Catchers

All catchers must be over 18 and be a member of the Scout Association.

Catcher registration is open on the link below:

REGISTRATION

Cost is £2 per catcher (payable on the day!)

You must read and agree to the following:

OPERATION MOONLIGHT

SAFETY

Thank you all for volunteering.

Your primary task for today is to act as marshals for this event take into consideration the welfare of all the young people you meet. We also ask you to take lives (carefully)

By signing up as a marshal you are agreeing to the rules below:

  1. Catching teams are of 2-4 adults with one car per team. Drivers must be over 21 and you are driving on your own insurance.
  2. Every Catcher must have received DBS clearance.
  3. No bikes or motorbikes etc.
  4. No pets on the event
  5. Catchers Must Have Day-Glo on the Upper Left Arm, Reflective armbands provided, A Timepiece, a catchers card and a pen
  6. The catch: A Team is caught when the rucksack of a team member is tagged. The Team gets 2 minutes to surrender their life card. The Catcher will complete the life card. The Catcher will also record the catch on his/her own card. The team cannot be caught for 30 minutes by any catcher or by members of the same catching team for a further 1 hour. Do not trail teams or add on anytime to the teams because they have plenty of time to get away. Do not track teams using social media/WhatsApp/location tracker on your own children.
  7. Runners and Catchers Must follow the country code and not trespass on private land.
  8. If you catch a team and the team or an individual wants to retire, they lose a life, and you ensure that the safety phone team has been called. Stay with the retiree (not on a 1:1 basis) until a safety bus arrives.
  9. Be aware of approaching teams by a road, railway crossing, canal etc even to check on their welfare and do not attempt to catch in areas where young people may put themselves at risk.
  10. When you do catch a team, please be courteous and check their welfare and encourage them to carry on.
  11. Please have 1-2 members of your team return here at 8pm to help set up for the finish.

Remember to read the rules which can be found on the download page.

Thank you