Apologies for the delay in posting the results, you’ll find them here. And the map with controls is here

Planner comments from Karen Clark

Terrington MBO March 2016

Planning started before Christmas and the very wet winter did provide its challenges. The tracks had improved in the recent spell of dry weather. However, at the bottom of slopes particularly north of 59 remained very wet. A few more days of dry weather would make for some very fast riding. The aim was to try and offer lots of choices from the start and judging by the time spent by riders at the start we achieved this.

I hope you had the chance to admire some of the very fine views in this area of Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The views  from the bridleway that runs east to west south of controls 35 and 53 are one of my favourite memories of this area. Comments at the finish were very favourable.

To those that had problems with 57 I can only apologise that on the final check of the map I missed it had been marked to the north of where I had planned it to be. Those that mentioned the problem to Geoff will have been credited with the score.

The provision of spot prizes seemed to go down well with six prize tags been located at the controls. I hope you enjoyed the chocolates and wine.

I would like to thank all the helpers who contributed to the event.   Jens produced another excellent map. Geoff and Frank did not have rides on the day but were still prepared to come along and contribute. Steve Roberts helped me with the initial planning and drew the final version of the map that went to Jens.  I was especially grateful to the control collectors I would have struggled to get all the controls in. As it was the last few were collected in the dark. I took a full day on Friday to get most of the controls out with the last few going out early on Saturday. Without the help of my husband Richard it would have been a tough task.

Terrington village hall made an excellent venue especially as parking was available on site. The hall caretaker couldn’t have been more helpful. Thank you for observing the no muddy cycling shoes notices  –  it made tidying up a lot easier.

Sorry for the delay in posting the results, will post them asap.

Here’s the control map if you couldn’t ride the event but would like to see the course.

Here’s the blank map for the event on Saturday, a three hour event in the Howardian Hills

REGISTER 11.30 – 12.45
STARTS 12.00 – 13.00

VENUE
GR 672 706  Terrington Village Hall YO60 6UB
Terrington is 3 miles south of the B1257 at Hovingham
Parking next to the village hall which is on Mowthorpe Lane

Online entry here

Flier here: Howardian Hills Flier

Final event of our winter series is the upcoming Saturday, February 20th, with the event base at the excellent The Royal Oak in Staveley.

Event centre: Main St, Staveley, Yorkshire HG5 9LD
REGISTER 9.15 -10.15 STARTS 9.30 – 10.30

Paid online entry here or using the website form to reserve a map and pay on the day.

This Saturday is the third of our winter treasure hunt series, based at the White Bear in Stillington – blank map below. Hope to see you there!

SAT 30th JANUARY 2016 White Bear, Stillington YO61 1JU

COURSE 2 hour Mountain Bike Orienteering Score event
MAP Pre-marked 1-40,000 A4 colour extract of OS Sheet
REGISTER 9.15 -10.15 STARTS 9.30 – 10.30
FEES ADULTS – £5.00 JUNIORS – £3.00
Save £1 by entering online at BMBO
FACILITIES Parking and toilets at the pub

Here’s the blank map for this Saturdays event at the Coach & Horses, Tadcaster LS24 8AA. Register from 0915, starts from 0930 – flier here

At 2130 Monday, the weather forecast looks like this – ideal conditions for a winter ride and certainly better than last weekend!

Alun Powell made this excellent video of his ride at the Hunton Treasure Hunt event – the cold and a bit windy balanced out with blue skies and sunshine just to show what a good morning it was to be out on your bike. Perhaps this might encourage you to come along to the next event at Tadcaster on December 12th starting from the Coach & Horses.  Thanks Al!

Thanks to all who voted in our favourite event poll for 2015 – the April event in Nidderdale was the clear winner….

favourite event poll 2015

Here’s the blank map for Hunton on Saturday, entries here, details and flier here – fingers crossed for a dry day…

As you can see, there aren’t many bridleways on the map but plenty of quiet country lanes which is just as well considering the recent wet weather. All types of bikes are welcome but you will need a mountain bike to get to 6 of the controls. We have only got 20 pre-entries. Online entries close at midnight on Wednesday so that Jens can print enough maps and 10 spare for entry on the day. It’s just started raining yet again but the forecast for Saturday is cool but dry with sunny intervals although there will be a 15 mph northerly wind so bring plenty of kit. Hope to see you there.

**updated Tuesday – clicking on the map now opens the full version **

2015 Hunton TH Working Drawing without Controls

Winter2015 _Poster_v2The four winter treasure hunt events are:

1. November 21st – Countryman’s Inn, Hunton, Near Bedale DL8 1PY
2. December 12th – Coach & Horses, Tadcaster LS24 8AA
3. January 30th – White Bear, Stillington YO61 1JU
4. February 20th – The Royal Oak, Staveley, Knaresborough HG5 9LD

Here’s the poster – if you’re able to display this at your local bike shop, cafe or any other suitable location please do so – we always welcome a few more riders.

As mentioned in the email newsletter last week, if you have any ideas for promotion & publicity – please do let me know, either comment on this post or send me an email here