Operation Red Flare 2005

[Red Flare 2005 Winning Team]

The Sutton ESU/GLSW Network team with the trophy (a large set of antlers) together with the Alex Minajew (National Commissioner Activities)

Operation Red Flare, a 13-mile night hike with ten checkpoints and seven incidents took place in the area around Shaws Campsite near Biggin Hill on the night of Saturday 26th February 2005. Altogether 22 teams – Explorers, Network and Rangers – took part and about 35 adults were involved in the running of the event.

Two teams from Double Dragon ESU and a mixed Sutton ESU/GLSW Network team took part: the Sutton ESU/GLSW Network team achieved first place with 430 points, the Double Dragon ‘B’ team achieved joint 3rd place with 311 points and the Double Dragon ‘A’ team achieved 21st place with 92 points. The full results are on the GLSW web site but the top three places were as follows:

Place	Team	Time	Bonus	Chkpnts	Incdnts	Total
1st	GLSW SNet All-Stars	6:20	190	100	140	430
2nd	Voyager ESU ‘A’	8:24	66	100	157	323
3rd	Scott ESU	8:10	80	100	131	311
3rd	Double Dragon ‘B’	8:29	61	100	150	311