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| Two 3rd Ware teams battle it out |
Friday night was the annual Scout and Guide swimming gala at Ware Lido. The weather held and the young people enjoyed their races and the free swim at the end. We did not win but we had fun and supported each other.
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| The build |
Saturday was a bit wetter! As part of the Ware festival a raft race is held every year. There are two prizes. One for the overall winner and one for the first placed Scout raft. Sometimes this is the same raft and others not.
3rd Ware Scouts always enter two or three rafts and sometimes one wonders if they actually want to complete the course or whether the aim is to break up in to lots of pieces and get to swim in the river!
This year the entire race took place in very heavy rain, however this did not dampen any ones spirits and if anything seemed to have the opposite effect and lots of smiles were seen.
The rafts were built, launched, raced and not a single one fell apart this year. All completed the course and 2nd Ware once again won the Scout trophy. Well done to them. I did however get a little ride on it before it was handed over.
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| Finishing line |
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| Hitching a lift on the trophy |
This was my first raft race.I had a great time even though it was rained and I got very wet before getting on the raft on the river. The race its self was great using the paddle to splash the other teams as they went pass. I did find it tiring paddling the raft and was glad to see the finish line. Looking forward to next years race.Thanks to the leader who helped and scouts who took part. written by Adam K
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