader (Group)
Awards
Cub Scout Grey Wolf Award
2008 · Callum Harvey, Brendon Jones, Rowan King, Oscar Lee, Timothy Pollock, Liam Whelan
2010 · Lachlan Bartlett, Koby Cawston, Connor Elliott, Samuel Luyten, Wilson Owen
2011 · Kye Grubb, Angus Kelly, Jacqui Roncato, Sarah Shepherd, Isabelle Smith
2013 · Ainsley Sackett
2019 · Teagan Fuller
2025 · Sebastian McIndoe, Charlie Worthington
Australian Scout Award
2012 · Rowan King
Kings/Queens Scouts
1980 · Rodney Daisley, Peter Mangles
1981 · Kenneth James, Wesley Keys
1987 · Dawn Critcher, Peter Critcher, Kylie O’Neill, Karen Renshaw
1989 · Alison McGibbon
1990 · Anthony Johnson, Nikki Lovstad
1992 · Brendan Van Vliet
1996 · Daniel Hunter, Peter Martin
1997 · Charlene Hunter
1998 · Darren Baker, Steven Gescke
Silver Wattle
2021 · Sue Martin
2023 · Jennifer King
Meritorious Service Award
2023 · Michael King
Special Service Award
2015 · Kelley Shepherd, Paul Shepherd
2018 · Michael King
2021 · Anna Barnett, Oscar Lee
2023 · Graham King
2026 · Joshua Warren
Silver Arrowhead
2014 · Jennifer King
Medal of Merit
1994 · Paul Taylor
1996 · Ian Griffiths
Certificate of Merit
1996 · Garry May
1997 · Jennifer King
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