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The Scout Association of Guyana
Location	Woolford Avenue, Nonpareil Park, Georgetown
Country	Guyana
Website http://www.solutions2000.net/scouting/index.html
Scouting portal

The Scout Association of Guyana was founded in 1909, and joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1967. The association has 424 members (as of 2008).^[1]

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Leader training 3 Presidents 4 Commissioners 5 Cub Scouts 5.1 40th Anniversary of Cubbing 6 Census 7 See also 8 References

[edit]History

The Scout Association of Guyana was founded in 1909 in what was then British Guiana under the leadership of Sergeant Major George Manly, a member of the British Regiment stationed there. The first Scout Troop was formed at Queen's College.

The movement spread rapidly, with Troops being attached chiefly to Church schools. There were few open Troops in the beginning, but one which flourished was Troop 39. It was the first Troop to make the overland journey to Kaieteur Falls. This Troop produced some of Guyana's finest Scout Leaders - including two Chief Commissioners, D.B. St. Aubyn and Lawrence Thompson, and 4 Assistant Chief Commissioners for Cub Scouts.

Scouting spread from the county of Demerara to the county of Berbice, where a renowned Troop, Lady Davson's Own, was formed.

Scouting emerged in the county of Essequibo in the 1940s with Troops mostly attached to Church Schools. A troop was started at Onderneeming Boys' Reformatory in Suddie. Sam Cummings, an instructor at the School, was the first Scout Leader, followed by the Headmaster, a Mr Kissoon. There were a few Troops and Packs in the Pomeroon and Rupununi districts. For many of these Troops