Explorer Scout Night Hike 2004

Results · Pictures

Saturday 6th November saw the inaugural GLSW Explorer Scout night hike take place at West Horsley in Surrey. From 7pm onwards, 17 teams from all parts of the County gathered in the village hall to start the checking in procedure. After they had had their kit checked and had plotted the checkpoints on their maps they set off.

The route offered the teams the option of completing either the Bronze, Silver or Gold hike, the choice of which was up to them to decide once they had started. The Gold route was approx. 13½ miles long and ended back at the village hall where as the Silver and Bronze routes ended at the 10½ and 8½ mile checkpoints respectively.

As they returned to the hall the teams were able to follow the progress of the rest of the competitors on the big screen, which displayed the teams times between check points and their relative positions in each category.

In the end 9 teams completed the Gold route, 7 completed the Silver and one team opted for the Bronze hike.

At the end of the evening everyone returned to the hall and bedded down for a few hours well need sleep, only to rise relatively early for the final presentations at 8.30am.

Well done to all those who took part and we hope to see them again next year.

Of course events like this do not just happen and my thanks go to Neil McLaughlan and Tom Griffin who were the prime movers. Also to Chris Sowden, Dick Hooper and all those who manned checkpoints, controlled radios and helped in other ways.

Results

Gold Route

The teams that completed the Gold Route were:

• Hampton ESU (1st Place in 4:54 – pictured)
• Double Dragon ESU (2nd Place in 5:05)
• Cook ESU/Marco Polo ESU (3rd Place in 5:06)
• Wimbledon (Edge Hill) ESU 1
• Mitcham ESU 1
• Belmont ESU
• Wimbledon (Edge Hill) ESU 2
• Voyager ESU
• Wimbledon (Edge Hill) ESU 3

Silver Route

The teams that completed the Silver Route were:

• Raynes Park ESU 1 (1st Place in 4:07 – pictured)
• Sealion ESU (2nd Place in 4:21)
• Richmond ESU (3rd Place in 4:24)
• Leander ESU
• Raynes Park ESU 2
• Marco Polo ESU
• Merton Park ESU

Bronze Route

The team that completed the Bronze Route was:

• Mitcham ESU 2 (1st Place in 6:52 – pictured)

Pictures

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These pictures show each team moments before they set off, back in the hall at the end of the event, and then the Bronze, Silver and Gold Route winners receiving their trophies.

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