If you start Cubs when you're aged 7 or 8, you may start on the Bronze Boomerang and then continue on to Silver and Gold. If you're older when you start, you might start off on Silver or Gold. Each Boomerang takes around a year to complete and is done with the Cub Pack as part of our program.

	Bronze Boomerang	Silver Boomerang	Gold Boomerang
Choose any 3 from Tests 8-14     (when added to Tests 1-7, you'll have finished 10 tests to complete your Boomerang)
Test 8 - Fitness (Pursuits and Interests & Responsibility for Self)
Ball Skills	Throw a ball 5 metres to someone else and catch it on return four times Dribble a ball for a distance of 10 metres.	Throw a ball a distance of 10 metres to someone else and catch it on return five times. Hit a ball with either a bat or racquet five times.	Kick a goal with either a place or drop kick or shoot a goal with a basketball or netball. Throw a ball over a distance of 20 metres to someone and catch it on return six times over a distance of 15 metres.
Athletic Skills	Run 100 metres as quickly as you can.	Perform a standing broad jump as far as you can.	Perform a hop, step and jump as far as you can.
Strength and Stamina	Skip 10 times without stopping.	Skip 20 times forwards and 10 times backwards	Skip continuously for two minutes.

  This Boomerang test can also be found on pages 24 (Bronze), 39 (Silver) and 54 (Gold)
of your yellow Australian Cub Scout Record Book.