PAST WINNERS – CLASS B
1967 – present
Class B has always been aimed at younger individuals than Class A. To win this class, a team of four (with three walking each section) has to cover approximately 55 miles in the fastest time. It is a very tough Class to win.
Since the Downsman began in 1967, the format has remained the same. Until 2000, all team members had to be under 17½. This was raised to 18 thereafter to fit in with revisions to the Scout Association’s Policy, Organisation and Rules document.
CURRENT RECORD
10 hours 35 minutes set in 2005 by Pegasus ESU
TABLE OF PAST WINNERS
| Year | Team Name | Team Members | Time | |||
| 2019 | Glacier ESU | Ethan Sumner | Matthew Scholfield | Oliver Scholfield | Michael Sullivan | 13:55 |
| 2018 | Trident ESU (Woopgons) | Kai Robinson | Nathan Searle | James Yule | Dean Bryant | 13:45 |
| 2017 | 272 Explorers | Callum Jones | Austin Munn | Fraser Munn | Oliver Southall | 13:25 |
| 2016 | Glacier ESU | William Cleary | Scott Martin | Nathan Andrews | Jack Richards | 14:46 |
| 2015 | Glacier ESU | William Cleary | Scott Martin | Daniel Coffey | Nathan Andrews | 14:13 |
| 2014 | Glacier ESU | Matthew Cleary | Pavel Fetisov | Robert Wilson | Ben Foxall | 13:23 |
| 2013 | Glacier ESU | Matthew Cleary | Pavel Fetisov | Robert Wilson | Christina Stempt | 14:41 |
| 2012 | Inferno ESU | Joshua Cleary | Timothy Stempt | Samuel Wright | Jamie Dimelow | 15:36 |
| 2011 | Tullis ESU | Josh Easton | Henry Smith | Rhiannon Clarke | Angus Waters | 19:59 |
| 2010 | Christ’s Hospital ESU | Jess Eastwood | Adam Jasco | Jack Wiles | Jess Parks | 19:54 |
| 2009 | Europa | Alistair Smith | Matthew Baker | Ben Kent | Alex Case | 12:15 |
| 2008 | Pegasus Explorers | Noel Moorhouse | Richard Fitton | Richard Tyler | Jack Gladdish | 13:35 |
| 2007 | Pegasus | James Bailey | Max Stocker | Ben Moyse | Ashley Dale | 11:35 |
| 2006 | Mallory Boys | Jack Stanisstreet | Edward Bennett | Christian Morris | Stephen Wrathall | 14:01 |
| 2005 | Pegasus ESU | Russell Dale | Derrick Foster | Chris Ansell | James Bailey | 10:35 |
| 2004 | Ashdown District (Mallory) ESU | Harry Spinks | Jack Stanisstreet | David Wilson | Christian Morris | 11:56 |
| 2003 | Ashdown Forest (Mallory) ESU | Harry Spinks | Adam Baldock | Jack Stanisstreet | Philip Golding | 13:36 |
| 2002 | Ashdown District (Mallory) ESU | Kevin Mears | Russell Paisey | Sam Thompson | Harry Spinks | 14:31 |
| 2001 | Not contested | |||||
| 2000 | 4th Uckfield | Martin Reid | Sam Thompson | Adrian Sandells | Sam Jenkins | 14:44 |
| 1999 | Harveys VSU | Keith Samphier | Peter Davis | Paul Booker | James Reynolds | 15:47 |
| 1998 | No winner | |||||
| 1997 | 29th Brighton VSU | D Eastwood | M Enticknap | A Griffiths | M Parfitt | 13:41 |
| 1996 | 29th Brighton VSU | P Howard | S Howard | A Griffiths | M Parfitt | 12:30 |
| 1995 | 4th Worth | C Chapman | N Gough | G Thompson | J Bennett | 18:30 |
| 1994 | 29th Brighton VSU | P Howard | S Howard | J Parfitt | M Seymour | 13:37 |
| 1993 | 8th Burgess Hill VSU | T Sadler | D Knight | M Wooden | S Wooden | 16:22 |
| 1992 | 29th Brighton VSU | J Howard | I Reeve | D Parfitt | M Roberts | 12:19 |
| 1991 | 4th Uckfield | S Audsley | A Coates | T Collins | N Harker | 11:56 |
| 1990 | 4th Uckfield | G Macfarlane | T Collins | N Harker | P Rowlands | 11:28 |
| 1989 | 1st Lewes | K Chapman | M Shakoori | P Sanders | I Salvage | 12:22 |
| 1988 | 1st Lewes | N Duc | P Salvage | C Hebborn | M Shakoori | 11:27 |
| 1987 | 1st Lewes | N Blake | N Duc | S Fuller | P Salvage | 12:18 |
| 1986 | 1st Lewes | G Campbell | S Fuller | R Salvage | A Penfold | 11:48 |
| 1985 | 1st Lewes | G Campbell | M Haley | A Penfold | P Willis | 12:13 |
| 1984 | 1st Copthorne Matterhorn | D Lusted | J Green | P Penfold | J Fenton | 14:52 |
| 1983 | Harveys VSU | Allister Bell | Richard Griffin | Michael Churchyard | Clive Packham | 13:20 |
| 1982 | 1st Lewes | M Plimmer | J Duc | J Botting | S Funnell | 13:03 |
| 1981 | 42nd Brighton (Saltdean) | L Briginshaw | S Mudd | T Butler | A Coghlan | 11:36 |
| 1980 | Christ’s Hospital VSU | I P Anderson | M C M Bricknell | M N Cullingford | J D Keeley | 10:40 |
| 1979 | Harveys VSU | Paul Byers | Tony Radmall | Simon Russell | Richard Sullivan | 12:31 |
| 1978 | 1st Lewes (1264) VSU | J Burrell | J Clifford | M Burrell | R Jaywant | 13:07 |
| 1977 | Christ’s Hospital VSU | R Carmichael | J Dye | S Freebody | P Penman | 11:04 |
| 1976 | Christ’s Hospital VSU | R Carmichael | A Fenn | P Penman | T Stansfeld | 11:44 |
| 1975 | 42nd Brighton | S Early | A Lievens | D Coleby | N Marshall | 11:45 |
| 1974 | Downsway Unit 14/15 Brighton | W Ducharme | D Leeves | R Oglieve | J Potter | |
| 1973 | 1st Hassocks Greensands VSU | R Parkinson | N Urban | C Backshaw | D Collier | |
| 1972 | 15th Brighton Scouts | W Ducharme | G Henderson | D Wheeler | R Oglieve | 11:57 |
| 1971 | 4th Worth | I Dickson | N Adams | R Bradstock | A Dickson | |
| 1970 | 4th Worth | I Dickson | N Adams | A Dickson | G Mitchell | 12:15 |
| 1969 | Martletts Brighton VSU | M Salter | G Bowers | R Wickens | D Manley | 12:42 |
| 1968 | 1st Southwick | D Press | D Jackson | S Watson | R Hampton | |
| 1967 | 20/54th Brighton | J Cobbett | M Crosswaite | I Davis | I Weller | 14:51 |
