Scouting Competitions
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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Apr 04 2024
Day 1 For me and a few other scouts from 1st Claremont this was going to be the first Rayner that we had ever been on or experienced. From what people were saying it was a very difficult location to get legal hiking access to so we should be very happy to be doing this …
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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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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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Apr 19 2023
First Claremont had two teams participating in the Rayner Trophy.
They placed 15th and 13th, out of a total of 32 teams.
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May 17 2022
Upton was an amazing experience that I will always remember. My team was absolutely amazing and we all worked so well together. This year the bases were very fun and the STAs were also fun to do. Upon arriving to the end we realised that we had missed the last 5 bases! But surprisingly we …
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Oct 19 2021
Gordon Shield ran over the 11thand 12th of September. We were only allowed to put in one team of five, which consisted of two seniors and three older juniors. Usually we are able to put in two teams of eight. The competition was split into two areas — half of the troops were at Hawequas …
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Apr 08 2020
The Rayner Trophy is a senior scout hiking competition, known as one of the toughest competitions for scouts in South Africa. The secrecy surrounding the hiking destination each year and the activities we complete over the course of the hike secured it immediately as one of my favorite activities undertaken as a scout. I have …
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