Here are a few photo’s from last weekend’s Moors Marathon. If you have any of your own you’d like to add to the gallery please send them to nymbo.events@gmail.com.

Don’t forget to add any comments about either of last weekends events too!

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

You’ll find the results and splits from Saturday’s event here.

The full report should follow tomorrow, but in the meantime, here’s a reminder that events at this time of year are a constant battle between rider and the undergrowth – thistles on the bridleway between controls 46 and 36.

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.

Here’s the map for the next MBO event on Saturday 16th July.

The event centre is SAWDON VILLAGE HALL YO13 9DY,  1 mile north of the A170 at Brompton by Sawdon details on the flier here

REGISTER 11.30 – 12.45  – STARTS 12.00 – 13.00

Enter online here by Wednesday 13th

The annual Moors Marathon is on Sunday 17th, details here July – Marathon Flier and entry here – spread the word amongst your mountain biking friends as this is a great day out biking!

2016 Wykeham and Broxa 25000 Working Drawing without Controls 5th July

You can find the current league positions here – all the detailed event information in the Results section.

An update on July events will be posted later this weekend!

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

Individual results for Allerthorpe, Bishopwood and Wheldrake – also all found on the main results page.

Here’s the blank map for the Cleveland Hills that takes place on Sunday 12th June.

The event centre is Kildale Village Hall (YO21 2RG; GR 606094).

It’s a 3 hour event, and the fourth event in the 2016 league

REGISTER  8.30 – 9.45  STARTS 09.00 – 10.00

Enter online here  by Wednesday 8th June

Don’t forget the York MTBO on Saturday 11th June – enter here by Thursday 9th June

2016 Kildale without Controls 24th May