Meet The Team

Dave Hunter
Group Lead Volunteer
Ross Teeley
Group Chair

  1. Name? Ross Teeley
  2. Scouting roles? Trustee Chair
  3. Years scouting? 2 as adult, 6 as child
  4. Favourite scouting activity? Everything outdoors
  5. Least favourite scouting chore? Night watchman
  6. What hobbies do you enjoy? Mountain biking, golf
  7. What scouting superpower do you have? Camp pot wash Guru!
  8. One fact few people know about you? Lived in Venezuela as a child
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Group Secretary
Susan Yarde
Group Treasurer
Heather Hunter
Group Trustee
Angie Smyth
Group Trustee

  1. Name? Angie Smyth
  2. Scouting roles? Trustee Board member
  3. Years scouting? 10 years scouting as an adult
  4. Favourite scouting activity? Camping
  5. Least favourite scouting chore? Cleaning
  6. What hobbies do you enjoy? Fell walking, horse riding, baking, reading
  7. What scouting superpower do you have? Potato peeling
  8. One fact few people know about you? Cycled Great Wall of China for charity( not all of it- just a 400km section!!)
Stephanie Gott
Group Trustee
Patricia Baldeweck
Group Trustee
Liz Clark
Beaver Team Lead and Group Trustee
Karen Smith
Beaver Team Member
Warren Hunter
Beaver Team Member
Alex Ridley
Cub Team Lead
  1. Name? Alex Ridley
  2. Scouting roles? 19th Cub Team Leader, Explorer Scout Leader & District Cub Programme Lead
  3. Years scouting? 12yrs child, 3yrs adult
  4. Favourite scouting activity? A taskmaster night or of course firelighting!
  5. Least favourite scouting chore? Packing up at camp running on zero sleep.
  6. What hobbies do you enjoy? Hiking, climbing, theatre tech, running & woodwork.
  7. What scouting superpower do you have? Always ready to run a game last-minute!
  8. One fact few people know about you? I also volunteer at the Seaton Deleval Arts Centre doing all stuff theatre tech.
Barry Swindle
Cub Team Member

  1. Name? Barry Swindle
  2. Scouting roles? Assistant Cub Leader
  3. Years scouting? 7 as adult, 7 as child
  4. Favourite scouting activity? Camp fires
  5. Least favourite scouting chore? Hiking
  6. What hobbies do you enjoy? Eating and sitting
  7. What scouting superpower do you have? fire lighter
  8. One fact few people know about you? Died twice
James Jeffs
Cub Team Member
Warren Hunter
Cub Team Member
Will McDonald
Scout Team Lead & Group Trustee

  1. Name? Will McDonald
  2. Scouting roles? Assistant Scout Leader
  3. Years scouting? 12yrs child, 2yrs adult
  4. Favourite scouting activity? Any of the outdoor activities!
  5. Least favourite scouting chore? Emptying the bogs at camp!
  6. What hobbies do you enjoy? Climbing, Mountaineering, Hill Walking, Mountain Biking
  7. What scouting superpower do you have? Knot guru
  8. One fact few people know about you? I have grade 5 in piano!
Elliot Rogers
Scout Team Member

  1. Name? Elliot Rogers
  2. Scouting roles? Scout Leader, District Adventurous Activities
  3. Years scouting? 8 as adult, 12 as child
  4. Favourite scouting activity? Anything adventurous – climbing, water sports, hillwalking
  5. Least favourite scouting chore? Admin!
  6. What hobbies do you enjoy? Climbing, Walking, Surfing
  7. What scouting superpower do you have? Mess tent super builder
  8. One fact few people know about you? I was once on Blue Peter!
Dave Sproat
Scout Team Member

  1. Name? David Sproat
  2. Scouting roles? Assistant Leader, 24 years scouting (8 as adult, 8 as child)
  3. Favourite scouting activity? Pub after meetings!
  4. Least favourite scouting chore? Dealing with misbehaviour
  5. What hobbies do you enjoy (Football, Golf, Ice Hockey… most sports)
  6. What scouting superpower do you have? too many to list!
  7. One fact few people know about you? I have a 100% record playing in the in FA Cup!
Barry Swindle
Scout Team Member
David Eardley
Scout Team Support Member
  1. Name? David Eardley
  2. Scouting roles? District activities team hiking lead, Assistant Leader, 19th years scouting (10 as adult, 8 as child)
  3. Favourite scouting activity? Everything outdoors
  4. Least favourite scouting chore? Stopping chat when we are trying to get them to listen
  5. What hobbies do you enjoy (wild camping, hill walking, doing youtube videos)
  6. What scouting superpower do you have? Being old, so I have done most of the scouting stuff before and can demo
  7. One fact few people know about you? I have been a qualified formation skydiving coach!
Dwayne Fields proudly holds the title of the UK's 11th Chief Scout

An explorer, adventurer and TV presenter, Dwayne's been seen in BAFTA nominated Channel 5 series Race to the Pole, on BBC Springwatch, Countryfile, National Geographic and Disney+.

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