The Kielder Challenge is a corporate event where teams of 6 compete across two days over a course set in beautiful rural Northumberland. The teams orienteer to set points to undertake carefully devised tasks testing creativity, ingenuity and team-work, construct their own shelters to sleep beneath the stars and solve a giant 6 hour puzzle before celebrating with a party, prizegiving, live music and a free bar.
The Challenge takes place over the weekend of 24th/25th September in the footsteps of the Border Reivers on the edge of the Kielder National Forest.
Teams of 6 from different companies compete in a scored event to find the Champion.
Challenge Ingredients
- 1 weekend in September.
- 1 beautiful wildness
- 474 likeminded competitors, 5 teammates and you.
- Spirit of adventure & competition
Add; teamwork, intellect & creativity
Mix in 2 days of action packed fun
- 8 team tasks
- 1 6 hour puzzle
- Navigate a course in the wilderness
- Build & live a bivowak shelter beneath the stars
- Prizegiving & party finale
Saturday
- Registration – 06.30
- Navigation through Kielder Forest (approximately 10 km.) to undertake 8 different 30 tasks, 30 minute tasks involve problem solving to test innovation, creativity, co-ordinated physical teamwork (each scored out of 100 points).
- Build Bivowak shelter in the forest / cook an evening meal (supplied) / plan Sunday task.
Sunday
- Large scale puzzle task involving orienteering around an area of approximately 60 sq. Km.
- 15.00 – Presentation ceremony – good food, free bar, commemorative shirt… and applause!
- Trophies for overall winner, runner-up, third place, best ladies team, best mixed team, best newcomer, most fun team, and other prizes.
Benefits
No other team building competition is as focused on addressing the key skills and mental challenges encountered in the work-place.
The tasks that form the challenge are carefully structured to ensure that only the collective strength of your team will bring success.
Not only does your team get the chance to demonstrate how effectively they work together, but skills are finely tuned to such a degree along the way, that performance and motivation are boosted to completely new levels of achievement.
The best evidence of the success of the Kielder Challenge, is the number of companies who return to compete year after year.
What do you need to know?
How fit do we need to be?
The challenge is designed to be accessible to a wide variety of people. Brain is tested more than brawn.
Is training available?
Yes. Highly recommended and tailored to beginner, improver or expert.
How much does it cost to enter?
£2950 + vat per team of 6 people. There’s much more information on the 2011 Application page.