Thank-you all very much for the offers of help for set up. We have 2 from
den 8 and 1 from den 4 joining den 7 so we’re all set. Julie has the keys
arranged for cafeteria and the BBQs will be there. She will meet us on
saturday morning. I will meet with Tyrrian before that just to check out
exactly what’s in the store.
BBQ Lunch:
Hot dogs, Burgers, Steak sandwiches – all organised and cooked by the Bear
dens. Available from 12 noon.
Cake Sale:
Den 1 will be holding a bake sale at the Pinewood Derby. Please help by
making cakes for sale and bring them on the day. Cup cakes for children are
very popular.
Nearly New Sale:
Den 2 is organising the nearly new sales this year. Please bring Books,
DVDs etc, children’s toys, sports gear. Bring it along at the start of the
sale . . . .
All money raised will go towards the Cub Scout charity Asskam.
Games:
There will also be games organised by Den 5.
For the race itself I didn’t get all the answers on who is entering each
category so what seems to make most sense based on the information I have is
that we set up the race to run 3 separate categories. Tigers and Wolves,
Bears and Wolves (to keep den8 intact) and Webelos. Siblings join the den
of their brother. We have more than 70 racers. The adult race will be held
at the end (of maybe just before the finale).
The boys will be registered by den either as having made the car themselves
(help cutting the basic shape if needed but no other help) or having made it
with help. With the new race software we have we are going to set up a
"dynamic race" meaning that the next rounds are set up based on the results
of previous rounds. Everyone should race 6 times with many different (but
not all other) racers and on different race lanes. The subsequent rounds
are set up to give as many cars as possible the possibility to win a race as
it matches the closest cars together. It does still come out with clear
winners. The set up means that the fastest cars are not necessarily those
who are winning the most races. . . . but they are still the ones who will
make it to the finale for the pack.
See you all on saturday
Shona
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