YOUNGSTERS from Leweston School, Sherborne, have become the first from the school to take part in the gruelling Ten Tors challenge.

The Leweston team started training in September to take part in the two-day, 45-mile trek. They set off at 7am on Saturday and reached the final checkpoint of the day at 8.54pm, and were up early on Sunday to cross the finishing line at 3.54pm.

Leweston would like to thank Sherborne Air Cadets who supported the school’s training regime and were on site at the weekend with their own teams.

It would also like to thank team manager Archie Griffiths, Mr Ryan-East and Mr Paget-Tomlinson, who kept training on track and were all at Okehampton for the event.