1st Halfway House Scouts honour top achievers
MIDRAND – 1st HalfwayHouse Scouts Group hosts their AGM and award ceremony.
The 1st Halfway House Scout Group in Midrand held their annual general meeting which also included an award ceremony on 1 November
The event was held at Scout Hall with parents and Scouts to witness the new generation of leaders being awarded.
Doug Rix, the Group Scouter for the 1st Halfway House Scout Group, explained that the key thing for the event was to give recognition to those that have excelled and those that have achieved including in the bigger competitions.
“The year has been very positive, but I must say it took a lot longer than normal to get through all the accolades, we had a lovely evening celebrating and given recognition to Jocelyn Hallendorff and the Springboks Scouts award with Catherine Rix.
“I would say it has been a fantastic pat on the back to everyone that has been involved.”
One of the highlights of the event was when Catherine Rix won the big award, the Springbok Scouts Badge. Rix said she felt very proud and very grateful adding that she has an amazing troop to support her. “Springbok award, the highest Scouts award, for me to get the award I went through requirements which were meant to test me under stress and to see how one can cope with large volumes of work and last-minute planning among other stuff.
“But personally for me I did it through matric which required me to finish it before my prelims and finals which was a big push, but this is really a nice way for me to end the year.”
The event ended in tears and sentiments as one of the assistant Troop Scouters, Jocelyn Hallendorff, bid farewell after being with the 1st Halfway House Scout Group for nearly 20 years.
Talking a bit about her journey, Hallendorff said that her experience has been amazing working with the Halfway House team. “My sons were also Scouts, I did not stop scouting when my sons finished, I carried on because I enjoyed it.
“A letter was soon sent out when I was with the Midrand Tigers as a secretary, I agreed and told them I would do their news letters. Next thing I knew I was in uniform, they put me through the courses and I never looked back, my plan is to carry on scouting as I leave for the United Kingdom.”
Details: Kim Rix 082 460 4739.
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