The Wide Game Team are pleased to say the Bramble Bay and Charles S Snow combined District Wide game for 2024 was a great succsess with many smiling faces walking away on the end of the night .The event was attended by 105 Scouts, 31 Venturers, 11 Rovers and in excess of 20 Leaders.This year’s theme based was based on a commercial airliner crash and the investigation that followed.
The CEO of Outback Airlines announces the plane crashed due to “ Pilot Error”, however, the infamous conspiracy theorist known as “DunnEx suspects there is a cover up. He claims the cock pit recording inside flight BNR999’s Black Box has been interfered with and the real recording is out there somewhere. Dunnex writes a periodical aptly named “ the “Weekly Rant “. Six “Weekly Rants” were issued via the Wide Game’s website, with each one giving players certain clues about what really happened.On the Game night, Scouts in their Patrols were deployed as undercover investigators, desperatley seeking the truth behind the ill fated flight BNR999 by attending six investigation locations ( a.k.a. Activity bases) and to be the first team to find the truth. The investigation locations were:
As always, the essence of the game is a test of Scout skills with a focus on participation, observation and deduction . In the spirit of encouring our Youth to take a Lead in running the activity for the Scout Section, Venturers ran the six activity bases whilst Rovers ran the Air Trffic Control Tower by monitoring and managing Patrols “flying” between the investigation locations. Rovesr also assisted by producing the “real” Balck Box recording Other Adult Leaders wandered around the play area acting as undercover informants , testing the Scouts ability to recollect information from Dunnex’s Weekly Rants
The game ended with the Scouts from Sherwood being the first Patrol to find the real Black Box and deduce from its’ recording what really happened to Outback Airlines flight BNR 999.
Winners announced on final parade
Congratulations to Sherwood’s winning patrol
“It's a fantastic event - thank you so much for all the hard work and dedicaton you continue to put in ��Elizabeth (Ann) ‘Bandicoot’ Hoare Sherwood Scouts”
2024 - The Black Box Location - Burul Scout Den7th June 2024
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The Wide Game Team are pleased to say the Bramble Bay and Charles S Snow combined District Wide game for 2024 was a great succsess with many smiling faces walking away on the end of the night .
The event was attended by 105 Scouts, 31 Venturers, 11 Rovers and in excess of 20 Leaders.This year’s theme based was based on a commercial airliner crash and the investigation that followed.
The CEO of Outback Airlines announces the plane crashed due to “ Pilot Error”, however, the infamous conspiracy theorist known as “DunnEx suspects there is a cover up. He claims the cock pit recording inside flight BNR999’s Black Box has been interfered with and the real recording is out there somewhere. Dunnex writes a periodical aptly named “ the “Weekly Rant “. Six “Weekly Rants” were issued via the Wide Game’s website, with each one giving players certain clues about what really happened.On the Game night, Scouts in their Patrols were deployed as undercover investigators, desperatley seeking the truth behind the ill fated flight BNR999 by attending six investigation locations ( a.k.a. Activity bases) and to be the first team to find the truth. The investigation locations were:
As always, the essence of the game is a test of Scout skills with a focus on participation, observation and deduction . In the spirit of encouring our Youth to take a Lead in running the activity for the Scout Section, Venturers ran the six activity bases whilst Rovers ran the Air Trffic Control Tower by monitoring and managing Patrols “flying” between the investigation locations. Rovesr also assisted by producing the “real” Balck Box recording Other Adult Leaders wandered around the play area acting as undercover informants , testing the Scouts ability to recollect information from Dunnex’s Weekly Rants
The game ended with the Scouts from Sherwood being the first Patrol to find the real Black Box and deduce from its’ recording what really happened to Outback Airlines flight BNR 999.
“It's a fantastic event - thank you so much for all the hard work and dedicaton you continue to put in ��Elizabeth (Ann) ‘Bandicoot’ Hoare Sherwood Scouts”