 Northern
District Scouter / Rover Pioneering Compo
Date: 4-5 April 2009
Location: Huddle Park Golf Course, Johannesburg
After the inaugural event in 2008 the organisers were expecting
a relatively large crowd for the event this year. Much interest
was expressed, but in the end either logistics or economics did
not balance out.
Three teams participated in this year’s event:
- 1st Athol - Old Atholytes
- 1st Sandhurst Old Boys
- 1st Bedfordview Rovers
Three large projects, two of which are of Springbok Scout Construction
Project level, were completed over the weekend. The projects were
as follows:
50ft / 16m Monopole (3 hours)
35ft / 12m Stilt Tower (5 hours)
20ft / 6m Trebuchet (4 hours)
The overall winners of the competition was 1st Sandhurst (with
92%) and in doing so kept the
trophy within Northern District.
The Old Atholytes (with 85%) and Bedfordview (with 77%) Rovers
came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The event was enjoyed by all and many broken and battered bodies
were to be found after the gruelling challenge.
Here are some photos from the weekend of the projects and constructors.
The 50ft Monopole built by the Old Atholytes
A long view of the 3 Monopoles erected
Bedfordview Rovers constructing their Stilt Tower
The Old Atholytes setting out their Stilt Tower
1st Sandhurst raising their Stilt Tower
The Evolution of 1st Sandhurst: at the point of wearing Orange
A 98% complete Athol Stilt Tower at cut-off time
Bedfordview Rovers as close to finshing as they can get at cut-off
time.
Athol’s (front) and Bedfordview’s (back) Trebuchets
Sandhurst’s fully functional trebuchet which launches sand-filled
rugby balls rather well
All the Pioneering Challengers (Sandhurst Left and Top, Athol Centre,
Bedfordview Right)
at the winning constructors’ tower
Congratulations to 1st Sandhurst on winning their first ever Scouter/Rover
Pioneering Compo & a big thank you to Huddle Park Golf Course
for allowing us to use their grounds which are perfect for Pioneering
purposes.
The challenge has been set forth to anyone in South Africa who
claims to have the best Pioneering skills in the land. Northern
District will be hosting the event again next year and wait for
the next set of Scouters/Rovers to attempt to take the trophy out
of Northern District.
Report by Shakir Dudhia
Athol Machine Troop Scouter
Acting Assistant District Commissioner Northern
Northern District
- For full details of the projects, see the event
notice on the Gauteng Scouting website
- Shak’s contact details:
Email (preferable): leicesterfox@gmail.com
Cell: 072 - 397 - 7769
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