The Hawk Patrol were duly presented with the trophy by Jeff Ledger, County Commissioner, at the flag down ceremony.

The gap between, and particularly between, first and second was only a few points and when you consider that the winners score was 2222 points this is significant. What clinched it was the Hawk Patrol adopting the advice given to all at the start of the weekend which was to copy that which is praiseworthy in others and correct in yourself that which falls short.

The Rams were points ahead until The Hawks copied the very professional campsite layout of the Rams but built on their strength of a display of tent rules, consideration given to a balanced "5 a day" diet and an excellent visual display of the trip they completed as part of their program for the Saturday.

In this instance "copy" is good and the Rams are congratulated for showing good practice in this way which, once copied, allowed the Hawks to take the lead. All the more pleasing was the fact that the Hawks were a pretty new to the Dryburn.

Congratulations also to Abbie Hearmon who represented her patrol to receive the Brian Slack Flag for the Patrol which improved the most.

The Hawk and Ram patrol and the Sedgefield "A" Team will receive a visit from John Moore, ACC Scouts at the soonest opportunity to present the award of the Dryburn Gold awards and, in the case of the Hawks, a County Neckerchief being an award that grants "County Scout" status to the scout, at the soonest opportunity.

John Moore, ACC Scouts said "I can honest say that I have never seen Good Scouting from so many in one place. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Scout Leaders for bringing the Patrols to a standard that allowed them to do so well."