6^th Annual Savannah Baptist Association Royal Ambassador/Challenger Camporee

Date: October 29^th-30^th, 1999 (One night only)  (Southside Parents: Click here for permission slip/details)

For: Savannah Baptist Association, Ogeechee River Baptist Association, Middle Baptist Association Royal Ambassadors and Challengers

It's time again for the best event of the year, the one all the RAs have been asking about: the Sixth Annual SBA Camporee!

Following, are a Registration Form for you to use (and copy), 1999 Tentative Schedule, Map, Instructions and General Rules/lnformation. Please look through these papers and note that there are changes in the way the Camporee has been handled in the past. Some changes that have occurred are:

~ Compressed time schedule with Friday night events

~ Registration Fee-$12-includes your meals!

~ Model Campsite judging changes

~ Saturday leave time early

Volunteers are needed for all of the events. If your Church handled an event last year, l ask that you call to get the same event and we will build on your crew. If you have a favorite event you want to work on, call to be sure you can work on it. The early callers get the event! Let's have all events claimed and covered when the whistle blows to start! If you have never been to Camporee, come and see!!

Thanks for your continued work with your church RAs!

Questions?

John Ashley - Work ~ 692-6852 Home ~ 925-3998, email: ashleyj@stjosephs-candler.org

Pat Long - Work ~ 921-5400 Home ~ 858-3139, email: larrynbob2@aol.com

SAVANNAH BAPTIST ASSEMBLY AT PINEORA, GEORGIA
 

OCTOBER 29TH - 30TH, 1999

CHURCH ______________________________________________________________________________

PERSON MAKING RESERVATION____________________________________PHONE _____________

ADDRESS_____________________________________________________________________________

CITY_ ________________________________________ST___________________ZIP________________

 NAMES OF BOYS/MEN (list additions on another sheet)      ADDRESS                           AGE/DIVISION

1.______________________________________________________________________      ________

2.____________________________________________________________      __________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________________________________

7. ________________________________________________________________________________

8. ________________________________________________________________________________

9. ________________________________________________________________________________

10. ________________________________________________________________________________

(YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST ONE ADULT TO ACCOMPANY EVERY 10 BOYS OR CHAPTER.)

IMPORTANT: WE PLAN TO BRING (NUMBER OF): MEN AND BOYS ___ CARS ___ TRUCKS ___ VANS ___ BUSES ___
 

We are asking that the attending counselor sign this acknowledgement that his campers WILL participate in all the events of the Camporee, including the campfire rally and prayer garden. If you do not plan to participate in all events, please schedule your camp out at another time.

(Signature)

Phone - work:____________________________ Phone - home:____________________________

1999 CAMPOREE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY
5:00 - 9:00 PM REGISTRATION AT HEADQUARTER TENTS BY FLAGS

(NO VEHICLES AT CAMPSITES)

7:00 PM DINNER - PREPARED BY DISASTER RELIEF**
 

10:30 PM CHAPTER TIME AT YOUR CAMPSITE
(USED SEALED ORDERS #1)

11:00 PM TAPS (LIGHTS AND CAMPFIRES OUT, ALL CAMPERS QUIET!!!!!

6:45 - 7:30 AM BREAKFAST - PREPARED BY DISASTER RELIEF**

7:00 AM LEADER'S MEETING AT HEADQUARTERS
(NEED TWO LEADERS FROM EACH CHURCH)

CLEAN UP - PREPARE CAMPSITE FOR MODELCAMPSITE JUDGING

7:30 AM FLAG CEREMONY AT HEADQUARTERS

7:40 AM MORNING WATCH ON ACTIVITY FIELD
(USED SEALED ORDERS #2)
8:00 - 12:30 CAMPCRAFT SKILL EVENTS ON ACTIVITY FIELD
 

12:30 Lunch - Prepared by Disaster Relief.**

1:30 Special Presentation at Prayer Garden. ALL CAMPERS MUST BE PRESENT.

2:00 Headquarters - Awards Presentation - All awards given out. Must be present to win or make arrangements with Camporee Committee Chairman prior to departure from camporee.

2:30 Break camp and clean up campsite. Carry your trash with you if possible or drop off at appointed area.

HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME!

**MEALS PREPARED BY DISASTER RELIEF, BRING ONLY SNACKS AND DRINKS!

The boys in your group are your responsibility at all times. At no time should your boys be unsupervised. Knives should be collected from Lads and Crusaders until after Camporee. All others are encouraged to pack away their knives.

First aid is available for minor injuries (scrapes, minor cuts, etc.) at the camp headquarters. Serious injuries will be treated at Effingham County Hospital in Springfield. You will need to provide the following information to the Hospital: Boys phone number, age, parents' name, insurance information. All cost for medical treatment is the responsibility of the family of the injured person.

Groups are encouraged to share fires in campsites. It is not necessary or possible to have a fire in every campsite. Please build as few fires as possible. All fires should be small. Never leave a fire unattended.

Hopefully Water Barrels or hoses will be located in several areas to provide water for drinking and cooking. PLEASE CONSERVE water. Once a barrel is empty it is difficult to refill it. If water barrels are not available, potable water is available at faucet adjoining pool area.

Please camp in designated areas. If it becomes necessary to camp in the woods stay as close as possible to the designated area. Those who set up in undesignated areas isolated from the main body of campers will be asked to relocate their camp.

*** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***

Deer Ticks are very small and can carry Lyme Disease. Any time campers have been in the woods they should check carefully for Ticks. If you have questions go to First Aid.

Please remember that you have agreed to participate in all events. Please accompany your campers and supervise them at all times near the bonfire.
One or more adults from your church should be prepared to counsel boys from your group when the invitation is given at the camp. Decision cards should be filled out and returned to the staging area.

ANNUAL CAMPOREE
GENERAL INFORMATION

Please read this information carefully.

    2. CHAPTER: Should be a registered chapter that meets on a regular basis. Please do not form "NEW" chapters specifically for the purpose of Camporee competition (unless they exceed 10 per Chapter, then divide into equal Chapters). BOYS MUST PARTICIPATE IN THEIR AGE CATEGORY. AGES SHOULD BE LADS - 6, 7, 8; CRUSADERS - 9,10,11; CHALLENGERS 12-18, AND NO OLDER AS OF 12:01 A.M. SEPTEMBER 1 OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR TO DETERMINE THE CATEGORY IN WHICH THE BOY WILL PARTICIPATE. A BOY MUST IN SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE.

    3. CAMPOREE HEADQUARTERS AND FIRST AID STATION: Headquarters will consist of a centralized and designated tent with minimum first aid.

    4. PRIZES will be awarded only to First Place Winners in the competitions. Ribbons will
be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place in all competitions. Prizes will be awarded to individuals in knot tying contests, wildwood runs and rifle competitions. Chapter prizes will be awarded in Fire building, map and compass, ropecraft, rollerball, teamwalk, first aid, and chariot race. Model campsite and tug of war will receive trophies for first place only. These are transferable annually. Second and third place will receive oral recognition.

    5. SAFETY: Each church should have a First Aid Kit, which includes any personal medication needs. The Camporee First Aid Station does not give medications. Sheath knives and other sharps are not encouraged at the Camporee.

    6.UNIFORM: Wear them if you have them and sport your patches.

    7. EQUIPMENT: Bring your own tent, flash lights, First Aid Kit, shovel, water containers and all other equipment needed for overnight camp. Some "area" lighting is available sobring your own lamps or lanterns. Bring American, R.A., State, and Chapter Flags, if you have them. NOTE: Event equipment you should bring is noted in the Description of Events. Water will be located within 100 yards of your site.  There are restrooms located among the cabins.

    8. FIRE BUILDING: Must observe normal safety and fire-prevention precautions if open fires are used. Ground fires or charcoal grills optional. Clear dry material in 5 foot radius of fire. Dispose of ashes by burial and replacement of sod. Restore to original appearance as much as possible. This will be observed for model campsite judging.

    9. PARKING: Vehicles must be parked only in designated parking areas. All of the campsites will be located a considerable distance from parking. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE VEHICLES TO CAMPSITE TO UNLOAD. Your equipment will have to be packed in and out up to 1/4 mile, so plan accordingly. Due to space limitations, pop-ups and travel trailersare prohibited. Bus parking areas are extremely limited. If you come in a bus, plan for a minimum of 1/4 mile hike in with equipment. Bring a wheelbarrow to tote your equipment.

    10. DURATION: Camporee is from 5:00 p.m. Friday until 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon following the awards ceremony.

    11. CHURCH IDENTIFICATION: Bring and display a sign in your campsite indicating church name and city. At CHECK-IN, we will post your location on camp map, if possible.

    12. LOST AND FOUND: Equipment, property, etc. should be brought to Camporee Headquarters. The Camporee Committee assume no responsibility for anything lost. Found items will be stored for a short period of time.

    13. EVERY CHURCH IS "STRONGLY REQUESTED" TO PROVIDE TWO OR MORE MEN TO JUDGE FOR THE CAMPCRAFT SKILL EVENTS.

    14. PLEDGE AND MOTTOS: The R.A. Pledge and Mottoes should be the standard of conduct at all times.

    15. CAMPOREE QUIET TIME  is 11:00 p.m. It will be signaled by the playing of "TAPS" or a loud whistle and area lights will be turned off. Please insure that your campers observe this quiet time, as a courtesy to all other campers.

    16. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please contact Grant Washington @ 238-4426 (w), 897-3270 (h)
or Pat Long @ 921-5400 (w), 858-3139 (h), or John Ashley @ 692-6852 (w), 925-3998 (h).

    18. CONTEST AND CAMPCRAFT SKILL EVENTS:

(a) MODEL CAMPSITE CONTEST: Each church's camping group will be constantly judged during the camporee. It will be judged on four categories: Organization, Equipment, Personal Equipment, and Clean Up. All categories will be judged oncampcraft ingenuity. (See section on Model Campsite).

(b) CAMPCRAFT SKILLS: These skill events are open to all Chapters. Each chapter (10 or less) will compete against other Chapters. The judges' decisions are final. Please encourage all boys to participate regardless of individual skills.

(c) KNOT TYING CONTEST: This contest will be according to "Georgia Knot Tying Event" rules. Determine your fastest entry beforehand.

    19.AWARDS: All awards this year will be given out at 2:00 p.m. If a winner is not present, the award will pass to the closest runner-up present.

    20. Special events this year will feature a Tug of War by elimination, rollerball, and chariot races. Each age division from a church must have 3 members.

    21. PATCHES: Chevrons will be given to registrants to add to last year's patch. A patch is available for $2.00  See Associational Director.

    22. The Camporee includes activities for all ages of R.A.'s and Challengers. Check the "Description of Events" to determine your participation levels.

DESCRIPTION OF SKILL EVENTS

There will be three divisions of competition: Lads/Crusaders/Challengers

Scoring: Because accuracy is absolutely essential in the practice of First Aid, an exam score of 100 points is desirable. Speed in First Aid will break a tie in points. Four minutes are allowed to complete the exam. Only 10 boys per chapter will be allowed to take the exam. A special presentation will be used for tie-breaking.Equipment: The text is the BROTHERHOOD CAMPCRAFT MANUAL, 1987 edition. No othereditions or authority will be accepted (i.e. Red Cross First Aid Training, other FirstAid Manuals, etc.)

2. ROPECRAFT
Action: On signal, each Chapter or unit ties as many different knots or hitches as they can. They will be in the 23 KNOTS (NO GRANNY KNOT) IN THE BROTHERHOOD CAMPCRAFT MANUAL, EDITION OF 1987, PAGES 44- 51. No other knots will be considered.

Scoring: Group to get the most knots correct in a specific time is the winner. Second and third place winners will be noted by number of knots tied. No knot can be repeated. Ties are broken by shortest time to tie the knots.

Equipment: Judges will have required pieces of rope for each Chapter and Unit.
 

Scoring: All boys per chapter may participate. The event will be run in HEATS with 3 to 4 campers per HEAT. The best times from the sum of HEATS determines 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Equipment: Shoes, long pants, long sleeve shirt.

4. FIRE BUILDING COMPETITION
Action: Each four-member team will be given a pail of soapy water, which they will suspend over the fire they prepare. The winning team will be the one who is successful in getting suds to boil over the side of the pail first ofall the heats combined. This should be an exciting event with a lot ofaction and participation.

Scoring: This is a timed event. The teams will be given seven (7) minutes in which to gather their materials and to lay their fires. At the end of the seven (7) minutes, the judge will give the signal for all teams to suspend their pailand light their fire. Time will stop when a team gets suds boiling over therim of the pail.

Equipment: The judges will provide two (2) matches, pails with equal amounts of water and liquid detergent, forked stick, and pole on which to hang the pail. Each team must provide all the materials they will need to start thefire and keep it going. All fire material MUST BE natural material gatheredfrom the surrounding woods. It may not be treated with any substancenor brought from home. Any team caught bringing material from home
will be disqualified.

Notes: - You may fan the fire with your hat or you may blow on it. No mechanical devices may be used.
- The event starts with all material laying by the fire site, forked stick and pole, pail with soapy water measured by judge and the two matches.
- On the signal "GO" chapter members will gather their wood, lay the fire, suspend the pail on the pole over the fire, and after the second whistle light the fire.
- Once the fire has started, you may add (wood) fuel to the fire to keep the fire going.
- If water is spilled out of the pail, you may continue, but no water or soap may be added. A pole and pail may be moved as fire progresses.
- If the fire goes out, the chapter is out of the competition.
- Best times from each heat will be recorded to determine the overall winners of the competition.
- Each team may consist of up to four members. Each church may enter as many teams as they wish to allow for maximum participation of their boys in the Camporee, but no boy may participate on more than one team.
- These rules are subject to change in any way deemed necessary by the judging officials. Any changes will be explained to the teams prior to the beginning of each heat. The final say on these rules fall with the judges. JUDGES' DECISION IS FINAL.
 

Scoring: Based upon time span and accuracy, maps will be turned in and three (3) winners determined. Ties will be broken by closeness of total readings and time to complete.

Equipment: Bring a liquid filled compass and pencil. A limited number will be available from judges.

6. AIR RIFLE RULES AND REGULATIONS
A. All boys may participate.
B. Shooters will compete in two shooting positions. (Prone, Standing)
C. Shooters will be scored on five shots in each shooting position.
D. Safety is of primary importance. Any shooter displaying unsafe behavior will be
disqualified and asked to leave or escorted from the shooting area.
E. The shooters will be under the authority of the two scorers at all times. Failure to follow their instructions will be considered unsafe behavior and will result indisqualification of the shooter.
F. Shooters may not ask for scores immediately following their firing session. This will facilitate a smoother transition between sessions. Scores will be tallied andannounced after the sessions are completed.
G. The competition will be on a fifteen-foot range.
H. Awards will be presented to winners of first, second, and third place in each of the three divisions.
I. Decisions involving scoring and disqualification of shooters will be under the final authority of the Air Rifle Judges.
J. This will be a competition of skills. It may be a first introduction to shooting for some boys. Because of the large number of boys being allowed to participate,there will be little or no instructions given as to manner of aiming, etc. Boys are expected to know the basic skills. Because of time constraints boys will be encouraged to make their best shots as soon as possible and time may becalled if there is too much delay between shots. This is done to allow all participantsan opportunity to have access to the range and the competition.
 

Scoring: First to score wins. Teams will be competing against times recorded by referee stopwatches.

8. MODEL CAMPSITE
Site: Actual site of your church's camp.

Rules: The campsite must include all equipment necessary for one overnighter.

Judging: Judges will judge four (4) categories based on campcraft ingenuity.

A. EQUIPMENT: Shelter (tents and etc.), tools, first aid, cooking gear, and
use of knots.
B. PERSONAL EQUIPMENT: Sleeping bag or roll, proper clothing, flashlight, toilet kit, Bible, and Campcraft book.
C. ORGANIZATION: Organization of campsite for the duration of the camporee. Sites will be checked a minimum of four (4) times during the camporee.
D. CLEAN UP: Sites must be left clean of all trash, no digging evident, no grass removed, no rocks left in site.
 

10. TEAM WALK
A. Teams of four (4) members will compete in a race utilizing two boards suspended by handheld ropes.
B. Teams will be given a very brief orientation time in preparation for the event.
C. Times will be kept on all races and the fastest time wins.
 

1. All the knot tying rope will be 1/4" braided-polypropylene and shall be 48" in length (+or-2"). Contestant must use the rope supplied at the event.
2. Any boy in the Lad, Crusader, or Challenger age group may represent his church for aparticular knot at each Camporee. The same boy or another boy may enter for other knots.
3. "Ready" position is with a rope end in each hand, pulled tightly above the head. Call is "Ready,Set, Go". Four adult R.A. leaders will simultaneously begin timing with four separate stop watches. Timekeeper #1 marks time when the first R.A. calls "TIME". Timekeeper #2 marks time of second R.A. calling "TIME", etc. Because of possible stop watch/timer discrepancies, only the winning time will be made known. This is not to establish a recorded2nd, 3rd, or 4th place winner but to mark time of the four fastest R.A.'s in case the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd are disqualified for reasons listed in paragraph #5 or if the knot is tied incorrectly.

In the event that there are more than eight contestants participating for one knot, the contestants will be divided into heats. Each heat will consist of approximately thesame number of contestants. The winning time of all heats determines the winner of the contest. There will be no run-off's among heats.

4. After participant has completed tying the knot, he must call out "TIME" and raise hishands with knots above his head. He should not continue with any motion that may be interpreted as continuing to tie the knot as this will disqualify him.

5. Even after four "TIMES" have been called out, other participants are urged to complete their knot and call "TIME" in case the first four are disqualified. If this happens, all boys in their group who have tied the knot correctly will compete in a second contest to determine the winner of their group.

6. Knots may be tied on self, a post in front of R.A., a friend, or in the air. The Sheet Bend and Square Knot will be the joining of two separate ropes. Note: A knot may not be tied and then placed over an anchor point (arm, post, leg, etc.). Fingers and hands may not serve as anchor points.

7. Timekeeper #1 will inspect knots for correctness. Finished rope lay (travel) for knots must be as illustrated in BROTHERHOOD CAMPCRAFT MANUAL, 1987, although it may be arrived at differently. (Caution: Check direction of travel on final loop of TAUTLINE HITCH.) Knot may be loose but must not be "pulled" through loop in wrong direction. (Caution: Check BOWLINE.)

8. These guidelines were written to help everyone better understand this event and hopefully will eliminate some possible confusion. The knots that are used in this contest are: BOWLINE,TWO HALF HITCHES, CLOVE HITCH, SQUARE KNOT, TAUTLINE HITCH, AND SHEETBEND.

The Knot Tying Contest should first and foremost promote Christian fellowship and be an example of Christian actions and reaction.