4 events on Saturday mornings from November to February

Winter MBO Events 2012-13

Congratulations to the 2012 Champions

Men’s Champion – Andy Conn         Women’s Champion Sheila Pearce

M40 Andy Conn 496 points

M50 Mike Nayler 431

Gen Martin & Max Vesty 422

M60 John Dixon 408

X50 Steve & Andrea Foster 388

M21 Rob Harrison 387

W40 Sheila Pearce 370

W60 Karen Blackburn 304

X40 Ian Makinson & Margaret Scott 268

W21 Jenny Sutton 264

X21 Paul & Samantha Leight 200

W50 Ceri Williams 132

Thanks to Muddybums for providing the t-shirts and Yorkshire Dales Brewery for providing the engraved glasses and beer.

Thanks to the planners and helpers for their hard work and support all year.

Please let me know if you would like to plan an event next year.

Hope to see you next year – but, in the meantime, the winter series starts with a 2 hour event at the Hambleton Inn, Sutton Bank on Saturday 10th November.

A brilliant day for the final event of the season and basic results here

NidderdaleResults   Please let me know if there are any mistakes

Splits on the Ebor site here

http://www.eborienteers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/13/index.html

Here is the map for those who couldn’t make it so that you can follow the routes Nidderdale MBO Map

Planner’s Comments
Originally we were looking at Pateley Bridge for the event centre but having been there at least twice before, I really wanted a change.  Meeting the lady running Dace Banks village hall at a seminar solved the problem, we just needed to find some parking and the sports field obliged.  When I asked about refreshments, the ladies of the village hall were keen – what a good spread they put on at reasonable prices, thanks to all those who sampled their home made wares and made catering worthwhile for them.
Dacre Banks pushed the area further south than any previous events but the A59 was always going to be a natural boundary.  The complex minor road network in the SE would pose some navigational challenges, I am sorry if you felt that the bridleways were poor – you should have seen the ones that I didn’t send you on!  I personally have never seen the ground as waterlogged as it was this year, in fact I changed some control locations to avoid the worst areas.
Looking at the splits there is no commonality of routes, a lot of competitors concentrated on the S side but that area was surprisingly undulating.  Overall winner M21 Rik Thompson 433 pts went E then clockwise, aiming to get them all I think because he didn’t miss any out until near the end, but ran out of time to achieve a clean sweep. Second was M40 Neil Reed 425 pts, he did the SE corner and then went clockwise, coming in from the NE to finish; M40 Stuart Pitches was 5 pts behind with a similar but slightly different route. A tremendous 4th overall from the Vesty generation pair scored 415 pts, they zig-zagged about in the S initially before picking up the NE corner to finish strongly.
First lady Dawn Westrum 371 pts was a comfortable winner of the female classes; mixed pair of Richard Butler/Helen Carter 343 pts just shaded the (much older) Fosters by 2 pts so moral victory to Steve and Andrea  – 34 secs faster and they would have tied.
I had a big help from Alun Powell in putting out controls and the event would not have been possible if Barbara Willis had not found the missing clear, check and start blocks at home and couriered them to a meeting place just off the A1 from whence I was able to get them to Dacre Banks for exactly 10am – whew!  NYMBO and NEMBOS participants must also remember that Steve Willis’s enthusiasm and dedication is the main reason that these events happen – Steve does not always get a competitive ride so a personal thank you Steve for making sure these events take place.
David Day
Organiser’s Comments
What a great day to finish the season. We have had a few wet days so it was great to have a beautiful autumn day in Nidderdale and another excellent course planned by David Day. Thanks as ever to the helpers who made everything run smoothly and Jens for a very clear and accurate map.
The event went well once Barbara had brought the start and finish blocks which I had forgotten!! Dacre Banks & Hartwith village hall made an excellent event centre and the refreshments were delicious.
Looking at the splits everyone went in very different directions but Rik Thompson chose the best route. Martin & Max scored remarkably well again and Ray Morriss rode well after injury. Steve & Andrea won the Mixed battle and I thoroughly enjoyed my ride on the lanes between Thruscross and Birstwith. Thanks to the riders who found the lost SI dibber and my watch.
Prizes were presented to the leading riders so thanks to Rob and Anne from Yorkshire Dales Brewery for the gift packs; Tony Harker from Muddybums for the Tshirts; Chris Lightfoot for engraving the glasses and John Dixon for the bike prizes from Halfords.
The winter events start on Nov 10th at the Hambleton Inn and the 2013 league will start again in March. Please let me know if you want to plan an event.
Steve

It’s the final league event of the season on Saturday (13th) so it’s great to have 95 pre-entries. Online entry has closed but there will be 30 spare maps for anyone who decides to enter on the day.
David Day has planned an excellent course and it’s always a pleasure to ride around this area of outstanding natural beauty.
The event centre is at Dacre Banks Village Hall (not Dacre) and parking is on the sports field 400m away
Refreshments will be on sale all day with all profits going to the village hall so please support them
Registration opens earlier than usual at 9.30 with starts between 10 and 11. We are short of control collectors so please let me know if you would be able to help.
Presentation of league prizes will take place at 3.30 so please stay to applaud the leading riders. Engraved trophies for the category winners as well as prizes donated by Muddybums and Yorkshire Dales Brewery.
I am still finalising the winter events so fliers will be ready by the weekend.

Only one more event so some classes already decided but others will have to battle it out at Nidderdale

NYMBO League 12 after 8 events

Marathon Results

Split times on the Ebor site at

http://www.eborienteers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/10/index1.html

Marathon Comments   

It was great to see 68 riders setting off in the sunshine on Sunday morning. Everyone seemed to enjoy their rides especially those who completed the 100k route. The tracks were much drier than they have been all year but the southerly wind was tough to ride against across the moors.

Thanks to Richard Laley at High Rigg who allowed us to park for free andJens Strain for drawing an excellent map. Unfortunately, FC decided to charge the normal fee which works out at £2 per rider and Big Bear Bikes didn’t provide any sponsorship so the cost of the engraved glasses had to come out of the entry fee. However we will be able to donate £250 to the Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team.

Thanks also to everyone who helped on the day. My wife, Barbara, who looked after registration, John Dixon on the car park and the checkpoint marshals – Jens & Eileen Strain, Mike Nayler & Carol Donnelly and Frank & Sandra Appleton – plus Michael Brough who put out Controls 5,6 & 7.  

Hopefully we will repeat the event next September but possibly in the other direction so that you don’t have to finish with the 2 toughest climbs of the day. Please let me know if you want to see any other changes. We failed to provide the GPS co-ordinates on the web page for you to download so please let me know if you can sort them out for next year. If you know how we can advertise the event more widely please let me know. It would be great to see 100 riders doing 100 kilometres next year.

Cheers

Steve Willis

Event Organiser

Dalby Results

and splits available now on the Ebor site

http://www.eborienteers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/10/index.html#A

Planners Comments

Having planned and competed in these woods for over 40 years it is sometimes difficult to create a different feel to the event. Splitting the start from the finish was the first step; we then wanted to create decisions for competitors as often as possible, whilst allowing good fast riding!

We are very impressed with the high scores and with both Ian and Andy clearing all the controls inside 4 hours. Did anyone check for power assistance? Knowing how long it took to hang them all makes it even more awesome.

We were delighted to see so many puzzled faces as you got your maps. It certainly hit one of our targets of making you think. Judging by the comments at the finish it seems we succeeded! The hot, dry weather certainly helped but well done to all competitors – collecting controls from the top of Langdale was a pleasure on such a glorious evening, not a single piece of litter anywhere, except an adder skin which nearly caused an accident climbing up from Thompson’s Rigg!

NYMBO events are put on by a small team, lead magnificently by Steve Willis; A VERY BIG thank you to everyone who helped, but especially to the control collectors, Steve Watson, Steve Willis, Frank and Sandra Appleton in their 4×4, Matt and Harry Glaves, all of who, at the end of a long hot day, made it happen. How old to be a collector? 4 years apparently – Harry collected 34, 35 and 39, on the tagalong with his Dad Matt after doing 1.5 hours, without an ice cream, during the event! Hopefully you enjoyed today; to ensure we continue to provide this quality of event we need more people to be involved in putting something back through helping. Control collecting is an easy way, but after a 4 hour event seems daunting, however when there are lots doing it, it is relatively painless and you see the area in a different light! Not long after 6pm I collected my final control, number 60, and was treated to amazing sunlight over LangdaleForest and Thompson Rigg, and only saw one family group in over two hours of riding. Only problem – no camera!

Finally, a big thank you to our respective spouses – Sue and Richard – for their support and tolerance!

Steve Roberts and Karen Clark

Organiser’s Comments

Thanks to Steve & Karen for planning another excellent course, Jens for another excellent map and the helpers as ever for making the event run smoothly. High Rigg makes an excellent event centre and moving the start 3.5k east made the focus of the event different – and Langdale a lot closer. These are 2 great forests for mountain bike orienteering but there are fewer singletracks than in the past due to the purpose built tracks. Congratulations to Andy and Ian who just managed to clear all of the controls – but with only 5 minutes to spare which is about perfect for the rest of us!! Congratulations to all of the category winners but especially Andy Conn, Michael Nayler, Martin & Max Vesty and Steve & Andrea Foster who have been consistent enough to win their categories for the season with one event to go. 

The final event of the season will start at Dacre Village Hall in Nidderdale on Saturday 13^th October. I am sure that David Day has planned another challenging course and hopefully there will be enough dry weather in the next 4 weeks to keep the tracks in good condition.

The Event Centre is at the village hall where refreshments will be on sale all day but car parking is in the sports field which is 400m away. The prizegiving will take place promptly at 3.30 so I hope you can stay to collect your prizes and/or applaud the winners. The prizes have been kindly donated by Muddybums and Yorkshire Dales Brewery

You can make it a weekend of mountain biking with the MBO Middle Distance event at Chopwell Woods on Sunday. Full details on the BMBO web site.

There will be 4 winter MBO events starting in November at Sutton Bank. Full details will be published by the end of the month. Hope to see you at another event soon

Steve Willis

PS You can still enter the Polaris in the Yorkshire Dales on Saturday/Sunday 22^nd/23^rd September and there will be 5 options – 7&5 hours with overnight camp, 5&4 hours without overnight camp, 4 hours on Saturday or 3 hours on Sunday, 45/30k fixed routes on Saturday and 30/20k fixed routes on Sunday. Plenty of choice for all abilities and Jens has drawn the map so why not enter!! You can now enter the shorter courses online at www.bmbo.org.uk but you have to enter the 2 longer courses online at http://www.polarischallenge.com/event-entry.html. 150 entries so far

I have now got plenty of help for Friday and Saturday but still space for 2 more collectors on Sunday. One free ride for one day’s help!!

Online entries have now closed with 70 riders for the Dalby Forest MBO event on Saturday and 60 riders on the Marathon on Sunday. You can still reserve a map by leaving a reply below by Friday morning or just turn up on the day as there will be 20 spare maps each day. Don’t forget to print the event fliers to get reduced or free entry into Dalby Forest. The long range weather forecast looks promising so hopefully the tracks will stay dry over the weekend.

38 online entries and 11 email entries from non-BMBO members so online entries will stay open until Wednesday. Only 11 commemmorative engraved glasses left. There will be maps available for entry on the day on Sunday.

Marathon route revised Written notes for all routes

2012 NYMBO Moors Marathon Map drawn by Jens Strain with all 4 routes

I have got GPX files for the 100k and 75k routes but unfortunately can’t upload them onto this site. Please send me an email if you want a copy

Don’t forget to bring the flier with you for free entry to Dalby Forest Toll Road

There will only be water and biscuits at 4 checkpoints as we have only got 4 marshals so bring plenty of provisions with you. More volunteer marshals would be very welcome.

We will be using SportIdent controls so please bring your dibber if you have one. If not, you will be able to hire one free of charge on Sunday.

59 per-entries for Saturday so online entries will stay open until Wednesday

It is definitely a 4 hour event as we are using Langdale Forest as well

The course is mainly on forest roads and the 5 day forecast is excellent

Don’t forget to bring the event flier with you and the toll will only be £4

The High Rigg campsite is fully booked so if you want to stay over for the Marathon you will need to book elsewhere – sorry.