Our Sections
Chorlton is the largest scout Group in Manchester, with 250+ members and multiple different sections. As a Sea Scout group all of our sections are are named for or linked to something nautical.
Squirrel Section (4-6 years)
Nelson Drey (Mondays)
17:00 – 17:55
Section Leader – Shiieanne Oletkett
Named for: Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, famed Royal Navy commander from the Napoleonic Wars.
Drake Drey (Tuesdays)
17:00 – 17:55
Section Leader – Beverli Turner
Named for: Sir Francis Drake, A Sailor best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580
Beaver Section (6-8 years)
Atlantis Colony (Mondays)
18:00 – 19:00
Section Leader – Jonathan Allerton
Named for: Atlantis, a mythological lost island.
Neptune Colony (Tuesdays)
18:00 – 19:00
Section Leader – Chris Allerton
Named for: Neptune, Roman God of Water
Albion Colony (Wednesdays)
18:00 – 19:00
Section Leader – Jen Lee
Named for: 9 ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Albion
Calypso Colony (Fridays)
18:00-19:00
Section Leader – Caroline Hardie
Named for: Calypso, Greek Mythological Water Nymph from Homer’s Odyssey
Cub Section (8-10 years)
Poseidon Cub Pack (Mondays)
19:15 – 20:30
Section Leader – Mark Collier
Named for: Poseidon, Greek God of the Sea
Triton Cub Pack (Fridays)
19.15 – 20:30
Section Leader – Mario Guttadauro
Named for: Trriotn, Greek God of the Sea, son of Poseidon
Scout Section (10-14 years)
Victory Sea Scouts (Tuesdays)
19:15 – 20:45
Section Leader – Lenny St-Jean
Named for: HMS Victory – Royal Navy Flagship at the battle of Trafalgar
Endeavour Sea Scouts (Wednesdays) – Meetings currently suspended (due to resume 2022)
19:15 – 20:45
Section Leader – VACANT
Named for: HMS Endeavour – Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Australia and New Zealand on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771
Explorer Scout Section (14-18 years)
Nautilus Explorer Sea Scouts (Tuesdays) (currently meeting as a patrol within Victory Sea Scouts)
19:15 – 20:45
Section Leader – Lenny St-Jean
Named for: HMS Nautilus of the Royal Navy and the fictional submarine from Jules Verne’s novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
