Here is the updated league after Malham & Dalby.

LEAGUE 2016 after 7 events

There are some familiar names in the lead in many of the classes but some serious competition still to be sorted in M50, M60 and W60.

Thanks to John Dixon for working it all out.

Please let me know if there are any mistakes or omissions

Dalby Organiser’s Comments

Dave Lloyd planned an excellent course with plenty of route choice and just the right length. Andrew Windrum did somehow manage to clear up but it meant that everyone else got better scores than usual. The map is getting a bit old and lots have tracks have changed. Some are getting overgrown and some of the single track routes which are no longer used have fallen into disrepair – especially just south of the Crosscliffe viewpoint as I found out. We were lucky again with the weather and the tracks were still fairly firm despite the previous day’s heavy rain. All of your comments were very positive which makes our job very rewarding.

Thanks as ever to Jens for another excellent map and he will be updating it this winter; Dave Lloyd for putting out all of the controls on Sunday; Geoff Moorhouse, John Dixon, Frank & Sandra Appleton for their help on the day; then Dave Lloyd, John Rawden, Ray Morriss, Steve Kendall, Graham Tibbot, Andrew & Catherine Windrum for collecting them in so that we could all leave by 6.

It was great to see over 80 riders again at an event including quite a few newcomers and families. Sorry for 2 errors in the results. I didn’t realise that Adrian Parker and Katy Cawthorn were using different dibbers and after they had downloaded I couldn’t pair them up with their partners.

Congratulations to Andrew Windrum (M40) who scored the maximum 525 points with 6 minutes to spare and turn the tables on Graham Tibbot M21-510. Peter Swanborough had an excellent ride to win M50 for the first time with 454, the same score as Adrian & Luke Parker in the Generation class. Nick Dallimore won M60 – 440 and Roger de Faye won M70 with 399 which would have placed him 3^rd in M60 behind John Dixon’s excellent 400 points. In the Women’s section Sheila Pearce won W40 with 426, Jill Ellison 405 in W50 and Clare de Faye 330 in W60. Angela & Tony Brand-Barker had an excellent ride to win X50 with 385 points. Finally, I must mention 10 year old Laura Barber riding with her Dad, (Jeffrey). They scored 345 points at Dalby and had ridden the 4 hour event at Malham on Saturday followed by the Junior Fell Race!! Very impressive. You can follow all of their routes using the splits file and course map on the NYMBO site.

I enjoyed my ride as usual and decided to avoid the riggs and dales to the SW so headed east. The tracks were great, the scenery was tremendous between 36 and 59 then again between 52 and 35 and the single tracks in Dargate Slack and Tom Milner’s Grain were challenging (once I had found the way into them from 35). #50 wasn’t quite in the right place so I hope you didn’t waste any time there.

The next events in the NYMBO league are part of the OMM Bike weekend at Cropton on September 17^th/18^th. All 4 courses count on both days and you can enter the 3 hour option on the BMBO site. However, you need to enter the longer courses on the OMM web site and the event is nearly full so don’t leave it too late.

Hope to see you at another event soon

Steve

Malham Show Organiser’s Comments

Geoff and I enjoyed planning the course this year after Chris Wildman couldn’t find anyone to replace Andy Murphy. We did use the pick of his controls from the last 6 years, reduced the size of the competition area and didn’t put any controls on the Arncliffe road. You seemed to enjoy it and the weather made the riding perfect.

Thanks as ever to Jens for another excellent map; Geoff Moorhouse, David & Zoe Cowgill and Simon & Jack Coiley for putting out the controls on Friday; then Kevin Smith, John Dixon, Ray Morriss, Michael Connor and David & Zoe Cowgill (after her 4 hour run) for collecting them in before the rain started on Saturday.

Congratulations again to Graham Tibbott M21-439 for holding off Alex M40-409 (with a lot of local knowledge) and Andrew M40-404 (who doesn’t need to know an area to score well) by over 30 points. The other leaders were Conrad Ellison M50-364, Roger de Faye M70-324, Heather Tufts W21-322, Ray Morriss M60-320, Angela & Tony Brand Barker X50-279, Sue Austin/Alex Davies W40-278, Clare de Faye W60-240, Jill Ellison W50-213, Karen Blackburn W70-195, and Jeffrey & (10 year old) Laura Barber Gen-164. You can follow their routes using the splits file and course map on the NYMBO site.

I enjoyed both rides because the scenery is always fantastic, the weather was perfect and the tracks were mainly remarkably dry after the recent rain. However, I would rather compete so please volunteer to plan the course if you want the event to continue next year. I wanted to go for a short ride to take a few photos once you had started but couldn’t because the NYMBO computer wouldn’t recognise the BMBO Splits printer. Geoff and I had to recreate the whole event on the BMBO computer before the first finisher returned – and the generator kept cutting out!! I also couldn’t work out how to create the age classes which is why the results are just on one page. It never quite goes right at Malham!! Finally, my apologies to Denis for getting his age wrong!

The next NYMBO event is on Monday, 29^th August where you can sample Dave Lloyd’s excellent course in Dalby Forest which is also part of the Eborienteers White Rose weekend. Don’t forget to print the flier so that you get the reduced FC toll charge of £4.

The 9^th & 10^th events in the NYMBO league are part of the OMM Bike weekend at Cropton on September 17^th/18^th. All 4 courses count on both days and you can enter the 3 hour option on the BMBO site. However, you need to enter the longer courses on the OMM web site and the event is nearly full so don’t leave it too late.

Hope to see you at another event soon

Steve

We have got 60 pre-entries and plenty of spare maps so you are welcome to enter on the day before 9.30. You will also get free entry into the show afterwards.

Don’t forget your camera if you want to take part in the photo competition

Malham Show Photo Competition

Sorry about the link in the previous article which takes you to the Malham flier. Please find the update flier here Dalby Flier

Please print it and bring it with you on Monday so that you pay the reduced toll charge of £4. We have got 65 pre-entries so please register by Thursday midnight so that Jens prints enough maps. Please let me know if you would be able to collect a few controls afterwards

Wykeham & Broxa Organiser’s Comments

Thanks to Jeff Harris for an excellent course in these 2 mature forests separated by the steep sided Derwent Valley. The wet winter and spring followed by a mild, damp summer meant that the vegetation had grown vigorously so some of the tracks were quite overgrown so that I can still feel the effects of the thistles and nettles. Also, most of the smaller tracks were soft so the going was tougher than usual. However, none of this stopped Graham Tibbot from visiting all bar one of the controls!!

Thanks as ever to Jens for another excellent map, Geoff Moorhouse, Karen Blackburn and John Dixon for helping on the day and Tim Evans, Edwyn Oliver-Evans, Adrian Parker, Michael Brough, Dave Evans and Graham Tibbot who collected the controls after they had finished.

Congratulations to Graham Tibbott and the other leaders were Andrew Windrum M40, Mark Rowley M50, Roger de Faye M60, Sheila Pearce W40, Jill Ellison W50, Clare de Faye W60, Angela & Tony Brand Barker X50 and Chris & Roy Partington (Gen). You can follow their routes using the splits file and course map on the NYMBO site.

I enjoyed my ride despite the mud and nettles but just stayed in Wykeham Forest so that I didn’t have the dubious pleasure of the byway at Thompson’s Stepping Stones.

The next NYMBO events are on the August Bank Holiday weekend at Malham and Dalby. On Saturday, 27^th August, Geoff Moorhouse and I have planned a course based on the best of the controls used over the last 6 years. On Monday, 29^th August you can sample Dave Lloyd’s excellent course in Dalby Forest which is also part of the Eborienteers White Rose weekend.

Hope to see you at another event soon

Steve

Here is the map for Sunday. No need to print it out as you will get your own copy on Sunday morning and riders on the 2 shorter courses will get a larger scale copy.

Here are the route descriptions and paper copies will be given out at registration. There have been 2 changes to the 3 long courses in Sneaton Forest and south of Grosmont.

2016 Marathon route

There will be refreshments available at checkpoints 2,3 and 4. We have got 44 entries so I have ordered another 18 commemorative mugs so there are still 10 spare for online entries tonight and any late entries on Sunday. Let’s hope the weather stays dry for the next 4 days. It’s a great area so I hope to see you there.

Results fior today’s event at Kildale are here, and here is the map so that you can follow the leaders’ routes

Organiser’s Report
Thanks to Conrad & Jill for yet another excellent course. It was a pity that it has been so wet recently but at least it stopped raining by the time most riders had started and the sun shone for the control collectors. Congratulations to Andrew Windrum on an excellent score after a very tiring day putting out and collecting 54 controls for the York MTBO events on Saturday. Karen Clark was the leading lady and Steve & Andrea first mixed team ahead of Tony & Angela who rode together. I enjoyed my ride despite the lack of views but should have gone to Hutton Lowcross for the high scoring controls rather than Baysdale which was rather tough.
Thanks to Jens for another excellent map, Karen, Geoff, John & Joe in the hall and Carl, Tim, Ed, Dave, Adrian, Mark, Ian,& Margaret who collected the controls. PS Someone left a mudguard in the car park so please let me know if it’s yours.
Results here and splits on the NYMBO web page
Hopefully see you next month at Wykeham and/or the Moors Marathon.

Planners’ Report
After a night of rain the tracks were all very slippery and wet but the weather thankfully cleared and the rain stopped. Well done to all riders but particularly Dave Cowgill and all the other slippers and sliders who  survived their tumbles. No one cleared up but Andy Windrum gave it a good go with 475 points.  Lots of people said how much they had enjoyed it in spite of the mud and most people came back smiling. Thanks to Steve for his overall organisation, Jens for a brilliant map, Karen, Geoff. and John for manning the desk and, in particular,  the control collectors Tim, Ed, Adrian, Carl, Ian, Margaret, Dave and Mark who brought them all in with such efficiency.
Conrad and Jill

Here is the updated league table

league after 3 events

Some familiar names at the top of each class but plenty can happen over the next 7 events. Hope to see you at Kildale (or the YORK MTBO Sprint events) in June