Here are the league positions after 10 events so only one more chance to improve your score. Some classes are already decided but others are up for grabs so I hope you can make it to Grewelthorpe on October 11th. Please let me know if there are any mistakes or any of your scores are missing.

NYMBO League 14 after 10 events

Richardson’s Cycles of Scarborough and Yorkshire Dales Brewing Company are sponsoring the prizes again this year with engraving by Keith James Jeweller’s of Richmond – as well as the highly sought-after NYMBO tee shirts. So here are the riders in contention and the score they need to improve.

NYMBO League 14 qualifiers

M21 Rik Thompson’s leading by 15 points so it depends on Ben Martin – and the famous Dixon/Duckworth/Lewis formula for planners

W21 looks like Jenny Sutton if Brittany rides with Peter in the Mixed category again

X21 Kelly & Dave Wilby are the winners

M40 Andrew Windrum has maximum points and is the overall Men’s Champion. Conrad Ellison is definitely 2nd so it’s between Phill Collings and David Cowgill for 3rd place although Mark Rowley has an outside chance

W40 only 2 points separate Sheila Pearce and Sue Booth and one of them will be the overall Women’s Champion

X40 Ruth Geenwood & Graeme Murray are the winners

M50 Graham Fielding is the winner and it’s unlikely that Tim, Michael, John or Phil will be able to improve on their lowest score enough to change their order

W50 Charlotte is leading despite only having ridden 4 events so Helen and Ceri both need a good score to stand any chance of overhauling her

X50 Ralph & Chris have a 4 point lead but Steve & Andrea still have one more score to count so it all depends on the final event

M60 Ray Morris is the winner and Geoff will probably finish 2nd so it’s up to John Dixon and Dennis Jaques who finishes 3rd

W60 Karen Blackburn is the winner

X60 Steve Roberts and Karen Clark are the winners

Y18 Nathan Parker is the winner as are Adrian & Luke Parker in the Generation category

The prizegiving will take place promptly at 3.30 in Grewelthorpe Village Hall on Saturday 11th October

Here is Saturday’s map. It’s a large file but you will be able to follow the riders’ routes from the splits if you couldn’t make it

2014 Dalby 30000 Working Drawing with Controls 29th August

Dalby Weekend Organiser’s Comments

Thanks to Dave Lloyd for yet another excellent course which ensured that we used the full variety of forest roads, broad tracks, purpose-built and older singletracks in order to visit all of the controls. The weather was disappointing but we were still able to make good progress in this bike-friendly forest.

Thanks to the Fox & Rabbit for an excellent event centre but the Start was 3km away in the forest to avoid you having to cross the very busy A169 in a hurry twice. I hope you enjoyed the warm-up and also the opportunity to check out the route back to the Finish. (It wasn’t that bad)!! Dave had put out the tape to help you find the controls as soon as you reached the right feature and Jens mapping was excellent as ever.

Thanks to the helpers I was able to thoroughly enjoy my ride having decided to head anti-clockwise to climb gradually near Givendale then clear the plateau by using the excellent Red route section between 52 and 56. I ignored Bickley and made the decision with over an hour left at Jerry Noddle to go down the slithery bridleway towards Langdale for 44 and 59 before the climb back up to Crosscliffe which disappeared in a blanket of fog as I arrived. Through 54 and 34 then it was just a fast decent down the forest drive before the final climb out of Staindale.

Andrew Windrum (M40) showed that all the training in Poland had psyched him up for this event so that he cleared up with 7 minutes to spare. (Seriously, 3^rd in the World Championships is a brilliant result). Conrad Ellison (M40) had another excellent ride to finish 2^nd overall with 485. Ian Nixon (M21) finished 3^rd with 471 despite a (slowly-repaired) puncture. (His words not mine). Tim Evans won M50 with 463, Nathan Parker (Y18) scored 442 then Adrian Baskerville won M60 with 400. Adrian & Luke Parker were the only Generation pair and scored an excellent 383.

Sheila Pearce was the leading female rider with 399 and the other winners were Karen Blackburn (W60-305), Katy Cawthorn (W21-265) and Helen Bagley (W50-245). In the Mixed categories it was Steve & Andrea’s turn to beat Ralph & Chris by 10 points with 355, Karen & Steve won X60 with 280 followed by Kerrie & Peter Moore (X40-245) then Martin & Sarah Naylor (X21-229).

Thanks to the control collectors everything was in by 5.30 so that I was able to tidy up and get ready for the morning before heading off to the Fox & Rabbit for a delicious meal.

The weather wasn’t any better in the morning for the Moors Marathon but it didn’t stop 48 riders from enjoying the 4 courses – the only really unpleasant bridleway being the track from Lilla Cross to Breckon Howe. Thanks to the volunteer control marshals for giving you a warm welcome at 5 controls this year. They were Corinne Parsons, Mike Nayler & Carol Donnelly, Frank & Sandra Appleton, Roger Hartley and Michael Brough. Graham Fielding didn’t quite get round in 5 hours on the Long course but, to be fair, it is actually 104km (with 1900m climb) so a very impressive time. 16 other riders completed the A course but only 2 riders finished the B course – 4 riders opting for the shorter route after too many sausage rolls at Breckon Howe. 25 riders enjoyed the C course and the ride over Goathland Moor was better than expected but there were only 3 riders (and me) opted for the beautiful short course around the Hole of Horcum. However, everyone has to climb out of the Newtondale valley from Farwarth Crossing so apologies for the sting in the tail at the finish but there really isn’t another option. I worked out the distances a few years ago without the benefit of Strava, Viewranger etc so I will update the information for next year. I am also happy to amend the routes if you have any suggestions. Another good day despite the murky weather and £250 will be donated to the Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team. It would be great to see more riders next year so please let your mates know.

Our final NYMBO league event is at Grewelthorpe near Ripon on Saturday 11^th October. David Day has planned an excellent course on the Kirby Malzeard Moors. The starts are an hour earlier than usual between 10 and 11. Parking is at Newholme Farm Caravan Park which is 500m from the village hall where hot refreshments will be on sale before and afterwards so please support them. Prizegiving for the BMBO and NYMBO Leagues will take place at 3.30 so please stay to collect your prize(s) and/or applaud the winners.

Hope to see you there or at one of the winter events which will be announced soon..

Steve

I hope this warm dry weather continues for another week so that the tracks in Dalby Forest and across the Moors stay in good condition for our 2 events next weekend.

Saturday 20th –  3hour MBO event
Dave Lloyd has planned an excellent course in Dalby Forest and there are 30 pre-entries for Saturday so far. This is the 10th event in the NYMBO League so your second last chance to improve your season’s score. The blank map will be available on the website on Tuesday evening

Enter online by Wednesday 17th for Saturday here

Sunday 21st – Moors Marathon
There are 4 courses (25km, 50km, 75km, 100km) on the Moors Marathon so routes to suit all ages and abilities across the beautiful North York Moors on Sunday – only 20 pre-entries so please encourage family and friends to come along. All proceeds are being donated to the Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team and all riders will receive an engraved glass when they finish. Why not make a weekend of it and camp (free of charge) at the Fox and Rabbit which is our event centre again this year. You can find the details from last years event here if you wish to check out the routes.

Enter online by Wednesday 17th for Sunday here

Marshals needed! If you don’t fancy riding, but would like to help out at one of the Moors Marathon checkpoints on Sunday please reply to this email and let me know.

Please pre-enter by Wednesday at the latest so that Jens prints enough maps for everyone.
Hope to see you there.