Phone a friend by Andrew Hawkins 60 nervous and excited teams gathered in the stunning
Belgium town of Houfalize for the 4th annual Cisco Euro Challenge.
After an initial event briefing and welcome from Cisco, teams were expecting a
relaxed night of catching up with colleagues and f .... more
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Tour de Europe by Andrew Hawkins After a well deserved nights rest, teams faced probably the
toughest stage of the event, this being a 5 hour mountain biking and canoeing
challenge, which involved multiple layers of strategy and planning to succeed. As the name of the st .... more
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Out of Arm's reach by Julie Lloyd Davies Following
the physical intensity of today’s earlier stage, teams were given little chance
to recover as they were held from their beds by the third stage – a
construction stage taking place under the cover of darkness. Set in the local
fl .... more
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The ancient game of Merellus by Julie Lloyd Davies In
an about-turn for the teams, this stage focuses on their mental strategic
skills alone, leaving those relying on physical strength and stamina on a back
foot. The ancient game of Merellus, or Nine Men's Morris, is at the surface a
relatively simpl .... more
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World Cup Racing by Andrew Hawkins With the dramatic stage four behind them, teams faced a mountain
biking challenge that would see them visit four equipment points that
were spread in the surrounding forests, in a 15 mile radius from event
HQ. The course designers cunningly placed th .... more
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