The 1st Claremont AGM was held on 27 January. Heather van Zyl-Smit reports.
Category: Smoke Signals
For the main Smoke Signal post each quarter
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Apr 19 2023
Rayner Trophy 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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Dec 23 2022
Smoke Signals Edition 3, 2022
As 1st Claremont has grown and become more and more active, it’s getting harder to pick highlights to summarise a term, let alone a year! But let’s have a go. The Scout Troop has continued an active and successful programme as Daniel le Jeune completes his first year as Troop Scouter. The fourth term included …
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Dec 22 2022
Sam tells us about our Senior Cub Hike
On Saturday 5 November 2022 the senior cubs from 1st and 4th Claremont gathered at Constantia Nek at noon ready for a hike. Our backpacks were filled with mess kits, sleeping bags, change of clothes, plenty of water and most importantly snacks! Everyone first posed for a few photos before we started. At the beginning …
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Nov 01 2022
Smoke Signals Edition 2, 2022
As we enter the final scouting term of 2022, it’s time to reflect on some of the scout group highlights over the past few months. The 1st Claremont Scout Troop Group has grown from strength to strength – we now have 109 members, up 300% since our centenary in 2008! This growth reflects the demand …
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Oct 26 2022
Jenny writes about Cubs in Term 3
Jenny wrote about activities in the third term: a visit from the ER24 ambulance service, a night hike, and cooking “stokbrood”:
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Smoke Signals
Smoke Signals has a long tradition at 1st Claremont. The first recorded edition was in 1958 and it has been produced erratically since then with the longest consistent run being in the 1980’s (6 editions) annually. Smoke Signals won the HV Marsh Award for Scout Journalism in 2019, the first time it has done so. …
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Oct 19 2021
Reflections
The value of scouting for our youth is not in direct experience and the memories it creates but in the life skills that those experiences impart – the benefits of which are only fully realised years later. Without an indepth understanding of how this works, it is easy to deride scouts as a anachronistic organisation …
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