Steve Roberts and Karen Clark have been hard at work planning the first league event in the Yorkshire Wolds on March 28th. Here’s a couple of pictures from last week to show just how changeable the conditions can be, one from Tuesday the other from Saturday. In 2013, we had to cancel the Pocklington event because of the cold weather, lets hope that the conditions will be fine this year! 
Here’s the map for this Saturday’s event at Biggin. Any changes due to the weather will be updated here on Friday night.
Here’s the map for Saturday’s event in Ripon. Register 0915 – 1015; starts 0930 – 1030. The course looks like a really interesting challenge, and you’ll need an offroad bike for at least 6 of the controls.
2014 Ripon TH Working Drawing without Controls 7th December
Here’s the area map for Saturday’s treasure hunt – 40 riders entered but there will be 10 spare maps for entries on the day. Forecast looks overcast with some early mist. Plenty of lane based treasure hunt questions, but the course makes use of most of the available bridleways – so expect patches of soft ground in places!
Hovingham Black 15 November 2014
Here’s the Grewelthorpe map….
The event centre is at Grewelthorpe Village Hall (GR 231 761 Grewelthorpe Village Hall HG4 3BT West of the A6108, 6 miles NW of Ripon and 3 miles S of Masham)
Parking: Newholme Farm Caravan Park on the Ripon Road into Grewelthorpe (GR 233 758 – Newholme Farm HG4 3DR – 500m S of the village hall.) Please ride to Registration which opens at 9.30 so that you are ready to Start between 10 and 11am.
Here are a few comments from David Day (Course Planner)
Yet another new venue this year – the former Grewelthorpe Methodist Chapel recently opened as a village hall (see website, there is lots going on here). The building includes a community café which will serve food and drinks before and after the event – please support this venture.
The area consists of a complex network of quiet roads, bridleways through farmland and Land Rover tracks on the grouse moors west of the event centre. The purple heather is particularly beautiful at this time of year if riders have time to look around.
At the time of writing there has been so little rainfall that tracks are as fast as they will ever be (cue signal for non-stop rain from now!) There is a ford on the River Laver with no accompanying footbridge which I have never succeeded in cycling through (marked on the map) but alternative routes do exist.
Prizegiving will take place at 3.30 so please stay to applaud the leading riders in both the BMBO and NYMBO Leagues.
Prizes have again been kindly sponsored by Richardson’s of Scarborough and the Yorkshire Dales Brewing Company with engraving by Keith James Jewellers of Richmond – and NYMBO will be providing the highly valued t-shirts as well as a few extra prizes.
Grewelthorpe Map without Controls
Dalby Forest & Moors 21 October 2014
A selection of photos taken at the Breckon Howe feed station by Carol Donnelly (thank you!) Click on the image for full size version.
Sorry for the delay in publishing the map, you can download it by clicking on the image – please note it’s a bigger file than usual so may take some time.
Other details for Saturday are in yesterdays post
Maps for Sunday are here
Dalby Forest MBO 21-Sep-14
The map without controls for Dalby isn’t available yet, my apologies, but instead here’s a copy of the 2011 map which has a similar competition area with Parking, Registration and the Finish at the Fox and Rabbit but the Start 3km away at Seivedale.
Here are some notes from Dave Lloyd:
As ever, Dalby will offer a choice of wellmaintained forest roads and world class single track although some of the previously used smaller paths and rides have either disappeared or are likely to be affected by seasonal undergrowth.
The start is in the forest at the foot of Sievedale and will be marked from the event centre (so please allow 15 minutes) but the Finish will be back at the Fox & Rabbit.
Some footpaths around Low Dalby and Adderstone Rigg are pedestrian only and will be marked as out of bounds, as will a small area of Sneverdale Rigg above Go Ape. A paintball area is being developed near Dixon’s Hollow and the single track may have diversions.
These will be signposted in the forest but not marked on the map. There are no controls sited directly on the single track route but if you choose to use it you must ride in the direction indicated at the entry points and obey any deviation signs.
Moors Marathon Routes
Can be found here:
http://nymbo.org.uk/events/moors-marathon-routes/
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.
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