Sunday 16 September 2012

Olympic Camp

This weekend we ran our Olympic Capers Camp at the Loans Scout Hall.
In total we had 15 Beavers and Cubs, all of whom seemed to have a great time. Personally I missed the start not being able to arrive until the end of Friday's activities. By the time I arrived I missed the Opening Ceremony, supper, the Entertainment, the Hike, and the Glow Sticks. All I got was the film before bed.

Saturday morning dawned early, but was a dry day.
We all tucked into breakfast of cereal, eggs, bacon, sausage, square sausage, hash brown and beans because we had a busy day ahead of us.
After breakfast the teams had their colours painted onto their faces and it was outside for the first three events: welly toss, long puck, and a sock lob.
After these three we had our first relay race. This was a long one. The five stages covered the entire perimeter of the field outside the hall. And they had three permutations to run giving them all a good workout. After a short break we resumed with our archery competition.

While lunch was being prepared, the Beavers and Cubs produced drawings of their favourite moments so far.

This soon evolved into a paper air plane construction master-class.
After lunch it was back outside for the team pole vaulting relay race (which was actually very funny to watch). Then the toughest assignment so far - The cream cracker challenge - the first person to eat a cream cracker and then whistle! Much, much harder than it sounds.
We finished the day of with a game of rounders.
Back in the hall for the closing ceremony and awarding of badges which took quite a long time:
The Beavers all earned their Nights Away, Hikes Away, Adventure and Health & Fitness badges



while the Cubs earned their Nights Away, Hikes Away, Entertainer and Outdoor Challenge badges.




Everyone who attended also earned their Olympic badge and a commemorative trophy.