1st Stanstead Abbotts and St. Margaret's Scout Group

ADC Peter Makewell presented Leigh with the Chief Scout's Gold Award during the Ware & Districts annual Heavyweight Camping Competition at The Youngsbury Estate in Wadesmill.

The Chief Scout's Gold Award is the highest award a Scout can achieve and takes many months of working on new challenges and activities and is to be much admired. Scouts who have completed their Gold Awards can be spotted by the Gold sitched oval Scout Badge sewn on the left hand side of their shirts. 

The challenges and activities required to gain this badge are :-

All of the following Challenge Awards (arranged in a diamond shape on their uniform shirts)

The Promise Challenge

The Community Challenge

The Fitness Challenge

The Creative Challenge

The Global Challenge

The Outdoor Challenge

and two of the following:

The Outdoor Plus Challenge

The Adventure Challenge

The Expedition Challenge

Congratulations!