Founders' Chal

History of the Founders' Challenge

The Origins of the Founders' Challenge By Paul Lawrence The Founders Jubilee Challenge event came about because of the fortunate conjunction of the London Group’s enthusiasm to host its first event in 1997, coinciding with the LDWA’s 25th anniversary, and the links with and support from Surrey…

How to volunteer

Here's how you can get involved and help us at the event The event could not happen without the hard work and  dedication of a select team of volunteers. If you would like to give something back to the London Group, we are looking for drivers, cooks, admin staff or Marshals. Please email the event…

2023 Founders' Challenge The Results

Founders' Challenge 2023 - The Results Click here to download the results: Founders Challenge 2023 Results  

26th Founders' Challenge, Saturday 21st October 2023

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…

2022 Founders Challenge The Results

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:  

25th Founders' Challenge, Saturday 1st October 2022

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…

24th Founders' Challenge Report

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…

24th Founders' Challenge, 2021

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 and…

24th Founders' Challenge, Saturday 3rd October 2020

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…

23rd Founders' Challenge Results

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…

23rd Founders' Challenge, Saturday 5th October 2019

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,…

22nd Founders' Challenge, Saturday 13th October 2018

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…

22nd Founders' Challenge Results

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…

21st Founders' Challenge, Saturday 14th October 2017

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…

19th Founders' Challenge, Saturday 3rd October 2015

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…

20th Founders' Challenge, Saturday 8th October 2016

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)  …

18th Founders' Challenge, Sunday 19th October 2014

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…

17th Founders' Challenge, Sunday 20th October 2013

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…

16th Founders' Challenge, Sunday 14th October 2012

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…

2012 Founders Challenge 18 mile route map/trackfiles

The map outlines the planned event route, and using the menus to the left below adds locations of points of interest (POIs), such as event checkpoints and LDWA Founders sites also listed below in route order. Click the location icons or listed names for more details, local maps and links. OS map…

15th Founders' Challenge, Sunday 23rd October 2011

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, 13th, 12th, 11th Founders' Challenges, 2010 - 2007

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…

Founders' Challenge Event Statistics since 2004

  Entries Starters Finishers 2016 27 mile 82+51 runners 62+41 runners 62+37 runners 2016 16 mile 50 34 33 2015 27 mile 70+41 runners 55+34 runners 53+33 runners 2015 16 mile 41 41 38 2014 27 mile 72+45 runners 61+30 runners 61+29 runners 2014 17 mile 61 59 58 2013 26 mile 98+49…

2012 Founders Challenge 26 mile route map/trackfiles

The map outlines the planned event route, and using the menus to the left below adds locations of points of interest (POIs), such as event checkpoints and LDWA Founders sites also listed below in route order. Click the location icons or listed names for more details, local maps and links. OS map…

Blank holding page for 2015

This is a holding page.  Will be replaced with full detail shortly  

Founders' Background and history

On this page you can find out about the history and background to the 2015 Founders' challenge   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 Blatchford…

Details and routes

From this page you can access route descriptions, maps, downloadable GPX files, how to get to the start and other details of the event All the details of the event are included in the two "Word" documents which can be downloaded by clicking the appropriate link, below.   These documents contain…

Entry fees

On this page are the details of joining fees for members and non-members, in advance and beforehand, and what you can expect in return   Fees The fees this year are as follows:  Members In advance: £10 On the day: £15  Non-Members In advance: £15 On the day: £25   What you get! In…

How to volunteer

Here's how you can get involved and help us at the event The event could not happen without the hard work and  dedication of a select team of volunteers. If you would like to give something back to the London Group, we are looking for drivers, cooks, admin staff or Marshals. Please email the event…

Signing up, registering and paying

Here you can sign up to the event on-line, and pay via the "SI Entries" system, and by post   Note: Online entries are closed, BUT YOU CAN TURN UP ON THE DAY AND JOIN AT THE STARTJust be at Peaslake memorial hall from 7:30 am onwards on Saturday 3 October, ready to start at around 9 am     On…

Contacting us - how to get in touch

Get in touch with us from this page, and have your questions answered   Event organiser Gordon Parker is the organiser of this year's event and the best way to contact him is by email.   He's at:founderschallenge@ldwa.org.uk Gordon can also be contacted by phone, if urgent.   He's on: 07891…

Results and report

The event results and  report are published here   2015 event completedResults are in!Click below to download appropriate file   Founders_2015_results_excel_version_sortable_dropdowns.xls   Founders_2015_results_pdf_version_in_numeric_order.pdf   Scroll down a bit further for the report …

The 2014 Results are in!

The results from the 2014 Founders' event are reported on this page. You can download a spreadsheet with all the results by clicking the link below: 2014_Founders_Results.xlsx Alternatively, they are tabulated below.   27 milers' run: First   Name Last Name Tot. Time Steve Low 05:01 …

Founders' Background and History

On this page you can find out about the history and background to the 2016 Founders' challenge   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 Blatchford…

Details and routes

From this page you can access route descriptions, maps, downloadable GPX files, how to get to the start and other details of the event All the details of the event are included in the two "Word" documents which can be downloaded by clicking the appropriate link, below.   These documents contain…

Fees

On this page are the details of joining fees for members and non-members, in advance and beforehand, and what you can expect in return   Fees The Entry Fee for 2016 includes a £1 donation that will be passed on to the Peaslake Village Hall refurbishment fundraising appealFees are as follows:…

Signing up, registering and paying

Here you can sign up to the event on-line, and pay via the "SI Entries" system, and by post   Note: Online entries open on 1 April 2016YOU CAN ALSO TURN UP ON THE DAY AND JOIN AT THE START Just be at Peaslake memorial hall from 7:30 am onwards on Saturday 8 October, ready to start at around 9 am…

How to volunteer

Here's how you can get involved and help us at the event The event could not happen without the hard work and  dedication of a select team of volunteers. If you would like to give something back to the London Group, we are looking for drivers, cooks, admin staff or Marshals. Please email the event…

Contacting us - how to get in touch

Get in touch with us from this page, and have your questions answered   Event organiser Gordon Parker is the organiser of this year's event and the best way to contact him is by email.   He's at: founderschallenge@ldwa.org.uk Gordon can also be contacted by phone, if urgent.   He's on: 07891…

Founders' Background and History

On this page you can find out about the history and background to the 2017 Founders' challenge   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 Blatchford…

Results and Report

The event results and report are published here   Results Download sortable Excel spreadsheet here:Founders_2016_results_for_website.xlsx Download .pdf spreadsheet here:Founders_2016_results_for_website.pdf View results on LDWA website:click here Historic statistics (to 2004)Click here   Report…

Details and Routes

From this page you can access route descriptions, maps, downloadable GPX files, how to get to the start and other details of the event All the details of the event are included in the two "Word" documents which can be downloaded by clicking the appropriate link, below.   These documents contain…

Fees

On this page are the details of joining fees for members and non-members, in advance and beforehand, and what you can expect in return   Fees The Entry Fee for 2017 has been reduced by £1 compared to 2016, but no longer includes donation to the Peaslake Village Hall appealFees are as follows:…

Signing up, registering and paying

Here you can sign up to the event on-line, and pay via the "SI Entries" system, and by post   Note: Online entries opened on 1 April 2017YOU CAN ALSO TURN UP ON THE DAY AND JOIN AT THE START Just be at Peaslake memorial hall from 7:30 am onwards on Saturday 14 October, ready to start at around 9…

Contacting us - how to get in touch

Get in touch with us from this page, and have your questions answered   Event organiser Gordon Parker is the organiser of this year's event and the best way to contact him is by email.   He's at: founderschallenge@ldwa.org.uk Gordon can also be contacted by phone, if urgent.   He's on: 07891…

Results and Report

The event results and report will be published here   Results Download sortable Excel spreadsheet here:DO NOT USE - THESE ARE THE 2016 RESULTS IN EXCEL SPREADSHEET FORMAT Download .pdf spreadsheet here:DO NOT USE - THESE ARE THE 2016 RESULTS IN PDF FORMAT View results on LDWA website:click here -…

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