Saturday 06/09/2025 - 2025 - Chair's Challenge - Crickely Hill
The annual NGOC Chairman's Challenge is back! The Chair's Challenge is primarily a fun, social, event for club members and other friends of NGOC who compete regularly at our events. It takes place this year on Saturday 6th September, as an 'ultra sprint' which will hopefully give a new angle to this popular area. We are very grateful to the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and The National Trust for permission to hold our event on this area.
The challenge will take the format of an ultra-sprint. This will comprise three micro-courses of about 1 - 1.5km each. Map scale is 1:3,000, with no control codes or descriptions; competitors run to the dot in the middle of the control circle. Mis-punches receive a time penalty rather than disqualification and results are based on the cumulative time for all three courses plus time penalties.
We are holding the event later in the day than usual as our access is conditional upon us arriving after most other members of the public have left for the day, please avoid arriving much before 3:00pm.
A meal afterwards will be provided by a specially appointed catering team and, as for last year, is expected to include a bowl of chilli (in the style of Wilf’s Café, veg only, for food safety reasons), nibbles, tray bakes and a drink, subject to final numbers and availability. Lunch is optional, at a charge of £5, but free for under 12s. Please book your meal tickets through Fabian 4 alongside your entry so we can get an idea of numbers for catering. Feel free to bring your own picnic or drinks to supplement or instead of the provided lunch.
[01/09/25 update] Please note that touch free dibbing is disabled for this event due to the close proximity of many controls to one another, plus a scoring scheme that penalises controls 'punched' incorrectly. Therefore everyone must punch every control as well as the Start and Finish ones. If you have hired a touch free dibber you should reclaim the additional cost (over standard dibber hire) from Registration. Note also that there is only a veg chilli option, for food safety reasons. The mention of a beef option was incorrect.
Entries are open at Fabian 4, and will close at midnight on Wednesday 3th September.
Officials
Organiser/Planner: Ian Jones Queries? email Ian
Click on the parking icon on the map below, and then the 
icon to get directions to the course.
Entries, Timing and Fees
Entry Details
There is one entry class - The Challenge.
Starts: 15:30 - 16:45, which should allow ample time to complete all three courses.
Courses close: 17:45, meaning that you must report to download before 18:00, or risk disqualification.
| Fees | Pre-entry | Entry on the Day | Non-member Supplement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | £8 | £10 | £2 |
| Juniors | £3 | £4 | £1 |
| Family (2 adults + their children) | £16 | £20 | As above for any non-members |
SI dibber hire: Standard dibber £1 Adults, Juniors free
Touch Free dibber: £2 Adults, £1 Juniors
You can order meal tickets at £5/ticket when you enter; under 12s eat free, but please remember to register them for meals, if applicable, so that we can calculate numbers. You'll take a chance on food being available if entering on the day.
Entries are now open, and will close at midnight on Wednesday 3rd September. Please enter early if you can, to help with food planning.
Entry on the day is possible only while maps last, but note the premium price to discourage this. We should by then be able to accept credit/debit card payments, but this is not guaranteed so bring cash just in case.
A helper discount is available for those offering to help on the day. These events don't happen without volunteers willing to help out on the day, so if you are able to do so, before signing up to enter, email Ian Prowse, Volunteer Coordinator, to let us know if you can help, and ask for the helper discount code that you can apply when entering. You don't have to be a NGOC member to help, but you do need to be a BOF member to be covered insurance wise.