Category: Cubs

My Leaping Wolf Personal Challenge

For my personal challenge I wanted to hike the 3 Peaks: Devil’s Peak, Mclear’s Beacon and Lion’s Head, all in one weekend.  We started at 6:30 on Saturday 23 March at the parking lot for the Saddle on Tafelberg Road.  I hiked with my Dad and my godmother Kate.  When we started it was dark …

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Senior Cub Camp

I went on Senior Cub Camp at Hawequas on 5-7 April 2024.  It is a camp for Cubs who are over 10 years old from all over the Western Cape Region. I was in Imbeko tribe and our colour was yellow.  There were 42 cubs split into 6 different tribes.  I slept in a tent …

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Cubs at the Two Oceans Marathon

I really enjoyed the Two Oceans Marathon because I have never been to an event like it before! My mum and I woke up early and headed to the meeting point outside Noordhoek vet, I was sleepy but at the end it totally worth getting up and going. I handed out 100 cups of water …

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The Lesson about Bees

At Cubs we learnt about bees. It was really interesting talk that a beekeeper gave us. We learnt that the queen bee flies really high up into the air to mate with a lot of drone bees, drone bees are male bees. We also got to see the gear that the beekeepers wear when they’re …

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Supporting Foster Love Animal Rescue

Foster Love Animal Rescue sends a huge shoutout to Jocelyn Berry who has been baking and selling biscuits to raise money for FLAR. They are incredibly grateful for her hard work and generosity and for the support of 1st Claremont Scouts.

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Cub Kon-Tiki

At Kon tiki there were so many games. Here are some of them there was a memory match, a remember what it is made of and Tug-of-war plus many more. This year the theme was Falk law. There were also ice creams for sale. Nathan Young – Blue Six

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Cub Camp!

This article was co-written by and Hathi Cub camp is without a doubt the highlight of the first term every year. We were once again joined by our friends from up the hill. The camp started on Saturday, however, That first evening The next day was Saturday and the camp officially started.  The theme this …

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Cub Funday 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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