Pack 731

Pack 731′s Family Camping trip will be held on March 16th, 17th, and 18th 2012 at Camp Saffran at the Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation (BCMSR), located in Harford County, approximately an hour and a half north of Crofton.  The registration fee is $30 per person (with $15 being returned to cabin leaders for food purchases).  The forms are due by February 20th to Den Leaders.  Please click the link below for more details and to print the registration form(s).

If you have any questions, please contact Liz Hostetler by email at committeechair@croftonpack731.org or by calling 410-451-5582.

Click HERE for camping forms.

Information for The Capitol District Pinewood Derby on Saturday February 4th is located HERE. The district race is open to all cub scouts in The Capitol District and uses essentially the same rules as our pack Pinewood Derby–any car eligible for our Pack 731 race will also be eligible for the district race. You can check-in the car in the morning starting at 9:00 AM and come back at noon when the racing starts.

We hope for Pack 731 to have at least a few entries at The Capitol District Pinewood Derby. The district event is similar in size to our Pack 731 Pinewood Derby in terms of number of participants. To help manage your scout’s expectations, please note that the cars are generally faster as most participants are boys whose cars performed well in the individual pack Pinewood Derby races that have been conducted across the district during the last few weeks.

The race is conducted at Annapolis Mall in the West Atrium near Stoney River Restaurant, Adidas, and Crate and Barrel. The West Atrium is located midway on the corridor connecting the Lord and Taylor and Macy’s department stores.

The Pack 731 Pinewood Derby was a huge success!

The 2012 edition of the Pack 731 Pinewood Derby was held Saturday January 7^th at Crofton Elementary School. It was the Pack’s most competitive race ever—97 of 113 cub scouts in our Pack built and raced cars. The Pack Committee was tasked with the very difficult job of choosing award winners from the many wonderful designs and the boys’ cars achieved the fastest speeds ever recorded in our Pack.

Congratulations to the owners of this year’s fastest Pinewood Derby cars:

• 1st Place, Alex Giesbrecht, Den 10
• 2nd Place, Justin Taschenberger, Den 2
• 3rd Place, Andrew Dolbeck, Den 12

Complete race result reports are posted HERE where you can find the following individual and summary reports:

• Individual Car Statistics–final (individual race statistics for all cars)
• Rank standings (standings organized by rank)
• Round standings–all (standings from all rank races)
• Round Standings–championship round (standings from finals round)

Save the date . . . Top Pack 731 finishers—along with any other interested scouts from our pack—should attend the Capitol District 2012 Pinewood Derby on Saturday February 4^th at Annapolis Westfield Mall. Registration will be the morning of the race and races start at 12:00 PM. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. Pack 731 rules are consistent with the rules for The Capitol District Pinewood Derby so any car eligible for our pack race will also be eligible for the district race.

Thanks to this year’s Pinewood Derby Committee for their hard work in making this event a success—Mike Byers, Joel Dolbeck, James Eckenrode, Robin Fisher, Valory and Kevin Hill, Steve Hostetler, Lisa and Pat Hogan, Jeff O’Donnell, Jeff Platts, George Riddle, and Dave Underwood.

Only 370 days until the Pack 731 2013 Pinewood Derby . . .

The Pack 731 2012 Pinewood Derby is right around the corner . . .

Registration/weigh-in sessions are Tuesday January 3 and Wednesday January 4 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at the Hogan’s, 1623 Ardsley Place, Crofton, 410-721-5939.

Race day is Saturday January 7 at Crofton Elementary School:

9:00 AM – Webelos II

9:45 AM – Webelos I

11:00 AM – Bears

12:45 PM – Wolves

2:00 PM – Tigers

3:00 PM – Pack Championship

Please contact Dave Underwood, Pinewood Derby Committee Chair, with any questions or for additional information at daveunderwood@verizon.net or 301-335-0593.

See you next week!

We are having our Pack PowWow this Friday, December 16th at 7:30pm at Crofton Elementary School.  The Adopt an Angel gifts will be collected at this PowWow.  Please make sure the assigned gift tags are securely fastened to the gifts.

Also, Scouts and any siblings who want to participate in the car exchange should bring a new, well wrapped Hot Wheels or Matchbox car to the PowWow.  We will be playing a game at the end and everyone who brought a car will be taking a new one home.

See you on Friday!