Roots Orienteering Event 19th November 2022

It was good to see so many, about 45, turn out for the first of the winter events. Riders had come from far and wide which bodes well for the winter series.

MapRun results here

Final consolidated results table here: Roots results final

The weather had faired up slightly towards the weekend but some of the bridleways were still rather challenging. However, there was sufficient firmer surfaces and tarmac to give everyone a good choice of routes. The controls were distributed so that everyone could obtain a sizeable score and top riders had to go the extra mile (km?) to make the difference. The results show how close the spread was.

This was our second visit to Roots and they were good hosts. Rain set in towards the end of the
event and the café was well supported by many of the riders.

There was a hiccup with parking which might need considering for future events. Despite knowing how many riders were expected this didn’t translate into how much parking space was needed. We need to be more proactive in managing parking and, perhaps in light of the economic situation, even consider promoting car sharing somehow.
One minor technical map run item. At the BMBO AGM there were complaints that you could just ride with maprun and not do any fine navigation . The more astute of you noticed that control 20 wasn’t exactly at the road junction but on the bridleway junction on the other side of the road slightly south, the control descriptions also made this clear. If the app doesn’t register always check the map and the control description . Nuno might also suggest you turn off other notifications after his early turn round at Gilling .

Congratulations to the category winners

Martin Edwards was overall lead with a score of 475

Well done to everyone, see you in December?

East Rounton 19 November 2022

Only a couple of days until our next event at Roots Cafe near East Rounton, where I think we can expect the tracks to be a little damp!

**Updated Thursday 17th at 23:30**  entry list for Saturday: 20221118 – Roots entry list Thursday 2330

If you expected your name to be shown, please drop Tim an email. We’re printing 15 extra maps, and payment on the day will be fine or we can let you have details for bank transfer.

You can still reserve a map by using this Entry Form

Parking is to the far rear of the car park. The finish is the gate at the end of the drive, into the farmyard. Parking area is to the right of this gate, in rows along the fence line. If someone gets the first few cars lined up the rest should understand the arrangement.

Registration is in the marquee opposite the cafe entrance.

The mapRun QR code and the Start/Finish Locations are below

John Dixon has planned our first winter event, which is on Saturday 19th November,  and is based from the wonderful Roots Cafe in East Rounton.  The blank course map is below along with a link to the flier for all the winter events. More details to follow in the run up to the event.

Enter Online Here

The BMBO site might not be accepting online entries due to a banking issue. As an alternative please complete this form to reserve a map and pay of the day (or by bank transfer). Click here

NYMBO League Winter 2022-23 v2 print

19 November course map