Scouts Cross Country Race 2017
6th Scouts Cross Country race is one of the largest marathon event in the history of Nepal Scouts that has been uninterruptably held for 5 consecutive years .This is the program designed for the Boys/Girls Scouts and Rover/Ranger Scouts with the theme of 'Scouts Run for Friendship and Fun'.
Participants Unit: 45 (37 Troops and 8 Crew)
Participant District: 5 (Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Nuwakot, Dhading)
Total participants 526 from troop and crew.
There were three categories and winners were awarded accordingly.
Boy Scout Category (7.5 km Race)
1st - Pasang Nyma Gurung from Seda Scout Troop ( Lalitpur) --32.44 Sec
2nd - Prabesh Dhungana from Seda Scout Troop ( Lalitpur) --33.09 Sec
3rd - Rajesh Shrestha from Uttar Bahini Scout Troop (Kathmandu) --34.12 Sec
Consollation - Sabin Maharjan from Anmol Jyoti Scout Troop (Kathmandu)-- 36.59
Smallest Boy who completed the race at first was also awarded a consolla tion prize as a matter of motivation- Amurta Chauhan of 10 years from Kathmandu Pragya Kunja Scout Troop
Girls Scout Category( 7.5km Race)
1st- Aanisha Gurung from Nilkantha Scout Troop, Dhading -- 40.19 Sec
2nd- Anjana Shrestha from Sishu Milan Scout Troop, Kathmandu-- 41.31 Sec
3rd- Monika Shrestha from Sishu Milan Scout Troop, Kathmandu --42.37.Sec
consollation- Sushma Oli from Gateway Scout Troop, Kathmandu -- 44.20
consollation prize as a matter of motivation- of 10 years from Anmol Jyoti Scout Troop
Rover Ranger Category (8 km race)
1st- Sandeep Rajak from Youth Vision Open Crew, Kathmandu-- 42.24 sec
2nd-Saroj Kaiju from Adventure Nepal Open Crew, Bhaktapur-- 43.6 sec
3rd - Raj Kumar Thapa From National Open Scout Crew, Kathmandu-- 45.06 sec
Consollation awarded to a Ranger Scout for completing the race and competing with Rover Scout securing 5th position- Srijana Kathayat from Kumarigal Open Scout Unit. 53.02 sec.