Kontiki 99
The Bush Hill Court of Honour
set the goal to win the raft construction competition at Kontiki 99. In
addition it was decided that the Patrol leaders would organise and run
the entire event with minimal help from the scouters.
After a planning afternoon
two weeks before the event and a planning weekend the 7 days before the
event, Bush Hill set out to Camelot - the theme for Kontiki 99. The entire
base was constructed by the junior scouts as the PL's only arrived on Friday
evening. Thanks to this great start and wonderful team spirit the entire
raft was completed and judged before 10h00 - 2 hours before the official
launch time.
The Bush Hill raft took the
shape of a battering ram (show below) - designed to break down the gates
of the rafts that resembled castle's - and that it did. It was highly mobile
in the strong winds experienced on Saturday and resulted in the Bush Hill
team visiting and completing all the bases.
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Our goal of constructing the
best raft was achieved and and we came 4th out of the 100 entries in the
overall raft competition. We achieved an 8th overall position - making
it three top ten finishes in the last three years.
Our results where
|
Competition
|
Score
|
Position
|
|
Pioneering
|
9
|
12
|
|
Raft Construction
|
284
|
1
|
|
Safety Awareness
|
37
|
21
|
|
Theme
|
33
|
26
|
|
Raft Comptition
|
463
|
4
|
|
Supporters Meal
|
67
|
42
|
|
Dress Up Competition
|
31
|
41
|
|
Model Raft
|
17
|
11
|
|
Spare Time Activity
|
21
|
3
|
|
Beaver Challenge
|
2.8
|
36
|
|
Team Spirit
|
13
|
8
|
|
Supporters Campsite
|
43
|
22
|
|
Supporters Competition
|
194.8
|
29
|
|
Overall Competition
|
657.8
|
8
|
The results show an excellent
effort by the PL's and wonderful team spirit displayed within the troop.
Well Done Guys !!!
Send submissions, comments, questions to us via e-mail
at bushiescouts@oocities.com
This page last updated on June 25,1999.