Lexden Patrol Leader Training Unit
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Lexden is home to the first Patrol Leader Training Course run in 1959 by Dr Dudley Forde. Since then more than 3400 scouts have participated in 120 courses run by the Lexden Unit.
The Lexden Unit is responsible for youth leadership training and works closely with the RTC Scout Programme in the KZN Region to ensure all the necessary courses, from LDC 1 to PLTU, are run. The Lexden Unit hosts two Patrol Leader Training Courses (PLTC) each year in addition to the PLTU course. The intention is to create cohesive leadership training from the youngest scout attending LDC1 to the senior Patrol Leaders attending PLTU.
Past Course Leaders:
| Course year | Course Director | Troop Leader |
| 1st Course - July 1959 | Dudley Forde | Roland Lapin |
| 2nd Course - July 1960 | Dudley Forde | John Davis |
| 3rd Course - July 1962 | Dudley Forde | John Davis |
| 4th Course - Janaury 1963 | Dudley Forde | Kingsley Kemp |
| 5th Course - April 1964 | Dudley Forde | Kevin Roome |
| 6th Course - October 1964 | Dudley Forde | Anthony & Barry Keyter |
| 7th Course - October 1965 | Dudley Forde | John Philogene |
| 8th Course - October 1966 | Dudley Forde | Patrick Brown |
| 9th Course - October 1967 | Dudley Forde | Arthur McFie |
| 10th Course - January 1968 | Dudley Forde | Arthur McFie |
| 11th Course - July 1968 | Dudley Forde | Arthur McFie |
| 12th Course - October 1968 | Dudley Forde | Arthur McFie |
| 13th Course - December 1968 | Dudley Forde | Eddie McGregor |
| 14th Course - July 1969 | Dudley Forde | Attie Kneppers |
| 15th Course - October 1969 | Dudley Forde | Attie Kneppers |
| 16th Course - December 1969 | Dudley Forde | Jimmy Marshall |
| 17th Course - July 1970 | Fr Ian Laurenson | Jimmy Marshall |
| 18th Course - December 1970 | Dudley Forde | Michael du Trevou |
| 19th Course - July 1971 | Dudley Forde | Richard Lamble |
| 20th Course - December 1971 | Dudley Forde | Michael du Trevou |
| 21st Course - July 1972 | Fr Ian Laurenson | Donald Dunlop |
| 22nd Course - December 1972 | Dudley Forde | Kit du Casse |
| 23rd Course - July 1973 | Fr Ian Laurenson | Peter Rogers |
| 24th Course - December 1973 | Dudley Forde | Peter du Trevou |
| 25th Course - December 1974 | Dudley Forde | Andre Bredenkamp |
| 26th Course - Janaury 1975 | Fr Ian Laurenson | Graham Kershaw |
| 27th Course - December 1975 | Dudley Forde | Rowan Rutherford-Smith |
| 28th Course - January 1976 | Fr Ian Laurenson | Peter Muir |
| 29th Course - July 1976 | Douglas Drysdale | Grant Hearn |
| 30th Course - December 1976 | Fr Ian Laurenson | Michael Harris |
| 31st Course - July 1977 | Fr Ian Laurenson | Gary McDonald |
| 32nd Course - Dember 1977 | Fr Ian Laurenson | Andrew Harrison |
| 33rd Course - July 1978 | Dudley Forde | Graeme Meise |
| 34th Course - December 1978 | Dudley Forde | Graeme Meise |
| 35th Course - January 1979 | Douglas Drysdale | Stephen Camp |
| 36th Course - December 1979 | Dudley Forde | Hugh Lane |
| 37th Course - Janaury 1980 | Bryan Dibben | Anthony Goodhead |
| 38th Course - July 1980 | Dudley Forde | Anthony Goodhead |
| 39th Course - December 1980 | Dudley Forde | Andrew Makin |
| 40th Course - January 1981 | Bryan Dibben | Robin Smith |
| 41st Course - July 1981 | Bryan Dibben | Robin Smith |
| 42nd Course - December 1981 | Dudley Forde | Charles van Niekerk |
| 43rd Course - January 1982 | Bryan Dibben | Keith Eave |
| 44th Course - July 1982 | Bryan Dibben | Bruce Perry |
| 45th Course - December 1982 | Bryan Dibben | Leszek Dobrovolsky |
| 46th Course - July 1983 | Bryan Dibben | Bryan Earle |
| 47th Course - December 1983 | Bryan Dibben | Richard Sawyer |
| 48th Course - July 1984 | Bryan Dibben | Adrian Booysen |
| 49th Course - December 1984 | Dudley Forde | Mark Loxley |
| 50th Course - July 1985 | Bryan Dibben | Shaun Kincaid |
| 51st Course - December 1985 | Bryan Dibben | Wayne Thompson |
| 52nd Course - January 1986 | Dudley Forde | Adrian Bellengere |
| 53rd Course - July 1986 | Dudley Forde | Gary Wade |
| 54th Course - December 1986 | Dudley Forde | Gary Wade |
| 55th Course - January 1987 | Bryan Dibben | Murray Thomas |
| 56th Course | Dudley Forde | Murray Thomas |
| 57th Course - December 1987 | Dudley Forde | Rowan Kincaid |
| 58th Course - July 1988 | Bryan Dibben | Michael Dahn |
| 59th Course - December 1988 | Bryan Dibben | Richard Bellengere |
| 60th Course - July 1989 | Dudley Forde | Kevin Stanley |
| 61st Course - January 1990 | Bryan Dibben | Kevin Stanley |
| 62nd Course | Goodenough Dlamini | Raymond Mazibuko |
| 63rd Course - July 1990 | Dudley Forde | Chris Klopper |
| 64th Course - December 1990 | Dudley Forde | Chris Klopper |
| 65th Course - June 1991 | Goodenough Dlamini | Abel Mofokeng |
| 66th Course | Bryan Dibben | Edwin van Niekerk |
| 67th Course | Dudley Forde | Robin Lea |
| 68th Course - January 1992 | Mike Muir | Edwin van Niekerk |
| 69th Course | Goodenough Dlamini | Abel Mofokeng |
| 70th Course - July 1992 | Bryan Dibben | Jason Rose |
| 71st Course - December 1992 | Dudley Forde | Geoffrey Dent |
| 72nd Course | Goodenough Dlamini | Blessing Butale |
| 73rd Course | Craig Shaw | Warren McPhail |
| 74th Course | Bruce Maree | Dallas Newton |
| 75th Course - April 1994 | Dudley Forde | Dallas Newton |
| 76th Course | Goodenough Dlamini | Gary Nzimande |
| 77th Course - December 1994 | Craig Shaw | Ferdi van den Berg |
| 78th Course - July 1995 | Craig Shaw | Shaun Cheyne |
| 79th Course | Goodenough Dlamini | Simon Zondi |
| 80th Course - December 1995 | Bruce Maree | Adrian Cumming |
| 81st Course - July 1996 | Craig Shaw | Douglas Vickery |
| 82nd Course - July 1996 | Goodenough Dlamini | Raymond Mazibuko |
| 83rd Course - July 1997 | Craig Shaw | Ryan Bayman |
| 84th Couse | Goodenough Dlamini | Gary Nzimande |
| 85th Course - Janaury 1998 | Craig Shaw | Shaun Stanley |
| 86th Course - July 1998 | Bruce Maree | Glenn Howson |
| 87th Course - July 1998 | Goodenough Dlamini | Mqondisi Mbambo |
| 88th Course - July 1999 | Craig Shaw | Raymond Keet |
| 89th Course - January 2000 | Goodenough Dlamini | Sihle Ngidi |
| 90th Course - July 2000 | Craig Shaw | Paul Stanley |
| 91st Course - January 2001 | Michael Dahn | Richard van Dam |
| 92nd Course - July 2001 | Craig Shaw | Bradley Graves |
| 93rd Course - January 2002 | Guy Caws | Samuel Pool |
| 94th Course - January 2002 | Mondli Dlamini | Siyabonga Motha |
| 95th Course - July 2002 | Grant Maartens | Samuel Pool |
| 96th Course - December 2002 | Grant Maartens | Konrad Karcz |
| 97th Course - January 2003 | Mondli Dlamini | Siyabonga Motha |
| 98th Course - December 2003 | Grant Maartens | Tom Brown |
| 99th Course - January 2004 | Mondli Dlamini | Khethukuthula Zikalala |
| 100th Course - July 2004 | Grant Maartens | Anthony Weineck |
| 101st Course - January 2005 | Mondli Dlamini | Inanandla Mkhwazi |
| 102nd Course - June 2005 | Guy Caws | Calvin Poole |
| 103rd Course - June 2006 | Guy Caws | Bheki Dlamini |
| 104th Course | Grant Maartens | Christopher Kloppenborg |
| 105th Course - April 2008 | Rolf Beier | Nigel Tonkin |
| 106th Course - January 2011 | Mondli Dlamini | Travis Duck |
| 107th Course - June 2011 | Craig Shaw | Adrian Bunge |
| 108th Course - December 2010 | Mondli Dlamini | Nkanyiso Khoza |
| 109th Course - December 2011 | Mondli Dlamini | Tyson Dotye |
| 110th Course - July 2013 | Patrick Brown | Anna Talbot |
| 111th Course | Mondli Dlamini | Mphilisi Ngubane |
| 112th Course - July 2014 | Patrick Brown | Stuart Demmer |
| 113th Course - June 2015 | Patrick Brown | James Jones |
| 114th Course - July 2016 | Patrick Brown | Johan Vorster |
| 115th Course - July 2016 | Clinton Barry | Joshua Miranda |
| 116th Course - July 2017 | Clinton Barry | Bruce Southey |
| 117th Course - July 2019 | Clinton Barry | Sarah Burnett |
| 118th Course - January 2023 | Clinton Barry | Rudy Bellengere |
| 119th Course - July 2023 | David Lombard | Zachary Hall |
| 120th Course - June 2024 | David Lombard | Troy Snijders |