March Madness, supported by Wooldridge Demolition and Ashcroft Transmissions will kick off the year. This 2 vehicle, special stage, team event proved very popular last year and we will return to Bob Smiths site near Wolverhampton to run a similar styled event again this year.

We will then concentrate on competing ourselves before coming back to you with the Scott Williams Memorial Fun challenge event at West Harptree in Jul.y A two day, single vehicle, fun event with a night stage.

We will be running our now infamous ‘Real’ Interclub team challenge over the third weekend in August. This event will be open for a maximum of six, five vehicle teams. Entry will be allocated to last years teams first before being opened up to any newcombers.

Two weeks after this will be the Mad Monks challenge, again supported by Superpro Europe, this will be a two day, invite only, single vehicle, special stage event to be held in Mid Wales.

With the J33P challenge towards the end of Sept at West Harptree there is still something for everyone to warm up on prior to the Wooldridge Trophy, a week later for 2012 taking place on the 27 & 28 Oct at Wellington. This will be a single vehicle punch and special stage challenge with a night navigation (!) stage. It proved so popular this year, we just have to run a similar one next year!

We aim to cater for all levels of competitors from complete novice through to Challenge veteran at all levels of vehicle preparation.

On a typical Punch hunt day 40 punches will be used. These will range from easy drivable punches to ones that require considerable thought and skill to achieve. Although you have the day to complete the course, time becomes an important part of the planning process in order to achieve all the punches.

Our special Stage events will consist of a range of timed predominantly driver orientated Special Stages. Although the emphasis will be driver based there may be co-driver involvement and winching against the clock. Co-drivers should fulfil our requirements as detailed in our rules and regs. You may be grouped together with other vehicles on these stages but you will score individually unless previously stated. These stages may include punches. Previous competition and off road driving ability is strongly recommended prior to taking part in these events, if you are new to the sport please contact us prior to entering a special stage event.

You can also follow our competitions and ask about previous events or details for upcoming events in the Competition and Off Roading forums at Innovate4x4. All our events are also covered on our reports page where you will find a write-up and photographs/youtube clips of the action.

Scoring: We generally run the original and unique scoring system, devised by Chris Watts for Punch Hunt events. Each punch starts at a set value, the more vehicles that correctly achieve that punch, the less that punch is worth. This therefore means it becomes a thinking competition as well as an all out maximum effort competition. It may just be worth getting that single punch if its worth maximum points and you are the only vehicle to get it! This scoring system is worked out by class.

For our special stage scoring we use a system that not only takes into account your punch/aim score put also proportions points for time as a % against the winners time, i.e. if you took twice as long as the winner you will only get half the winners time points despite the fact you may have been the 3rd quickest. This system therefore rewards those that have good times for their effort and encourages all to give it their best effort rather than just take default points.

If the idea of entering a winch challenge event seems daunting, we run Challenge Training Days that are designed for people who are looking to enter winch challenge events. During the day you will explore the terrain where punches are likely to be located, if found tackling them in a non-competitive manner.

As well as running our own 4x4 Adventure Events we can be booked to run events for other organisations, both commercial and clubs. We can help with all the aspects of running both competitive and fun events, providing all the logistic planning, entries, risk assessments, and insurance, events can be single or multi day, held on either your own or one of our sites. Please a contact us to discuss your requirements.

Details of forthcoming winch challenge events are published on the diary page, please note to participate in a challenge event you must comply with these rules and regulations. If you have questions about the rules and regulations or just want to find out whether winch challenge events are for you please do not hesitate to contact us.

We also welcome spectators unless stated otherwise, see diary page page. However we do ask that all specators follow these guidelines. If you are looking for accommodation details then please visit the accommodation page.