The final evening event of the summer is this Wednesday (15th) at the Hambleton Inn at the top of Sutton Bank. John Dixon has planned an excellent course and the countryside is superb. The tracks have dried up over the last month so hope you can make it for a pleasant ride followed by a drink and bar meal. Online entries close this evening but you can still enter by email tomorrow. Only 7 pre-entries so far but the event is definitely still on. Please pre-enter if you intend to ride so that I print enough maps. Hope to see you there.

Steve Willis

Basic results here SiltonBoltbyResults

Full splits available at www.eborienteers.org.uk

Silton & Boltby – Organiser’s Comments

I was looking forward to riding in the forests again after two events on the moors but the heavy rain this year ensured that we had a mudbath to contend with and the best tracks were on the moors. However, Michael had planned an excellent course with a good variety of tracks and plenty of route choice. Many of you, like me, tried the first 2 tracks in Silton Forest and decided to stick to forest roads for the rest of the ride. Congratulations to Andy Conn on another excellent score closely followed by Duncan Archer. Obviously Fontainbleu was perfect training forNorth Yorkshire. Mike Nayler was back on form to win M50 as was John Dixon in M60. Sue Booth won the Ladies section and Christine & Ralph just outscored Steve & Andrea in the mixed. Richard and James Martin took advantage of the Vesty’s absence to win the Generation category and Ed took it easy with a big race next weekend to win M18.

John Dixon is calculating the league points and the updated positions will be posted soon.

Thanks to all of the helpers, especially the control collectors who didn’t get too wet. Thanks also to Jens Strain for another excellent map. There were a few problems and, as this was Michael’s first attempt at planning, I should have given him more guidance. Some of the controls were more difficult to find than usual and some of the descriptions were confusing. Controls 37, 46 and 59 caused problems for a few riders so I have decided to award the points to anyone who couldn’t find them. Please let me know if you were late because you spent time looking for them and I will adjust your time accordingly. As a general principle at NYMBO and NEMBOS events, if you are certain that you are in the right place and can’t find the control, don’t waste time looking for it. Just make a note of your time and let us know when you finish. We aren’t trying to hide the controls but we occasionally get it wrong and don’t want to spoil your ride. Unfortunately #36 was destroyed overnight and I have added 10 points to everyone who added their names to the list. Please let me know if I missed you out.

Steve Willis

Planner’s Comments

I was pleased when Steve asked me to plan this event, having ridden there quite often I thought I knew the forest quite well, but during the planning I discovered I did not know it as well as I thought. This was the first event I have planned, judging by the recent weather I was quite surprised but pleased by the number of riders that turned out. 
I tried to do an even spread of check points between the two main forest areas and I think it worked well. When I was putting out the checkpoints on Friday I realised just how wet and hard going it would for the riders. 
All the returning riders commented rather surprisingly about the amount of mud about, living in England isn’t that summer!
I would like to thank Steve and Jens for all the help they gave me, also a thank you to all the riders who helped collect the checkpoints in, great team effort . 
As I have taken part in Trailquests for some time this added another dimension for me so if you have a favourite area give it a go.

Mick Brough

 There are 4 events next month so please enter online or send me an email.

Saturday 11^th August Hamsterley Forest

4 hour NEMBOS league event – longer than last year but all controls in the forest on 2 maps with Odds and Even Controls and parking at The Grove Car Park.

Wednesday 15^th August Hambleton Inn, Sutton Bank

2 hour NYMBO Summer evening Score event on the Hambleton Hills

Saturday, 25^th August Malham Moors

4 hour NYMBO League event and part of the Malham Show

Monday, 27^th August Wykeham & Broxa Forest

3 hour NYMBO League event and part of the White Rose Weekend

Hope to see you at another event soon.

Steve Willis

PS Don’t forget that all events (3 hours of longer) that use Sportident are included in the BMBO National Rankings with your best 10 scores to count

PPS I am still planning the Polaris is in the Yorkshire Dales on Saturday/Sunday 22^nd/23^rd September and there will be 5 options – 7&5 hours with overnight camp, 5&4 hours without overnight camp, 4 hours on Saturday or 3 hours on Sunday, 40/20k fixed routes on Saturday and 30/15k fixed routes on Sunday. Plenty of choice for all abilities so why not enter?

Michael Brough has planned an excellent course and will be putting out the controls tomorrow. The main tracks and bridleways are all ok to ride but route choice will be crucial. 90 riders have pre-entered and there are 30 spare maps for entry on the day so hope to see you there. The event centre is at Stay Farm near Kepwick where there is a lot of hard-standing but some late arrivals may have to park on the edge of the wet fields. Registration opens at 11.30 and you can start between 12 and 1pm. I hope the weather’s like this photo on the Cleveland Way.

Congratulations to 3 of our regular riders who won the Five Day event at Fontainbleu Forest this week. Ed Oliver Evans in M18 and Andrew Windrum deadheating with Andy Conn in M40 after over 5 hours riding and over 20 minutes ahead of the third rider. Hopefully, they will be back in time to ride at Silton and Boltby this Saturday. Another forest but slightly different riding!

A pleasant evening for a change and the Vesty’s win again on home territory

Kirby Hill Results

Neil Reed had planned an excellent course which encouraged us to use a mixture of roads and bridleways in this beautiful area less than 10 miles from Leeds city centre. I decided to stay on the bridleways around Harewood and Eccup and really appreciated the views across Wharfedale in the evening sunshine. Edwin decided to visit all of the 30 point controls and did it so well that he won overall ahead of local rider Tim Patterson, his Dad and the Generation pair of Adrian & Nathan Parker. The Sun Inn provided an excellent event centre and managed to serve our meals as soon as we finished despite the extra custom that the England game brought in. We could then enjoy the second half.
There were 33 riders which was a pleasant surprise as I only had 7 online and 10 email entries by the closing date on Sunday evening. I was glad I took my computer and printer for the extra 16 maps that were needed!!
Frank Appleton is recovering from knee surgery and planning the next evening event on Wednesday 11th July from the Blue Bell at Kirby Hill near Boroughbridge – so a chance to ride around the area where I lived for 25 years!! Hopefully we will see you there or at the next  league event at Silton & Boltby Forests near Thirsk on July 14th

Kepwick crossroads on the Cleveland Way between Silton and Boltby Forests

Harewood results

34 riders, a beautiful evening, lovely countryside and England won – perfect

Only 10 pre-entries for Tuesday evening but the event is still on. The England v Ukraine match doesn’t kick off until 8pm so you can watch it in the New Inn after your ride. Please enter online tonight (Sunday) or reply to this post if you still want to reserve a map.

There is a brand new course available in Swaledale so check out the web site http://www.dalesbikecentre.co.uk/ for more details
5 or 3 hour options available so check in at Grinton and go for it

Ingleton Results (spreadsheet) | results with splits

It was great to ride a new area and extend the OvergroundUnderground programme. The tracks were very dry despite the recent rain which held off on Saturday. There were 3 very distinctive areas – the quiet lanes around Bentham, the superb singletracks around Austwick and the tough bridleways around Ingleborough and Whernside. I didn’t think anyone would clear up but Andy Conn nearly did!! It was a difficult course to get right as you had to commit yourself to going to Dentdale early on and it’s a long way back. You also needed to decide whether to get the easy points around Bentham and Austwick first or leave them until the end. Some riders got it right and some got it badly wrong

I had 4 great planning rides – the first one after theAGMin December which included the new Pennine Bridleway – and, judging by your comments, you all enjoyed the countryside. Unfortunately there were only 72 riders so we only just broke event. As we normally get about 130 riders further east I will have to consider whether we come back to Ingleton next year – or ask XCC if they want to plan it as 6 of the controls were inCumbria!!

Thanks to Jens for another excellent map, the helpers for making everything run smoothly and the volunteers who collected all the controls. The school made a great event centre despite the low toilets and not being able to park on the field.

Congratulations to the category winners especially Andy Conn who scored an incredible 489 points – 19 ahead of Andrew Windrum and 20 more than Graham Fielding (3^rd overall and M50 winner). Ray Morris won M60 (and 4^th overall) with 440 points; Helen Jackson & Paul Vousden won X21 with 395 points (and 7^th overall) matching Simon Grainger’s winning M21 score; Sheila Pierce outscored the other women to win W40 with 365 points; James & Richard took advantage of the Vesty’s absence to win the Generation class with 350 points; and Karen & Steve pipped Chris & Ralph by 20 points in X50. John Dixon is adding your points to the league and I’ll post it on the web sites in the next couple of days.

There were only 3 riders who opted for the 2 hour course so it’s obviously not working. I have decided to scrap both Short Course Leagues with immediate effect and replace it with a Novice (2 hour) option which will be half price. I will alter the NYMBO and NEMBOS fliers this week.

There are 2 more events this month so please enter online asap or send me an email.

Saturday 16^th June Kildale

4 hour NEMBOS league event –further south than last year so more stunning moorland, a few private estate tracks and an old railway line

Tuesday 19^th June New Inn, Eccup (NOT Wednesday as previously advertised)

2 hour NYMBO Summer evening Score event around Harewood & Wharfedale

The next NYMBO League event is at Silton & BoltbyForeston Saturday 14^th July

Hope to see you at another event soon.

Steve Willis

PS Don’t forget that all events (3 hours of longer) that use Sportident are included in the BMBO National Rankings with your best 10 scores to count

PPS I am still planning the Polaris is in the Yorkshire Dales on Saturday/Sunday 22^nd/23^rd September and there will be 5 options – 7&5 hours with overnight camp, 5&4 hours without overnight camp, 4 hours on Saturday or 3 hours on Sunday, 40/20k fixed routes on Saturday and 30/15k fixed routes on Sunday. Plenty of choice for all abilities so why not enter?