About The Pete Swinney Competition
- Teams should consist of between 4 and 6 Cubs who are members of Durham Scout County.
- Groups and Districts can enter as many teams as they wish.
- Bases will be placed around the Moor House site and each base will be worth a different number of points. The location of bases and points available at each will be shown on the map given to all teams during the briefing.
- Groups attending will need to provide a challenge or activity.
- Teams have 2 hours to try as many activities as possible. The team with the most points will win.
- Once the competition has finished there will be an extra hour of activities, just for fun!
Who can enter?
Anyone can enter, not just winners of District Competitions. Teams can consist of between 4 and 6 Cubs. Groups/Packs can enter as many teams as they want.
What will happen?
Cubs will be given a map of Moor House showing all the different challenges. Each challenge will have a number of points available for successful completion and each team can choose what challenges they want to try, first using the map to find them. The team with the most points at the end of 2 hours wins!
Cubs don’t need any experience of orienteering to enter this fun competition. Basic map reading skills would be beneficial although lots of Cubs just come along to have fun and take part in a range of different activities from some of the bigger activities based at Moor House to the smaller activities which we are asking leaders who are bringing their Cubs to set up and run. Activities will be based around team work with a range of problem solving activities.
Which activities?
We are asking each group who enter a team to provide one of the challenge bases. This might be a mental, physical, skill or team work challenge, appropriate for Cub ages. The more exciting the activity, the more fun the Pete Swinney will be! We’ll review your activity idea beforehand, to ensure that each challenge is different – please submit your idea on the entry form. We’ll also be using a number of the Moor House activities as additional challenges, including The Cube, Tree Climb and Archery.
Timings
Groups will be allocated a drop off and collection time, with the competition starting at 2pm and finishing at 4pm.
- We will start the afternoon with a wide game whilst teams are arriving.
- Due to the number of teams we have had over the last few years we will be staggering the arrival and departure times for groups
- Activities will continue to run for a further hour to enable us to announce the winner on the day.
- There will also be time in the morning for leaders to setup their challenges and also a leaders briefing.
10 May 2025
Moor House Adventure Centre
Bookings
The Pete Swinney Competition costs £5 per Cub, which includes a badge and all the activities. Bookings are now open and will close on 27 April
Questions?
If you have any questions about the competition, then please email us at [email protected]
