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The River Reader

Ready… aim…

1:44 PM on Thursday 1st August 2024
By: Lauren Game
Two participants don protective wear for archery
Gearing up - Photo by Tina Wing

Come and shoot, fire, chuck, throw, kick, fling, heave, lob, hurl, and launch every kind of object at every kind of target! Our Target Zone has it all!

A young person throwing a basketball into a hoop.
Photo by Tina Wing

Basketball, soft archery, frisbee golf, soft crossbows and slingshots gives the participants the choice to practice their target. 

A Participants lines up a kick of a ball into one of a selection of targets hanging from a football goal
Going for goal - Photo by Alex Jacobs

Caroline and Mel (otherwise known as 'Caramel'), are the zone leaders for On Target. They have attended many Jamborees and have had "a brilliant week" and seeing the individual teams working efficiently together has been lovely’.

Head on down to the archery zone to find Frankie - the head of the archery team! With over 40 years experience, participants have the option of an hour session which allows 90 people per hour. At Essex International Jamboree 3,250 participants will have taken part in archery - and it has been led by Scouting and Guiding volunteers. 

Members of the EIJ Tomahawk Team supervise as participants try Tomahawk throwing
Lining up - Photo by Harley Sprought

Sport4kids is another great organisation set up  allowing participants to get involved in target sports. This is their first Jamboree and the participants are learning new skills. Ezra and James said ‘this is our first Jamboree, we both are really enjoying the activities here and definitely will be coming back to Essex International Jamboree’. The only question is, which target do you think you can master?