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Oct 03 2024
First Class Meal On the 1st of September I ran my First Class meal, with the help of Saskia, Jocelyn and Oliver vZS we were prepared to make an incredible meal. We were cooking a mediterranean style 3 course meal for our judges: Chris and Junior. As Junior is a professional chef we had high …
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Oct 03 2024
Swifts have been awesome this term. There’s an incredible vibe we have going and we seem to be doing really well because of it. I’m really happy to see the growth of the patrol and how much everyone is enjoying it. It was great to see Emily’s cooks meal and Joel’s camp to be run. …
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Oct 03 2024
Day 1 On 14 September 2024, the 107th Gordons began. This year, each troop could only enter one team, unlike previous years when multiple teams were allowed. Our team consisted of James, Holly, Tim VZS, Joel, Ethan, Laura O, Peter, and Oliver H. We arrived at the hall at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday to pack …
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Oct 03 2024
In Term 3 we had 2 great Day Hikes. For the first hike 12 Cubs went hiking at East Fort near Chapman’s Peak. It was very cold to start with but then it warmed up. We hiked in the Fynbos and past some waterfalls and then did a big panorama loop with beautiful views. On …
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Oct 03 2024
Saturday the 17th of August1st ClaremontAgainst Western Cape Scouting 12 of our scouts as well as 2 scouters tested their orienteering skills with scouts and scouters of the Western Cape Region in a competition to see how many points they could gather in an hour and a quarter. The competition was held in the False …
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Oct 03 2024
This term saw the whole group come together at the Rugby fundraiser evening. It was wonderful for our cubs to see the scouts at work and be able to contribute to the evening and the fundraising. We had several wonderful stalls run by some of our cubs. The Benjamin Boys’ popcorn stand, Micaela’s bracelets, games …
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Oct 03 2024
(previously Doc Shield) I put together the Doc Trophy competition for my springbok camp. It was a fun challenge and was great to see it come together. I hope to see it continue in future and develop into a greater competition for the district. Here’s what Julia had to say: A million bases. A million …
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Oct 03 2024
It was with a heavy heart that we said goodbye to the Sutherland family this term as they return to Spain. Vera joined 1st Claremont as a Cub and Oliver was part of the first Meerkat group in 2020. With him came his dad, Brian, also known Badger (at Meerkats) or Baloo (at Cubs). While …
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