Poacher 2022: Best of Fest - Tuesday 2nd August 2022

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Junior Poacher: “Young People can do anything”

by Ger Hennessy

Every day at Poacher, up to 500 Rainbows and Brownies as well as Squirrels, Beavers and Cubs, will visit the Showground to get a taste of Jamboree life.

As part of Monday’s lunchtime display, they were treated to tricks and stunts from The Imps Motorcycle Display team (read more

on page 5).

“My grandad would love to be here,” exclaimed Amy from Sturton by Stow Brownies, “he loves motorbikes!” Her friend Isabel said that the highlight of her day so far was that she had bought a yet to be named bear from the Poacher shop. “I bought a bear!” she said excitedly. Finley from the 2nd Cottesmore,

Rutland, Cub Pack was really looking forward to seeing “motorbikes jumping through hoops”.

Pyrotechnics caught the attention of Jack, from 2nd Market Rasen Cubs.

“I loved it when they let all of the sparkles out,” he said. “They went over a big ramp!” Jenson from the same pack added, “I know I couldn’t do those stunts, but it’s

great that these young people, who are just like me, can do it”.

Paloma, a leader with 2nd Market Rasen Cubs, has been really impressed with the community spirit on display here at Poacher. She thinks it’s “really good to see girls joining in all the activities.” “We’re just two girls in our pack”, she said “but here it’s clear boys and girls are

the same and it’s really nice to be together.”

She also felt that having young people providing the entertainment on the bikes was “really inspiring”.

She sums up the experience as: “Young people can ride motorbikes; young people can do anything”.

Isla, another Cub Scout from 2nd Cottesmore Cub Pack, reflected on a successful morning at

Junior Poacher. “I tried the Cave Bus, I was really proud to complete the course, because last time I refused to do it” (because it looked scary).

This time? “I smashed it!” and she expressed that “I’m really looking forward to coming back to a Poacher Jamboree as a Scout.”

Read about more Junior Poacher adventures tomorrow.

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Puzzles and Polls Poacher Treasure Hunt and Quiz

What is your favourite Camp Breakfast?

Thank you to Isaac from 1st Stapleford, Carnival Fest, for creating this Poacher Treasure Hunt.

“Sausage Roll” - Elsie, 2nd Tetley Guide Group, Quest Fest

1. How many flags are on the Carnival Fest HQ? 2. How many pairs of quavers are on the Folk Fest subcamp badge?

3. How many guitars are at Folk Fest HQ? 4. How many visible full arrow heads are on the Quest Fest subcamp badge?

5. How many flags are at the back of the Quest Fest HQ? 6. How many balloons are on the Circus Fest subcamp badge?

7. How many groups are staying in the Circus Fest subcamp?

8. How many colours are on the Wild West Fest subcamp badge?

9. How many cylindrical legs are outside the Wild West Fest HQ? 10. What is the sum of the numbers on the Wild West Fest subcamp badge?

11. How many marquees does clay pigeon shooting have?

12. How many LEDs are on the 3D snake in the Global Development Village?

13. How many letters are in the name of the subcamp closest to archery?

14. How many activities are there beginning with H? 15. How many different trips are running this week?

16. What frequency is JamFM on?

17. How many years has Poacher been running for?

18. How many letters in the name of the boy band from the opening ceremony?

19. How many screens are at the Main stage?

20. Excluding the word ‘Fest’ what is the sum of all the letters in the 7 subcamps?

The answers are all numbers, and should add up to 1023.9 if you got them all correct.

The Poacher Poll We asked Poacher participants how long it took them to get to Poacher. Let’s see what they said.

“A Bacon Sandwich” Kara, Aviemore, Circus Fest

“Full English” - Michel, 2nd Driffield and Will, Nafton Scout Group, Wild West Fest

“Cereal” - Kia, Teny Guide Group, Quest Fest

“Sausage Muffin” Macie, Gainsbourgh, Quest Fest

Maze Can you work out how to get our Lincolnshire Imp out of the maze? Challenge your friends to see who can do it the fastest!

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We’re all Monkeying Around

by Amy Crombleholme

Tree Top Adventures involves climbing ropes and ladders high into the trees using caving techniques; their longest ropes can go up to almost 40 feet in height! Meanwhile, the Cave Challenge involves going around a circuit built from scaffold, plywood, and pipes that represents some of the obstacles someone might face while down in a real cave. Both activities are run by Lincoln Scouts

Caving Club.

“I love to see all the different people coming to take part, not always knowing what the activity is but just willing to have a go and do something different,” says chief caver Brian.

And be assured, you’re in safe hands.

“We started the caving club in 1983 and we’ve been to Poacher seven or eight times,” says Brian. “We’ve never got anyone stuck up a tree, we’ve never got anyone stuck in the cave challenge, and we’ve

never got anyone stuck in an actual cave!”

Water Zorbs gives you the chance to run on water in either a giant plastic ball or roller.

The team will give you some challenges to try, or you can just have fun by yourself – if you can actually stand up!

Group leader Richard has visited jamborees and events all over the country and has been coming to Poacher for ten years. “I was at both of the opening ceremonies in 2013 and 2017, up on stage

with the zorbs, having a dance! It’s just a great way to spend a week in summer - the best thing is having a great team around and meeting all the people. We’ve built

friendships that have lasted years and years.”

But the big question is, do you get very wet while zorbing?

“No – only if it rains!”

Well that’s a relief!

Quest

by Cas Potterton

Fundraising for Ukraine 44th Colchester are selling loom bands at Quest Fest HQ to raise money for Ukraine (Cry in the Dark).

We’d love for them to raise some more money so come on down to our subcamp and support an amazing cause.

We Need Your Stories Do you have a story you’d love to tell our subcamp team about you or someone in your group?

Come down to our subcamp HQ, we’d love to hear about your stories, whether they’re funny, feel-good or just about all of the activities and adventures you have taken part in this week.

You never know, your story could end up here in tomorrow’s newspaper!

A Barrel of Crafts

Face Paint Fever

by Lily Hambly

Ever find yourself with down time? The craft section is the place to be! It spans over a collection of marquees placed in a horseshoe formation near the clocktower. There are a total of thirty-three arts and crafts for you to choose from and there is something for everyone.

Wanting to make something lovely and easy? The foam flowers are pretty and simple to

make. Lou, from Market Rasen Guides and Scouts, Wild West Fest, says “it is very popular for all age groups.” And if that doesn’t prove how effortless it is to do, “even someone with a broken finger did it!” It should also be known that Leaders are welcome and can take inspiration back to their units. It is the place to be “if you want to chill and have some quiet for 10 minutes.”

Jenna from 15th Hillfoots Rangers, a

50/50 volunteer for the craft area, Wonder Fest, is very happy to be volunteering at the craft section. “It’s more fun volunteering than I thought,” and is “great for people who don’t want to do a big thing but want to do something.”

The beaded creature tent made a new friend on Sunday as a frog spent its whole day hopping about and keeping follow crafters company. To commemorate their new friendship the

beaded creature on Monday was a frog. The type of beaded creature getting crafted changes each day- make sure not to miss your favourite animal!

Over at jewellery box decorating, Hannah and Isla from the St. Albans North division, Folk Fest, are enjoying their down time and taking it at their own pace.

There were 120 tiles and 83 bags painted on Sunday. And of course it wouldn’t be a jamboree without friendship

bracelets! Wax candle carving is a satisfying and enjoyable activity but make sure to wait until you get home to burn it! The bag making corner also has a wall of happiness - get brainstorming so you can add your positive message.

Other crafts include; dream catcher making, cross-stitching, quilling, Hama beads, and much more! Get down there as soon as you have spare time.

Yesterday, we had face painting taking place in our subcamp HQ and we have an awesome programme of alternative activities taking place throughout the week for you to get involved in.

So if you’re looking for something a bit different to do, head on down and see what we have going on for you to get involved with!

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Wild West

by Alice Blackwell and Emma Blackwell

Leaders Quiz Night There is a Leader’s Quiz taking place at the subcamp HQ on Wednesday night. at 7pm.

If you would like to come along, please drop in to the HQ to let us know.

Line Dancing There will be line dancing this evening at 7pm in our subcamp HQ. Why not come along and give it a go!

Leaders Meeting Leaders Meeting will be at 4pm everyday, please be at the subcamp HQ for a prompt start.

Community Cans Please bring your cans to the HQ for the community food collection.

Old Man Clanton Old Man Clanton hears you’ve been busy, come along to HQ to begin trading your pesos for dabloons!

Happy Birthday Isla, Riddlesden Scout Group Timothy, Riddlesden Scout Group If you have any birthdays in your group this week, come and let us join your celebrations!

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Poacher stars are born

by Amy Emmott

Seven singers, two ukuleles, one dancer and a violin took the stage to perform breath taking acts in Sunday night’s Poacher’s Got Talent. Act after act it blew the audience away. There were 10 contestants, but there could only be two winners.

First to take the stage were Sophie and Alanna from Long Bennington Guides, Quest subcamp, who performed a beautiful duet ‘Time to start the show’. Following them came Ivan Lester from Rutland Scouts, Circus subcamp,

gave a fantastic and memorable performance singing, accompanied by his ukulele.

Next up was Amelia from Uppingham Guides, Carnival subcamp, who gave us an incredible dance routine to ‘Rise Up’ and really showed her emotion through the movement. Emily Rose from Quarrington Guides, Carnival subcamp, was the next on stage as she sang ‘I Kissed A Girl’ by Katy Perry while giving an electric performance.

Now, for the first time ever on the Poacher’s Got Talent stage came Hamish and his Violin from West Lothian Scouts, Folk subcamp.

He played the moving tune of ‘The Sky Boat Song’ a Scottish classic.

The next act was given to us by Kiera from 2nd Brigg Guides, Circus subcamp. The audience saw straight away that she was a performer as she seemed like the stage was her second home, she was so confident in moving about and using it to her advantage with her performance of ‘Breathe’ from ‘The Heights’.

Isabella, Wild West subcamp, was the next to brave the stage with her amazing rendition of ‘Fight Song’

by Rachel Platten, a performance that built up to a fantastic conclusion. Following

her was Abbie Banks from West Lothian, Folk subcamp, who gave a charming performance of ‘Act Naturally’ alongside her ukulele.

Scarlet Scrumshaw from Eastwood Guides, Circus subcamp, was next on stage with an enchanting song and epic dance moves to ‘You know I’m up to no good’. After being asked by the host how she thought she did, she replied “I think it went pretty well not ‘gonna lie”.

The last act was Sophia Slater from Circus subcamp, whose performance of Christina Perri’s ‘Jar of Hearts’ gave the audience chills.

Sophia received a

standing ovation from the judges, with one commenting that she had “excellent voice and pitch control”.

But at the end of the day, there can only be two winners. The performers stood nervously on stage as the tough decision of course came down to the four incredible judges, who after some consideration decided to go with Sophia Slater for her showstopping singing and Amelia Kowham with her impressive dance moves. However, just before the evening was over, they announce they had also chosen a ‘wild card’, which will be revealed later in the week.

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A Really Imp-ressive Lunch Display

by Kate Broadbent

Poacher was treated to some fantastic lunchtime entertainment yesterday when the Imps Motorcycle Display Team visited and put on an impressive display. Ranging from age 5-17, the team of 23 riders captivated their audience with daring individual and group tricks.

Cy from Wisconsin US, staying on the Folk Fest subcamp, said “I thought it was really cool, I’ve

never seen motorbikes before”.

With the Poacher participants sitting on the bank around the Main Stage, under the sun of the warm afternoon, the Imps display began with one of their disabled participants, paralysed from the waist down. He completed a loop of the main arena on a small quad bike, before being swiftly followed by their youngest members, aged between five and six, as they completed some formation riding to warm up, accompanied

by exclamations of shock from the audience as the commentator announced their ages.

Abby from Lincoln, staying on Folk Fest subcamp, put words to the audience’s surprise, “when the younger ones did all the tricks, I thought it was hard for them because they were quite young”.

The Imps are rooted in youth. Roy, the leader and founder of the group, explained “we prefer them to come in at about 5, then they do a sort of apprenticeship

between then and 8 and it’s a constant development from there”.

The display only got more impressive from there. Riley from Folk Fest subcamp, Brigg 1st Scout troop, when asked what his favourite part replied, “the pyramids”.

These involved several people stacking in a pyramid formation on top of varying numbers of bikes.

Several increasingly impressive pyramids were shown, beginning with a pyramid of 3 and ending

with 16 people. Within this, they found time for a touching display of support for Ukraine, as they flew their flag atop an 8-person pyramid with 2 bikes.

Imogen from Lincoln, staying on Folk Fest, expressed her excitement, “it was really impressive, and it looked a little scary with the fire and the ramp”.

There were, in fact, two ramps. Six members of the display team held up the first. Teasing the audience, they built the anticipation by driving

Lost Item A Night of White Of The Day

by Meg O’Sullivan

Have you lost any item whilst at Poacher and are missing them? Lost property is located in the control tower and currently has a lot of lost property to be collected. This included coats, bags, neckers, hoodies and hats. There are many unnamed items which are kept on a table just outside of the control tower.

One of the most interesting items we have found so far would

be a pink bell wristband.

Named items will be returned to sub camps so that they can be returned to the correct people. A word of advice from the lovely lost property staff is to make sure everything is correctly named so lost items can be returned efficiently.

On Saturday evening Robbie White cohosted Poacher 2022’s opening ceremony, but who is he? The 22 year old actor recently featured in the hit Netflix series “Heartstopper”, which is an adaptation of Alice Oseman’s award-winning books of the same name.

Heartstopper discusses topics surrounding the LGBTQ+ community and follows the journey of a young school boy who is questioning his sexuality.

The Guardian newspaper even reported that the Heartstopper series is “possibly the loveliest show on TV.”

In a recent interview with Jam FM, Robbie said that he “grew up as a Beaver [Scout] and a Scout so being involved in Poacher 2022 was a little bit like coming home”. Robbie also suggested that being involved in Scouts has “helped him build his confidence, which has encouraged him to do what he does today”.

Robbie White co-hosted the opening ceremony alongside Max and Harvey, who were runners up in the 2019 series of the X-Factor.

Robbie predicted the opening ceremony to be “electric and full of energy,” which it

definitely was! The Jam FM interview ended with some words of wisdom from Robbie, saying that everyone should “take every opportunity and live every day to its fullest!”

for it and just missing it the first time. Still, they did not disappoint on the second run, leaping over a car with pyrotechnics spraying out the front.

The second jump was a fixed ramp accompanied by several staff. Several stakes with cages stuffed with hay were along the ramp, which they set alight.

With this set-up, they completed 5 jumps.

What better way to win over a large collection of Scouts and Guides than with some fire?

Folk

by Emily Cowling

The Scariest Crow Scarer Is Revealed Folk Fest’s ‘Turn Your Leader into a Scarecrow’ competition had some brilliant entries, here are some of them.

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Subcamps all over Poacher have special events, competitions, and fantastic units.

Today’s spotlight takes us to the clowns of the site... Circus Fest!

Kicking off with their mural, which started yesterday morning, they are inviting people from all over the subcamp to participate in colouring it in. They have also adopted Ele, the elephant, as subcamp leader. Speak to them if you want to sign off a Poacher challenge!

Over the week, there are loads of events to be a part of, with a street party Wednesday.

Throughout the day, there will be Circus cupcake decorating for everyone to take part in and show off their decorating skills, along with hat-making for all the attendees. All this preparation will make for a fantastic street party that the whole subcamp can enjoy.

If you are looking for something to do today, go and join in the balloon modelling in the morning or circus juggler craft and play dough in the afternoon.

There is a quiz for the leaders of the subcamp in the evening, so come along and see if you can outwit your opponents.

Finally, there is a celebration and awards evening on Thursday, so come along and celebrate all the subcamp

achievements.

Along with the subcamp events, they also have groups from Market Rasen, Gainsborough, and Haxey camping together as a district.

They are one of the best eating groups onsite, with a full roast on Sunday containing nine different vegetables, roast beef, Yorkshire puddings and, to finish, sticky toffee pudding. Along with this Friday, the group will be enjoying 12m² of pizza and 14m of garlic bread. The media team are rating your plates, so if you want to get involved, speak to your subcamp media rep.

Not only do they have epic meals being made in the subcamp, but

they also have Winnie the guide dog, who turns six on Friday.

Along with this, Winnie has also acquired a necker to become a true participant of Poacher 2022. Please remember guide dogs are working, so talk to the owner before interacting with the dog.

Lastly, Circus Fest is also hosting the Dutch contingent, who have finished constructing their 5-foot windmill today. The windmill is one of the many exciting and grand structures across Circus Fest and the site.

Come back tomorrow to find out what Quest Fest have planned for the participants on their subcamp.

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World Scout Jamboree Meetup

by Kate Broadbent

On Sunday evening there was a World Scout Jamboree meet-up for participants going to South Korea in 2023.

It was open to all those who wanted to attend, and the Epic Centre was filled with more

than 60 young people and UK International Service Team (IST) members from across the jamboree.

The meeting was primarily an opportunity for people to meet and get to know some other people going on this once in a lifetime

adventure.

Several activities were organised and the participants were not allowed to sit with people they already knew.

Paul, unit leader for World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) UK Unit 14, led the meeting, giving people opportunities to chat

and find out about each other’s fundraising and units.

Why go to a World Scout Jamboree?

Oskar from Lincolnshire on Circus subcamp says it is special “because you only get to go once.”

Ben from the same group added that he

wanted to “experience the different cultures”.

A lot of planning and work goes into bring a Contingent to a World Jamboree, along with the fundraising they must prepare to acclimatise to a different way of living.

“We have practised

cooking [Korean] food,”, says George from Humberside on Carnival subcamp, “but [have] not yet eaten it!”.

Participants from over 16 units attended the meeting, from as far away as Scotland and Devon.

Haul Your Way To Greatness

by Neil Onyon

Here at Poacher, we’ve taken the historical concept of a trek carts and used it to create a challenge for you to enjoy, with an exciting prize for the fastest team each day.

Trek carts were used by patrols of Scouts heading to camp, either to a nearby site for an evening or for longer

trips to faraway places.

There are many stories from older generations of Scouts and Guides about how, when they went on their annual camp, they would load the cart with everything that the patrol required.

They would walk it to the train station where they would stack all the equipment in the guard’s van, before stripping down the cart

to be stowed safely away on the train for the duration of the journey.

At the station at the other end they would rebuild the trek cart, load the equipment back on board and set off to their destination. The return journey would be the exact reverse.

Local trek cart makers had their own interpretations of the design, so while the

presented with the prize for his discovery: “I had no idea I would get anything!

“I just found it and thought I would look for the owner.”

Thank you, Eloise, for ensuring the safe return of Poacher Panda.

There is going to be an activity in the Global Development Zone from 9am-5pm tomorrow exclusively for Explorer Scouts and Rangers.

Design, build and race your own Stixx kart with RAF engineers! Sign up at the GDV tent - only 25 places are available.

overall concept of the cart stayed the same, the size and style of the carts varied across the country.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to form a group and work together to take the cart around the obstacle course in the fastest time.

The fastest team at the end of each day will receive a limited edition

Trek Cart Challenge Woggle, with only six woggles available each day.

The fastest team over the course for the week will be honoured to have the bragging rights of being Poacher Champions.

Are you up for the Challenge?

Is your group the best at working together as a team?

Can your team be the fastest?

Get your friends together, form a team (between four and six members) and have a go - what have you got to lose?

Leaders beware: there may well be a challenge night for you too, who will have the best leader team at Poacher?

Watch this space.

Your Announcements We have a winner!

Poacher Panda, our mascot, was found hiding amongst the tent display outside the Epic Centre Retail Outlets by Eloise – a member of Carnival Fest subcamp, who is visiting Poacher with Islington Guides.

She was surprised, however, when

Kite (Andrew Chilton) and Osprey (Emma Chilton) are celebrating being together for almost 30 years having met as Scout’s themselves. They have two beautiful children who are also joining us for Poacher 2022 this year. From 1st Steeple Bumpstead Scouts.

Happy Birthday From All Of Us Monday 1st August Hazel R, 15 Michael B, 12 Jack J, 12 Lydia S, 12 Josh R, 14 Tuesday 2nd August Alicia C, 39 Janice S, 59 Grace H, 12 Aela M, 14 Nils H, 11 Sally J, 13 Hari W, 15

Aoibhin D, 15 Ruth A, 49 Benjamin T, 13 Natalie M, 18 Lucy A, 36 Shona C, 57 Matthew B, 14 Maurice G, 63 June B, 64 Fiona L, 50 Ruby B, 11 Elicia L, 12 Isla S, 12 Timothy D, 11 Archie T, 15

Petra H, 50 Alex G, 57 Jenni H, 64 Jane C, 54 Ben H, 14 Courtney P, 15 Anjali A, 12 Joseph B, 13 Jaqueline A, 69 Kirsten W, 15 Ollie H, 15 Louise D, 42 Rick W, 45 Trystan W, 6 Serge P, 45

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It’s

Coming

by Deanna Carden

The sun was shining down on Poacher and the atmosphere in the lead up to kick off at 5pm was apprehensive and excitement built to tunes of Sweet Caroline and It’s Coming Home.

Would the Lionesses win the tournament, or would there be disappointment but Your newpaper was brought to you by:

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with pride of their achievements?

The match had a slow start, but the crowd kept up the fiery energy with chanting.

One group leader enthusiastically banged a drum with the crowd shouting ‘England’ in return. The crowd settled in to the first half and were just happy to sit with their friends and

enjoy the match. There were some impressive saves from the England team, some misses and outcry at one of the yellow cards given.

Ethan, from 125th Littleover Scout Group, Carnival Fest described it as “very good, England should be scoring goals.”

Naomi, also from 1st Woodborough Scouts on Carnival Fest said it’ll

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“inspire young girls to join in with football.”

These sentiments were echoed throughout, and half-time entertainment of Free from Desire buoyed the crowds.

With the second half whistle, the atmosphere of the crowd was more settled as the crowd got into the flow and the rhythm of the match.

At sixty minutes the

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Lionesses scored their first goal. The crowd were jumping, swinging their neckers and screaming at the top of their lungs.

Extra time was called, and the game - and tension - went on.

The drumbeat was providing much needed boost of morale.

Throughout extra time, the crowd was still and

quiet as the tension was building before England scored their second goal with two minutes to spare.

With the final ten seconds, the gathered masses counted down the clock and when England had won, the cheering was deafening and the atmosphere was one of triumph and pride.

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