July | 2024 | nymbo : north yorkshire mountain bike orienteers

UPDATED RESULTS AND REPORT (10-Jul)

Thanks to all the riders who came along to our July event at Dallowgill

updated results Dallowgill results rev2 table here, and you can check out the MapRun routes for every rider here

Dallowgill planner’s comments

In the early 20^th century Leeds Corporation had a plan to build a reservoir in the steep sided valley of South Gill Beck [immediately south of the event centre]; fortunately this never came to fruition or the Dallowgill bike O may have looked different!

We were grateful to the Delta Trust Academy for the excellent facilities at the outdoor education centre, originally built as Dallowgill School and to Lottie’s Catering – normally found at Hell Wath football field, Ripon. If you did not take up the £2.50 voucher available to all riders you missed a treat!

A geek at the map before the event would have identified the possibility of the W loop into Nidderdale with a teaser of will it go into the Ashfold Side mining valley? [No controls there this time]. Once into Nidderdale the BW E of Gouthwaite reservoir would have to be completed. All but 3 riders who took this option sensibly went down the BW into Bouthwaite & up the tarmac N & E of Pateley Bridge. Apologies for those who took the clockwise route for not indicating on the map the severity of the drainage channels across the steep road down NW from #18. Those who went across the moors were rewarded with fantastic views in all directions thanks to the weather forecast being much better that indicated. Commiserations to Dave Goulding who lost his map somewhere near #16 & had to use googlemaps to find his way back to the finish, which he managed with seconds to spare.

The route through the fields from #5 to #20 was grassy & gated, the wise riders avoided #5 & just dipped in & out from the road to #20.There were enough controls E of the start to make decisions tricky on what to leave out & what order to choose. I made a late map correction to the BW E of #13 based on info received about height of vegetation but then some kind person slashed it down before our event so all was well.

Overall winner with 487 was M40 Mark Chryssanthou, 2^nd was M50 Peter Pawlik on 436 only just ahead of M60 Tony Brand Barker on 434. Angela BB was 1^st lady with 403 ahead of Claire Riley in the MIX50 class on 398, Jemima Parker & Jo Anderson W50 next on 285. Only 1 GEN team, Michael & Daisy scored 346 but could not stay as Daisy had to go to work [it’s a hard life!] Unusually there was an Ebike tie – Keith Foster & Stephen Morriss [the latter treating his wife to a birthday weekend away in the campervan, no expense spared] scored 395. Based on points/km the most cunning rider was Steve Willis who achieved 9.5, ladies category had Angela at 8.67 & Jemima at 8.66; look & learn from their routes.