Here are the provisional results, thanks everyone for their patience here as we sort them all out!

Summary table currently looks like this, all the details in the results file here: Malham Excel version

mapRun results with tracks here

Please get in touch with any further amendments

The courses for Saturday and Monday are available to download now at. Select event in UK – North Yorkshire – NYMBO – Summer 2023 or use the QR codes below.

Other details including the course map here

Malham Show – Saturday 26th

It’s a 4 hour course registration between09.00 – 10.15 to avoid the show traffic, with starts between 09.30 – 10.30.

Cropton Forest – Monday 28th

3 hour course – registration from 11.30 -12.45 and starts between 12.00 – 13.00.

CROPTON

Here are the course maps for the 2 events on the Bank Holiday weekend.

Saturday 26th August – Malham Show – online entry here

From Simon: A slight change of course for this year which I’m sure you’ll all enjoy. I had a great ride round yesterday checking the controls and despite recent rain it was still almost all dry and fast!

Parking and registration are as last year at the north end of the show field (left at the green before the National Park Centre).

The start will again be opposite the Methodist Chapel & tearooms on the road to the village. Finish will be on the green.

Entry fee includes free entry to Malham show for each rider.
I look forward to seeing you all Saturday.

Monday 28th August – Cropton Forest – online entry here

The start/finish for Cropton Forest will be at Rawcliffe Motors, Stape  (red circle on the map). This isn’t the White Rose site, but saves time driving in and out of the forest. Facilities will be a bit limited (there will be a toilet) but we think it’s the best option.

The is the first time at Cropton since 2018, and our first timing using MapRun here which has presented a bit of a challenge. Forest conditions have also been very varied over the past couple of months – the same track has been hard, dry tracks and later an stream of water. The course design should provide a good challenge for experienced riders, but good scores for everyone. (Note there is still a bit of markup to complete on the Cropton map for soft ground etc, but the area is correct

For people attending the full White Rose weekend, there will be a short MapRun course available to use at any point over the weekend for anyone to test out MapRun on a bike or on foot.

MALHAM SATURDAY 26th

CROPTON MONDAY 28th

It’s 2 weeks until the Bank Holiday, and you can take advantage of the 50% discount on entry fees if you get your entry in early.

Saturday 26th August – at the usual venue of the Malham Show, with entry to the show included when you’ve finished your ride. Full details available soon, online entry here

Monday 28th August – Cropton Forest – online entry here
We’re just finalising the start/finish details and these should be available next week. There’s not been a NYMBO event at Cropton Forest since 2018, and there’s a bit of work to finalise the map with the correct tracks, but here’s an idea of the area the event will cover. More details soon.

NYMBO League meanwhile, John Dixon has been hard at work sorting out the league after 5 events, which you can checkout here – NYMBO League 23 after 5 events

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Thanks to David Day for planning Saturday’s event. Here’s his report and the control map.

You should find the results here

An excel version of the results is here grewelthorpe results

Grewelthorpe Comments                          

Thanks to all those who ventured out when the weather forecast was poor although it never got worse than drizzle, some of those with waterproofs found themselves overheating. As one competitor said ‘on a day like this it’s easy just to stay at home, so this event gave me an incentive to get out & do something.’

I tried to offer a wide variety of minor roads & BWs with decisions to be made at most controls on route options. Every control was visited & there was no clear formula for success. The BWs at Bents House, from Kirkby Malzeard to Holmes Farm & the one S of Biggins House would be new to most of you. Use the access code 6863 if you want to look at the tracks for this event. Some of you may have spotted mosaics scattered around the area; when linked together they form the Crackpots Mozaic Trail.

More riders than normal were late back with some severely penalised. There were a few instances of riders not following the BW at Galphay Woods but taking the [easier] farm track instead. They have apologised & the organisers in this instance have decided to take no further action, some events recently have deducted points for similar transgressions.

Thanks to the village hall cafe for hosting us, feeding us & providing space to socialise before & after your rides; sorry that the pub has closed – that would have been an option as a venue.

Overall winner = Andy Conn M50, 403 pts; 2^nd = Martin Edwards M40, 360; 3^rd = Stephen Collins M50, 345; Paul Dobson was M60 winner, 340; Steve Willis top M70, 315.

Ladies winner = Angela Brand-Barker W60, 356; 2^nd = Claire Riley W40, 313; 3^rd = Helen Bagley W60, 230. Top E-bike was Ray Morriss with 350.

David Day            Planner

Grewelthorpe Control map

22 July 2023

Thanks for coming to a drizzly morning at Grewelthorpe, I hope that this did not detract from the fun that you were having!

Provisional results can be found in the main MapRun events dashboard by selecting ‘Grewelthorpe’

https://results.maprun.net/#/

This shows the current results table but this will change when we modify the lateness penalties for those >5 mins late.

Report & control map to follow

Here’s the QR code for MapRun, which is now available to download in the usual way.

Online entry is available to midnight tonight – https://www.bmbo.org.uk/calendar/details.php?event_id=1452

Here’s the course map for next Saturday July 22nd at Grewelthorpe.

Online entry closes midnight Thursday 20th (50% off for entries by midnight Wednesday 19th)

The event centre is the Village Hall (postcode HG4 3BU, GR 231 761)

Registration 0900 – 1015 | Starts 0930 – 1030  | 3 hour course time

The Grewelthorpe area has been used before for bike O but David Day has found some bridleways for you to explore which should be new to most of you.

The area will include some fantastic views of North Yorkshire from the moors to the east; a complex variety of minor roads with little traffic; some navigational decisions on the many BWs. The Swetton Moor BW is mapped as invisible & is not recommended; the Holmes Farm BW is also mapped as invisible but is a good grass surface & perfectly rideable. There is a ford on the BW S of Hedge Nook which will normally be calf deep & not recommended. The BW through Galphay Woods has been diverted & the map has been corrected to reflect the new route.

Grewelthorpe Cafe will be open before & after the event but they are asking for pre-orders
by midnight Wednesday prior. Menu is attached, soup choices are mushroom or carrot &
coriander; there are also bacon rolls at £3.50. Food choices to David by the entry deadline:
ripondays@gmail.com

Hackfall Cafe menu

There is no car park for this event; please park tidily in the village but not on the green.

COURSE MAP AND START & FINISH LOCATIONS:

Thanks to Conrad and Jill for planning an excellent course, and for providing much needed quiche and pork pie sustenance at the end! Apologies for the slight confusion about the location of the Village Hall for parking!

Results are here – Andy Conn cleared the course in less than the 3 hour time limit and some high scores for others. We’ll clear up the duplicate entries, get in touch with any issues.

Event report:

Thank you for coming along to ride at the event. The tracks were bone dry, and the weather wasn’t too hot with a bit of cloud cover. Jill and I wanted a high scoring event with the fast riders having to worry about whether to leave isolated five pointers around the course.

Most of you seemed to enjoy getting up on the Cleveland Escarpment and around Urra Moor. The tracks were sandy in places but quick once you got going. Judging by the Maprun courses riders made use of the various routes up to and down from the escarpment.

Well done to Andy C for bagging up in 2 hours forty odd minutes and to all of you for some tough riding. We’re glad that many of you stayed for the pies and teas at the end. It’s always great to spend a bit more time catching up with our Bike O buddies.

Thank you to Ingleby Greenhow Village Hall, to the Dudley Arms for the use of their car park, to Tony Thornley for his fantastic map drawing and finally to Tim for his great help and support as ever.

Hope to see you all soon. Happy, safe riding.

Jill and Conrad Ellison

Copy of the control map to follow (thanks to Tony Thornley for aplying his excellent cartography skills to produce a great map!)

BMBO National Champs

if you fancy a trip south then the weekend of 8th & 9th July is the BMBO national Championships at Holmbury St Mary. Details here and a camping discussion on Facebook here

The next NYMBO event is Saturday 22nd July – details to follow soon.

the MapRun download is now available – the QR code is below if you want to use that!

We’ve got 10 SPARE MAPS for anyone who wishes to ENTER ON THE DAY!

you’ll find the blank course map in the previous post

Jill has done a sterling job testing all of the grotty tracks for Conrad, and the recent weather means everything should be pretty dry! There are snacks provided at the finish as well!

In our M70 class. two riders have been out today to test the course and the map – Steve’ the cash’ Willis narrowly beat Tony ’the map’ Thornley by 10 points with a score of 440 to Tonys 430, This sets the bar for some some clear ups to happen on Saturday – they did both do 45km!

there may be an update on parking arrangements later today – it will be in this spot if you check back later

Look forward to seeing riders tomorrow, don’t forget your sunscreen!