Richard Cotterell

Challenge committee members Mick Faulkner and Nick Otter cut the ribbon to officially open the new challenge room at Lutterworth high school.

If you are a team you should have received your final pack by e-mail. If you are a visitor, spectators are welcome but access is only available at a limited number of challenge because most are held on private property.

For those using a satnav to get here, the postcode for the event centre is LE17 6HF.

Hope everyone had a marvellous Christmas even though the weather at times was so miserable.

Probably means there will still be some mud around towards the end of May!

So are you up for The Kilworth Challenge this year?

We again want to make this year as memorable as possible and hope that you will join with us in making it so.

As usual our main aim is to raise as much money as possible for the charities, organisations or individuals that we choose to support.

Click to read The Kilworth Challenge appilcation letter 2013

Click here to download the The Kilworth Challenge 2013 application form (It is an excel file download will start immediately)

Featured in the Harborough Mail November 29th

So if you want to know what it’s like to compete in the challenge then watch these videos.

More video’s available on the videos page there are 4 chest camera video’s in total

This is Alan’s Horses challenge.

The Kilworth House Hotel and Theatre is situated about a mile outside the village and is a delightful place to stay, eat and attend the productions put on at the theatre in the grounds.

www.kilworthhouse.co.uk

The 2012 Kilworth Challenge was won by `3 Teachers and a Shelf Stacker` led by previous winner John Fish whose family lives in North Kilworth. With John were Matt Soulsby, Mark O`Dea and Steve Dean. Second was a team from the Lutterworth area called `Don’t Look Back` with Tony Brown, Mark English, Kieth Richmond and Simon Jones. Third was `the Bosworth Boys` from Husbands Bosworth supporting the Charity HomeStart with Jack Johnston, Patrick O`Neill, Sam Caves and Steve Harwood.

The winning female team was `4Shes to the Wind` comprising Catherine Weston, Lucy Dunkley, Sara Young and Caroline Du Plessis who also won the fastest female yomper. The fastest male runner was Michael Burke from North Kilworth in `Lads and Dads`. Mixed team winners were `The Crown Joules` from Market Harborough with Tom Joule, Simon Dowling, Paul Price and Emma Davies. The over 40s category was won by a long standing team in the competition, `The Kilworth Lions`, comprising Adam Herring, John Linnell, Stefan Green and Neil Foster.

The team that raised the greatest amount of sponsorship was again `Running on Carling` with Simon Jones, Stuart Conopo, Ben Hurst and Jason Wright, all very local to North Kilworth. Their efforts spread almost over the whole year raised a fantastic 4171 pounds.

Special recognition was made in memory of two individuals from North Kilworth, Claire Squires and Andrew Emery. The colour for the year was Claire`s favourite red and the female trophy was named after her as the `Claire Squires Trophy`. The `over 40s` trophy was named after Andrew as the `Andrew Emery Trophy`. Very fitting tributes to two fine individuals who always competed in the best traditions of the Challenge.

35 teams tackled 35 challenges in the wet, windy and muddy countryside walking and running over 30 miles in atrocious conditions, especially on the Sunday. Just as in previous years the challenges required physical strength, mental agility and most importantly team work – some were tough while others were just plain fun. They featured the obstacle course swinging through the trees, racing in the mud, a scary roundabout and some word and number puzzles, plus sprinting over a cross country course. The biggest challenge of course was to see how much funding they could raise.

This bulk of this year`s sponsorship will go to Dukes Barn in Derbyshire, the Leicestershire Club for Young People, and Over the Wall, three Midland based charities that help disadvantaged and handicapped children. The remainder will go to local charities and good causes.

We would like to express their appreciation for everyone that helped, especially the Sports Club, landowners and the Kilworth House Hotel and Theatre. As ever special thanks goes to the marshals and the competitors themselves who kept smiling through the wet, wind and the rain.

Once again …………….

Thanks a Million!!!

Colin Clark, Paul Whitehead, Mike Lawrence, Bruce Phillips, Nick Otter, Duncan Moss, Mick Faulkner, Chris Mitchell and Manfred Morris

PS : Don’t forget the Family Challenge set for Saturday 1^st September 2012.