NEARLY 800 Guides and Scouts competed in the 18th annual Hurdlestone Challenge at Higher Humber Farm, #Bishopsteignton.

The event during the weekend of Saturday and Sunday June 26 and 27, involved 100 teams from around Devon who were faced with the task of 15 challenges on an eight-and-a-half-mile circular route.

Overall winners were the 1st Dartmouth Guides, second the 1st Modbury Scouts and Explorers, and third the 1st Buckfastleigh Guides.

Organiser David Wright created and introduced the Hurdlestone Challenge 19 years ago and is chairman of the Hurdlestone Committee.

He said that following the challenges on the Saturday there was a disco in the evening, and on the Sunday there were services for the Guides and Scouts followed by a day of challenge on the field, craft stalls and games, along with the presentation of the awards by Guide Commissioner Sue Bullock.

Mr Wright thanked Jeff Lang for allowing the event to be held on his land, and the other farmers for permitting the competitors to cross their land.

The Hurdlestone Challenge results: Ariel Runway – 1st Chivenor Scouts. Obstacle Course – 1st Kingskerswell Scouts. Map and Compass – 1st Dawlish Scouts. Power Base – 2nd Littleham and Budleigh Guides. Water – 2nd Littleham and Budleigh Guides. Base 103 – 2nd Southway Plymouth Guides. Rifle Shooting – 1st Bovey Tracey Scouts. Kim's Game – 1st Newton Abbot Guides. Puzzles and Riddles – 1st Highweek Village Scouts. First Aid – 1st Bovey Tracey Rangers. 2010 – 8th Newton Abbot Guides. Campsite – 1st Ipplepen Pioneer Scouts. Knots – 1st Ipplepen Scouts. Archery – 1st Pinhoe Scouts. The Maze – 1st Kingsteignton Guides.

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