Event History
The Mountain Navigation Challenge is a 2-day Mountain Marathon Score Event, involving teams of two people navigating over open/mountainous terrain. The aim is to score as many points as possible by finding checkpoints in the allocated time.
It is understood that the event originated as one for outdoor centre staff, and was run exclusively on the Howgills in the early years, leading to it being labelled the Howgill Mountain Marathon. More recently the event venue has been any area close to the English Lake District. The name was subsequently changed to the Mountain Navigation Challenge – though the year is not clear. The event has always been small in numbers, which helps to maintain the friendly atmosphere.
Previous winners include:
| 1994 Frasier Livsey/ ? |
2002 Cancelled due to Foot & Mouth |
| 1995 Venue: Howgills/Mallerstang Brian ? / Mark ? |
2003 Venue:Ullswater/Haweswater Organiser: Nigel Thomas Open: Hamish Pritchard & Russ Ladkin Mixed: John Preston & Cristine Preston |
| 1996 Venue: Back of Skiddaw Simon Rhodes/Gary Newman |
2004 Venue: Back of Skiddaw Organiser: Russ
Ladkin |
| 1997 Venue: Shap Fells Ian Sheddon/Dave Hicks |
2005 Venue: Northern Pennines Organisers John Redmayne / Craig Harwood Open: Warren Mason & Angela Leonard Female: Kate Charles & Annette Milburn Male: Pete Fenlon & Steve Hall |
| 1998 Venue: Howgills Chris Lates & Ray Wren |
2006 Venue: Howgills |
| 1999 Venue: Back of Skiddaw Open: Steve Steele & Phil Hawley Female: Diane Hickman & Naomi Wrighton |
2007 Venue: Moffatdale, Scottish Borders Organisers: Colin Williams & Fiona Dixon Open: Andy Fairgrieve & Mark Whitelaw Female: Valerie Houston & Clare Fennell Mixed: John Goldsworthy & Shirley Singh |
| 2000 Venue: Ennerdale Open: John Redmayne & John Kynaston Mixed: Alan & Margaret Huyton Female: Diane Hickman & Julie Ferris Solo: Pete Fenlon |
2008 Venue: Langholm Hills Organisers: Andy Fairgrieve and Mark Whitelaw Open: Dan Watson & Matt Watson Mixed: Kate Charles & John Slater |
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