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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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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May 17 2022
1st Claremont group updates
It’s May 2022 and we’re a month late for our 1st term edition of Smoke Signals (sorry!) but one advantage of being late is I get to include a proud-dad, proud-SGL moment: as I am writing this, we have just won the Upton Shield for the third year running, with an all-girl team, and the …
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Jun 16 2021
Nina tells us about Rayner
A tough but ultimately wonderful competition, Rayner rolls around every year to push us to the limits of our hiking fitness, scout skills and tolerance of each other.This particular Rayner had a bit of a rocky start as we were lost (sorry, temporarily disoriented) before even beginning the hike – with the entire competition having …
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Apr 08 2020
For the third time in a row we win the Rayner Trophy
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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Jun 25 2019
We win the Rayner Trophy – and take the top two positions!
In March, 1st Claremont entered two teams into the challenging Rayner Trophy. I was a part of a team with APL Justin Cheney, P3 Matthew Gammon and P4 Simon Bean. The Rayner Trophy is an overnight hiking competition, run within a 100 km radius of Cape Town every year. The first day of the competition …
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May 02 2018
Smoke Signals 2018 – Quarter 1
After an absence of 7 years, Smoke Signals returns to give you news of the doings of the cubs and scouts at 1st Claremont Scout Group! Find out what winning the Rayner really took and learn something about the scouters! The second quarter edition will be published in July 2018 and additional articles or photos …
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Mar 11 2017
Rayner Trophy 2017
For the first time in many years we entered two teams into the Rayner Trophy, one experienced and one with no experience of Rayner. The competition followed the Highlands Trail which proved beneficial we hiked the trail a few years ago and it was also done as a First Class hike a year or two …
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