Kon-Tiki
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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Jul 16 2025
Being on raft was an amazing experience. It was sooo fun, we were the first raft out (there seemed to be some misunderstandings as to where we had to be 😅) and so we got to watch all the other rafts coming out onto the vlei, while we watched, Oliver played music (meme music – …
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Jul 10 2024
Friday, 12 April Today marked the commencement of Kontiki 2024. As a troop, we haven’t participated in this competition very often, so our raft design was… interesting, to say the least. Nonetheless, on this Friday, it was the day for us to pack the trailers and send them off to the sea scout base. As …
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Apr 04 2024
We all awoke to the birds shining and the sun tweeting. We could tell that it was going to be a tiring day. But nothing could prepare us for the horrors of the day! We started out by laying out the beams of the building as the mastermind of the plan sat behind his desk …
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Competitions are how we judge our training and advancement programs. Taking part and trying our best is an important part of development for our scouts but doing well is also important as it boosts self-confidence for the troop as a whole. Results are not everything but they are not to be discounted either. We believe …
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Mar 18 2013
Kon-Tiki is upon us again. We effectively have a long weekend for Kon-Tiki which we will need to use due to logistical challenges. On Thursday 21st we will meet at the hall at 10.00am to complete the painting and pack all the equipment ready to move. We expect to be finished by 3.00pm although we …
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