An all in one update: the event results are here; the league after 3 events is here and the planners comments and control map are below:

Cleveland Hills Planners Comments – Jill and Conrad Ellison

A big thank you for everyone who supported us yesterday – Steve W, John D and the gallant tribe of control collectors – Richard and James M, Christine and Ralph D, Ray M, John R, Simon C, Carl V and Neil R. And to Tim E for putting the map together.

The tracks were bone dry and the early rain on Saturday morning only served to dampen down the dust.  The tracks were the driest Jill and I have seen for 20 years.  The track through Easby to the west of Captain Cooks, normally a swamp, was totally dry.

Thank you for all of your positive comments.  Plenty of smiles at the finish or was it grimacing after the Little Kildale/Baysdale loop ?

Well done to the category winners – particularly to Dave L, first timer to NYMBO, on a great score and 4100ft of climb (proper hills !) and to Angela B-B for a storming score.

Thankfully we were all done and dusted and controls collected before the heavens opened.

See you all at Ingleton, hopefully (for pre- and post- cake and tea).

Jill and Conrad Ellison

Thanks to Conrad and Jill for planning an excellent course, and arranging for the weather to stay mostly dry. Results are here

Roseberry Topping from control 35

Saturday 16th June – 3 hour MBO in the Cleveland Hills

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VENUE                    GR 607093 KILDALE VILLAGE HALL YO21 2RG
5 miles east of the A172/A173 roundabout at Stokesley

FACILITIES           Parking, Registration & Toilets
COURSES               3 hour SCORE event (with a 2 hour option for NOVICES)

TERRAIN                A variety of excellent tracks and minor roads on the moors either side of Kildale including the upper Eskdale and Leven valleys

REGISTER              11.30 – 12.45           
STARTS           12.00 – 13.00
FEES
SENIORS £13.00
JUNIORS/STUDENTS/NOVICES £6.00
ONLINE ENTRY – deduct £1.00
Own SI card – deduct £1.00

FLIER HERE: #3 20180616 – Cleveland Hills

Map updated Tuesday 12th June

Conrad and Jill are busy planning the next event in the Cleveland Hills on Saturday June 16th – usual details will follow in the next couple of weeks, but you can get your entry in now by visiting this link.

The league after two events is here LEAGUE 2018 after 2 events

Nidderdale report:

Here are Neil’s comments and the control map from the last event, you can also read other comments and post your own here

It was great to see so many people out for this event, both those who wanted to take advantage of the glorious weather as well as those looking to avoid the Royal Wedding !
Fortunately the riding conditions were much drier and faster than those I encountered during my planning rides in March and April.

I felt the course was quite challenging in terms of route choice and this seem to be reflected in the results with a wide variety of route choice evident. I did place quite a few high value controls in the north west corner to encourage riders in that direction and then decide if they had the time or legs to take in West Tansfield and North Tansfield.

Thanks for the many positive comments and feedback – it does make a difference !

Also thanks to all the volunteers at registration/download/car parking/control collecting: Steve, John, Geoff, Alistair, Paul, Tim, Conrad and Gill.

Results from today’s sunny event are here – much better riding conditions than the last time we were here! Full report to follow.

The blank course map for the next event on Saturday 19th May is now available.

It’s a 4 hour event, based at Grewelthorpe Village Hall HG4 3BU – see the previous for Neil’s comments

REGISTER 10.30 – 11.45
STARTS  11.00 -12.00

Details in the Nidderdale flier

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Nidderdale Blank map

It’s three weeks until our next event in Nidderdale on Saturday 19th May. It’s a 4 hour event, and it’s planned by Neil Reed:

Needless to say that during the planning process in March and April the weather has been at best damp and the ground has been soft and slippery – although my so called racing tyres no doubt didn’t help in that respect !

The event area is essentially an 8 km radius around the registration and finish based  at Grewelthorpe Village hall  just south of Masham.  The River Ure runs through the area with limited crossing points which could be a factor in route choice.

The controls are spread on a selection of roads, tracks and bridleways.  I had initially envisaged it might be a “fast” course, however there are enough hills and given the current soft ground this might not be the case !

We hope to provide basic refreshments but I am reliably informed there is a café in the village that should be open all day.

Car Parking has kindly been provided by Newholme Campsite located approximately 500m south of the village hall. I will try to ensure the usual signage is in place.

Look forward to seeing you the event.

Event flier

Online Entry here (Save £1)

The weather’s warmed up and it’s time for our first league event of 2018!

Enter online here by midnight Wednesday – save £1, secure your map!

Don’t forget to renew your BMBO membership before the event even if entering on the day

This is the first event in the 2018 NYMBO series.
The event centre is at KELDY CABINS YO18 8HW; 5 miles north of the A170 at Pickering.
3 hour event.
REGISTER 11.30 – 12.45 STARTS 12.00 – 13.00
There is a café at Keldy Cabins courtyard next to the start so should be hot drinks and snacks available before and after the event.

Event parking is on the forest road north of the cabins. Please be aware that this is also one of the possible routes for riders leaving the start or returning to the finish so take great care and give way to riders.

Andy Parsons’ planner’s update:

Cropton Forest March 2018

There was snow on the ground when I rode the course to check out control sites back in March. I’m sure the on the day the snow will be long gone and the routes a lot faster than I rode it. However, given all the recent rain the smaller tracks will be slow or very slow and so best avoided. Some of the steep sections of single track are very technical and slippery so please take due care, especially the routes down into Newtondale on the eastern edge of the map. The great thing about Cropton and Newtondale Forests is the network of gravel forest tracks with plenty of fast riding route choice.

Most of the controls are situated on or close to gravel forest roads or a minor road, which should allow you to take some fast routes around the forest. There are a few controls on potentially linked by softer route, so think carefully over the direction you travel to visit these. Even if there are shorter routes between controls cutting across between main tracks it will generally be quicker to take longer routes on harder tracks.

If you weren’t able to make today’s event at Hawes, here’s a reminder of the 2018 league events: NYMBO 2018 Poster

It’s the final ‘treasure hunt’ format MBO event next Saturday 10th March, lets hope the adverse weather conditions of the last few days will  have passed. Online updates on this website, Facebook & Twitter in the event of any need to cancel.

Event flier with all the usual details can be found here.

Event centre: Stage1Cycles, Station Yard, Hawes DL8 3NT

 Save £1 and enter online here by midnight Wednesday