Northrand scouts honoured with Springbok ceremony
The annual ceremony took place at the Gilwell Training Centre on the West Rand.
Seven scouts from the Northrand District were honoured at a parade where they were presented with their Springbok certificates by the Chief Scout of South Africa Dr Brendon Hausberger.
The scouts were Tanna Spratley (Eastleigh Sea Scouts), Daniel Tyson (Harmelia Gardens Air Scouts), Christopher Park (1st Kengray), Jonathan Diessel (1st Kengray), Michael Westhoff (1st Bedfordview), Simon Kleer (1st Bedfordview) and Michael Goncalves (1st Bedfordview).
The annual ceremony took place at the Gilwell Training Centre on the West Rand.
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The Springbok Award is the culmination of seven years of scouting and is achieved by less than 1% of Scouts.
As part of the award, candidates need to plan and run a 40-hour community service project, plan and run a 30km three-day hike, plan and manage a major project and plan and run a camp for younger scouts.
Between them, the candidates undertook a variety of projects. This included a float-plane raft to a camp training underprivileged scouts from townships to a hike exploring the Spioenkop
Battlefield and a three-storey tower built with ropes, poles and no nails, bolts or similar fasteners.
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