First Ecclesfield Cub to earn all Cub badges

Thomas Tredoux, ‘Tommy’, has become the first Cub attending Ecclesfield Cub Scouts to earn all the activity and challenge badges.

An amazing achievement.

Usually, Cubs earn activity badges based on their existing interests and hobbies and work towards the challenge badges to gain the top Cub Scout award the Silver Chief Scouts award. However, Tommy decided he would like to gain all the badges available to him during his time as a Cub Scout.

Over the last two years he has worked hard completing badges during and outside of pack nights, showing his Cub Leaders what he had been doing with great enthusiasm, even during lockdowns through email and zoom meetings.

The Cub Leaders, who volunteer their time to run Cubs, are impressed with his determination to completing his goal and have never seen a young person so dedicated to gaining so many badges.

Tommy told Look Local:

“I like spending time on the water and managed to get 50+ sessions of sailing, canoeing, kayaking, and rafting which earned me a badge. I love sailing and I go to the Pennine sailing club every week.”

“I enjoyed trying new sports e.g. martial arts, snowboarding, scuba diving and horse riding (with my next door neighbour teaching me). I now go snowboarding regularly.”

“I found the hardest badge to get was the athletics plus as I worked all summer to complete it. I had to run 50m in less than 11s and also throw a cricket ball over 22m, this took lots of practice.”

“The most interesting badge was the science badge as I love experimenting. I mixed coca cola and mints to create a volcano of coke which made a mess and had fun building water rockets, air rockets and a pop pop boat.”

“It was really tough getting all of the badges, but I am proud of myself.”

Tommy’s Mum, Emily, says:

“I am really proud of Tommy for achieving so much, he has earned 38 activity badges, 1 activity plus, 16 staged badges, 7 challenge badges and his silver chief scout award badge, he was also made a seconder and yes I've had to sew every one of them on. I couldn't be prouder of him.”