Feb 03 2024
Orienteering Competition Last year was the first time 1st Claremont entered into the Orienteering competition for a long time. The Orienteering Competition is a competition where contestants follow a route and hit checkpoints as fast as possible. We entered 2 teams, a senior team and a junior team consisting of Peter and Julia, and Avila …
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Jul 18 2023
Term 2 of 2023 has been yet another successful term for the troop, and a busy one at that. We had eighteen events this past term, from community service to snorkeling and from camps to first class cooking. It’s been amazing to see our patrol leaders step up to the plate and lead their patrols …
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Jul 18 2023
Eagles has, as always, put their best into the term. From working together in meetings to doing patrol community service on the beach Eagles has never been better. I feel like we have really gelled as a patrol thanks to the patrol meeting and our extra activities. I think our notice board has really improved …
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Jul 18 2023
The term has been a bumpy transitional period for the patrol. A new patrol leader brings new expectations and changes. I think the Swifts patrol should feel proud as they have done well in taking these changes in stride. In the future I would like to bring attendance of Troop meetings and external activities up …
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Jul 18 2023
Bateleurs Patrol Camp Day 1 We started off at the hall, an hour before was originally stated because Tim managed to misread the campsite time details and we would not make it in time for the gate to still be open. In the rush we nearly forgot the gas which we needed for every meal. …
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Jul 18 2023
The Boks Patrol Camp Day 1 of the amazing camp We arrived at the scout hall on a nice early morning and packed the car and headed off, location goedgedacht farm. We overestimated the drive and ended up getting there early and finishing camp setup about 2 hours early. We decided to start building our …
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May 09 2023
On 7 May, 15 of our scouts took part in the regional Upton Shield competition. This is a hiking competition, similar to the Rayner Trophy earlier this year, where scouts hike outdoors, completing bases that test them on scouting skills along the way. Our scouts came 18th, 9th, 2nd and 1st, out of a total …
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