The long weekend was time for the 1st Kyneton Scouts to showcase their camping skills in the Stradbroke Cup, a region wide camping event.
Kyneton’s adventurous Scouts achieved the Gold Award for their superb teamwork and independent, Scout-led camping efforts.
Congratulations to patrol leader Kelley, assistant patrol leader Loki and to the team including Chris, Sofhia, Alex and Jasper who all worked together over the weekend, not only improving their camping skills but also relishing a range of other on-site activities including crate stacking, chariot making, nerf wars, bottle rockets, archery, whittling and a huge water slide plus a movie night and a disco!
The Treetops Scout Centre at Riddells Creek was the site for more than 200 Scouts from 27 Lerderderg Region Scout Patrols to compete in the Stradbroke Cup camping competition, where they were assessed across 180 camping standards including campsite layout, hygiene, health and safety, and camp kitchen quality.
Stradbroke Cup is an annual competition camping event where each patrol engages with camping assessors to identify opportunities to continually improve their site and skills across the three-night camp.
The determined 1st Kyneton patrol scored a fabulous 173 points from a maximum of 180 and have identified a few small changes for initial camp set up that will give them the opportunity to shine next year when they aim to have two patrols competing.
Well done to all the Scouts involved in organising the equipment and catering for their successful team at their regular Wednesday evening meetings.
1st Kyneton Scouts would like to grow its Scout troop but needs new leaders to facilitate this. If you are interested in becoming a Scout leader, go along and find out what’s involved or contact Scouts Victoria on 1800 726 887.
