We are proud to see so many Union boys actively involved in the 1st Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop and taking part in special traditions such as the annual ‘Trestle Race’.
Held at the start of each year, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ as they learn their first knot, work together under pressure and experience firsthand what it means to learn by doing.
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Events like these reflect the strong values of leadership, resilience and service that we strive to nurture at Union. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and for providing our boys with such meaningful opportunities beyond the classroom.
The troop meets every ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ด:๐ฌ๐ฌ during the school term at the Chookie Geard Scout Hall.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
