This term Beavers have been working towards their Camp Craft Activity badge. They have started to learn how to tie a reef knot, put up a tent, cooked on a fire and started their own camp blanket by sewing a badge on.
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District Camp Craft Competition
Arapaho and Cherokee Cubs took part in the Blacktoft Beacon District Camp Craft Competition this weekend at Tablers Wood Campsite. Eleven teams took part including two from Arapaho and two from Cherokee. They completed many tasks during the day including tent pitching, sedan chairs, cooking, fire lighting, bivi building, maps symbols, compass points and a…
WINNERS!
What a weekend! Apache Scouts won the Scout Camp Craft Competition at Tablers Wood. They had a full weekend of challenges to complete, and managed them all. They also ran their own camp, setting everything up, cooking all their own meals, keeping everything tidy and camped without a leader. The team of five were fantastic…
WINNERS!
Arapaho and Cherokee Cubs entered teams into the Blacktoft Beacon District Camp Craft Competition today. The teams had eight challenges to complete each, and did so with great success. Twelve teams took part, with Arapaho girls finishing first with 110 points Cherokee boys second, with 98 points, Cherokee girls third with 92 points and Arapaho boys eighth. What…
District Camp Craft Competition
Arapaho and Cherokee Cubs took part in the Blacktoft Beacon District Camp Craft Competition. Eleven teams from all over the district competed using their skills in knot tying, map reading, fire lighting, orienteering, first aid, putting up tents, packing rucksacks and following trails. Well done to the Arapaho B team finishing in third place…
Pioneering Catapults
As part of their Camp Craft Activity badge, Beavers worked together as a team to put up a small tent, as well as having some great fun pioneering and making catapults.
2015 Camp Craft Winners
Well done to Jed and Connor, who teamed up with Harry from Gilberdyke to win the Blacktoft Beacon 2015 Cub Camp Craft Competition. The day included various challenges for them to complete including making fire without a match (where Connor had the best fire of the day), pitching a tent, map signs, First Aid, egg parachutes, code…