Troop Scouters Annual Report - 2000
2000 report to be posted soon
Troop Scouters Annual Report - 1999
SCOUTERS
1999 has seen the troop consolidate and continue to grow in skills and strength.
We welcome Panther (Simon Lamprey) and Buf (Walter Duncan) to the troop as Assistant Troop Scouters, as well as Chris Biljoen as a helper. We hope that they have a long and fulfilling stay with the troop.
We know that Panther will be around for awhile (another 18yrs) as Baby Panther arrived earlier in the year.
Thanks also to Caracal, Griffen and Stevo for all their assistance and support though-out the year.
It was certainly rewarding to see parents response when getting involved and participate in the various activities, certainly the positive comments passed is extremely encouraging for scouting and the future of the troop.
INTERNET(www.oocities.org/yosemite/trails/1671)
Caracal has done great job in maintaining the troop web page, certainly lots of hours work has gone into it. Thanks Caracal for the great effort again this year. We are looking for a parent who would be willing to assist Caracal (as he now has a real job) with this. Please contact me if you are able too. I would encourage you to surf in and view Bushhill on the Web.
TROOP STRENGTH
The current strength of the troop is 26 Scouts. We have maintained all our senior scouts with the exception of Roland Booker. We will have good spread of boys in high school next year, which indicates that the troop is growing in scouting experience and skill, cooking and first aid the exception, we need to focus more on this next year. We said a sad farewell to the Davidson’s, as they returned to England after being held-up twice in their Spar shop.
NEW PATROL LEADERS / SECONDS
With Roland leaving during the year Justin Hawley has become the Patrol second of Cheetahs Patrol. We will be losing Bradley Glossop at the end of this year as he turns 18 and embarks on a world journey to parts unknown, Craig Lloyd is current acting Patrol Leader whilst Bradley prepares for Matric exams, with Dale Swikkard acting Patrol second.
TROOP PROGRESS
Troop advancement has once again being slow this year. There are various activities, tasks and badges that the boys need to complete at home. We are not seeing these being done.
A scouts skill evening will be run early in the new year to help parents to understand the various ways they can assist in the progress of their boys.
We have seen the boys however applying their scouting skills in the various events to great effect. Where district courses have been run, the troop has been well represented and the boys have passed.
The out in Scouting
Bushhill certainly has enjoyed the out in scouting during this year with great participation for the patrols and troop in both troop and district activities.
These activities exclude the formal training courses that the Scouters went on.
ACHIEVEMENTS
KONTIKI 99: Considering that the focus of this Kontiki was on the Raft Competition and parents year off, the troop did extremely well in winning the Raft construction, coming 3rd in Raft competition and coming 8th overall.DISTRICT COMPO COMPETITION 3rd & 5th Overall.
CHAIRMANS CHALLENGE 8th
ACTIVITIES
TONQUANI HIKE 13TH / 14TH February
KONTIKI PREP CAMP 27TH / 28TH February
KONTIKI 99 6th /8th March
PL’S CHALLENGE 24TH April
PATHFINDERS DAY 24TH April
FLORIDA SAILING DAY 27th April
BBB EXPEDITION 14th / 16TH May
DISTRICT PIONEERING S/C CAMP 29TH / 30TH May
PILANSBERG CAMP 23RD / 25th July
ROODEPOORT NIGHT HIKE 30TH July
DISTRICT PLTC COURSE 6th / 9TH August
COMPO PREP CAMP 21ST /22ND August
DISTRICT COMPO COMPETITION 3RD / 5TH September
CHAIRMANS CHALLENGE 17TH / 19TH September
BACKWOOD’S SURVIVAL CAMP 8TH / 10TH October
JOTI 16TH / 17TH October
LOOKING AHEAD TO Y2K
2000 looks to be another great year for Bushhill where we hope to see the boys starting to progress and the experience gained during 1999 put into practice.
We will be going to Kontiki2000 with the objective of retaining the Raft construction prize and going for an overall win, to better coming 2nd in 98
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow Scouters for their time and effort (Thanks guys) and wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and happy Scouting during 1999.
Sabre
Troop Scouter – Bushhill Scout Troop
SCOUTERS
1998 has been a real rewarding year for both the Troop
as well as myself. The benefit of having additional
uniform help in Caracal, Griffin, and Kudu is also being felt by the troop
as new programs and ideas were introduced on Tuesday’s and weekend events.
Thanks also to Stevo for helping, we believe he has lost his uniform somewhere!!!.
Stevo has requested help in tracing it yet? We sent
Kudu back to England in July with fond memories and experiences of South
Africa and Bushhill. It was certainly rewarding to
see parents response when getting involved and participate in the various
activities, certainly the positive comments passed is extremely encouraging
for scouting and the future of the troop.
INTERNET(www.oocities.org/yosemite/trails/1671)
Caracal has done great work in establishing our own web
page, certainly lots of hours work has gone into it. Thanks Caracal
for the great effort. I would encourage you to surf
in and view Bushhill on the Web.
WATERSPORTS
After 2 years of scraping and sanding, the Mirror sailing
dinghy was eventually completed and tested during the power charge on the
Vaal Dam in 2 metre high swells. It passed the test, the outboard didn’t
and we had to be towed back (maybe we should stick to sailing). The dinghy
has also been used during the Sailing charge and the Sailing day.
The troop has also acquired a number of canoes, which will
be refurbished next year, any dads willing to assist, please contact us.
TROOP STRENGTH
The current strength is 26 Scouts compared with 18 at
this time last year. 6 Scouts left during the year.
14 new scouts where invested of which 8 came from the pack.
NEW PATROL LEADERS / SECONDS
With the size of the troop growing, and a number of senior
scouts having left, the patrols were re-arranged and a 4th patrol was formed
.The following boys where promoted:
Vaughn Wood – Patrol Leader / Matthew Fah
- Patrol Second
Trevor Bruce – Patrol Leader / Roland Booker -
Patrol Second
Jacques Otto – Patrol Second / Craig Lloyd – Patrol
Second
TROOP PROGRESS
1998 has been a building year in terms of applying and
learning the basic’s of scouting, hence, the progress in terms of badges
and advancement has been slow this year, however a number of scouts are
very close to achieving badges and reaching the next advancement level.
During the year the following advancement badges where achieved:
Pathfinder: David le Cordeur and Roland Booker.
Adventurer: Vaughan Wood First Class: Edward Ford
THE OUT IN SCOUTING
Bushhill certainly has enjoyed the out in scouting during
this year with great participation for the patrols and troop in both troop
and district activities. These activities exclude
the formal training courses that the Scouters went on.
ACHIEVEMENTS
DISTRICT GALA - Not Last
KONTIKI 98 - 2ND Overall, 1st STA’s, 2nd Beaver
Challenge, 4th Raft construction.
DISTRICT COMPO COMPETITION - 2nd & 5th Overall, 1st
Pioneering
ACTIVITIES
KONTIKI PREP CAMP 24th / 25th
January
DISTRICT FISHING CAMP 7th / 8th
February
BP SUNDAY / DISTRICT GALA 22nd February
KONTIKI PREP CAMP 28th / 29th
February
KONTIKI 98 6th /8th
March
DISTRICT MAPPING / BACKWOODS Theory 21st March
DISTRICT MAPPING / BACKWOODS Camp 25th /
27th April
FATHER & SON GOLF DAY 9th May
PL’S ADVENTURE 23rd / 24th May
PILANSBERG CAMP 26th / 28th June
ROODEPOORT NIGHT HIKE 31st July
SAILING CHARGE CERTICATE 29th / 30th August
PATHFINDER Father & Son HIKE 15th August
IBIS RIDGE TROOP CAMP 24th /
25th August
SAILING DAY 21st September
ADVENTURER FATHER & SON HIKE 2nd / 4th
October
DISTRICT COMPO COMPETITION 9th / 11 October
LOOKING AHEAD TO 99
1999 looks to be another great year for Bushhill where
we hope to see the boys starting to progress and the experience gained
during 1998 put into practice. Kontiki 99 is going
to be a boy’s only event, it’s our year off. I would
like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow Scouters for their time
and effort (Thanks guys) and wish you and your family a Merry Christmas
and happy Scouting during 1999.
Sabre
Troop Scouter – Bushhill Scout Troop