ROUND 3 - 2007-08

Boat Camp  -   27-29 June 2008

135 Guides in 29 Patrols took part in the camp at Tolmers, undertaking challenges grouped under 4 headings:

CAMPING ABILITY - following instructions, looking after their tent, cooking one main meal and one breakfast, and keeping their site tidy.

BOATING - one half day was spent doing challenges in two out of the three water activities, sailing, rafting and canoeing, allocated at random.
The challenges involved skill in handling their craft, and variously observation, knots, first aid and codes

NAVIGATION - an orienteering exercise around Tolmers woodlands, followed by making a collage involving yacht design and appropriate knots.
Included in this half-day was the preparation of an upside-down pineapple cake to be cooked for their evening meal.

MINI-OLYMPICS - in the evening, comprising nine events:
        100 metres:  the longest piece of peel cut from one apple.
Long Jump:  using tiddleywinks at numbered targets
High Jump:   bouncing a table tennis ball over a net into a bucket
Discus:         aiming a frisbee at numbered targets
Putting the Shot:  a croquet ball projected from under the chin
Time Trial:   covering numbers in sequence, faster than opposition
Relay:          a triangular circuit with a hoop to be carried round waist & passed on
Tossing the caber:  welly wanging
Marathon:    spooning marbles through the hole in an inverted plant pot