Chiltern 20 Challenge Hike (16 Oct 06 2:58pm)
Southgate Scouts had a brilliant time last weekend at The Chiltern 20 Challenge Hike. Practically every Group in Southgate helped make up a total of 250 Scouts from across the County and beyond.
This event is held each year in The Chiltern Hills with a different route. It is always a good test of teamwork, leadership, physical ability and orienteering. The route is not disclosed until the start so the teams of four have an equal chance of success of plotting their way through eleven checkpoints along the 15 mile route, although it is fair to say that some teams walked a lot further.
The organisers were well chuffed with a record entry of 50 teams this year Our friends from the 20th Torbay in South Devon were back in force with four teams. They turned the event into a weekend, and following a year's training by wandering across Dartmoor at regular intervals, they ripped through the field claiming the first three team prizes.
We worked out that the combined distance walked by every participant was in excess of 3,000 miles. That's the same distance from John O' Groats to Lands End - FOUR TIMES!!!
District Commissioner Chris Foster said "Southgate Scouts were represented by nearly every Troop across the District. A superb effort!"
The next big County event is the annual Southern 50 Challenge Hike in February for everybody over 14. Full details can be found on the Southern 50 Website.
Here are the results of the Chiltern 20. Only the Southgate teams are listed here - the full results can be found on the Chiltern 20 Website.
| Place |
Team |
Troop |
Team Name |
Time |
| 4 |
46 |
14th Southgate |
Die Hards |
05.14 |
| 5 |
29 |
3rd Southgate |
'B' Team |
05.21 |
| 6 |
47 |
23rd Southgate |
Nuns with Guns |
05.22 |
| 15 |
37 |
11th Southgate |
4 of us & loads of everybody else |
06.08 |
| 15 |
42 |
6th Southgate |
The Unbeatables |
06.08 |
| 19 |
3 |
14th Southgate |
Bulldogs |
06.17 |
| 20 |
17 |
11th Southgate |
Stags |
06.23 |
| 21 |
45 |
22nd Southgate |
Lime Green |
06.27 |
| 22 |
6 |
11th Southgate |
Lions |
06.31 |
| 23 |
35 |
14th Southgate |
Cobras |
06.44 |
| 29 |
25 |
13th Southgate |
'B' Team |
07.14 |
| 30 |
7 |
13th Southgate |
'A' Team |
07.45 |
| 34 |
10 |
6th Southgate |
The Nearly Unbeatables |
08.12 |
| 38 |
32 |
23rd Southgate |
The Jack Up Crew |
08.55 |
| 40 |
19 |
23rd Southgate |
The Killer Teletubies |
10.05 |
| 41 |
34 |
22nd Southgate |
True Blue |
10.15 |
| |
| |
39 |
3rd Southgate |
3rd Southgate 'B' |
06.56 |
| |
2 |
23rd Southgate |
Four plus One |
07.05 |
| |
18 |
22nd Southgate |
Nuns with Guns |
10.38 |
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