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2008 started with the Merlin patrol receiving the
Warren trophy for winning the points competition the most times in
the previous year. They had won five months under the
previous patrol leader Lewis Mahony.
A few weeks into the new year some of the patrol
leaders on trial decided to leave the Troop. Their
places were taken by members of the Kestrel patrol who done so
well at the previous year's Summer Camp; Max Homer moved to lead
the Panthers and a few weeks later Dan Bolton set up a new patrol
called the Eagles. The Tiger and Merlin patrol members
moved into the Eagles, Kestrels and Panthers.
The Troop ran for most of 2008 with three patrols.
Then in the autumn due to the number of Scouts in the Troop it was
decided to create a fourth patrol. Interviews were
held and Robbie Dwyer (another Kestrel) was named as the new
patrol leader. Robbie decided to name his patrol the
Wolves.
In November Alex Mobbs was rewarded for two very
successful years as Kestrel's Patrol Leader by joining the small
group of Scouts in the Troop's history to have been promoted to
Senior Patrol Leader.
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