As part of the centenary celebrations we are taking on the Adventure 100 Challenge. This is a challenge that all members can take part in Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section and Guiders. The challenge consists of 10 sections. Within each section there are 10 Adventures. Each Adventure is marked with a score. Participants must complete at least one challenge from each section and Guides must achieve at least 150 points in total. Upon completion participants can proudly wear the special Adventure 100 badge!

Click link for full Adventure 100 PDF http://www.30thbelfastguides.org.uk/Badges/Adventure100pdf.pdf

This table shows the points earned by each Guide so far. The activities they did to gain the points are shown in the paragraphs below.

Alice (23/02/2010), Megan (02/03/2010), Anna & Sarah (04/05/2010), Erin, Katie & Sophia (06/06/2010)

1. Top Of The Tower ... Think about any towers in your area. Climb a church tower (5) or high building (10), or visit a well-known tower (10). If you can't, build a tower or play jenga (5).

08/09/2009: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Niamh, Sasha & Sophia by doing the Jenga Book Quiz

3. Floating On Air ... Use the power of wind and air to experience this adventure: play with a parachute or a frisbee, fly a kite, or make toy hot air balloons or a windsock (all 5).

16/02/2010 & 23/02/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Niamh & Sarah by playing with a frisbee

5. Keep Up ... Give yourself a fitness workout or have a go at step aerobics, do some handstands or take part in a charity fun run (all 5).

24/04/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Anna & Sarah who all took part in & completed the full 10 miles of the 2010 Lorne Walk.

6. Top Of The Charts ... Attend the BIG GIG or Fusion and enjoy the latest music sounds (10). Choose your own Top 10 favourite tunes and tell others why you like them (5) or talk to your unit about going to a music event (5).

01/12/2009: 5 Points Earned by Katie who talked about her Kylie concert experience and Sasha who shared her top 10 favourite tunes and the memories linked to them

7. Jump Up High ... Jump as high as you can - use hoppers, trampolines, or pogo sticks - or play jumping beans, hopscotch, leapfrog or kangaroos (all 5).

09/02/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Megan, Niamh & Sarah who played leapfrog relays.

8. Climb Up ... How high can you get? Climb a hill (5), a tree (10), or a mountain (20). What can you see from such heights? Or find a staircase with lots of stairs and see how long it takes to climb (5).

06/06/2010: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who climbed the tree to the Aerial Runway at Greenhill.

9. Hanging Around ... Try one of the following at a local leisure or activity centre: a climbing wall (5), high ropes (10), a high slide (10), or a low ropes course (10). If you can't find them, go to an adventure playground or climbing frame (5).

3. Venture Out ... Go on a night hike or glow trail, or stay up all night or out in the woods (all 10). Visit a local town, park or railway station at night (10).

08/12/2009: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Niamh, Sarah, Sasha and Sophia who all visited Belfast's Christmas Continental Market at night.

4. Twinkle Lights ... Find out about how light features in many faiths. Celebrate festivals of light.

In Brownies: 5 Points Earned by Anna, Ellie & Sarah

8. Extreme Dark ... Go caving (10), or into a tunnel, a dungeon, or a mine (all 5). Camp out under the stars (10). Travel on the underground or through a canal tunnel (5).

04/06/2010: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who spent two nights camping out at Greenhill.

9. Midnight Feast ... Hold a midnight feast, picnic, or banquet (5). Invent a dish using dark ingredients (5).

04/06/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who had their own midnight feast while camping at Greenhill.

4. In the Surf ... Go white-water rafting (20), gorging (20), kayaking (10), sailing (10), water skiing (20), scuba diving (20), kite surfing (20), body boarding, or surfing (10).

05/06/2010: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia for canoeing on Castlewellan Lake. 

05/06/2010: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia for bouldering on the Shimna River in Tollymore Forest Park. 

7. Water Science ... Discover the science involved in activities using water - make steam (5), a water filter (5), or a water pump (10), or use water dyes to colour clothes (10).

13/10/2009: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Niamh, Sasha, Sophia for tie-dying their t-shirts or socks.

8. Swimming ... You can swim in so many different places. Here are just a few to get you going: off a beach, in a lake, in a pool, at a monster swim, or in a gala. You can do aqua aerobics,
diving, sliding or chutes (5).

04/05/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Megan, Niamh & Sarah who went swimming & sliding at Lagan Valley Leisureplex.

05/06/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who swam in Castlewellan Lake.

2. Learn a Dance ... Get the rhythm of the beat into your feet and learn how to do Bollywood dancing or samba, street dancing, ballet, ceroc, or folk or line dancing (5).

13/04/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Amy, Katie, Megan, Niamh & Sarah who learnt a little ballet, Scottish and Irish dancing.

3. Lights, Camera, Action! ... Make a short film using your phone or camcorder and show this to your friends (10). Go and see a film and then review it afterwards (5).

21/11/2009: 10 Points Earned by Naomi & Sasha who filmed their Hula Hoop Finger Puppets

28/11/2009: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Ellie, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Sasha, Sarah & Sophia who reviewed "UP" (or another movie) after their recent cinema visit.

5. Music to My Ears ... Try your hand at playing different types of music like drumming or hand bells (5). Go and see a live band (5). Make your own percussion instruments and play them (5).

13/04/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Amy, Katie, Megan, Niamh & Sarah who made their own percussion instruments and demonstrated how to play them.

1. Grow Guiding ... Think of ways to recruit new members into our movement. Make a radio jingle and get it played on your local radio station (10). Design leaflets and posters to catch people's attention (5). Create a TV ad or dance routine (5).

28/11/2009: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Ellie, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Sasha, Sarah & Sophia who all designed posters advertising Guiding.

7. World Conference ... Edinburgh is hosting the next World Conference in 2011. Delegates will be enjoying Scottish hospitality and finding out about local traditions. Hold your own Scottish evening: learn a jig, sample haggis and listen to the soulful sound of bagpipes (10).

26/01/2010: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Erin, Katie, Megan, Niamh, Sarah & Sophia who attended the Willowfield Parish Community Association's Burns Night event.

10. What Next For Me? ... Think about what you might like to be or do when you leave school, about the skills you might need, courses to take or subjects to study. Find out about employment opportunities in your local area, or what the entry requirements are for local college (10). Consider what you might be doing in 10 years time. Think about starting a savings account to realise your plans and look into the best type of deals available to you (5).

16/02/2010: 10 Points Earned by Megan who wants to be a photographer.

1. Chill Out ... Hold an evening or event of taking things easy. Pamper yourselves, spoil each other. Take time out of your busy life to relax and chill. Try a hand massage or a foot spa (10).

19/01/2010 : 10 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who tried hand massage and foot spas as part of our Pamper Night.

6. Ice ... An adventure on ice - skating, skiing or sledging (5). Make sculptures or lollies from ice (5). Try some team-building icebreakers to warm yourselves up (5).

05/01/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Niamh & Sarah who participated in a selection of icebreaker games.

18/05/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Megan, Niamh & Sarah who enjoyed a night's ice skating at Dundonald Ice Bowl.

06/06/2010: 5 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who enjoyed some icebreaker style games at Greenhill.

All these challenges count for 10 points.

1. Centenary Launch Parties ... This is a marvellous opportunity to get together with other units and sections at District, Division or County level. The Launch of our Centenary Celebrations takes place over the weekend of 5-6 September 2009.

05/09/2009: 10 Points Earned by Sasha who attended the Belfast launch party at Stormont with Harding Brownies

4. Your Own Adventure ... If you cannot attend one of the large Adventures or events, create your own. You can have a party, go on a trip, or try something new by adapting the national ideas to fit your group locally.

04/06/2010: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who shared our centenary weekend camping adventure at YMCA Greenhill Activity Centre.

6. Tall Ships ... Look out for news of the Centenary Tall Ship Event. Why not visit when it's in a port near you?

August 2009: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Megan, Sarah & Sasha who all visited the Tall Ships in Belfast

3. Big Wheels ... Ride on the biggest wheel you can find - on the London Eye, Ferris wheels, fairground rides - or go in Monster Trucks. Build a big wheel from recycled materials and see how fast it can travel. Rainbows could build using Lego or K'nex (10).

08/12/2009: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Niamh, Sarah, Sasha & Sophia who all took a trip on the Belfast Wheel.

5. How Fast Can You Go? ... Travel as fast as you can - have a race with another unit to see who can reach the finish line first (10). Try go karting, quad biking, rally driving, dodgems, or roller skating (10).

11/05/2010: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Erin, Katie, Megan, Niamh, Sarah & Sophia who all tried grass sledging at Lorne.

06/06/2010: 10 Points Earned by Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who took on the challenge of the Aerial Runway at Greenhill.

6. Off To The Races ... Arrange a race night with model cars, dominoes, marbles or snails. Make and wear fancy hats, enjoy special cocktails, have a picnic. Make chariots to race, decorate wheelie bins or trolleys (10).

27/04/2010: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Amy, Anna, Erin, Katie, Niamh, Sarah & Sophia who all rose to the challenges of our own race night by making their own fruit cocktails, fancy hats and horses to race before riding their steeds to victory in a relay.

2. Shape 100 ... Create the 100 shape with 5p coins, ribbons, badges, or people lying down (10). Make this as large as you can. Take an aerial photo and put it onto our website – you can add an extra 20 points. You can do this by emailing adventure100@girlguiding.org.uk

15/09/2009: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Niamh, Sasha & Sophia who made themselves into the number 100

4. 100 Pennies ... Collect 100 pennies and give them to a worthy cause. Spend 100 pennies and see how far you can travel. Use 100 2p coins to buy ingredients to make a meal. Use 100 pennies to make another 100 pennies (all 10).

16/02/2010: 10 Points Earned by Anna & Megan who collected 100 pennies which we will forward to charity.

23/03/2010: 10 Points Earned by Sarah who collected 100 pennies which we will forward to charity.

6. Target 100 ... Can your unit score 100 goals, hop, skip or jump 100 times, or shoot 100 archery arrows on target? Have an evening of sports-type targets with participation medals for everyone taking part (all 10).

10/11/2009: 10 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Ellie, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Sarah, Sasha & Sophia who all took on the challenge to do at least 100 skips as a group

3. 1930s: From Little Acorns ... In 1930 the foundation stone of CHQ in London was laid: contributions for the building came from Guides around the world. Do something small to build something bigger. You could take food to a tea party, plant flowers to make a garden, or collect photos into a photo mosaic.

02/03/2010: 20 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi, Niamh & Sarah who created Photo Mosaics.

4. 1940s: Guiding Without Leaders ... During the Second World War, Guide Leaders were in short supply. Girls were left to run their units on their own. Run something without the help of your leaders. You could run a game, activity, event, unit meeting, trip or fundraiser.

09/03/2010 & 16/03/2010: 20 Points Earned by Alice, Anna, Erin, Katie, Megan, Sarah & Sophia who planned and ran a farewell party for Julie.

13/04/2010: 20 Points Earned by Amy, Katie & Sarah who taught the rest of the Guides a little Irish, ballet and Scottish dancing.

6. 1960s: Have You Seen What They're Wearing? ... The '60s saw huge changes in fashions - from ankle skirts to minis. The uniforms of Brownies and Guides changed too. Create a '60s-style uniform. You could draw, paint, sew, make a collage, or dress-up.

7. 1970s: Friends Across the Seas ... Britain joined the European Economic Community (EEC, now the EU) in 1973. The EEC encouraged European nations to work together. Hold your meeting themed around a European country: learn a few words in the language, wear the guiding uniform from that country, and have food and music from there.

29/09/2009: 20 Points Earned by Abby, Alice, Erin, Katie, Megan, Naomi & Sasha who had an Italian Night in the hall complete with Pizza making, Quiz, Italian Phrases as well as finding out about the uniform worn by Italian Guides.