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FIVE EVENTS
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SCOUTPLUS EVENT

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40km for 13 & 14, Scout section members & new Explorers only

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Are you aged 13 or 14, and are a member of a Scout Troop in Berkshire undertaking your link to Explorers ?

Have you completed the Scout event in a time of under 7½ hours?

The ScoutPlus Event is exclusively for Scouts† who are regular members of a Scout Troop operating in Berkshire.

† Note: this event is strictly only for 13 & 14 year old Scouts, two of whom must have completed the Scout event in a previous year in less than 7½hours. Additionally, Scouts who were still Troop members on 31 December 2011 but who have just moved up to Explorer Scouts by the date of the hike are also eligible to compete in the ScoutPlus event.

A maximum 10 teams will be permitted.

Entry Fees: £39 per team.

ROUTE

The ScoutPlus event hike is 40km (around 25 miles) in length, depending on the route taken and the navigation skills of the team.

The route starts at Pangbourne some 6km west of Reading. Kit checking takes place at Pangbourne Working Men's Club. From there, you'll cross the Thames at Whitchurch Bridge and meander along the footpath towards Goring.

With the flat out of the way, it's back across the Thames and up and over Streatley hill before moving on to the Ridgeway via the Fairmile. You will then descend in to Blewbury village in Oxfordshire. From there, hikers will head back towards the Ridgeway via Churn Farm on the old Railway bridge and will head cross-country to East Hendred, and then navigating to Catmore and back east to East Ilsley primary school. St John will be in attendance at this location. This is the terminus of the hike. Hikers will be transported back to base where they can then relax before the presentations on Sunday morning.

TROPHIES, CERTIFICATES, BADGES, PRIZES

The overall fastest ScoutPlus team receives a new trophy (sponsor tba)

Every hiker who completes the distance will be awarded a hike badge and a certificate acknowledging their time and success.

The top three teams will be awarded various prizes from the the hike sponsor,

Cotswold Outdoor.