Braxton Morris, VC Program
kneecaps1028@gmail.com
Rachel Shaffer, Program Adviser
rachelpf28@gmail.com
A List Lodge: Croatan Lodge 117
The chosen games for the 2025 Conclave are as follows:
Spam Toss
Frozen T-Shirt
Tug-of-War
4 Man Push-ups
Shot Put
Scouting Adventure Relay
Sponge Relay
Traverse
- Coordinate with VC Program about event specifics such as location, event set-up time, etc.
- Provide a minimum of four (4) arrowmen to assist with set-up prior to the event on Saturday
- This competition requires 2 specific Arrowmen from each lodge: the Lodge Chief and the Lodge Adviser or their designees.
- Each team will be given a can of Spam from which they must remove the Spam itself.
- The two team members must throw the Spam back and forth, backing up one step after each throw back and forth. The Section Chief or his designee will ensure that equal steps are taken by each team. The Chief will throw to the Adviser to start the game.
- If a team’s Spam is dropped or breaks up into pieces too small to throw, that team is out. Final ruling is up to the Section Chief or his designee.
- The last team who still have a tossable Spam will win.
Materials required: 6 cans of Spam
- This competition requires 7 Arrowmen from each lodge.
- Each team will be given one half of a rope that has a flag attached several feet from the middle of the rope.
- Each team is allowed to pick up their half of the rope prior to the start of the round, but may not begin pulling.
- Once the start is given, each team must pull back to try to force the other team’s flag across the middle line.
- The first team to pull the opposing team’s flag across the middle line will win that round.
- This competition will be decided in a double-elimination tournament with randomly determined seeding (ex. https://challonge.com/tournament/bracket_generator), and the team who wins the bracket shall win this event.
- Materials required: One large rope with two flags attached and a cone or third flag to mark the center point
- This competition requires 3 Arrowmen from each lodge.
- Each lodge will be given a t-shirt frozen in the shape of a roll.
- Each team must work to unravel the rolled shirt.
- The first member must put on the unrolled shirt. He/she then must run to a designated point and then run back. He/she will then tag in the second team member who must take the shirt and put it on, before running the same route. He/she will then tag in the third and final teammate who will do the same.
- The first lodge to have their third team member return to the starting line will win.
Materials required: 6 t-shirts ( size extra large or larger) frozen in water
- This competition requires 4 Arrowmen from each lodge.
- These four Arrowmen will work together to set up one standard 2-man tent.
- Two team members will be blindfolded and must set up the tent while their two teammates direct them. These two team members can see but cannot touch the tent itself or either of their blindfolded teammates.
- If either of the blindfolded team members removes their blindfold before the tent is fully set up, the team must start over. Similarly if either of the sighted team members touches the tent, the team must start over.
- The first lodge to fully set up the tent including the rain fly will win.
Materials required: 6 identical 2-man tents
- This competition requires 4 Arrowmen from each lodge.
- Each team will form a square on the ground, with one member per side.
- Each member will rest his feet on another member’s back
- Each team will have 60 seconds to complete as many push-ups as possible.
- Each push-up must be completed in unison by each team member
- If all four team members do not complete the push-up together at the same time, that push-up will not count.
- The lodge that completes the highest number of push-ups together will win.
Materials required: None
- This competition requires 3 Arrowmen from each lodge.
- There will consists of 3 stations where each Arrowmen will be positioned.
- At the first staion of the race each Arrowmen will be given a large spool of rope that has been tied into a knot.
- The first Arrowmen will then be required to untie it completely and run to the next station where they will pass it off to the Arrowmen in their lodge.
- The second Arrowmen will then have to tie a bowline knot and run to the next station where they must fit the knot around a small log and pass the third and final Arrowmen.
- Finally, the last set of Arrowmen will tie a bowline knot on the other side of the rope around their waist and drag the log to their respective lodge chief who will be postiioned at the finish line.
Materials required: 6 spools of medium-thick rope and 6 lightweight logs (the size that you would typically split)