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History

The 2nd Bergvliet Troop is based in Cape Town, South Africa. More specifically, in the Bergvliet / Constantia area where 95% of our Scouts live. The Group's scarf colours are blue and yellow. We wear navy blue shirts and trousers and Sea Scout hats. We don't claim to be the oldest Troop in Cape Town, South Africa or Africa. We just claim to be one of the best. We were founded in January 1963 by Father Duffy of the Heathfield Monastery and Ed 'Beaver' Rose who is a well known local Scouter. Charles Morgan was the District Commissioner at the time. The Group was called 1st Monastery but this was soon changed to the name 2nd Bergvliet. The Group was originally a Roman Catholic sponsored Group but this changed in the late 1970's.

Our first Troop Scouter was Ernie Clark. His wife, Eunice Clerk, was the very first Akela running the Pack. The Troop first met in St. Anthony's Hall on the Main Road in Heathfield, Cape Town. The Troop later met briefly at the 1st Bergvliet Scout Hall and then the Christchurch Constantia hall. The Troop moved to our current HQ in 1980 and is located at the Alphen Centre, Constantia, Cape Town.

In January 1964, the Scout Troop converted from Land Scouts to Sea Scouts. In the next few years use was made of a Scout boating facility near to the Imperial Yacht Club, Sandvlei, Muizenberg in Cape Town. The Troop later moved to the Sea Scout Base at Sandvlei where today we have two boatsheds with bunks and 2 Saldanha sailing dinghies.

The Troop has a proud history of doing well in Competitions. We have won the District inter Patrol 'Beaver Rose; competition more times than any other Troop in the District, 15 times in all. The Troop has won the Area Orienteering Competition 3 times. We won the Area's premier competition,  the Gordon Shield, in 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2001. We have won the Upton Shield twice, in 1998 and 2003. The Troop won the annual Seamanship Competition from 1989-1996 after our run was finally ended in 1997.   The Seamanship Competition Trophy returned to our shelves in 2000 and was retained in 2001 and 2002. We have won the Rayner Trophy once, in 2003. We won the Tonkin Trophy for the overall 'best' Group in the Cape Western Area for 1998 and 1999.

The Troop has produced 63 Springbok Scouts. This is the highest Award a South African Scout can attain and is equivalent to the United Kingdom Queen Scout and the American Eagle Scout.