October 2004 - The Boys' Brigade

RULES:• Each event must be witnessed by a judge who is NOT a member of yourCompany. Chaplains are officers.• Each game may be practised beforehand.• Results can only be accepted from one attempt. The judge must be toldBEFOREHAND which attempt will be the “entry” one.• A team is made up of six Junior / No.1 Section Boys. The six may bechanged for different games.The completed result sheet must be received by 1 st April 2005.InternatTeam G1: CompassEquipment1 Chair6 Bean Bags6 Cards (approx 2” x 4”)Setting UpEach card should have the followingwritten on it; “two paces” and then acompass point. Only the four cardinaland four intermediate points are to beused. eg “two paces SOUTH WEST”.(There will be two points that are notused). These cards and the bean bagsshould be placed on a chair which is 3metres away from a start line. The boysshould sit behind this start line. Eightcircles should then be drawn aroundthe chair to represent the eightcompass points.The GameTo start the game, the judge will pointat a wall and say what direction that isand GO, eg “that wall is east – GO”.On hearing this, the first boy runs tothe chair, picks up a bean bag and apiece of card, then places them both inwhatever circle represents thatcompass point. He then runs backacross the start line and the next boygoes. Boys must not shout instructionsto whoever is running.ScoringThis is a timed game in minutes andseconds, starting on the start signaland finishing when all boys are sittingback down. Any bean bags placed inthe wrong compass point will incur atime penalty of 10 seconds whichshould be added to the time.2: Bible BooksEquipment1 Table12 Cards (approx 2” x 4”), with NewTestament Books written on one side.Setting UpA circle, 1 metre in diameter is drawn,1 metre from a start line. A table isplaced 3 metres away from the otherside of the circle. The cards are placedface down within the circle. The boyssit behind the start line, one behindthe other. The judge should write thenames of the books on the cards(please use only one occurrence ofbooks eg Timothy, and all fourGospels should be included).The GameOn the start signal, the first boy runs,picks up a card and crawls under thetable. He then places the card on topand returns across the line when thenext boy may run. This is done until allcards are on the table. Whilst at thetable, if a boy thinks the cards are inthe wrong order (ie the NewTestament book order from Matthewto Revelation), he may change them tothe order he thinks is correct. (It isworth mentioning that not all thebooks will be there). When finished,the boys sit down in a straight line.ScoringThis is a timed game in minutes andseconds, starting on the start signal andfinishing when all boys are sitting backdown. Any cards in the wrong place willincur a time penalty of 10 secondswhich should be added to the time.3: Leg RollEquipment1 FootballSetting UpBoys sit on the floor, side by side closetogether. The player at one end has theball put on his legs.The GameOn the start signal, the ball must berolled from one end of the line to theother without using hands or feet.When the ball gets to the boy at theother end, he gets up, runs with theball and sits next to the first boy andstarts the ball rolling towards the otherend again. If boys kick the ball, or ittouches the floor, the ball goes back tothe start of the line. The ball must onlybe handled when the boys are runningfrom one end of the line to the other.ScoringThis is a timed game in minutes andseconds, starting on the start signaland finishing when all boys are sittingback in their original starting position.page 104 • VOLUME 112 No. 4 • October 2004