1st Claremont entered four teams for orienteering this year which was held at a wine farm near Franschoek. The four teams were:
- Axel and Sudi (team A)- senior team,
- Zoë and Claire (team B),
- MK and Reza (team C)
- Christopher and Declan (team D)
Orienteering is running around following a map to look for checkpoints and involves running through bushes, streams, and up over hills. It’s generally very fun. The aim of it is to find control points which are like a square piece of plastic on top of a wooden or metal pole stuck into the ground with an orange and white flag. The plastic on the top of the control has a hole in it and so when you get to it you can put your emit in it. An emit is a sensor you strapped your finger to. There were 90 teams from around the Western Cape competing in the Scout Orienteering Event. At the end team (A) got 80 points, team (B) got 11O, team (C) 10 points and team (D) 120 points and came third in the Junior Division.
I really enjoyed the event and would like to encourage more Scouts to do it.
By Christopher
