Welcome to the 26th Founders' Challenge walk Saturday 21st October 2023 - 30 and 19 mile options As introduced in 2019, there will be 2 routes of 30 and 19 miles: the event will start and finish just outside Guildford. The walk will be in an anti-clockwise direction. Organised every year since…
Founders Challenge 2022 - The Results Click here to download the results: Founders_Challenge_2022_RESULTS_0210.xlsx Founders Challenge 2022 - The Photographs Photos by Gavin Fuller & Nigel Barraclough:
Welcome to the 25th Founders' Challenge walk Saturday 1st October 2022 - 30 and 19 mile options As introduced in 2019, there will be 2 routes of 30 and 19 miles: the event will start and finish just outside Guildford. The walk will be in an anti-clockwise direction. Organised every year since…
Report by the Organiser Chris Blackwell Report of the 24th Founders Challenge: Anytime from 3rd July to 3rd October 2021 The event ran from the 3rd July to 3 October 2021 as a anytime event. 11 people completed the 30 mile route and 4 completed the 19 mile route, a total of 15. A further 17 signed…
Welcome to the 24th Founders' Challenge walk Anytime Event running from July 3 to October 3 2021 - 19 and 30 mile options Welcome to the 2021 edition of the Founders' Challenge and for the first time a joint “Town and Country” certificate is being issued for 2021 if both the Capital…
The 24th Founders' Challenge walk Saturday 3rd October 2020 CANCELLED To the walkers and helpers of the Founders Challenger, with regret and sadness, as organiser of the event, this years event has now be cancelled, due to the ever-changing and unpredictable conditions we find ourselves in. This…
Here are the Results of the 23rd Founders Challenge held on the 5th October 2019 https://www.ldwa.org.uk/results/full_results.php?event_id=221 And here is the Report by the Organiser Gordon Parker Report of the 23rd Founders Challenge 5th October 2019 The 23rd Founders Challenge proved to be an…
Welcome to the 23rd Founders' Challenge walk Saturday 5th October 2019 - 30 and 19 mile options There will be 2 new routes of 30 and 19 miles: for the first time the event will start and finish in Guildford. In 2019 the walk will be in an anti-clockwise direction, the reverse of how it has been,…
Welcome to the 22nd Founders' Challenge walk Saturday 13 October 2018 - 16 and 27 mile options Start & Finish Peaslake Memorial Hall, Surrey GU5 9RR [Grid ref: GR 086447] Start Times 8.30 to 9.00 for walkers and 10.00 for runners (27 mile route only). Checkpoints There are 3 checkpoints (1 on…
Here are the Results of the 22nd Founders Challenge held on the 13th October 2018 www.ldwa.org.uk/results/full_results.php?event_id=169 And here is the Report by the Organiser Gordon Parker Report of the 22nd Founders Challenge 13th October 2018 For a third year we kept the same two routes from…
This is the portal from where you can find out everything you need to know about the 2017 Founders' challenge Event completed! Results are in!Click here to get to results page And below to read the report Founders_2017_Report_.pdf Photographs This year, the Founder's Challenge was organised…
This is the portal from where you can find out everything you need to know about the 2015 Founders' challenge Event completed!Results are in!Click here to get to results page Photos from the event here (more to follow later): In October each year LDWA London organises a challenge event…
This is the portal from where you can find out everything you need to know about the 2016 Founders' challenge Event completed!Results are in!Click here to get to results page Photos from the event here (more to follow later):(Courtesy of Peter Aylmer, Hazel Stokes and Nigel Barraclough) For…
In October each year we organise a 26 mile challenge event based at Peaslake in Surrey with a 26 mile route (1,100m ascent) and a shorter route which this year will be a route of approx. 17 miles with 640m ascent. Entry in advance costs £7 for LDWA members & £10 for non-members. The event was…
In October each year we organise a 26 mile challenge event based at Peaslake in Surrey with a 26 mile route (1,100m ascent) and a shorter route which this year will be a route of approx. 17 miles with 640m ascent. Entry in advance costs £7 for LDWA members & £10 for non-members. The event was first…
In October each year we organise a 26 mile challenge event based at Peaslake in Surrey. Click here for 2012 Founders Challenge 18 mile route map/trackfiles Click here for 2012 Founders Challenge 26 mile route map/trackfiles The event was first held in 1997, when it was called the Founders…
On the 3rd weekend in October annually we organise a 26 mile challenge event based at Peaslake in Surrey. The event was first held in 1997, when it was called the Founders Jubilee Challenge. Tony Youngs devised the 26 mile route as a commemoration of the founding of the LDWA and the role of Alan…
14th FOUNDERS' CHALLENGE, SUNDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2010 Report and Results 13th FOUNDERS' CHALLENGE, SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2009 The 13th edition of the Founders' Challenge saw us breaking some new ground, with a new 16 mile route, and the introduction of lifts to and from Guildford station to…