HQrecon: Where the smart can outcompete the fast

Brand new endurance event where mental strength and strategy are as important as physical ftness... how far can you push yourself? Find your limit at HQrecon

HQrecon, a military inspired enduracnce event, is launching to the mainstream following several successful 'secret' events, with the first three events due to take place at Charlton Park, Wiltshire and Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire in September and Tenantry Farm, Hampshire in October this year. 

The unique events are designed to test both physical fitness and mental agility, with skill and a sensible strategy just as important to your success, if not more so, than physical fitness. 

Tha aim of the game is to infiltrate as many 'zones' as possible within a 3.5 hour time limit, to collect intelligence codes located within each zone. Each code collected equals points, however 'the hunters' - professionally trained security personell - are out to get you... get caught in a zone and you lose your points and are sentenced to a time penality in the form or an energy-sapping 15 minute military-style circuit training session lead by an ex Royal Marine. 

If a code is successfully collected, competitors can then choose to go straight on to their next zone (automatically allocated via a keypad at the zone entry point), or go back to base to bank the points. Going back to base takes time and energy, but if the hunters track you down before you bank, then all the points earned so far will be lost. 

Participants therefore must pick their strategy; visit more zones in quick succession to collect more codes, or head back to base to protect the hard won points already accumulated. Base camp is located roughly 1.5km - 2km away from each zone, so safety versus time is a significant consideration to take. 

On average, each competitor will cover in the region of 10 - 12km during a HQrecon, or up to 20kms in the HQrecon + (a longer version of the game, with more zones to infiltrate, points to collect and money to be won).

And it's not just pride at stake. Players at each event are competing for the cash prizes awarded to first, second and third place, which could be up to £4,000 for the winner. 

HQrecon events can be entered as a team or an individual. Enter as a team, and you can straregise and earn points together, however, zones will be allocatd individually. Stealth is an important skill in HQrecon and groups entering zones will be immediately caught. 

The first HQrecon qill take place at Charlton Park in Wilshire on Saturday 6th September. The second event will be held at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire on Saturday 27th September and the third in Tenantry Farm in Hampshire on 25th Octover. All three locations offer stunning scenery, breath taking woodland and extensive acreage... perfect settings in which to run HQrecon. 

Tickets start from £69 per person. To find out more and to book tickets, go to www.HQrecon.com