Over the weekend of 23-25 May, Scouts from over the Darling Downs region completed in the annual Scouts Standards Camp competition. The competition is based on scouts camping standards which is set by Scouts Qld in Brisbane. Their tasks were to set up a dining and kitchen fly as well as a Queenslander tent using poles, lashings and knots. They were judged on team spirit, hygiene, camp layout, safety and equipment used. Points were given on the neatest and the correct use of the knots that they applied. The teams were kept extremely busy during the camp as they were all vying for the 4 trophies on offer.
Trophies were awarded to the following categories:
· Best overall camp site (based on camp layout, knotting and lashings, hygiene and safety.)
· Cooking trophy
· Best Skit at Campfire
· Best Gateway The scouts also had to prepare and cook a 3 course meal on the campfire. The meal was a cooked soup, roast meat with 3 vegetables with 2 of these being roasted and a cooked dessert. Judging was based on presentation, taste, and the quality of the food presented. Cambooya Panther Patrol won the top overall camp and gold pennant. Also this team came second in the Cooking Trophy. Cambooya Eagle Patrol came second in the overall camp award and also winning a gold pennant. Cambooya Eagle Patrol also came 4th in the cooking trophy. Drayton Dingo Patrol with won the cooking trophy with a minestrone soup, roast lamb. Roast potato, pumpkin and peas, and for dessert a pavlova made in a drum fire oven. This in itself is an achievement. The pavlova was served with fresh whipped cream, banana, strawberries and kiwi fruit.
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