UKC

UKC have loads of these 'answer the question win some kit' type competitions. So has anyone here ever actually won one?

In reply to ACollins:

Yep. I won a copy of the Moorland Grit guide a few years ago.

In reply to ACollins:

Yeh won a book once.

In reply to ACollins:

Nope, could really do with a new Jottnar shell though. Would actually make a huge difference. Fingers crossed.

In reply to SteveoS:
I won a UKC t shirt once and an Arcteryx cap another time.

In reply to ACollins:

You have to be in the UKC "in crowd" to win, not just any old user!

In reply to ACollins:

Not me. Wonder what all the companies have done with my address?

In reply to ACollins:

Yes, I have a t-Shirt

In reply to ACollins:

Yes I won a pair of expensive sun/snow glasses

In reply to ACollins:

I once won a guidebook and a rucksack for one of the photos of the year categories.

In reply to ACollins:

won a wild country t-shirt one time.

Be interested to hear the most expensive score

In reply to Kemics:

Goal Zero guide solar power power kit plus led light and rechargeable speaker.

In reply to ACollins:

I won tickets to see Andy Kirkpatrick speak, which was pretty cool.

In reply to ACollins:

I won a midge hood, but so did everyone else in the poetry contest...

In reply to felt: I won a set of rockcentrics, I did have to chase them up when they hadnt arrived after several weeks though!

In reply to ACollins:

Yes, I won a brand new Mammut windstopper several years ago.

Was worth about 150 notes at the time.



OM

In reply to ACollins:

We run a lot more competitions nowadays and they usually attract around 1500 to 2000 entries. This makes the odds of winning quite low if there is only a prize or three.

We always publish the names of the winners in each competition. You can check them by looking at the competition page here - http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/competitions.php - any comp with the title change to WINNER has the names included with it.

Once the comp finishes, we pass the prize handling over to the manufacturer/company/shop who was running the comp. They are usually pretty good at this but sometimes it can be a little slow, however we are happy to send a quick reminder on behalf of the prize winner.

Alan

In reply to Alan James - Rockfax:

Ah Ok thanks for the information. The competitions always seem to have really good prizes I was interested in how many people enter.

In reply to ACollins:

I won a set of Wild Country cams!

In reply to Alan James - Rockfax:


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You think? I consider compared to other comps and other things I do, the odds are quite high, relatively speaking.

In reply to ACollins:

I won a pair of Red Chili Durango shoes, a t-shirt, and a chalk bag once, quite early on in me being a UKC member too.

In reply to ACollins:

Rucksack for me. Still using it.

I won the lowe alpine mountain attack sac a couple of months back...

i dont think I've ever been part of an 'in crowd' and am not in the UKC in crowd

In reply to ACollins:

A book once (signed by the author) and some free downloads of Rockfax Mini Guides. Now I write reviews regularly for UKC so get sent that gear to review, I don't enter competitions as it seems unfair, even if I'm not an employee of Rockfax/UKC.

But yeah, keep entering! Sounds like lots of people have had some swag over the years.

In reply to ACollins:

I've won two! A down jacket and a compass.
I've always been a lucky bugger though.

In reply to felt:


Oh yeah, I've still got that! And I won a couple of BMC DVDs in another competition.

In reply to ACollins:

another T shirt here

and I've never been in the in crowd

In reply to ACollins:

Congratulations, you have just won the next UKC comp !!!!

In reply to ACollins:

Yes, I won a whole afternoon's ice climbing tutorial from Tim Emmett and Neil Gresham.

Has to be my best competition win ever (of the few that I've won). They were very patient with an old bumbly.