Hi All

Attached is a Hammond Warning Order.
Arnie has been invited and intends to be there.
It's a bit different but could be interesting.(Details below)
Hope some of you will join me. If you can, please let me know asap so I can
book you in.

Cheers Ian

12th, 13th & 14th September 2008 Scout Training Weekend
The School Field, Woodford Halse,
Nr Daventry, Northants. NN11 3RQ
Colonel Robert Hammond’s Regiment of Foote, in association with 1st Woodford Halse Scout Group are presenting on the 13th & 14th September 2008, a training weekend for 100 scouts drawn from diverse Daventry District scout groups, to help them achieve their Master at Arms and Heritage Badges.
To help the scouts achieve these badges, we are presenting, with others, a military camp based upon the formation of Colonel Robert Hammond’s Regiment for the New Model Armie of 1645. We will be accepting 10 companies of 10 scouts (1 will act as standard bearer with a block of 9 troops), and each of these groups will be named as per the original company list of Hammond’s Regiment.
The aim of the weekend is to meet the needs of the scouts to achieve their badges, through training with dummy musket, training pike and training sword. They will also be carrying out an archery competition throughout the weekend which is a compulsory part of the badge requirements - but this is being arranged and carried out by others. Our model for the weekend is the formation of a 17th Century Military Camp - the scouts will be camping in 20 traditional patrol tents in a military formation - Hammond’s will have a Colonel’s Tent and parade square, a Living History Camp, Exercise and Training Areas for Musket, Pike, Sword and Artillery.
The scouts will be marked on a point scoring basis for each of the activities in which they are involved, for their behaviour and their camp presentation. Their aim for the weekend is to be in the winning company - which will be presented with a special award. The members of Hammonds will be involved in the training of the Scouts in the martial aspects of the weekend, but we would also dearly love members with a wider experience to portray other aspects of 17th Century Life - whether that is an aspect of Living History - cooking, weaving etc.; or an activity like writing with quills, a musket ball making demonstration or striking coins. Please offer anything that you feel would be of interest to the scouts to make the whole event feel rounded and interesting to 11-14 year old boys and girls. We would also like to ‘Buddy’ up a member of the SK with each of the companies, to help them through the weekend.
We have a fabulous setting, a plastic campsite for those not camping in the Living History - a subsidised bar and a pig roast! The campsite will be open from 4pm on Friday 12th September to allow SK members to arrive and set up. There is an amount of setting up to be carried out, but we will have the assistance of the local Explorer Scouts who will also be responsible for Gate Guard and other jobs through the weekend.