Cub Scouts win National Gold
A team of six between the ages of 9-11 won the County Final in March. They then got focused, trained hard, learned loads and with put in many hours of work. Thankfully it payed off, whilst having a wealth of independent fun.
The Nationals require teams to build a site to live upon — 10m x 10m — using ropes, poles, tents and mostly teamwork and initiative, to be even in the running.
Requirements specified sleeping arrangements, cooking facilities, ‘Go Green’ recycling demonstration, a fire site and a First Aid site. On top of this, minimum requirements are to make three gadgets (‘furniture’ to those, not in the scouting world).
While the teams are scored on all of these capabilities, they also have to prove their worth at cooking a two-course meal to be tested by yet another examiner and all within a theme.
There are no adults or leaders allowed on site while the competition is in place (12-7pm) so any issue or disastrous problem has to be solved be the Cub Scouts themselves. Note that these kids have NO Google, U-Tube, iTunes, iPads, tablets — it’s purely back to basic communicative discussion to get you out of a crisis. How many kids do we have with this ability in today’s age, I ask?
Kilcullen Cubs pioneered/built their dining table, bench, recycling bin stand, First Aid stand, fire station and their entrance gate. The overall theme was Ancient Rome, so team ‘Caesar’s Minions’ excelled and so deserved their ‘Gold Reward’.
Kilcullen Cub Scouts did brilliantly at most all tests but I really have to hand it to them that when they had a problem with the test meal which they felt nearly lost them that part of the competition, they reached out to their neighbouring Cub Scouts for help — and the Cork group were only to happy to offer their excess potatoes. I’m so proud of them that they were able to pull it back together.
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