Our final event for our 2023 league was planned by Steve and Andrea Foster, their race report is below, along with the control map and some photos from the event and the prize-giving. Congratulations to all our category winners this season!

Well I’d better start with a heartfelt apology to those who visited the heinous track between the flooded road and Broxa village. ‘Mea Culpa’ for not checking the final copy of the map. Very disappointed in myself as I had ridden 3 other similar tracks and dismissed them from the original planned course. The only excuse is that Tim & I were making changes to the course up until Thursday as FC had some requests to change / move things about. Note to self, learn to do your own map and check everything with a bit more time to spare. For those that said rest of course was great thanks, and for those who were “spitting feathers” at the finish, quite understand.

I think other than that everyone enjoyed the riding and the challenging terrain. We’ve not been to Broxa and Wykeham for 7 years and quite a lot of tracks had changed in their rideability, we were blessed with a ridiculously warm day for October, no rain and most tracks were riding well.

Highlights for me, whilst out planning were the tracks along the North edge of Broxa, the various bridleways within the forest and the track along the East edge of Wykenham.

Introducing Raincliffe Woods also added some great riding and enough extra distance / height gain to ensure that even the best riders would struggle to clear the course although Andy Windrum did a fantastic effort to get 485.”

Thanks to Doreen at Hackness Village Hall for arranging its use and to Andrea and Liz for administering the sign on / finish, Tim for the map and John Dixon for calculating the league scores, on the fly!

7 October 2023 – Control Map

There’s still time to enter our 3 hour event on Saturday, which promises some fine riding around the forests of Wykeham & Broxa

Online entry here (closes Thursday, discounts until Wednesday)

The course for Saturday is now available to download, using the QR code below. Alternatively, you can follow the folder path in MapRun: UK | North Yorkshire | NYMBO | Summer 2023

Don’t forget to make sure you have the latest version of MapRun on your phone (we’re no longer using MapRun6)

And also don’t forget that this is an afternoon event – registration 1200 – 1300 and starts 1230 – 1330.

Blank Map can be found in the previous post

All other details are here

Here is the current league, thanks to John Dixon for pulling this together.

Here’s the course map for the next event. If you’ve already done 4 events this year then if you enter this event you’ll reach the five events needed to receive this years NYMBO mug! Prize-giving after this event for all the category winners.

Updated 6th October 1645: start/finish location corrected

Full event details in the previous post here

Online entry is on the BMBO site – 50% off entries received by Wednesday, online entry closes Thursday

Wykeham & Broxa Course map

A 3 hour AFTERNOON event, event centre at Hackney’s Village Hall

The last NYMBO event of the 2023 league is based around Hackness Village, close to Scarborough on the Eastern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.

Online Entry Here

The forests and surrounding trails around Hackness haven’t been used since 2016 and offer a wide range of riding.

Not 1 but 3 wooded areas are covered by the event, Broxa, Wykenham and Raincliffe woods.

The event utilises as much singletrack as possible so there are some fast (and some less fast) flowing trails with great views, and a few tricky climbs / descents. However once up these climbs both Broxa and Wykeham offer some relatively flat riding.

As of last Saturday (23rd) most of the trails were riding really well, and as the forecast is pretty reasonable I’m hoping that this will be the case on the 7th

Parking : We have use of the Village Hall, officially from 12:30 ish onwards IF you arrive early then it might be sensible on street parking, obviously avoiding blocking the village and annoying the locals.

Registration 12:00 -13:00

Starts 12:30-13:30

Don’t forget there will be prize giving for all our category winners after the event and if you’ve ridden 5 events this season then you qualify for the NYMBO 2023 League Mug!! 🏆

SATURDAY RACE REPORT

It was a pity the weather was so unpleasant on the day but everyone seemed to return to the Dales Bike Centre with smiles on their faces – or were they grimaces. I always enjoy planning courses anywhere and in particular so close to home. It’s a beautiful area with lots of great riding and the views are usually spectacular. It’s always a tough uphill start from the DBC but once you’re on the tops, the tracks go on for miles and the return is usually downhill and downwind. The tracks were a lot drier when I did my final check a fortnight ago so apologies if some of them were a bit wetter and softer than expected.
Unfortunately some of the tracks can be rough so a few riders had punctures and the wet weather made it difficult to repair them. Impressed that Andrew Windrum walked 5 miles back to DBC to repair a tyre then rode back up the Fremington track to continue his ride. Also, well done to David Day who decided to push his bike with a flat tyre and visit a few extra controls on his way back
Congratulations to the category winners especially those who were booked in to ride on Sunday.
Thanks to Arkengarthdale East and Reeth Estates who were happy for us to use some of their private gravel tracks. Thanks also to DBC for their hospitality and Tim for drawing an excellent map.

SUNDAY RACE REPORT

The course stayed south of the river on Sunday but the morning views didn’t look any better than on Saturday. Fortunately, the rain eased off and the wind didn’t get any stronger so I hope you could enjoy the better riding conditions.
All riders (except Andy Conn) realised that they would have to ignore either the SW or SE part of the map but most decided to enjoy a stunning ride up or down Apedale and hopefully the estate track on Bolton Moor.
Again the tracks had softened since my last ride so I’m sorry if they caught anyone out. I must admit I didn’t expect so many riders to use the tough bridleway between 23 and 25 so I wish I’d positioned 23 SW at the shooting hut. (Isn’t hindsight wonderful)!!
Thanks to Grinton and Bolton estates for letting us use their private estate tracks. (Please remember that we have no right to use the track past Greenhaw Hut except on Sundays and never during the breeding season March to July).
Thanks again to the DBC for their hospitality and the cake boxes for the weekend winners. Hopefully we’ll see you at our final event at Wykeham & Broxa Forest on Saturday 7th October.
Congratulations again to the leading riders on the day and here are the full combined scores.

Gen Martin Edwards & Will Edwards 258 256 514
Gen Daniel Hall & Finlay Hall 145 210 355
M40 Jonathan Ellis 355 405 760
M40 Ria Murray 335 360 695
M50 Ifor Powell 455 420 875
M50 Andrew Windrum 408 435 843
M50 David Cowgill 370 365 735
M50 Conrad Ellison 370 350 720
M50 Sion James 361 350 711
M50 Jeff Mew 320 335 655
M50 Tim Evans 335 265 600
M50 Kevin Hodgson 290 225 515
M50 Bruce Wilkinson 210 280 490
M50 John Kirkham & Dave Peel 185 245 430
M60 Paul Dobson 340 380 720
M60 Chris Swift 339 362 701
M60 Simon Caldwell 306 352 658
M60 Anthony Gray 240 330 570
M70 John Dixon 295 200 495
M70 David Day 185 310 495
M70 Mike Barnard 247 185 432
W40 Claire Riley 370 365 735
W40 Fiona Wright 280 310 590
W40 Fiona Hall 145 210 355
W50 Beth Perrou 361 350 711
W70 Karen Blackburn 245 225 470
X40 Si Gittings & Emmy Hoyes 320 120 440
Ebike Ray Morriss 370 400 770
Ebike Bryan Elson 325 390 715

This is an automatic post with a link to the provisional results and the the course maps, Steve’s report and finalised results will follow soon.

MapRun results dashboard

The MapRun course downloads are now ready, you can find them using the QR codes below or by following in MapRun 7:

Select Event: UK | North Yorkshire | NYMBO | Summer2023

*** don’t forget to install the latest version of MapRun 7 for this event ***

Online entry closes on Thursday, so not too late to enter for one or both events, and you can still get the 50% discount if you’re quick.

Saturday 16th entry here

Sunday 17th entry here

Note: we sometimes send an email out to entrants on the Friday before the event with these details, we won’t be doing that this tim as there are no extra details to send! Any problems please get in touch!

Start & Finish Locations – both days

Swaledale – Saturday

Swaledale – Sunday

This time next week you could be getting ready to ride the Saturday Swaledale course, the map for that is in the previous post. Here’s the course map for Sunday which promises some more great riding but to the South of the DBC.

You can enter one or both events next weekend, and there are prizes for riders doing both events. Camping available, all the details here.

Entry is a bargain, and you get a 50% disount if you enter by midnight Wednesday (ahead of online entries closing on Thursday). Entry on the day may be possible but better if you can enter online so we print enough maps.

Saturday 16th entry here

Sunday 17th entry here

Swaledale South Course

Steve Willis has been hard at work again planning the Swaledale events on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. On Saturday you will be riding the trails north of the river across the Arkengarthdale East and Reeth Estates who manage the moors either side of the steep sided Arkengarthdale valley.

On Sunday you’ll be riding south of the river on the Grinton and Bolton Estates, either side of Apedale and the northern slopes of Wensleydale. It is always really challenging riding in Swaledale so fortunately we have been given permission to use many of the private gravel tracks.

Camping is available all weekend at the Dales Bike Centre. Please let Steve know in advance if you are bringing a tent or caravan and pay at Registration (£5 per adult per night). You can also book bunkhouse accommodation directly with DBC.

On Saturday you can start between 9.30 and 10.30 or 12.00 and 12.30 so please let Steve know your preference. Free refreshments both days and prizes for the leading riders’ combined scores in the usual categories.

Hope to see you there

Saturday 16th entry here

Sunday 17th entry here

Updated 2023 Flier here: NYMBO League 2023 v5

Swaledale North Blank