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

Stainforth Organiser’s Comments

Thanks to Alex Pilkington for another excellent course in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales including some very interesting controls. This was the first event in the Overground Underground Festival so check out their web page for the programme of outdoor activities for the rest of the summer on http://www.ogug.co.uk/

Thanks as ever to Jens for another excellent map, Geoff Moorhouse, Karen Blackburn and Michael Brough for helping on the day and Dave Lloyd, Andy & Corinne Parsons, Ray Morriss, Roger Pilkington and Tim Evans who helped Alex collect the controls after they had finished as well as Graeme Fielding and Martin who hadn’t even ridden in the event.. Thanks also to Chris & his staff at Knight Stainforth Caravan Park who welcomed us to their site and cafe so if you want to go back for a more leisurely visit check out http://www.knightstainforth.co.uk/

Congratulations to Graham Tibbott for visiting all but 4 controls as well as the other category winners – Mark Chryssanthou M40, Tim Evans M50, Ray Morriss M60, Geoff Moorhouse M70, Dorothy Pelly W50, Clive & Sarah George X40 (on a tandem), Steve & Ben Collins (Gen). You can follow their routes using the splits file and course map on the NYMBO site.

It was great to be riding on dry tracks in the sunshine for a change although it still felt cold when riding downhill. I thoroughly enjoyed my ride as usual and, being non-competitive, decided to ignore Penyghent and headed south to visit 2 of the interesting controls starting with 54 in the incredible limekiln, through Settle then the lovely network of singletrack bridleways near Austwick before finishing with 53 at the awesome quarry.

There were 3 controls that caused problems so I have sent 32 and 34 back for re-programming. Sadly, 38 was vandalised during the event so will need replacing at the cost of the event profit. A few riders got lost on Foxup Moor but I hope it didn’t spoil their rides. Some riders couldn’t find 57 but it was straightforward if you were on the right bridleway.

The next NYMBO event is at Kildale on Sunday 12^th June where Conrad & Jill have planned an excellent 3 hour course on the Clevelend Hills. You can make it a full weekend as Andrew Windrum has planned 3 sprint MTBO events in Bishopwood, Wheldrake and Allerthorpe on Saturday 11th

Finally, a reminder that Matthew Streets & Pete Swanborough are fundraising for the local hospital unit. Matthew’s daughter, Grace, was born last year with a rare medical condition called Congenital Hyper Insulinism. She is still doing ok but needs ongoing care so they will be riding three long distance MTB events to raise funds.

Hope to see you at another event soon

Steve

Pen-y-ghent from Control 20

You can find the results with splits here

And here’s the map:

Stainforth map with controls – May 2016

Our next NYMBO event is at Stainforth on Saturday May 14th, and you’ll find the blank map below – it looks like an excellent course!

Event Centre: GR 820 673 Knight Stainforth Caravan Park BD24 0DP At the hamlet of Knight Stainforth, 3 miles north of Settle on the minor road that runs up the west side of the valley (the small bridge is not recommended for anything larger than small cars!)

REGISTER 8.30 – 9.45 START 09.00 – 10.00

Flier #03 – Three Peaks Flier

Click here for the map if it’s not showing below

Entry online here by Wednesday

2016 Stainforth 50000 Working Drawing without Controls 26th April

Tim Evans is organising 2 MTBO events in Yorkshire this weekend with winning times of 60 minutes. Please enter by April 29th if you want to reserve a map. You can read more about the MTBO league in 2016 here

Sunday 1st May Penistone Moor near Haworth starting at 1400 Enter here

Monday 2nd May Swinsty & Beecroft near Harrogate starting at 0900 Enter here

Hambleton Hills Organiser’s Comments

Thanks to Michael Brough for another excellent course in this great area on the edge of the North York Moors. The weather didn’t look too promising when we arrived but it did improve as the first riders set off down the hill. However, it has been a very wet winter so some of the tracks were still very soft and the bridleway which followed the stream below #57 was even deeper than normal. Thanks as ever to Jens for another excellent map, Geoff Moorhouse, Karen Blackburn, John Dixon, Frank & Sandra Appleton for helping on the day and Dave Lloyd, Karen & Richard Clark, Ray Morriss and Tim & Edwin who helped Michael collect the controls after they had finished. Thanks also to John & Sheila who welcomed us to their farm despite being in the middle of their very hectic lambing season. Their farm is also a camping and caravan site so check out www.bungdaleheadcamping.co.uk if you want to go back for a more leisurely visit.

Congratulations to Ian Nixon for nearly clearing up with 513 points closely followed by Graham Tibbott (495) and impressive riding from Rik Thompson (M40-470), Conrad Ellison & Tim Evans (M50-both 442), Roger de Faye (M60-385), Tony & Angela Brand-Barker (X50-355), John Aspden (M70-340), Jill Ellison (W40-309), Chris & Roy Partington (Gen-305) Clare de Faye (W60-250).You can follow their routes using the splits file and course map on the NYMBO site.

I thoroughly enjoyed my ride as usual and, being non-competitive, chose to stay in the forest on the plateau before heading down Wass Bank – encountering a few envious looks from the riders grinding up in the opposite direction. Then it was into White Horse Bank but leaving out the lowest 2 controls to give me time to get 54 and 59 from the top after climbing up the road – which was busier than usual due to Sutton Bank being cloesd for a while. It worked too well so that I was back early especially as the final climb up to the finish wasn’t as bad as expected.

There were a couple of controls that caused problems as they weren’t exactly where marked on the map – sorry. So if you couldn’t find 38 or 46 or wasted time and were late please let me know and I will adjust your score or time.

John Dixon has offered to look after the results again so the new league table (with some familiar names already in the lead) is on the Results page.

I am planning the OMM Bike event in the White Peak District on April 23^rd/24^th. Entries have closed at https://www.theomm.com/omm-bike-peak-district-2016/ but you can still enter the 3 hour course via the BMBO site. Or I can always do with help over the weekend putting out and collecting in the controls.

The next NYMBO event is at Knight Stainforth in the Yorkshire Dales where you can ride around fantastic scenery for 5 hours on an excellent course planned by Alex Pilkington. Don’t forget to approach along the minor road through Stackhouse from Settle along the west of the River Ribble rather than the (B6479) Stainforth road.

Finally, Matthew Streets & Pete Swanborough are doing some fundraising for the local hospital unit. Matthew’s daughter, Grace, was born last year with a rare medical condition called Congenital Hyper Insulinism.She is doing ok but needs ongoing care so they will be riding three long distance MTB events to raise funds.

The first event was on 3rd April is Round 1 of the Adventure Cross Series, Moors and Shores from Dalby Forest, then the NYMBO Moors Marathon in July and finally the Kielder 101 on September 3^rd. NYMBO will be donating £50 after the Marathon so please visit https://www.justgiving.com/Streetsswanborough1 if you would like to support them

Hope to see you at another event soon

Steve

Planner’s Report

Considering Friday’s weather forecast, the weather turned out to be superb on Saturday. During the planning in January the tracks were very wet and muddy and judging by the state of some the riders and bikes on Saturday nothing had changed. I tried to plan the event with plenty of route choices. Hopefully, for those taking part, you all agreed with this. The start and finish were never going to be easy, as you can testify as you had steep climbs which ever way you went. I would like to thank everyone who helped make this a successful event, especially Steve, Jens, the control collectors and the energetic riders. Thanks also to the Fosters for the use of their farm as our base with such great views.

Michael

You’ll find the results from Saturday’s event by clicking here, or going to the ‘results’ page

A great event, helped by the window of sunny weather – full report on Monday, map with controls below.

Here’s the map for the Wass Forest and Hambleton Hills event next Saturday April 9th. I’m sorry if you’ve had problems viewing the full quality map in the last couple of months. I realised after some feedback that I haven’t always been uploading the image below with the correct link. Please do let me know if you have any problems by commenting on the post.

THIS IS THE SECOND EVENT IN THE 2016 NYMBO LEAGUE

GR 559 837 BUNGDALE HEAD FARM, SCAWTON YO72HH
Leave the A170, 1 mile east of Sutton Bank, drive down through Scawton and turn right on the second bend 600m after the village

COURSES: 3 hour SCORE event (with a 2 hour option for NOVICES)
REGISTER: 11.30 – 12.45
STARTS: 12.00 – 13.00

Online entry here by 5th April

Flier here: Hambleton Hills Flier 

2016 Wass Forest and Hambleton Hills 25000 Working Drawing without Controls 20th March

Apologies for the delay in posting the results, you’ll find them here. And the map with controls is here

Planner comments from Karen Clark

Terrington MBO March 2016

Planning started before Christmas and the very wet winter did provide its challenges. The tracks had improved in the recent spell of dry weather. However, at the bottom of slopes particularly north of 59 remained very wet. A few more days of dry weather would make for some very fast riding. The aim was to try and offer lots of choices from the start and judging by the time spent by riders at the start we achieved this.

I hope you had the chance to admire some of the very fine views in this area of Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The views  from the bridleway that runs east to west south of controls 35 and 53 are one of my favourite memories of this area. Comments at the finish were very favourable.

To those that had problems with 57 I can only apologise that on the final check of the map I missed it had been marked to the north of where I had planned it to be. Those that mentioned the problem to Geoff will have been credited with the score.

The provision of spot prizes seemed to go down well with six prize tags been located at the controls. I hope you enjoyed the chocolates and wine.

I would like to thank all the helpers who contributed to the event.   Jens produced another excellent map. Geoff and Frank did not have rides on the day but were still prepared to come along and contribute. Steve Roberts helped me with the initial planning and drew the final version of the map that went to Jens.  I was especially grateful to the control collectors I would have struggled to get all the controls in. As it was the last few were collected in the dark. I took a full day on Friday to get most of the controls out with the last few going out early on Saturday. Without the help of my husband Richard it would have been a tough task.

Terrington village hall made an excellent venue especially as parking was available on site. The hall caretaker couldn’t have been more helpful. Thank you for observing the no muddy cycling shoes notices  –  it made tidying up a lot easier.

Sorry for the delay in posting the results, will post them asap.

Here’s the control map if you couldn’t ride the event but would like to see the course.

Here’s the blank map for the event on Saturday, a three hour event in the Howardian Hills

REGISTER 11.30 – 12.45
STARTS 12.00 – 13.00

VENUE
GR 672 706  Terrington Village Hall YO60 6UB
Terrington is 3 miles south of the B1257 at Hovingham
Parking next to the village hall which is on Mowthorpe Lane

Online entry here

Flier here: Howardian Hills Flier