As well as doing the Acorn on the 3rd of November, the Group spent a large part of the day at Sainsburys in Broadcut, packing bags for customers and running a collection at the door. It was a long day (10 - 4) and not the most interesting of tasks to perform, but it is most definitely all worth it, as we managed to raise a total of:

£969.50

Which is as fantastic total - our best yet if memory serves!

A good turnout from the Troop played no small part in this total, so all 18 of you that attended - give yourselves a pat on the back!

A very big thanks should go out to Angie, for not only organising the thing, but for staying there the whole day - a marathon effort!!!

I’ve had a chance to look at the final scores for the competition, and another ‘well done’ goes out to Paul, Simon, Chip and Jack for coming fifth out of twelve teams - only eight points off getting second place.

This feat is made all the more impressive when you consider that the average age of the team was 11!

Also, looking at the breakdown of scores for each base, it looks like Paul’s team won the ‘Tents’ category - what was this about, speed of erecting them or something?