<font face="arial"><font color="red"><b>SPRING/EASTER ACTIVITIES</b><br></font><p>
You will be getting information about these through the post in the next few days, but you are now able to sign up (via the website) for a large variety of activities at the weekend and holiday times. <b>Activities are open to full and casual members, and are available first come, first served</b>. More info about them can be found on the website. Please ensure you are aware of our <a href="http://www.nmyouth.org.uk/terms.php">Terms and Conditions</a> before booking.<p>
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<tr><td><b><center>Name</td><td width=10%><b><center>Date</td><td  width=10%><b><center>Time</td><td width=10%><b><center>Min age</td><td><b>Price</td><td><b>Details...</td></tr>


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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Climbing</td>
<td valign=top>Sun 28th Jan</td>
<td valign=top>2:15pm-5:50pm</td>
<td valign=top>Open to all</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;17</td>
<td valign=top><small>Climbing session at the new indoor wall at Harlow. Parental help will be needed transporting to or from the venue. We've booked an extra instructor to ensure everyone gets lots of goes!</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>GEEK Fest</td>
<td valign=top>Fri 16th Feb</td>
<td valign=top>9:30am-8pm</td>
<td valign=top>Year 6 and older</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;25</td>
<td valign=top><small>Our annual pilgramage down to Kent for the group of members that enjoy gaming, Mincecraft or other things technical! GEEKFest has a huge number of things to keep you occupied during the day including a massive hall full of different gaming machines (both new and old), chances to try up and coming technologies such as VR (last year we met some artificially intelligent dinosaurs which were interesting)! and loads more. We'll be travelling there and back by train.</small></td></tr>


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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Assault Course</td>
<td valign=top>26th Feb - 2nd Mar</td>
<td valign=top>Varies</td>
<td valign=top>Everyone</td>
<td valign=top>Free (full member)<br>&pound;4 (casual member)</td>
<td valign=top><small>Our annual assault course taking place in the Scout HQ. Dates and times vary for different age groups; check your weekly programme for more details</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Flowriding</td>
<td valign=top>Sat 17th Mar</td>
<td valign=top>4pm-8:30pm</td>
<td valign=top>Year 7 and older</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;30</td>
<td valign=top><small>The flowrider is based near Bedford. It is a bit like doing indoor surfing. Start off by lying on a board and see if you are able to stand up! Price includes wetsuit hire. Parental help will be needed transport to or from the venue.</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Lasertag</td>
<td valign=top>Sun 18th Mar</td>
<td valign=top>2:30pm-6:45pm</td>
<td valign=top>Open to all</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;25</td>
<td valign=top><small>Three hours at the best outdoor lasertag venue we know over in Essex. They have several different arenas built just for lasertag so you will find yourselves playing games in the woods, across fields, indoors, behind hay bales and even in and out of army vehicles if you're lucky! We hope to provide minibus transport to and from the venue. (Parents... any volunteers?)</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Climbing/<br>Abseiling/<br>Swimming/<br>Quad Biking!</td>
<td valign=top>Mon 9th-Tue 10th Apr</td>
<td valign=top>7:30am-7pm</td>
<td valign=top>Year 6 and older</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;90</td>
<td valign=top><small>An action packed trip which will involve some climbing (hopefully on real rock or inside if weather is dodgy) abseiling off a 100 foot bridge, a session at a swimming pool with flumes, wave machine etc and a 10 mile Quad Trek. We will be staying overnight in a bunkhouse, so no camping. We do need a parent to act as a minibus driver for this trip. </small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Phasels Adventure Day</td>
<td valign=top>Wed 11th April</td>
<td valign=top>9am-5pm</td>
<td valign=top>Open to year 5-7</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;15</td>
<td valign=top><small>Whole day of fun at Phasels Activity Centre near Kings Langley. We will be doing crate stacking, exploring their tunnels, trying the cresta run, as well as some archery. We'll also have lots of time to play games in the woods and also some free time as well.</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Cycling at Chicksands</td>
<td valign=top>Thur 12th April</td>
<td valign=top>9am-6pm</td>
<td valign=top>Year 7 and older</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;13</td>
<td valign=top><small>A whole day at Chicksands bike park near Bedford. Travelling up by train then cycling the short distance to the park from Arseley station, members can spend the day exploring the woods which are full of trails and small (and much larger!) jumps to try. Members can be dropped to the site if they don't want to do the cycle there.</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Table Tennis</td>
<td valign=top>Thur 12th April</td>
<td valign=top>6:30-8pm</td>
<td valign=top>Open to everyone</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;2</td>
<td valign=top><small>We'll arrange a mini competition between those that come along as well as playing other fun games all based around table tennis!</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>High Ropes or Skateboarding</td>
<td valign=top>Fri 13th April</td>
<td valign=top>9am-12pm</td>
<td valign=top>Open to everyone</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;tbc</td>
<td valign=top><small>We are still confirming this activity, but the idea is to head to XC centre in Hemel Hempstead and EITHER have a session in their skatepark there OR a session on their high ropes course. Parental help will be needed with transportation.</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Football</td>
<td valign=top>Fri 13th April</td>
<td valign=top>2:00-4:00pm</td>
<td valign=top>Year 5/6</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;1</td>
<td valign=top><small>Playing football on the field at BP school.</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Cardboard Tent sleepover</td>
<td valign=top>Fri 13th-Sat 14th April</td>
<td valign=top>5pm-9am</td>
<td valign=top>Year 6 and older</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;12</td>
<td valign=top><small>A chance to try building your own shelter out of cardboard and then sleepover on it! If the weather looks nice we'll do this at Tolmers. If the weather looks horrible, we'll go inside a building instead.  Members will need to provide their own cardboard. We will also play games during the evening and have some free time as well. </small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Winter Sports</td>
<td valign=top>Sat 14th April</td>
<td valign=top>1:30pm-7pm</td>
<td valign=top>Open to everyone</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;22</td>
<td valign=top><small>Travelling to Kent, we'll have an afternoon having a dry slope skiing lesson (if you have skiing experience, you can get a pass to their 700m long slope instead) before having fun on their Sno-Tubing viper run and then trying their toboggan run which is one of the longest in the UK. </small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Fun Swim</td>
<td valign=top>Sun 15th April</td>
<td valign=top>12:30pm-2pm</td>
<td valign=top>Open to everyone</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;4.50</td>
<td valign=top><small>Public fun swim session at the Furzefield Centre, Potters Bar</small></td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=6><center><h2>Dates further in the future...</h2></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Year 6 (Boys) Southwold Trip</td>
<td valign=top>Sat 14 - Sun 15th July</td>
<td valign=top>4pm-8pm</td>
<td valign=top>Year 6 boys</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;35</td>
<td valign=top><small>Our annual trip to Southwold for year 6 boys. Staying overnight inside at their Scout HQ we will spend loads of time on the beach there, go on a fast powerboat ride, play wide games on the common, eat fish and chips, get lost in a maize maze and more!</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Summer Camp</td>
<td valign=top>Sat 18th-25th August 2018</td>
<td valign=top>9am-5pm</td>
<td valign=top>Year 6 and older</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;270</td>
<td valign=top><small>More information - http://www.nmyouth.org.uk/images/scamp18.pdf</small></td></tr>

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<td valign=top><font color="red"><b>Year 6 (Girls) Southwold Trip</td>
<td valign=top>Sat 8 - Sun 9 Sept</td>
<td valign=top>4pm-8pm</td>
<td valign=top>Year 6 girls</td>
<td valign=top>&pound;35</td>
<td valign=top><small>Our annual trip to Southwold for year 6 girls. Staying overnight inside at their Scout HQ we will spend loads of time on the beach there, go on a fast powerboat ride, play wide games on the common, eat fish and chips, get lost in a maize maze and more!</small></td></tr>
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