๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
During the recent AGM of the Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop, outgoing Scoutmaster Mr Bruce Maree was recognized for all of his years of volunteer service to the local Scouting movement.
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ 15 ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ 1967, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 55 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ 2022.
In the first 50 years of the Troop’s history (1910 to 1966) there had been 13 Scoutmasters. Since 1967, the 14th Scoutmaster has remained at the forefront of Graaff-Reinet Scouting, the 4th oldest Scout Troop in South Africa.
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข, ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐๐’๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ and the Troop has a proud record of 74 such Springbok Awards. In recent times Brian Kingwill, Brian and Stuart Welman, John Marais, James Moore, Rodney Naude, Kevin and Carl Watermeyer, Joe Kroon, Kayne Kingwill, Kobus Olivier , Leonard Kingwill, Kevin Prinsloo, Johan Vorster and Cameron Muir (to name a few), have achieved this prestigious accolade.
At present, Union has 17 Scouts from Grade 5 through to Grade 12 invested in the programme.
We thank Mr Maree for his dedication to Unionโs Scout movement and for guiding the hundreds of boys attending Scouts from the corridors of Union High School.
โข ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 15๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ.
