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By John Allen in Scouts Published: Sunday, 04 October 09 - 04:37 PM (GMT) Last Updated: Wednesday, 11 November 09 - 10:36 AM (GMT) |
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St Pauls Barnfield Scouts took part in their first ever district scouting event on Sunday 4th October. The event took place at Bowley Scout Camp. We entered a team of 6 scouts in various events. They took part in a variety of events, that are not necessarily your usual sports day events.
In the morning there were 4 events - archery, rifle shooting, curling and orienteering. We had mixed results in these coming 6th in the rifle shooting, 5th in curling and 1st in both orienteering and archery. The Scouts were up against some very tough opposition in some of the events and made us feel proud. It shows how well they have been progressing in some of the events they have done before but it also shows that they are willing to try even the more unusual and unfamiliar events. These results were very impressive for our small group who have not had the opportunity to try these events before - but we will be trying them in future.
After lunch we took part in the five a side football tournament. It was held in a league format. Even though we didn't win this element we had a good go and were only beaten once. We won 2 and drew 2. Maybe now we will have to give the Scouts the opportunity to play football, occasionally!
After the football came the presentation of the trophies and medals from the day. We were awarded our winners trophies from the orienteering and the archery. Even though we did not win overall it was the taking part that counted and the Scouts really seemed to enjoy taking part in these events. Let's hope that next year we can do as well!
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