Jul 28 2026
It was pointed out to me that my Springbok Camp was less of a Springbok activity and more of a regional event. And with Scouts from 8 troops across the Western Cape, I can’t disagree. I was lucky enough to have scouts from 1st Hermanus, 1st and 2nd Somerset West, 1st and 4th Claremont, 1st …
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Jul 28 2026
For my major project, I decided to run a banquet for 30 guests with five courses. The theme was Alice in Wonderland, and guests were asked to come wearing their most magical Wonderland look. I was absolutely blown away by the creativity of the outfits (shoutout to Josie Blaine for winning Best Dressed!), and the …
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Jul 19 2026
Emily’s hike to put it simply, it was an experience to say the least. Small disclaimer Emily is not very smart to put it kindly for doing springbok (I got permission to say this) So the first day was an expedition as the path wasn’t there but instead there was a RIVER directly in the …
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Jul 18 2026
Emily’s wide game was super fun. We all arrived at Kirstenbosch to start the wide game, where some patrols were combined to make the teams bigger. We then set off on our first bearing to Base 1. Every patrol had a different starting base. Our first base was first aid, where we had to splint …
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Oct 06 2025
Tim’s springbok ceremony was inspirational, lots of friends and family of Tim’s. We started by lighting the scout laws in darkness and then with Simon bean introducing the schedule for the night and then began with speeches and photos, Holly Raine had an exceptional speech as well as Ov and Daniel Le Jeune, Timothy VZS …
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Oct 06 2025
Hello my name is Reza Teunissen. I am 13 years old. I am part of the kestrels patrol and Laura is my patrol leader. I attended Laura’s springbok community service at The trinity children’s centre where Laura’s uncle Andrew assisted in Mitchell’s plain. For most of the duration. I helped with digging trenches, painting walls, …
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Oct 06 2025
Lauras camp was a banger. The day started off with us not being able to get to the campsite due to some dire flooding of the river (RIP Lucy’s license plate). We continued the first day with some campsite construction and some yummy food. We did a short knowledge relay with knots and skills. We …
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Oct 06 2025
The aim of Joel’s project was to make a big tower. There were many people, lots of delicious snacks and cake, and lots of pioneering, it took us a while to finish the structure and then we had to haul it up, it took lots parents and help but we got it up and almost …
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