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Canceled – District PWD

Due to the COVID-19 threat, this has been canceled. Thank you to Unit 4 for offering to host. Stay healthy, all!

 

 

 

 

 

2019 Pinewood Derby Results

We had lots of Cub Scouts NEW to Pinewood Derby.

Scouts brought their Pit Crew (parents) who were also very new to Pinewood Derby.
Pit Crews did not realize how strict we had to be with the car specifications.
The Pit Crews had to rework many of the cars to meet specifications before they could be registered to race.
Frantic work by the Pit Crews brought the cars to specification but the long “yellow flag” made registration run late.
 
Not a big deal.  This is Scouting at the PACK level.  Cub Scouts, Parents, and Leaders all learn Pinewood Derby together.
Patience was in abundant supply.  All attendees had quite a bit of empathy for the Pit Crews.
 
47 cars registered, representing 10 separate Cub Packs (4, 34, 52, 86, 100, 103, 104, 108, 212, 214)
 
Pack 100, Mason School brought the biggest contingent.  They registered 19 cars!
We singled out their Cub Master, Angie Blumenthal, and Committee Chair, Linda Criss, bringing their good works to everyone’s attention.
Angie and Linda are running Tower Grove Twilight Summer Camp, 06/10/2019-06/13/2019.
We just couldn’t pass up the chance to advertise summer camp!
The six fastest cars were:
1.    Andrew Wolf–Pack 4, St. Gabriel
2.    Daniel Striler–Pack 212, St. Ambrose
3.    Henry Willers–Pack 103, Mallinkrodt
4.    Gabriel Apicelli–Pack 212, St. Ambrose
5.    Cole Schellert–Pack 104, St. Stephen
6.    Max Kuhl–Pack 34, Ascension Lutheran
As you can see, our top six cars were spread among five different Thunderbird Packs.
 
The speediest top three participants received trophies from Thunderbird.
 
To be certain participants got a fair race, the computer picked the cars at random for each race.
The computer also made certain all cars raced in each of the six lanes.
 
We picked a different person to start each of the 47 races.  “Starters” included Scouts, parents and siblings picked at random from the crowd..  The “race starter” was introduced to the audience such as “Gus from Pack 108 is starting this race”.  Scouts were nicely introduced, but Parents and Scout Leaders were fair game.  We made gentle fun of them when introduced.
 
Tim Wiese, our Thunderbird Activities Chair, would like to thank all those who attended the Derby and those who worked the Derby.
We beleive it was both fun and successful!
Tim is already planning the Thunderbird District Pinewood Derby for 2020.

RULES can be downloaded here: 2019 p4 pwd rules 

Click here for the event information: 2019 tb pwd ad

 

News from the 2018 PWD hosted by Pack 4 at St. Gabriel’s:

We had 23 cars entered in the Thunderbird District Pinewood Derby.
This is down from the 42 entered in 2017, but the Scouts were as enthusiastic as ever.
 
Start of race was delayed because of electronics issues, but
once fixed, the race went well. We thank everyone for their patience.
 
Winners (individual names not given)
1st Place–Pack 214 (Kennard School)
2nd Place–Pack 4 (St. Gabriel School)
3rd Place–Pack 212 (St. Ambrose School)
 
We were pleased as punch to see several Thunderbird Packs participate, even if they did not win a trophy.
PARTICIPATION is the key.  Hope to see more participants next year! 

 

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