Challenge Trophy Competition 2006

Picture of the winning team
The winning team with Paul Seward, John Perkins and Catherine Keen

The Challenge Trophy competition took place on a pretty wet Saturday 25th November 2006 at Park Farm Scout Campsite near Banstead. Twelve Cub Packs took part: 3rd Carshalton, 5th Carshalton Arthern and Floyd, 6th Carshalton, 9th Carshalton, 9th Cheam, 1st North Wallington Bren and Gunson, 5th Sutton, 1st Wallington, 11th Wallington and 14th Wallington and 3rd Beddington Milton helped with refreshments.

There is a picture gallery below.

The winning team this year was the 6th Carshalton team, with the 3rd Carshalton team in second place and the 5th Sutton and 14th Wallington teams in joint 3rd place. In the following table the scores are in pairs: achievement followed by teamwork.

Pack	Pion		Coms		FAid		Track		Comp		Tent		Fire		Natu		Total	Place
3CA	7	10	6	4	5	6	10	9	9	8	7	7	5	6	10	8	117	2nd
5CA-A	8	6	5	8	5	7	9	9	8	7	5	5	4	4	9	9	108	5th
5CA-F	3	8	6	8	4	4	10	8	5	6	6	5	7	7	10	7	104	7th
6CA	7	10	9	10	3	5	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	10	9	126	1st
9CA	7	10	5	5	8	6	8	8	5	7	3	5	7	7	4	5	100	=8th
9CH	6	8	3	4	3	4	8	8	5	6	5	4	7	7	4	3	85	11th
1NW-B	8	8	6	8	5	7	10	7	5	7	4	5	5	6	8	6	105	6th
1NW-G	5	10	7	7	3	5	10	9	5	6	5	5	4	5	4	6	96	10th
5S	8	10	4	4	4	5	10	10	5	6	7	7	6	6	9	10	111	=3rd
1W	2	8	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	6	4	6	4	3	6	6	81	12th
11W	7	10	6	7	4	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	4	6	100	=8th
14W	7	8	4	8	4	5	9	9	5	6	8	7	8	7	8	8	111	=3rd

Teams consisted of four Cubs: one 8-year-old, two 9-year-olds and one 10-year-old. The competition consisted of the following bases:

Pioneering: Cubs needed to make a simple structure using four different knots.
Communications: Cubs needed to remember a message and to follow directions given by means other than speech.
First Aid: Cubs needed to know what to do if they found an accident. Cubs needed to know whether to call 999 or not (normally they wouldn’t unless the patient was unconscious or was really badly hurt). Cubs needed to make the patient comfortable and reassure the patient. Cubs needed to identify what was wrong with the patient. If the patient was bleeding Cubs needed to stop the bleeding by either raising the part that was bleeding to slow the flow or by applying direct pressure by using plasters or bandages.
Tracking: Cubs needed to know the tracking signs and needed to be able to make a tracking course using the signs.
Compass: Cubs needed to follow a course made using simple bearings on a compass.
Tents: Cubs needed to be able to bang in a peg, put a groundsheet in a tent, identify parts of a tent and know about tent care.
Fire lighting: Cubs needed to be able to light a fire under supervision.
Nature: Cubs needed to know about general aspects of nature such as the differences between different plants and flowers etc.