I received this email from Rebecca Watson and thought it might appeal to some of you as competitors or marshals. If you are interested please look at their website – address at the foot of this article.

Marie Curie Cancer Care are currently running an event called the Great Escape Challenge which is taking place on the 17th to 19th May this year in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, near Harrogate.

We are looking for approximately 35 volunteer marshals to help make this challenge a real success and wondered if some of your mountain bike orienteers would be interested in volunteering.

This exciting volunteer role is open to anyone that enjoys the great outdoors, maybe has an interest in events, sports, and has a reasonable level of fitness. This is a fun opportunity to meet like-minded people and enjoy an active outdoors event in the Yorkshire Dales.

Volunteers will be working in teams and exact roles will be allocated on the day. The type of activities include: setting up the course base, marshaling the challenges, registering participants and breaking down the event base. Ideally we need volunteers to be there from 08:30 on Friday morning to 19:00 on Saturday as a minimum requirement.

We will provide food and comfortable accommodation over the weekend. Reasonable travel expenses will also be reimbursed, upon request. Volunteers are also invited to join us for the prize giving and celebratory party on the Saturday night and leave on Sunday morning.

I would be greatly appreciative if you could advertise this opportunity amongst your group members. I have attached an information sheet, further outlining what volunteers can expect from the event. I have also attached a volunteer information form, to be completed by willing group members.

Further details about the event can be found on our website http://greatescape.mariecurie.org.uk/

Thanks, Rebecca Watson

Online entries have now closed with 30 riders. Jens is printing 40 maps so there are 10 places available for entry on the day. The forecast isn’t bad for February so looking forward to an excellent couple of hours in the Howardian Hills

Beckwithshaw Results

Thanks to Tim for an excellent course, the Smiths Arms for the perfect event centre and Yorkshire for having such beautiful countryside. I’m so glad we postponed the event last week and managed to re-arrange it for today.

Beckwithshaw (photo courtesy Al Powell)

If you entered online and couldn’t make it please let me know (if you haven’t done so already) and I will credit your entry for the next event. Martin & Max won overall 53 points ahead of John Rawden (M50/60 winner) in second place. Chris Dodd used local knowledge to win M21/40 with 362 points, Karen Blackburn was first lady again with 290 points.

The winners routes will be posted on the NYMBO site and the next event is in a fortnight at the Malt Shovel, Hovingham on Saturday 16th February. Hope to see you there.
Cheers
Steve

Here are the results. Please let me know if there are any mistakes

Bishop Wilton Results

Thanks to Will Wilson for another excellent course and the Fleece for providing an excellent event centre. Thanks also to all 32 riders who braved the cold conditions and came back safely. It was definitely a day for tentative riding with feet out of cleats ready to maintain balance. I only fell twice which was below average and rode a third less than I managed last month at Hambleton. Congratulations to Will Patterson on his excellent route choice which meant that he won overall.
It’s a beautiful area but the second time that the weather hasn’t allowed everyone to enjoy the scenery so hopefully there will be a lot more riders and better conditions for our first league event of 2013 which starts at Pocklington.
The next Winter MBO event is at Beckwithshaw on January 26th.
Hope to see you there.

It’s staying dry in the Vale of York overnight and tomorrow morning but you will need to be in the pub by 1pm when the rain is due to arrive! There are 32 pre-entries and 40 maps so make sure that you are early if you are going to enter on the day. (I’m bringing a printer in case we get lots of late entries). Will’s course uses the lanes south west of Bishop Wilton and the edge of the Wolds to the east so plenty of options. Hope to see you there.

Here is the first draft for next year so please let me know what you think about the dates, venues and lengths. Thanks to everyone who offered to plan one of these events. If you were thinking of volunteering you will have to wait until 2014!!

NYMBO League 2013draft

I have not approached any landowners for permission or checked with BMBO so please do not circulate them as there will be changes. The organisers of OvergroundUnderground at Ingleton have asked if we could hold the event on Monday instead of Saturday. It is a bank holiday but what do you think? Andrew Windrum is also planning an MTBO (linear) event near York on October 20th (provisionally). The draft NEMBOS fixtures are also available on the NEMBOS site.

Hope to see you at Bishop Wilton on December 8th

Hi. There are 3 bikes for sale by NYMBO regulars.

John Dixon is selling a Boardman bike and the Vesty’s are selling their Whyte bikes so please get in touch with them directly if you want to buy them or need more information.

Whyte 19 CS 2011 spec – carbon frame, Rockshox SID RLT 100mm remote poploc, Fulcrum Red Metal  3 wheelset (tubeless set up with good quality virtually new tyres ), SRAM X0 10 speed, FSA SLK 10 speed double carbon chainset, BB30 bottom bracket, Hayes Stroker Carbon brakes. Just over 12 months old. Size Medium 601mm top tube (equiv. 17.5)

Some of the spec might be different to the picture above (e.g. possibly superlight post). Some items will be brand new e.g. probably SLK carbon bar, Fizik Tundra II saddle mag rails, new Whyte race foam grips.

MRP £2800 ……………asking price £ 1700

Whyte 19 Race 2010 spec  – carbon frame, Rockshox SID Race 100mm remote push lock (essentially same fork as the 2011 apart from name), Shimano wheels M475 hubs (not as shown), Shimano 9 speed, FSA Afterburner chainset triple, BB30 bottom bracket (just had these bearings replaced). Used for last season and half. Size Medium 601mm top tube (equiv. 17.5)

Full spec tbc on bike -Some of the spec might be different to the picture above (e.g. seat post/saddle, new Whyte race foam grips).

MRP £2800 ……………asking price £ 1500

Contact Martin for more details:

Tel: 07899 063931 or Email: martin.vesty@bayer.com

Hambleton Inn Results

Please let me know if there are any mistakes in the results.

53 riders enjoyed the autumn sunshine.

It was still foggy as the first riders arrived at the top of Sutton Bank but fortunately the sun burnt off the mist before the first riders started – unlike our previous visit in August when only 1 rider set off. Thanks to John Dixon for checking the course and running the start and finish which allowed me to get out for a proper ride. I rode non-competitively as I suggested a few changes to the course for the August event so I had a good idea which way I wanted to go but I now know that I can’t ride 46k in 2 hours. Like many riders I was late partly due to the tough climb back up to the Hambleton Inn but also due to the brilliant weather, stunning scenery and picturesque villages in this corner of North Yorkshire.
Congratulations to the winners and hopefully we will see as many riders at the next event which is on Saturday 8th December at the Fleece Inn in Bishop Wilton on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds.
I am starting to sort out the programme for next year so please let me know if you would like to plan an event. I am intending to organise a similar series of 9 events with 5 to count and a mixture of 3,4 and 5 hour events. There will be a Novice (half-price) option next year instead of the 2 hour course which didn’t work. Please let me know if you want to see any other changes or want to suggest any new areas.
It is the BMBO AGM at Eyam next Saturday so please attend if you can – or let the committee know your views on anything involving our sport so that it can be discussed.
Hopefully, I’ll see you at another event soon
Steve
PS We have got the same 5 planners for the NEMBOS league which will defintely run from April to September next year

There are 31 pre-entries for the first event of the winter so please enter online by Thursday or send an email to book a map. John Dixon has checked his course and the forecast isn’t bad. It’s a great area so hope to see you there.
Steve

Congratulations to our 2012 Champions and here are the full results

NYMBO League 2012 Final Positions

Please let me know if there are any mistakes.

I will bring the prizes to the next few events for the leading riders who couldn’t come to Nidderdale.

Hope to see some of you during the winter and all of you when the 2013 league starts in March