Oct 06 2025
At the end of October, the first member of Scouting to have gone through Meerkats and Cubs will go up to Scouts. Neema Galetta joined the 1st Claremont Meerkat Den when it opened in October 2020. Our first meeting was an adventure in Keurboom Park, but we were soon locked down, and meetings proceeded online. Neema …
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Oct 06 2025
On the 22 August 1 st Claremont Cubs held our annual Pack sleepover and it wasonce again a huge hit! This is an important event on our calendar as many of ourCubs have either never slept in a tent before or have never slept away from theirparents before. We pitched our Scout bell tents inside …
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Jul 24 2025
Term 2 began with a bang with a program on water safety and also with Kontiki happening that same weekend (please read Brent’s Kon-Tiki article!) Declan van Pallander and Declan Johnson completed their Leaping Wolves and moved up to scouts. We are very proud of them and wish them well on their scouting journey! Our …
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Jul 24 2025
Cubs Kon-Tiki 2025 was a fantastic event with the largest showing of groups (32 different cub packs participated!) The 1st Claremont Cubs did not disappoint and came together to challenge the other packs across the games with some great teamwork in assisting each other through lots of shouting advice and sharing their separate tricks of …
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Apr 04 2024
At the cub camp we were able to complete the cub traveller interest badge. This was a really challenging badge to do. The cubs were pushed right out of their comfort zone. Amongst the challenges was going on a “trip” of Cape Town using the MyCity bus routes. They had to plan the trip from …
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Apr 04 2024
This annual event brings cubs from across the Cape. Each pack brought an activity that other cubs could take part in, this could be a game, a craft, or a test of skill. 1st and 4th Claremont joined forces meet other cubs at this event which was hosted by 1st Monte Vista Scout Group. The …
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Apr 04 2024
This term the cubs were back at Newlands Forest but this time with a twist. Not only did we explore new routes we also split the party into Silver and Gold wolves. This allowed the older cubs to take a more challenging route (or so we thought – they motored through it!) and for them …
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Apr 04 2024
Do you know any good rope jokes? We spent a great deal of time both at Friday meetings and on camp working on some essential scouting skills. Namely knot tying and compass work. For survival, bushcraft, wilderness, camping, and hiking, knot tying is very import. It allows you to secure shelters, create traps, build tools, …
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