In Association With
Wild Wales Challenge
Sunday 26th August 2012
Can You Handle The :
History
The WWC has been running every year since 1984. The original idea was devised by my predecessor as Organiser, Paul Olson, and the very first ride attracted around fifty riders. That number quickly multiplied in succeeding years as the popularity of the event spread rapidly, and before long it was attracting 400 or so riders from all over the U.K. and even beyond.
The WWC has always had a great reputation, not just for the excellence and variety of the routes, but also for value for money. The food and drink provided, "pit-stops" sometimes in the most unlikely of places, back-up service with a sag-wagon, fully detailed event booklet, and of course a commemorative article to all finishers. For the last ten years this has taken the form of a slate plaque, made in Wales, and depicting a scene from the route that year. The idea is that these plaques make up a series which will of course only be available to WWC riders.
Paul Olson organised the event extremely successfully for 12 years before retiring from the job, and I took it on in 1996. Although at the time there was understandably some concern whether it would survive, it has, and has gone from strength to strength attracting over 600 riders. So, now you know a little bit about the WWC and its history.
Denis Holder (Organiser 1996 - 2005, and 2011-)
The WWC has been running every year since 1984. The original idea was devised by my predecessor as Organiser, Paul Olson, and the very first ride attracted around fifty riders. That number quickly multiplied in succeeding years as the popularity of the event spread rapidly, and before long it was attracting 400 or so riders from all over the U.K. and even beyond.
The WWC has always had a great reputation, not just for the excellence and variety of the routes, but also for value for money. The food and drink provided, "pit-stops" sometimes in the most unlikely of places, back-up service with a sag-wagon, fully detailed event booklet, and of course a commemorative article to all finishers. For the last ten years this has taken the form of a slate plaque, made in Wales, and depicting a scene from the route that year. The idea is that these plaques make up a series which will of course only be available to WWC riders.
Paul Olson organised the event extremely successfully for 12 years before retiring from the job, and I took it on in 1996. Although at the time there was understandably some concern whether it would survive, it has, and has gone from strength to strength attracting over 600 riders. So, now you know a little bit about the WWC and its history.
Denis Holder (Organiser 1996 - 2005, and 2011-)