Two day challenge to be held at Wellington and Huntsham on 10th and 11th of may.

Wellington will be used saturday, sat night special stage will be held at Huntsham and sunday at Huntsham.

Camping avalable at Wellington friday night and Huntsham saturday

With much thanks to Simon and the Team at Devon 4x4 for sponsoring the CSW 2 day Challenge again this year.

For those who have competed at a CSW 2 day Challenge before will know it should be another good weekend to put your vehicle & team to the test over 2 days and 1 night.

We will be catering for the novice as much as the pro's amongst you, which should make it interesting for us setting up, but that does not mean to say you can expect an easy time of it!

There will of course be the night section to look forward too, Chris does like to test you all,

More details to follow.
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Entry form are now ready for download at http://www.challengesouthwest.co.uk/

Supplamentry rules are now posted, which might give you some idea of what Chris Pedlar and team have planned

http://www.challenge-south-west.co.uk/futu..._day_May_08.htm

Entrys coming in fast, limited places, be quick!!

Stu, you make it sound like I am a bit deviouse in my plans


Still places available if there is anyone tough enough to take up the challenge

I cant belive you lot are all to soft to have a go at this event will be a good one
and always a good social meeting
from what i have been told about the event should be better than ever
shame i cant compete but my truck still not ready

go on softys have a go and see if your hard enough to last the two days

Any idea how much, had a look but cant see the £££££££.

Any idea what the night stage is about, winching in the dark might be a bit dodgy............a few pointers maybe.

£120ish IIRC

£130 for non members, £120 if paid early

£110 for memers that paid early


Go on bob you know you want too , I will bring you some special sauce if you go

And at a guess the night stage will probably be navigation

Me and Dawn, navigation , if its around ASDA car park then we are sorted , if around somewhere in the dark with big green things sticking out the ground then its .

Unfortunately it seems we have clashed directly, or too closely with several other events and along with a significant number of clashes with members personal comitments we have not received enough entries to cover the costs of this event.

We shall therefore be postponing the Challenge event on the 10th & 11th May till a date later in the year.

We are at present trying to sort a 1 day Challenge on the 11th at Huntsham with the option to also to camp on the Sat night and if we can cover the land costs maybe a night section as well.
I hope to confirm this tommorrow latest.

If anyone else is interested in taking part in the 1 day event can you respond to me by email or phone by tommorow evening please so I can confirm numbers. If you know of anyone else who might be interested in a 1 day challenge please pass this on and get them to reply also.

The 1 day event will be at the normal pre-paid rate of £35 up until Sunday night and £45 thereafter and for non club members. There may also a small charge for the night stage/camping

Is this the Bampton site or another near to it?.

treebloke, yes that is the bamton site for sunday, and some other sites nearby for sat night

New entry forms are now up on the Challenge Southwest website.

Check the forum for latest event update

There are a couple of sites there Bob within a mile apart ,

Sounds like fun, Camping on Sat night £ 5 and a night Stage £5 and £35 for the sunday event is bluddy good VFM .

And we can all tell our off roadin stories around the campfire on Sat night along with a few glasses of lemonade

I never thought of you as a lemonade drinker, unless of course your just talkin pr night stage

Hello Chris !

Very longtime no speak

Welcome to LR4x4

Nigel

Been a long time matey

If your not busy the weekend and fancy poping down to Devon I will save you a seat by the fire.

email me your Tel No. & I will give u a call 4 a catch up.

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Sat night sign on, scrutineering and camp set up from 18.00 hrs.

Night stage to start from 20.00 to 20.30 hrs and should last 1-2 hrs.

Anyone on here going ?

Should be a giggle on sat night

Is it Ok to come along as a spectator on sunday? and does it cost anything?

I have looked for priestly wood but can't seem to find it on the maps, will there be signs up for the event from huntsham?
I have space for 1 if anyone wants a lift (from taunton, somerset), or better still if anyone wants a fit, strong but basically clueless assistant for the event I volunteer!

We are thinking about it but would just do the sunday.

Should be down Saturday evening - definitely Sunday.

Grid refs are as follows for both sites which are around Huntsham area near Bampton.

Sat night Camping ST 011 191

Sun Challenge ST 002 218

Spectators are welcome but would be advised please not to enter the site with your vehicles as you will impede progress for the competitors.

Great I want to come along and check out the event as I am currently prepping my 90 to hopefully take part in future challenges, where is it safe to park without annoying the locals if there is no room on site?

An fun event, definately worth taking the time out to attend. I was impressed by the thought that had gone into the special stages, and into setting an event that could cater for both the experienced heavily modified teams and still leave plenty to do for the standard vehicle.

And VERY impressed with the inclusion of a burger van!

Thanks all for making me feel welcome.

A huge thanks and well done to Chris Pedlar ,Chris Bolt and all the Challenge South West crew who put on a spectacular event this weekend , with some well thought out punch locations that involved more brains than brawn to acheive .

The Special stages were good fun also were the night stages on the sat .
The campsite was excellent with everything laid on to make the stay more enjoyable , and thanks to Pod for amusing us with his snoring chorus , had us in fits

And thanks to the Met office for supplying the excellent weather .

I am glad you enjoyed the event, it is when a plan works the way you hoped it would.

I think the highlight of the whole weekend for me was the feedback from teams after completing section 3 on Sat night. Makes all the time & effort we put in seem worth while.

As for section 2, another time I will seriously considder setting up some landing lights on the other side of the little log for certain individuals with wings!

Some extremely well laid out sections by Chris B and just a taster of whats to come for the South West Decider Trophy later in the year.

Bugger... Now I am even more gutted to have missed out... Could you not of all lied and said it was rubbish just to make me feel better??!!

Glad all went well!

ok Si, it was really hot n sunny, you would have had to eat burgers and drink beer till the small hours.

You would have hated the Sat night special stages in the dark!

We being who we are would have had you straining the old grey matter thinking how to tackle the punches and special stages.

You would have got your truck plastered in mud whilst getting stuck everywhere and would need to keep using your winch.

You were much better off at home mate

Better make sure your not booked for the SW De-Cider Trophy then

try this link!

http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x247/ia...pton%2011-5-08/

We also had a good day, thanks to the organisers and marshalls.

A few of the punch's looked easy but then seemed to take ages to do.

I liked the site plan, makes life easier and you can get on with what you are there to do.

Really great weather and a good event.

Glad you enjoyed the day, thanks for making the effort and coming all the way to take part.

I think the format worked well, and it's good to have some variety in a competition rather than just hunt the punch.

Thanks also to Ian for posting up some photo's, although I took my camera I only had the chance to take on picture!

Any idea who won and what the results were

You mean you never hung around for your trophy Bob

We donated all our prize money to charity, I feel sorry for the charity

Unfortunately due to family & work commitments I have not had time.

However Chris B is on the case and hopefully when he can find the time in his busy schedule results should be posted shortly.

Ok, results are now posted to the CSW events page

http://www.challenge-south-west.co.uk/futu...ture_events.htm

Cannot open the link, any idea what its saved in.

Try this, then go to the events page & scroll down to results.

CSW Website

Sorry I misled you, the link works its the result I cannot open.

Found it, its microsoft excel spreadsheet.

Dates for postponed 2 day event are as follows

The CSW De-Cider Trophy will be on Sat 27th & Sun 28th Sept 08.

Entry forms will be posted to the CSW website shortly