The Brian Kershaw Award

Cheshire Hike was established in 1964. Its founder was Brian Kershaw, who organised the hike for twenty-five years before his passing in 1990. The original Brian Kershaw Trophy was awarded to the highest scoring new team to the Cheshire Hike.

It was decided to make this more exclusive and special for the refresh and re-launch of Cheshire Hike in 2022. The specially designed Brian Kershaw Gold Woggle is for those who have completed every age category of Cheshire Hike. This makes it an “exclusive club” for those Scouts and Guides who have covered the three progressive route distances of 30kms, 40kms and 50-60kms.

Below is a list of those that have been awarded The Brian Kershaw Award since the re-launch of Cheshire Hike.

2022

• Alex Baldwin
• Andrew Clarke
• Fraser Atkins
• George Munday
• Harri Major
• Libby Mundy
• Lilly Chesters
• Rachel McAllister
• Tom Bush

2023

• Reece Ashley – Team 503
• Bethany Thomasson – Team 503
• Joshua Carroll – Team 511
• James Vernon – Team 553
• Ben Gregory – Team 553
• Harry Gaskarth – Team 531
• Darcey Harris – Team 516
• Daisy Atkins – Team 565
• Aran Dobson – Team 505
• Ellie Molyneaux – Team 505

2024

• Dan Hellam – Team 501
• Joshua Odunaiya – Team 501
• Eoin Hughes – Team 505
• Amber Guy – Team 508
• Tillie Sherrington – Team 508
• Laura Warburton – Team 525
• Tomos Dugard – Team 531
• Leon Godfrey – Team 533
• George Bagley – Team 539
• Fred Gaskarth – Team 541
• Ivy Tillett – Team 541
• Alice Marik – Team 549
• Ben Gregory – Team 552
• Harry Rowlands – Team 569
• Noah Harrison-Blount – Team 569
• Freddy Dunn – Team 574
• Harry Vose – Team 574
• Esme Ashcroft – Team 577
• Joseph Hall – Team 582
• Matthew Varley – Team 582
• Noah Griffin – Team 582

Congratulations all!

Request a Brian Kershaw Award

If you’ve completed every category of Cheshire Hike, and have taken part in at least one Cheshire Hike since 2022, but haven’t been awarded a Brian Kershaw Award, this may be because our organising team haven’t been informed. Don’t worry – we’d love to present you with this special award. A member of the Cheshire Hike team will be happy to visit one of your Scout or Guide meetings to do so, with a certificate and the Brian Kershaw Gold Woggle. We’ll need your Leader to verify this before we can award it, so please ask them to complete the form below.