A game similar to where's Wally.....

Answers on a post card please!

On 15/11/2012 Ray and Monty ( a mountain rescue dog) came to visit the 9th Reigate beavers. Ray explained to the beavers the good work of the blue cross and how to correctly behave around dogs. All the beavers were able to give Monty lots of strokes  and a good time was had by all.

Although, im not sure Monty was quite so excited as the boys as he did keep falling asleep!!!

Badger.

For the last meeting before half term our Beavers went on a spooky walk.

The boys & girls dressed up complete with face masks to mark their Halloween celebrations. A good time was had by all.

The 9th Reigate were celebrating again for the second time in two weeks (see report on football competition below) after once more claiming victory in the District Go-Kart Competition. The 9th Reigate last won the competition in 2010 as reported here.

This year the event was held at Yattenden school in Horley on their larger, flatter and safer course than in previous years. That is not to say that there were no thrills and spills, but the inherent dangers of children pushing karts as fast as they could was much reduced by restricting the competitors to 4 lanes instead of the congested 5 lanes and improving the corners. Our team managed to skilfully avoid any incidents - the practice paid off! The competition attracted 15 cub packs from Reigate district with an interesting variety of Go Karts and a vocal group of parents and supporters.

Our now famous red Go Kart "Invincible" was pushed with enthusiasm and determination by all our cub scouts. There were 4 heats in each of the 6 events. Events were for 8, 9 and 10 year olds each with 1 and 2 lap races, We won our 4 of our heats out of 6 in the qualifying rounds, and then the tension edged upwards. When it came to the finals we won all in which we were entered! To cap it all there was a "leader's" race in which the leader was pushed around for 3 laps with respectively an 8, 9 and 10 year old cub. We won that as well!

Congratulations to all members of the team shown - their exuberance was well deserved.