Troop 628’s first Troop event a big success!

 

Shortly after being formed in November 2009, Troop 628 set their sites on their first Troop event—the Appalachian Trail District Klondike Derby 2010. In December we looked at sled designs and in January began to build our sled and practice scout skills for events. The Webelos I Den from our feeder Pack 628 decided to join in the fun and built sleds of their own. They claimed they would “smoke” us, and we challenged to “blaze” by them.

 

The big day was January 30^th. Although there was no snow on the ground when we started in the morning, it soon started to snow, and we had over four inches by the end of the events. The high for the day was reported at 20 degrees.

 

So how did we do? Troop 628 came in 2^nd overall with a combined event score of 91 points. Pack 628 came in 7^th overall with 74 points (ahead of many Troops)!! In the sled race event alone, 

Pack 628 did beat us, coming in 4^th with us coming in 7^th.

 

In an event wrap-up, the event organizer explained, “The big deciding factor for scores was completing stations. Of the 17 patrols competing there were only three that completed all the stations …And a close second factor was leadership. The patrols that did well were the patrols with good leadership that work well as a team. The Klondike events are designed to challenge your patrol to work as a patrol and demonstrate their mastery of scout skills.  There are no strength or endurance events (other than the sled race) so younger scouts can compete with older scouts.”