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.
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. The rest of the Class B format has remained unchanged since 1967.
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 |
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