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Belfast County Camp Challenge 2008

BELFAST COUNTY CAMP CHALLENGE 2008 ... took place on the Gibson Site at Lorne on 10th & 11th May 2008. Lorne is located 8 miles from Belfast City Centre on the A2 Belfast to Bangor road in the Borough of North Down.
HISTORY ... The inaugural Belfast County Camp Challenge took place in 2007 and was a great success.

AIM ... to provide opportunities for girl guides to both learn and improve their camping skill. This is an ideal environment for girls to try something new.

THEME ... The Olympics 2008. Each patrol has discovered a new land and we want them to name it and design a flag for this new country. Bring this flag with you as it is to be displayed outside the tent as the tent emblem.

CAMPING CHALLENGES ... Teamwork is one of the most important skills. Guides will be judged and marked within 2 categories, Novice & Experienced, on the challenges listed below.

MOST IMPORTANT! ... to have fun and really enjoy the short weekend as well as learning camping skills.

WHAT WE DID? ... Time-table
Look out for photos from 2009 Belfast County Camp Challenge happening soon!!!

Congratulations to our Obalubashoeba Patrol who won the Novice section of the Belfast County Camp Challenge 2008.

Camping Challenges

1. Tents - Putting up and taking down their tents. Marks will be deducted for help and assistance given. Inspection will cover areas such as ... straight, pegged correctly, guys correct & tensioned, inner correctly attached & pegged and tent, pole and peg bags stored correctly.
2. Sewing Girls will receive camp scarves and badges to sew onto their scarves in an allotted time. Each patrol should bring a sewing kit with a needle for every girl and blue thread.
3. Gadget Making Novices will be required to make a basin holder with drainer. Experienced guides a table. Both will be for use over the weekend. Patrols need to bring enough wood and material to construct their gadgets. All gadgets are to be built on site within a timetable. Click for knots & lashing and suggested gadget designs. Girls are free to use their own design. Marks will be given for knots used, sturdiness, design and teamwork. Extra points will be awarded for any extra gadgets. NO gadgets can be brought ready made.
4. Costume Challenge The girls will be asked to dress one patrol member up in the National Costume of their new Country to parade in the opening Olympic Ceremony. No preparation needed and materials will be given out for this. The patrol can bring a maximum of 4 extra items for decoration.
5. Cooking The camp QM will be responsible for the purchase and storage of food and for the allocation to patrols for cooking. The QM will cook for Guiders. General safety and hygiene are paramount and we also want the girls to eat well. Marks will be given for both meals, to include preparation, lighting up, meal quality, clearing up, Health & Safety and teamwork. The girls will be cooking two meals in their patrols the Saturday evening meal and their Sunday breakfast. One if these meals will be on an open fire and the other will be on a trangia. When using the trangias there will be one for every two girls and so more utensils will be required.

Time-Table

Saturday
11:45 Arrival & Registration
12:15 Challenge 1 (Putting Up Tents)
Settle into Tent, Lunch & Shop Visit
14:00 Colours
14:10 Challenge 2 (Scarves & Badges)
14:45 Afternoon Break
15:00 Challenge 3 (Gadgets)
16:30 Collect Kindling
17:00 Grace
17:05 Tea & Tidy up, Trangias & Pots to be Inspected
19:00 Challenge 4 (Costume Challenge)
19:45 Opening Ceremony
20:00 Olympics
21:30 Campfire, Colours
22:15 Supper
23:00 Bed

Sunday
07:30 Rise
08:00 Colours & Grace
10:00 Pack Up Belongings
10:45 Guides Own
11:00 Morning Break
11:10 Treasure Hunt
12:45 Lunch
13:15 Strike Camp
14:30 Litter Sweep
14:40 Award Ceremomy, Colours
15:00 Home

Knots & Lashing for Gadget Making

Gadget Designs

BASIN HOLDER & DRAINER DESIGN 1

BASIN HOLDER & DRAINER DESIGN 2

TABLE DESIGN 1

TABLE DESIGN 2