Mount Kelly Pupils Complete Ten Tors@Home

5 May 2020 12:51

28 Mount Kelly pupils completed their own version of the Ten Tors event this weekend, showing grit, determination and a truly incredible mindset.

The Ten Tors Challenge was due to take place on Dartmoor, with pupils walking 35, 45 or 55 miles in teams over two days. However, the cancellation of the event due to COVID-19 did not stop our teams of determined pupils from achieving what they have spent the last seven months training for. Instead, 28 of them took part in their own version of the event - TenTors@home (or QuaranTenTors) - in their gardens, nearby fields and lanes.

Pupils were self sufficient throughout, cooking and camping in their gardens. The event began at 07:00 on Saturday 2nd May via a live Teams start and the distance was completed by the usual Ten Tors deadline of 17:00 on Sunday 3rd May. Pupils recorded their distances using online tracking systems.

Mount Kelly pupils have so far raised over £4,000 for NHS charities with their fantastic achievement: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/quarantentors.

List of pupils and distances:

35 – Finlay Barker

35 – Emily Forwood

35 – Alex Ley

35 – Evie Mackenzie

35 – Lucy Mattin

35 – Lottie Nordmann

35 – Javier Torres Langmead

35 – Barney Reid

35 – Zara Rizk

35 – William Southcott

35 – Ella Tanner

45 – Jack Brijnath

45 – Ben Callard

45 – Issy Davis

45 – Thomas Birchell

45 – Will Hutton

45 – John Perry

45 – Joe Rizk

45 – Persephone Sparrow

55 – Alex Brijnath

55 – Marcus Coleridge

55 – James Jenks

55 – James Lloyd

55 – Naomi Milner

55 – Charlotte Ray

55 – Jackson Sealey

55 – Elinor Stanyer

55 – Matthew Twyman