Here’s the blank map for Hunton on Saturday, entries here, details and flier here – fingers crossed for a dry day…

As you can see, there aren’t many bridleways on the map but plenty of quiet country lanes which is just as well considering the recent wet weather. All types of bikes are welcome but you will need a mountain bike to get to 6 of the controls. We have only got 20 pre-entries. Online entries close at midnight on Wednesday so that Jens can print enough maps and 10 spare for entry on the day. It’s just started raining yet again but the forecast for Saturday is cool but dry with sunny intervals although there will be a 15 mph northerly wind so bring plenty of kit. Hope to see you there.

**updated Tuesday – clicking on the map now opens the full version **

2015 Hunton TH Working Drawing without Controls

Winter2015 _Poster_v2The four winter treasure hunt events are:

1. November 21st – Countryman’s Inn, Hunton, Near Bedale DL8 1PY
2. December 12th – Coach & Horses, Tadcaster LS24 8AA
3. January 30th – White Bear, Stillington YO61 1JU
4. February 20th – The Royal Oak, Staveley, Knaresborough HG5 9LD

Here’s the poster – if you’re able to display this at your local bike shop, cafe or any other suitable location please do so – we always welcome a few more riders.

As mentioned in the email newsletter last week, if you have any ideas for promotion & publicity – please do let me know, either comment on this post or send me an email here

Please vote for your favourite event from the 2015 NYMBO league – whether it was good weather, high points, or you like the location – it helps plan the league for next year.

Thanks to John Dixon for working out your scores. Here is the league table

LEAGUE 2015 after 11 events

Please let me know if there are any mistakes.

Congratulations to the 2015 NYMBO Champions

Graham Tibbot -M21; Conrad Ellison -M40; Tim Evans -M50; Ray Morriss – M60

Sheila Pearce – W40; Helen Bagley – W50; Karen Blackburn – W60

Ruth Greenwood & Graeme Murray -X40; Andrea & Steve Foster -X50; Karen Clark & Steve Roberts -X60

Chris & Roy Partington _Gen; James Martin – Y18

Prizes were kindly donated by Yorkshire Dales Brewery and Richardsons Cycles.

Thanks to Steve Roberts & Karen Clark, Peter Swanborough, Graham Fielding, Ben Martin, Andy & Corinne Parsons, Andy Murphy, Michael Brough, Conrad & Jill Ellison and Dave Lloyd for planning the 2015 NYMBO League events. We will have a similar format next year but I will make sure that there aren’t as many so close together at the end of the season

Here is the map so that you can follow the riders routes

2015 Boltby and Silton Working Drawing with Controls 12th October

Thanks to Dave Lloyd for an excellent course and congratulations to the winners

Splits are on the Results page so please let me know if there are any mistakes or if you want to claim #54

Planner’s Report

The bridleway between Black Hambleton and High Paradise must be one of the best in Yorkshire so it was no surprise that those of you who finished that way, with the
wind at your backs, had the biggest smiles. Starting high always poses the problem of when and where to regain the height lost but even those who slogged to the finish
from Boltby seemed satisfied with their efforts.

I hope the notes provided beforehand helped. The felling in both forests and the manicuring of fire breaks (unrideable earlier in the year) in Silton significantly changed the
appearance of both areas between initial planning and the actual event although I know that this did not put some of you off venturing onto some of the more difficult tracks
including the downhill section.

I know that some people rode past 54 . The bracken there was head height, completely obscuring the boundary stone, and the control was not visible from the track so it
was double taped. If you punched 35 and 39 let Steve know and you can have the points. Sorry I can’t do anything about time lost for those who rode past then went back.
Generally I’m not altogether in favour of taping every control. My philosophy when planning is that whenever possible the site should be a specific map feature which can
be navigated to and the control should be fully visible from the track (not hidden) whatever direction it is approached from.

Apologies to those of you who visited 40. Had I known that the farmer would harrow and re-seed the field next to the road, plough to the edges of the fields to the SW of the
bridge and that a team of horses would be parachuted in to mess up the section of the track south of the bridge I would not have used it.

High Paradise Farm provided a very civilised event centre and fitting venue for the end of season presentations so thanks to Ginny and her team for their efforts. Biggest
thanks are saved for the volunteers who helped collect the controls afterwards Zoe Cowgill, Carl Vincent, Adrian Baskerville and Andy’s (Conn & Windrum) who waited until after the prize giving and still had everything back by 6 o’clock. It take almost a full day to set out the controls beforehand so It is sobering to think that Andy Conn almost cleared up with time to spare.

Dave Lloyd

Boltby & Silton Forest Organiser’s Comments

Thanks to Dave Lloyd for another excellent course in this great area with fast forest tracks, moorland bridleways and undulating minor roads. Thanks as ever to Jens for another excellent map, Karen Blackburn and John Dixon for helping on the day and Andrew Windrum, Carl Vincent, Adrian Baskerville, Zoe Cowgill and Andy Conn who helped Dave collect the controls after they had finished. Thanks also to Ginny for an excellent event centre at High Paradise Farm where the cafe will be open every weekend until the end of January

Congratulations to Andy Conn winning M40 (and overall) with an impressive ride visiting almost all of the controls for 500 points with Andrew Windrum just 4 points behind; John Houlihan on a rare MBO ride M50-475; Graham Tibbot M21-431; Angela Brand Barker W50-405 and first Woman; Sue Booth W40-394; Ray Morriss was back on form M60-389; Steve & Andrea Foster X50-349 and first Mixed again; Ben & Steve Collins Gen-319; Karen Blackburn W60- 310.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, could choose to only go down and up the escarpment once. I decided to clear Boltby Forest before heading down the new track to Brickshed Cottage (which will be marked more clearly as a permissive route next time). Roads to Silton then up through the forest and finish along the excellent Cleveland way with a following wind spotting 54 on the way which you can claim if you missed it.

It was good to see a few more riders for the final event of the season but we could do with a few more next year. Thanks for staying to collect your prizes and applaud the leading riders. Thanks also to Yorkshire Dales Brewery and Richardsons Cycles for their sponsorship. The Tee shirts were paid for out of the profit that NYMBO made this year.

I have already got planners for 10 events next year so please let me know if you would like to plan one or help on the day. Offers are always accepted!!

The winter events start next month at the Countrymans Inn, Hunton (near Bedale) on Saturday 21^st November and I have got planners for the other 3 so the details are on the web page.

I hope you can make it to one or more of them.

Steve

The last league event for 2015 takes place on Saturday 17th October – the blank map is below.

Online entries here by Wednesday please.

VENUE GR 503 888 High Paradise Farm, Boltby, Thirsk YO7 2HT Signposted from the Sneck Yate road, 1 mile east of Boltby village

COURSES 3 hour SCORE event (with a 2 hour option for NOVICES)

REGISTER 11.30 – 12.45 STARTS 12.00 – 13.00

2015 Boltby and Silton Working Drawing without Controls

Here is the updated league table which is also in the Results section

LEAGUE 2015 after 10 events

Many of the categories are already decided but there is still an opportunity for some riders to improve their scores at the final event at Boltby & Silton Forest on October 17th.

M21 1st Graham Tibbot 2nd Ben Martin

W21 & X21 No Competition

M40 Conrad Ellison is leading but David Cowgill, Phill Collings and Andrew Windrum can all overtake him unless he improves on his 71% from Swaledale

W40 1st Sheila Pearce 2nd Jill Ellison

X40 1st Ruth Greenwood & Graeme Murray

M50 John Rawden is 3 points ahead of Phil Upton but Time Evans could still overtake them both

W50 1st Helen Bagley

X50 1st Andrea & Steve Foster

M60 1st Ray Morriss with 4 riders capable of 2nd place

W60 1st Karen Blackburn

X60 1st Karen Clark & Steve Roberts

Youth James Marin has a 2 point lead over Nathan Parker

Generation Chris & Roy Partington have a 50 point lead but can still be caught by Steve & Ben Collins or Nathan & Adrian Parker

The event centre for the final event is at High Paradise Farm where the café will be open all day so I hope you can make it and stay for the league presentations at 4.30. Prizes have been kindly donated by Yorkshire Dales Brewery and Richardson’s Cycles and leading riders will also receive the ‘highly coveted’ NYMBO Tshirts.

Thanks to Conrad and Jill for planning anoyher excellent course from the newly reopened café at Lordstones. As always, I thoroughly enjoyed my ride once I found my way out of the parking fields by making sure that I didn’t have to climb the steep slope more than once. The tracks were firm except for the bridleway between 48 and 54, the scenery was stunning and the weather was perfect. Here is the map so that you can follow the routes.

2015 Cleveland Hills 30000 Working Drawing with Controls 22nd August
The course looked pretty big but Andrew Windrum still managed to visit most of the controls; Phil Upton travelled from the Midlands to win M50 with 400 points, only 45 points behind Andrew. Ray Morriss got it right this month to win M60 with 327. Graham Tibbot was recovering from a tough event in Cannock so couldn’t repeat his score from last week but still managed to win M21, 10 points ahead of Ben Martin. Sue Booth was the highest scoring woman with 343 followed by Angela Brand Barker W50-328 and Karen Clark W60-273. Steve & Andrea confirmed their status as first mixed pair.
Thanks to Jens for another excellent map, Frank & Sandra Appleton and John Dixon for helping on the day and Dave Lloyd, Andrew Windrum, Ray Morriss, John Rawden, David & Zoe Cowgill and Richard & James Martin who collected all of the controls in by 6pm.
I need to start thinking about the winter events. Tim Evans has offered to plan one between Harrogate & Boroughbridge so if you have any suggestions or offers please let me know.
The same applies to next year. We have had too many events recently so I won’t make the same mistake again but please let me know where and when you prefer to ride – especially if you want to plan an event!!
Hopefully, many of you will be able to ride at the final event of the season in Boltby & Silton on October 17th. Dave Lloyd has planned an excellent course and High Paradise will be an excellent event centre with the league presentations taking place at 4.30.
Let’s hope we get another dry, sunny day.
Steve
PS Roger de Faye needs another 30 points adding to his score, Neil Croasdell needs an extra 15 points and Darren Neylon needs another 55 points. Please let me know if there are any other mistakes

Here are the update scores after the OMM Bike weekend in Swaledale

LEAGUE 2015 after 9 events

Graham Tibbot looks like his winning scores have given him an unassailable lead in M21 and Erica Moks is leading W21. Conrad Ellison has taken the lead in M40 although David Cowgill is only 3 points behind and Phil Collings has only ridden 5 events. Sheila Pearce will win W40 again despite being unable to ride in the last 2 events. John Rawden has taken the lead in M50 with 2 steady rides but he is only 20 point ahead of Michael Nayler and there are a few riders who have only been to 5 events. Helen Bagley had one good ride at the weekend which is enough to ensure that she will win W50. Ray Morriss had 2 good scores at the weekend – despite helping all weekend as well – to take the lead in M60 and the other riders are probably too far behind so are fighting for the minor places in this very competitive class!!! Karen Blackburn had 2 good rides so will definitely win W60.There are no changes in the Mixed classes as Steve Roberts & Karen Clark were the only riders who will now win X60 with Steve & Andrea Foster looking the likely winners in X50 (but Ralph & Chris Defty could catch them with 2 good final scores) and Ruth Greenwood & Graeme Murray in X40 despite a disappointing ride at Swaledale. Chris & Roy Partington are still winning the Generation class but 2 good rides from Adrian & Luke Parker could overhaul them and they did beat their older brother/son in Swaledale although Nathan looks like the likely Youth champion this year.

Thanks to John Dixon for sorting out the scores but please let me know if there are any errors or omissions. It is definitely your best 6 scores from 11 to count this year so you have 2 events left so I hope to see you at the Cleveland Hills on Sunday or the final event in Boltby & Silton Forest on October 17th.

The blank map for Saturday’s course is now available – and it looks like it will be a great event. Three hours in a great mix of terrain – and at the moment, the weather forecast looks ok (on Monday!)

This is the tenth league event (just one more to go in October)

GR 525 030 Lord Stones Country Park TS9 7JH 2 miles south of the A172 at Carlton in Cleveland

FACILITIES Parking, Registration, Toilets and Refreshments

COURSES 3 hour SCORE event (with a 2 hour option for NOVICES)

REGISTER 11.30 – 12.45 STARTS 12.00 – 13.00

Sunday 27th September – Cleveland Hills