North Area Paper Plane Derby 28thSep2019

Written by Farren Lee, Sixer & Scribe

On 28th September, the cub scouts and I went to Marsiling Primary School to participate in the Paper Plane Derby. We arrived at the school with hopes of winning the derby. However, there were a few rules to follow.

There were 4 categories in the derby. Flight, flight aloft, aesthetic appeal and accuracy.

·       Flight - Furthest plane wins

·       Flight Aloft - Longest period on-air wins

·       Aesthetics Appeal - Best designed plane scores and wins.

·       Accuracy - Throw through the hoop and win

Upon arrival, we headed to the Band Room where we learned how to make some of the paper planes before going to the respective categories. From there, my six went to the flight aloft at the hall and started to toss our planes, hoping it would last as long as possible. We later followed to the distance area and threw our planes as far as possible. After winning the first two categories, we went back down to the Band Room and designed our planes. Now I know I wrote that you could only participate in two of the categories. But because we had a lot of time. We decided to participate in three categories.

With that, I ended up getting a total of 2 Silvers and 1 Gold. We went back to Henry Park and despite the discontent that the Night Hike was replaced by this derby, we still carried a sense of happiness and the spirit of winning. I hope you enjoyed reading my post. Do go ahead and read other stories and adventures we have.