Valleys Hard Enduro

Date: 2026-05-09 to 2026-05-10

Location: Glyn-Neath, South Wales, UK

About the event

The Valleys Hard Enduro, a two-day Hard Enduro race, is being held at the iconic Walters Arena—a sprawling 4,000-acre former coal mining site nestled in the heart of the South Wales Valleys, UK. Nick Plumb, director of Outdoor Welsh Events and a four-time Dakar Rally competitor, proudly announces that the Valleys Hard Enduro is set to return for a 3rd year running. The first two years were part of the Hard Enduro World Championship. This year becomes a stand-alone event. Hobby class racers & Elite class racers will meet to compete in a 2 hr qualification (3 laps or 2 hours) on a 10-mile mix flowing and extreme course on day 1. The top 48 from each race class will battle it out on Saturday evening in The Knockouts. This will be a lap/s of the Super Enduro Arena Course, and knockouts will proceed and eliminate to the top 12 - taking a prize pot between the top 3 of £1150 Sunday brings 1000s of spectators to witness hobby & elite riders alike battle it out in their own races, with the Elite riders battling it out for a prize pot of £5000!