Bainbrigge Competition 2010 Report

This competition was held on the sunny afternoon of Saturday 12th June at the Cranbury Park campsite. Five teams of six Cubs competed for the Bainbrigge Shield by completing challenges set on each of six bases. See Pictures below.

These included :-

A Fire lighting base as part of the Outdoor challenge, where Cubs were challenged to make a fire out of the materials provided-some of which were not suitable, such as green wood.

A First Aid base where a casualty, daubed in fake blood, lay at the base of a tree where he had “fallen” and was subjected to the Cubs attempts at First Aid. Many thanks go to Cub Harvey Lambourne who fell out of the tree five times!

A Fitness base involved much throwing (and running after) balls and thanks to Carl Hunter who helped his dad run the base.

A Safety base involved asking Cubs how they would make phone calls to the Emergency Services and keep their houses safe from burglars.

A Creative base involved cutting out and assembling skeletons. Some of the resultant life forms were definitely not human!

The District Explorer units ran a fun base for the Cubs, which involved water, bicycle pumps and lemonade bottles. Many of these didn’t fly very far but succeeded in soaking their launch crews thoroughly!

While the members of the District Support Unit totted up scores and came up with the final results, the cubs were split into four teams and competed against each other in a Tug-of-War battle. After much heaving and lots of shouting the Cubs proved to be fairly evenly matched but a final battle of four male Leaders against all the Cubs was a massive win for the Cubs.

The District President, Diana Jacobs, came to present the Shield to the winning Pack from the 15th and told the Cubs a little about it’s history.

The current shield dates back to 1984, but this is the third shield in the series which dates back to the 1920’s, and was given to Eastleigh District by Miss Bainbrigge, who was GSL to the 6th Eastleigh (later 1st Chandler’s Ford when the District was formed). The Cubs were quite impressed to be part of such a long history.

Cecily Casey ADC Cubs

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The Result Sheet