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KUDU
the scout and guide magazine 1/-
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KUDU 2 SSAGO Reunion 2017
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KUDU 1 SSAGO Reunion 2017
The Adventure Continues...
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If you have left SSAGO, but you want to keep
meeting up with your other ex-SSAGO mates, why not
join SAGGA? SAGGA gives you a framework in which
to continue your Scouting and Guiding, but what
you do within that framework is up to you.
If you want to go abroad to an international
Jamboree, then that is fine, if you just want to
meet up with your mates around a campfire, then
that is fine too.
If you can’t give the time to be a leader, then
it is a way of giving back to the Scout and Guide
community without the commitment. But it is not
all about service. SAGGA gives plenty of social
opportunities.
Although SAGGA has a few traditions and regular
activities, we are continually developing and
changing. You are not tied to the existing events,
you can make up your own. They can be service and/
or social events.
Groups within SAGGA are loosely geographically
based, but they don’t have to be. The newest
group, the Nomads, covers the country. You can
join any group you like, or join a number of
groups if you wish. Remember that you are free to
create your own group.
As you get older, you might find that you have
time to be a leader. SAGGA runs leader support
weekends which give you the opportunity to discuss
your problems and share ideas with other Scout and
Guide leaders from across the country. You will be
amazed at the ideas you can pick up.
SAGGA is a national SASU, although you don’t
have to become a SASU member. We are working on a
Guiding equivalent.
To join simply visit https://sagga.org.uk/Home/
Join, fill in the form and the Registrar will be
in touch.
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KUDU 2 SSAGO Reunion 2017
1967 and All That
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(or the bits we can remember of the combined
History of SAGGA and SSAGO)
SAGGA - The Scout and Guide Graduate Association
was founded in 1957, which seems a bit chicken and
egg, since surely the Student should come before
the Graduate?
However, there were forerunners to SSAGO (yes,
more than one) representing students in the UK.
If you get a chance this weekend, have a good
look through some of the archive material provided
by SAGGA member Ann Day. They tell a tale of two
organisations - Inter Varsity and Inter-Collegiate
scout and guide clubs - and a history of ne’er the
twain shall meet…
In the late 1950s there were two types of Higher
Education establishments: - the Universities
(represented by Oxbridge and the Redbricks) and
Training Colleges. One issued Degrees, the other
Diplomas. SAGGA had never made the distinction,
but I-V looked down on I-C and resisted a merger.
In what Ann has described as a “rather snooty
letter” from 1958, the Inter-Varsity Rally Chair
rebuffs suggestions of amalgamation
The I-C students were told they couldn’t attend
the I-V rally (which were week long then, but a
group of I-C students, supported by SAGGA,
insisted that natural justice should mean they be
allowed to attend the conference when I-V debated
the matter. Apparently it involved enough canny I-
C students “rigging” the discussion groups (by
thorough preparation!) and the I-C chair taking
the resistant I-V chair for a romantic tryst
during a key vote.
The rest they say is History…
(This article has been thoroughly researched and
all sources can be verified. I think.)
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KUDU 3 SSAGO Reunion 2017
Alternative Rally 2017
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After many years in the wilderness, the Alter-
native Rally is returning. This year Alternative
Rally will be 13-15th October at Alfrey Activity
Centre Broadwater (Warwickshire CV7 7HR) and it
will cost £30. For those who aren’t driving we
can do station pick ups from Birmingham Interna-
tional on request.
The event won’t follow the exact format of a
Rally and as such we aren’t asking you to book
onto an activity on Saturday afternoon, however
we will have lots of ideas for things to do in
the area with signup sheets available so that
people can see who wants to go do the same thing.
There will be some entertainment on the Satur-
day evening but until we have a better idea of
numbers we’ll be keeping that a secret.
In terms of food, just like rally, all of your
food for the weekend is provided. However, we
hope to provide a higher quality of food now that
we’re no longer students and can afford the
slightly finer things in life! This means there
will be food from Friday evening to Sunday
lunchtime.
Unlike Rally we will have no staff so everyone
will be expected to pitch in and help, again
there will be signup sheets available. Many hands
make light work so you won’t find yourself bogged
down with lots of jobs - don’t let it put you
off!
Hopefully this sounds like your sort of event
and you’ll continue to the booking page at
rally.sagga.org.uk.
Any Questions please do email -
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KUDU 4 SSAGO Reunion 2017
Rallies
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There have been 150 SSAGO rallies over the years.
How many of these did you attend?
1967 Spring Leeds
1967 Summer Birmingham
1967 Autumn Loughborough
1968 Spring Cambridge
1968 Summer Bangor
1968 Autumn Nottingham
1969 Spring Leicester
1969 Summer Cardiff
1969 Autumn Oxford Halloween
1970 Spring London
1970 Summer Leeds
1970 Autumn Oxford Halloween
1971 Spring Cambridge
1971 Summer Bangor
1971 Autumn Oxford Halloween
1972 Spring Birmingham
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KUDU 5 SSAGO Reunion 2017
1972 Summer Manchester
1972 Autumn Leeds
1973 Summer Leicster or Loughborough
1973 Autumn Imperial College
1974 Autumn Hull
1975 Autumn Oxford
1976 Spring Birmingham
1976 Summer Sheffield
1976 Autumn Durham North
1976 Autumn Oxford South
1977 Spring Manchester
1977 Summer Exeter
1977 Autumn Bangor
1978 Summer Nottingham
1978 Autumn Sheffield Notarally
1979 Spring Oxford
1979 Summer Winchester / Southampton Wessex 79
1979 Autumn
1980 Spring Cambridge Camrally
1980 Summer Bangor
1980 Autumn Manchester
1981 Spring Bristol
1981 Summer Birmingham
1981 Autumn Liverpool
1982 Spring Salford
1982 Summer Loughborough Lufbra Rally
1983 Spring Sheffield Peak Meet 83
1983 Summer Glasgow Auchenrallie
1983 Autumn Liverpool Liverrally
1984 Spring Bath
1984 Summer Birmingham WOW
1985 Spring Cambridge
1985 Summer Liverpool Scouse 85
1985 Autumn Birmingham Panic
1986 Spring Edinburgh Auld Leekie
1986 Autumn Salford Beaver
1987 Spring Cambridge Cycle Rally
1987 Summer Birmingham UB 40
1987 Autumn St Andrews Tartan Rally
1988 Spring Bangor Dragons
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KUDU 6 SSAGO Reunion 2017
1988 Summer Salford Teddy Bears Picnic
1988 Autumn Newcastle Stars & Stripes
1989 Spring Bath Roman
1989 Summer Cambridge Duck
1989 Autumn Salford Superheroes
1990 Spring Birmingham Wombles
1990 Summer Lancaster
1990 Autumn Cheltenham (WITAN) Not the Edinburgh
Rally
1991 Spring Oxford King Arthur
1991 Summer Coventry Monster
1991 Autumn Newcastle Vikings
1992 Spring Bath Circus
1992 Summer Portsmouth Pirates
1992 Autumn Leeds Hawaiian
1993 Spring Birmingham Late Late Christmas
1993 Summer Cambridge Back to School
1993 Autumn Nottingham Rocky Hood
1994 Spring Bristol Cartoon
1994 Summer Lancaster Cowboys and Indians
1994 Autumn Welsh clubs Farmyard
1995 Spring Bath Carry on Roman. Toga to be True
1995 Summer Portsmouth Medieval
1995 Autumn Exeter Beach bums
1996 Spring Leeds The 60s
1996 Summer Surrey Christmas
1996 Autumn Coventry Back to School
1997 Spring Birmingham Panto
1997 Summer Bristol Desert Island
1997 Autumn Bath Bathtime
1998 Spring Hull Fish and Ships
1998 Summer Nottingham Hospital
1998 Autumn Manchester Manchester ‘Nuff Said
1999 Spring Sheffield Toys
1999 Summer Aber & friends The best of the 70s
1999 Autumn Loughborough Noah’s Ark
2000 Spring Bristol All Around the World
2000 Summer Cambridge The C-Rally
2000 Autumn Durham & TyneLink Childrens TV
2001 Spring Cardiff Carry On
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KUDU 7 SSAGO Reunion 2017
2001 Summer ’The Old Gits’ The Sweetie Rally
2001 Autumn Bath A BUGS Life
2002 Spring Birmingham The Gangster Rally
2002 Summer Nottingham Gold
2002 Autumn Leeds & Leicester ULALA “Le” Rally
2003 Spring Loughborough Bear Friends
2003 Summer Oxford Monopoly
2003 Autumn Warwick Shakespeare
2004 Spring Lancaster A Musical Wonderland
2004 Spring Manchester Easter Ball
2004 Summer Great Welsh Rally Monty Python
2004 Autumn Southampton James Bond
2005 Spring Coventry
2005 Spring Dundee The Scottish Rally
2005 Summer Manchester The Great Detective
2005 Autumn Leeds 80s
2006 Spring Birmingham Chocolate
2006 Spring Cardiff April Fools Ball
2006 Summer Nottingham Robin Hood Men in Tights
2006 Autumn Bangor Blackadder
2007 Spring Liverpool
2007 Spring Loughborough Down Under
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KUDU 8 SSAGO Reunion 2017
2007 Summer 2007 Steering Group 2007 Anniversary
Reunion Event
2007 Autumn Leicester Safari
2008 Spring Liverpool Crystal Maze
2008 Spring Sheffield Oscars
2008 Summer Swansea Under the Sea
2008 Autumn Aberdeen Disney
2009 Spring Birmingham and Wolverhampton Black
Country “Yam Yam”
2009 Spring Loughborough
2009 Summer Bristol Musical
2009 Autumn Leeds Emergency
2010 Spring Southampton and Portsmouth Sci-fi
2010 Summer Cambridge Medieval
2010 Autumn London Silly Hat
2011 Spring Cardiff Legendary
2011 Summer Loughborough Inflatable
2011 Autumn Aberdeen Scottish Extreme
2012 Spring Southampton Magic
2012 Summer Warwick Ancient Greek Games
2012 Autumn Leeds Pantomine
2013 Spring Manchester Cartoon
2013 Summer Plymouth Pirates
2013 Autumn Sheffield Birthday Party
2014 Spring Bath Bath Time
2014 Summer The Exec (London) Nerd
2014 Autumn Loughborough Puzzles
2015 Spring Lancaster Superheroes
2015 Summer Bangor Disco
2015 Autumn Cardiff Carnival
2016 Spring SAGUWE Great Invention
2016 Summer Southampton Dinorally
2016 Autumn Associates Space Rally
2017 Spring Sheffield Hallam Best of British
2017 Summer Leeds Around the World
2017 Autumn Plymouth 90s Rally
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KUDU 9 SSAGO Reunion 2017
SSAGO RALLY SILLY GAMES (we can remember)
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Eating baked beans off a string
Making pizzas with various coloured and flavoured
porridge as toppings
Transporting water/lard/jelly/beans in cups/on
team members/between legs/in cleavage around an
obstacle course/through scramble net/through
spiders web
Shaving a balloon covered in shaving foam
Relay races wearing oversized wellies filled with
baked beans / custard etc - cornflakes and jelly!
Slurping jelly through a straw
Milking rubber glove cow udders
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KUDU 10 SSAGO Reunion 2017
Rally memoirs (but what happens at Rally. stays
at Rally…)
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Here is a collection of memoirs from numerous
contributors covering SSAGO rallies over the
years.
Mascot stealing - Leeds had a potato and it was
eaten at the Oxford Rally in Spring 1991! By
that time it had a little outfit, studs and was
approximately 7 months old!
On the same topic, someone (no names) recalls
taking a Land Rover apart to get Webster the BUGS
mascot off the steering wheel.
Autumn 2003: Much ado about bugger all was
Andrew Bolton's only rally. He toured Coventry in
a minibus buying up every donut in the city
Cambridge pub bicycle tour Summer 1989 - bit
wobbly by the end.
Sleeping on tables in huts was quite common! -
Trev Ward spending 5 minutes talking to Rachel’s
feet after she rolled off the tables being used
as bunk beds.
The famous Minibus rolling of Spring 1992:
unfortunately this was not at all like
Gloucestershire cheese rolling, and the insurance
arguments discussions rolled on for years
afterwards.
Kath went to this Rally (in Bath) with right
leg in ankle to hip cast and the pub crawl was a
pub stay due to lack of mobility (and her leg
didn’t fit into the loos…)
Not having the foggiest where you were: In the
days before email and internet mapping, probably
only those in the front of the minibus had the
directions and it was probably dark when you
arrived, so had no idea of where you were! This
is why our rally memories are so hazy! Some of
us had long drives to Rallies before the M40 was
opened...
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KUDU 11 SSAGO Reunion 2017
Tom Martin managed 19 rallies between 2000 and
2007 (others managed many, many more), but his
favourite memories are:
• Autumn 2000 - First rally, country in chaos
(post fuel strike, no trains and widespread
flooding) but 100ish people got to Durham.
Rally had been given some handheld flares (not
distress ones) which were being marched around
the campfire (what would go wrong).
• Autumn 2001 - Rally in a school (I think the
last indoor one), with a bonfire in the
playground! The late returners from the
campfire made a big hole in the Sunday morning
breakfast. 100% increase on attendance from
previous year.
• Autumn 2002 - Recognising the achievement of
Ranygazoo (they were going to retire) and
having the pleasure of presenting them with the
first lifetime membership of SSAGO.
• Summer 2003 - The best silly games ever with a
monopoly game around Oxford with official
looking cards and proper challenges.
• Autumn 2004 - Then a student in Carlisle drove
to Southampton in a 900cc car and arrived on
site after driving 300+ miles without a hitch
to reverse straight into a hedge and small
ditch. Won the James Bond themed fancy dress
competition as a dead body in a sheet sleeping
bag.
• Spring 2005 - (Had moved since the previous
rally and had a 900 mile round trip) First
rally in Scotland since 1987. Snowed for a
couple of days before the rally. Silly games on
Saturday morning desended into a mass snowball
fight and then building things out of snow such
as a TV (including separate remote control),
sofa and dog. Local band hadn’t been warned
about SSAGO barn dances! Organisers had
organised kilt hire!
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KUDU 12 SSAGO Reunion 2017
• Summer 2007 - Last rally and in my adopted
hometown. Showed SSAGO in the best possible
light. Silly games nearly involved the air
ambulance coming out (a queue was forming to
accompany the casualty).
Finally, someone proposed marriage during any
other business at the AGM Oxford 1991, which was
seconded by the then Secretary’s sister. The
minutes of the meeting got a bit sketchy after
that point as the Secretary realised she would be
getting Jonathan Payne as a brother-in-law. The
happy couple have recently celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary and have two children in
SSAGO.
Meet SAG and GA!
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Carrying on the tradition of SSAGO mascots and
in light of our new positive relationship with
them, SAGGA now has its very own pair of mascots.
So meet SAG and GA. On our travels in Belgium over
the summer, the local supermarket were running a
sticker scheme. We spent enough money to redeem
two of the stuffed vegetable toys. There was much
discussion on who we should get. We went with
SAGGA colours: green -SAG the broccoli, and yellow
- GA the banana). Since their return to England
they have supported us at Wellies and Wristbands
and Gilwell Reunion. They even have their own
neckers. Look out for them at future events!
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