Encompass Issue 52 – May 2013 - Kawana Scouts

BAANYA 2013 – WIVENHOE WANDERINGSLast weekend the BrisbaneNorth Region held its annualcamp at Lake Wivenhoewith 110 scouts and over 30Leaders aending. Thetheme for the weekend wasbased around wateracvies with most scoutscompleng the praccalcomponent of their watersafety badge at theappropriate level. Scoutsalso undertook canoeing,ra building andorienteering on theSaturday.Saturday night saw thejudging of their Patrol flagswhich had been designedand created during the first24 hours of the camp, alongwith their two course meal.The standard of meals wasoutstanding and reallyimpressed the judges.Kalinga Penguin Patrol wasplaced first while TMT Dingowas placed second in theflag compeon whileKalinga Penguin also wonthe meal compeon withKalinga Llama placedsecond.Aer tea Scouts competedin a wide game followed bya camp fire where every oneof the 21 Patrolsparcipated. The night wasfinished off with a wellorganized Scouts Own bythe Patrol Leaders.The final day saw a smallregaa held on the lake.Each patrol wasrepresented in one of the 7canoe races with the finalbeing won by the WilstonRoadrunner Patrol.An Iron Scout compeon was held where parcipants had tocomplete a course of approximately 600 m involving twoswimming legs, two running legs and a short waterpolo drill in thewater. The girls’ race was won by Kate Davidson from TMT DingoPatrol while theencouragement awardwent to MarlaineCarter from GrovelyMitchelton RosellaPatrol. The boys’ racesaw Daniel Johns fromKalinga Penguin Patrolsuccessful in winningwhiletheencouragement award was a e between Zhengkai Fang andAlbert Michelle both from TMT Dingo Patrol.The final segment of the camp saw a team of Leaders piedagainst a team of Scouts in a ra building compeon. TheLeaders did have a win but eventually their ra sank from thecombined forces of the Scouts.Congratulaons to all Scouts for their efforts over the weekendand a big thank you to all the Leaders for aending. A specialthank you to my team of District Leaderswho worked relessly to bring the wholeweekend together to make it a success.LEADERS HAVE FUN TOOAt a recent DTM in Nambour the Leaderspracced some of the games the youthmembers might enjoy. I think these twoLeaders had way too much fun.AGOONOREE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST NOWAVAILABLECalling all SCOUTS, VENTURER SCOUTS,ROVER SCOUTS and LEADERS,Agoonoree expression of interest 2013forms are now available. Forms can be downloaded from thebrand new Agoonooree website agoonoree.scoutsqld.com.au .Why wait, Agoonoree is your answer to fun these Septemberschool holidays. For more informaon on the camp or to get incontact with our execuve team head to Agoonoree website!SSS 2013When—Friday the 28th June to Monday 1st ofJuly 2013WhereBP Park, Samford, BrisbaneHow to be part of the funExpressions of interest are in the March edi-on of Encompass and online atwww.sss.scoutsqld.com.au5