On the evening of Saturday 7th March, nearly 200 Explorer Scouts aged 14 to 18 converged on to the Surrey Hills, south of Dorking for Surrey Explorer scouts annual Night Incident Hike.
They were joined by two teams from the Challenger Unit in Knaphill, two from the Weyahead Unit in Pyrford and two teams from the Martian unit in Horsell who all represented Woking.
Over a nine hour period and in cold, wet and extremely muddy conditions 33 teams from Surrey had to complete a gruelling 23km hike, visiting checkpoints and manned bases, where the teams had to complete activities such as assault courses, blindfold archery, survival skills and mystery puzzles.
One of the teams led by Nick Daniell, together with Will Smith, Elliot Francis and Alex Pain from The Challenger unit in Knaphill won the competition for the third time in four years and were presented with the Bruce Wood Trophy by Phil Currie, Deputy County Commissioner for Surrey.
“It was brilliant news, when I heard that our team had won again especially as three of the team had only joined the unit in October” said Anita Hardcastle, the Explorer Scout Leader for the Challenger Unit.
Article provided by Brian Pinto