1st Euro-Mini-Jam 2010Euro-Mini-Jam

Who: Scouts and guides from the participating nations of the age around 13-16 years old.

Where: In Iceland at the Ulfljotsvatn Scout centre.

Why: To meet other scouts on similar age from the small nations of Europe, have fun and experince scouting and guiding in international atmosphere.

When: 19th – 24th of July 2010.

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Group Photos

Group photos taken by the jamboree can be found below.

Posted: July 26th, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

Day 6 – Euro-Mini-Jam comes to an end

The last day of Euro-Mini-Jam was wet. When the pioneering work had been taken down and the campsite cleaned it was time for water activities. Sailing around lake Ulfljotsvatn, water fighting and water safari were popular stops in the program. No participant escaped dry from the activities!

Campfire and closing ceremony was held at the newly built fireplace, built by the participants of the 1st Euro-Mini-Jam! No-one escaped dry from the ceremony either since all the tears when we realized that the camp was over was much greater then the total rain over the jamboree.

Excellent week over for both participants, staff and planning team. Thank you all for wonderful time!

You can start looking forward to Euro-Mini-Jam in Liechtenstein 2013!

Posted: July 25th, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

Triathlon winners

The first patrol winning Euro-Mini-Jam Triathlon were Iceland 2. Congratulations!

Posted: July 25th, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

Day 5 – Excitement in the air

As the day is coming to an end participants wonder who will be the national patrol winning the first Euro-Mini-Jam Triathlon.

Today the camp woke up full of energy in order to solve the challenges ahead. Uncertain about the exact details of the problems they went ahead with unclear ideas given by the planning team beforehand. As some of the teams had held preparation meetings and camps this summer it was obvious that may teams had benefitted from that preparation. The results will be announced on the closing ceremony tomorrow.

During the evening participant got a taste of Iceland’s culture and traditions at the host night. Food, ceremonies, clothing, equipment, saga  and lifestyle was introduced.

Euro-Mini-Jam continues to be a successful and joyful camp although a little rain finally showed up at the campsite today.

Posted: July 23rd, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

Day 4

Charming day at Euro-Mini-Jam where the international patrols showed their scoutings skills, teamwork and spirit in order to prove they are the best patrol. Each and every patrol did great and had fun in the 9 hours the decathlon lasted.

Bragi Björsson, chief scout of Iceland, joined the evening camp fire and sang along. He emphasized i his short speech the pioneering work being done here in Iceland and his hopes that this will be an event lasting for decades.

The newsletter for the day is available at the newspaper section.

Posted: July 23rd, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

1st Decathlon winning patrol

Today the first scout decathlon was held at the Euro-Mini-Jam camp at lake Ulfljotsvatn. Seven international patrols spent 9 hours solving tasks that needed self ability, physical skills, teamwork, scouting techniques and more!

As patrols did great but one patrol did exceptionally well and will be the scout decathlon winning team for the next three years until 2^nd Euro-Mini-Jam 2013 in Liechtenstein.

Without further ado the best patrol in first ever scout Decathlon winners are

The Golden Jaguars

congratulations! You really showed remarkable scouting skills. The golden jaguars finished with 967 points. Second place was “The Fat Pigs” with 960 points.

The patrol consists of

Karl Weihe Viðstein	Faroe Islands
Joy Siebenaler	Luxembourg
Patrich Holstein	Luxembourg
Mikaël Vultaggio	Monaco
Jóhanna Embla Þorsteinsdóttir	Iceland
Friðrik Sigurðsson	Iceland
Ragnar Árnason	Iceland

Posted: July 22nd, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

Day 3

A wonderful day has passed where the last 7 km of the hike were walked and ended one of the famous Icelandic outdoor warm swimming pools. The sun was shining and participants wondered whether they were really in Iceland.

After a fresh swim, juice and snack the participants continued to community service where a fire-pit was made. As expected some of the participants were a little tired, but were happy and smiling. In the evening all the participants presented their countries and ended the night with dance!

Truly a wonderful time here at lake Ulfljotsvatn. Thursday will be a problem solving day in the international patrols – the Decathlon day!

Newsletter for the day can be found in the newspaper section.

Posted: July 22nd, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

Newspaper day 2

As you might know you can read our newspapers online!

The newspaper will include the day’s activities, pictures, question of the day, riddles and more!

Issue 2 and 3 can be found in the newspaper section.

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Posted: July 22nd, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

Day 2

After finalizing their pioneering work at the campsite on Tuesday morning the Euro-Mini-Jam prepared for the 24-hour hike over the mountains in the area. The international patrols went together at 10 minutes interval after an equipment check by the leaders. Each patrol got a different hiking route with checkpoints in between.

Although one patrol learned that it is necessary to actually don’t loose their map everything went well and everybody arrived safely at Álftatjörn around dinner time. After dinner the patrols hiked to Reykjadalur where a campfire was lit and a bath taken in a natural warm spring.

Posted: July 21st, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.

24 – hour hike

The participants left for the 24h hike this morning. They will be sleeping in a valley up in the mountain. All participants arrived there safe and sound at dinnertime.
Tonight they will spend their time bathing in a natural thermal bath and by a campfire in this beautiful valley.

Posted: July 20th, 2010 under Uncategorized - No Comments.