TUB RAFTS... The Scouts worked hard on their rafts in the weeks leading up to the Northern West District Cub Raft Races. Kialla 1st Scout left side front to back, Kyla Burney and Jonathan Powell, right side front to back Riley Lord, Brodie Mitchell and Wyatt Cordy. Photo: Aaron Cordy
By Aaron Cordy
SCOUTS around the world celebrated the birthday of their founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell on Saturday, February 22. To celebrate, Cubs from the Northern West District held raft races on Victoria Park Lake.
The Kialla 1st Scouts hosted a sleepover at their hall on the Friday night, before the Cubs from Echuca, Kyabram, Tatura, Baulkamaugh and Kialla convened on the lake to see if the rafts they had been busy constructing at scout meetings in the previous weeks would first float before they enjoyed some friendly racing.
The rafts were made of old tyre tubs, long sticks and ropes. Constructed by the Cub teams under the guidance of their Scout leaders.
There were a lot of mixed results for the races, but fun was the winner. With no rafts sinking and all Cubs accounted for at the end of the day.
TUB RAFTS… The Scouts worked hard on their rafts in the weeks leading up to the Northern West District Cub Raft Races. Kialla 1st Scout left side front to back, Kyla Burney and Jonathan Powell, right side front to back Riley Lord, Brodie Mitchell and Wyatt Cordy. Photo: Aaron CordyREADY TO ROW… Cub Scouts from Echuca, Kyabram, Tatura, Baulkamaugh and Kialla competed in the Northern West District Cub Raft Races, on Saturday, February 22, to celebrate the founder of the Scouts Lord Robert Baden-Powell’s birthday. Photo: Aaron CordySCOUT RAFTING… Kialla 1st Cubs Xavier Elford, Charlotte Ryan, Charlotte Powell and Lawrence Fookes, paddled hard on the raft they made at the scout hall across Victoria Park Lake in the Northern West District Cub Raft Races. Photo: Aaron Cordy
