Scottish Explorers Triumph at Trapperskamp

Peter Munnoch from 83rd Fife (Cairneyhill) Explorers has come home with the Trapperskamp trophy, for full story click on the "Read More" button below.

12 Scottish Explorer Scouts representing Angus, Dundee and Fife Areas participated in Scouting Netherland’s annual Trapperskamp in October with the Scottish participation being organised as one of the Scottish Explorer Scouting’s 12 Camps for 2007.

This year the backwoods/survival event was held in Holland, Germany and Luxemburg. There were a number of adventurous activities undertaken during the camp with abseiling, climbing, caving, mountain biking and rafting all being enjoyed by the participants.

A key element of the event is that the Explorer Scouts are judged over the week on a series of activities – camping, cooking (especially home-made bread each night), navigation, physical exercises, sports and scouting skills. All those who achieve over 60% of the possible points receive the Dutch Trappers Badge (gained by half of the Scots this year) with the Explorer with the highest score winning the Trappers Trophy.

Since Scotland started competing in 1992, the event has only been won by Scots twice, but this year Scottish Explorers took all the top 5 places, with Peter Munnoch from 83rd Fife (Cairneyhill) Explorers bringing home the trophy, gaining three points more than second placed Clayton Scorgie from Angus.

It is incredible to watch our Explorers compete against the best Scouts from other Countries in traditional Scout activities, and not only compete, but beat!

Our Explorers were well prepared, had excellent Scouting and camping skills and added that special something to the event. This again shows that Explorer Scouting is ‘real Scouting’, and that we are very good at what we do!

The picture shows Stefan Stolk, the Camp Leader, presenting Peter with the Trappers Trophy!