Pack 172 Conestoga Wagon Derby

The Conestoga Wagon Derby gives you the opportunity to pull together as a team and to demonstrate skills learned during the year. Teams of about 6 - 8 scouts of your same rank will build a Conestoga Wagon under the supervision of an adult volunteer. You'll stock the wagon with items that you may need along the trail, such as hammers, screwdrivers, a first aid kit, a flag, rope, paper and pencils, blankets, etc.

On April 28th, you'll set out on the Conestoga Trail. Your team will hauls its wagon from one town to another along the trail. When you get to town, you'll find the Town Mayor waiting for you. He will ask your team to perform certain tasks. These tasks are things you have learned this past year in Cub Scouts. Most of the tasks will be taken from the Achievement portion of your rank handbook.

Some of you may be better at a given task than others. Work together! Figure out who is best equipped to help the Mayor. Do everything the Mayor asks of you, and you'll be rewarded with gold nuggets! The Mayor will award the team up to 11 gold nuggets based upon:
    1. how well your team did in helping the Mayor with his work
    2. team manners and behavior while in town
    3. team spirit and cooperation

Remember to do everything you can to help the Mayor, even if it doesn't seem important or related to the task at hand. You never know what you may need on the trail ahead!

Be on Guard! An unexpected challenge may await you on the trail. Work together as a team and you will overcome any and all difficulties that cross your path.

Parents Beware! Parents may follow their team around the trail. However, once a team enters a town, parents may not assist or direct the team in any way. Any adult helping the scouts with tasks in the towns will forfeit the wagon team 6 nuggets.

Each Cub who participates will receive a patch. Each wagon will receive a streamer for the den flag. Trophies will be awarded at the end of the day to the 1st and 2nd place winners of each Rank.

Some of the tasks from the Gold Rush at Wild West City included:

Tigers and Wolves

Walk an 8 foot 2X4 on edge, raised a few inches from the ground
Two boys fold the US Flag properly
Throw a softball at a target 50 feet away and hit it
Show the 4 things to do for a small cut
Drive six #6 penny nails into a piece of lumber
Tie a square knot
Observation skills. Write on your paper as many items as you can remember.
Wet sponge toss game. Hit the target on all tries.

Bears

Warm up exercises, then 5 sits-ups, 5 push-ups and a standing long jump
Show how to prepare a color guard for your pack. Name three holidays on which you display the flag.
Throw a softball at a target 75 feet away and hit it.
Show what to do if someone's clothing is on fire.
Use a 12 inch ruler to measure and determine the 3 dimensions of a piece of wood. Mark off and set 3 screws 3 inches apart.
Whip both ends of a piece of rope and tie a bowline.
Observation skills. Write on your paper as many items as you can remember.
Wet sponge toss game. Hit the target on all tries.

Webelos

6 pull-ups on a bar
Describe the Boy Scout badge. Tell what each part stands for.
Throw a softball at a target 100 feet away and hit it.
Tell the 3 basic methods of water rescue; throw a line/ring bouy 10 feet.
Use a carpenter's square to mark off and cut two 45 degree angles to form a 90 degree corner. The next boy uses a carpenter's square to mark and cut a straight line on the end of the board.
Tie a sheet bend, a clove hitch and a taut-line hitch.
Observation skills. Write on your paper as many items as you can remember.
Wet sponge toss game. Hit the target on all tries.

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Last Updated: 2/25/02 JRC