Provisional results here  (Tim is sorting out the riders with MapRun issues and the final results will be ready in the next couple of days)

Thank you for riding yesterday and for the comments Jill and I received.  We tend to plan 3 hour events but this time, for some unknown reason, I thought it would be a good idea to use the single track over Hograh Moor and so opening up a larger event area.

As for all planners, the aim is to get the lead riders to just scrape through in the time allowance and having to go for a completely isolated 5 pointer to clear up  Tom G managed to clear up in 3 hours 59 and had to go for the nasty #3 (5 pointer) up the track from Battersby road bend.  Well done.

We’re glad that there were some high scorers and everyone seemed to enjoy the tracks both north and south of Kildale.

We enjoyed planning the route and the tracks were dry during the planning stage (honest !).  We’ve had a deluge over the last couple of weeks making the riding pretty tricky in places.

A big thank you to Tony Thonley for preparing the map.  I’m sure you agree that it was excellent quality.  Finally, a big thank you to Tim for his support and for sorting out MapRun.

Hope to see you soon.  Nidderdale next. (enter online here)

Jill and Conrad Ellison

A few hours left for online entry

MapRun download is now ready, use the QR code below or select event manually in the app. Please download before you leave home for the event.

Start & finish locations are shown in the photo, and parking is on a the verges near the Village Hall.

There a 25% discount on your entry for our next event if you enter before 27th May – you can enter online here.

Conrad has been working hard to plan the Kildale event on Saturday 1st June – there will be some more event details available in the next few days. At the time of writing (Wednesday) it’s absolutely chucking it down, so lets hope the tracks have dried out a bit in ten days time!

Date – Saturday 1st June
Venue – Kildale Village Hall
Duration – 4 hours
registration – 0915 – 1015| start – 0930 – 1030

The blank course map is ready for you to see the area you’ll be riding. Click on the image for the fullsize version (please put any comments below if you feel the resolution isn’t high enough and I can post a bigger file version).

1st June Kildale

The finalised results for Suttton Bank can be found here, and the control map is below. Congratulations to the riders who cleared the course!

Next event is at Kildale on 1st june, and online entry is now open (25% discount for early entry)

At Sutton Bank, we did get some feedback from the owner of the stables at Fox Folly – just north of control 30. He spoke to at least one rider as he was concerned about the number of bikes going through with the horseriding in progress. Feedback from the horseriders suggests all our riders to appropriate action around the horses (which is good) and we’ve agreed to make sure to let them know the next time we’re in the area.

Sutton Bank Control

Glorious weather and (mostly) dry tracks made for an excellent event at Sutton Bank yesterday. Thank to John Dixon for his planning and organising efforts – his comments below.

Provisional MapRun results are here. A couple of riders experienced some phone issues, and Tim thinks those are all resolved but please get in touch if you spot any scoring issues.

Final results will be published in the next couple of days.

Recent sunshine had dried out the tracks considerably since I test rode them a few weeks ago. More sun today tempted over 50 riders to turn out, some for the first time. Hopefully they enjoyed themselves and will try further events.

As usual, a few riders, who shall remain nameless, cleaned up or came very close to it. The rest seemed to have taken a variety of routes but for most it was an uphill finish. Despite that, there were positive remarks about the area, especially to the west, which was new to quite a few of the riders. Thanks to the Park Authority and the Bike Shop for their support

Online entry for this Saturday’s 3 hour MBO closes tonight – enter here

Registration is 09:15 – 10:15 and starts are 09:30-1030 (see details below)

The MapRun course is ready for you to download – if you are reading this on your phone you can click this link to open it.

Otherwise you can use the QR code below, or select the event manually:
Select event | UK | north yorkshire | NYMBO | Summer 2024 | Sutton Bank

Parking for this event is shown on the picture below, registration will be in the car park. Parking will be signed. Parking is FREE providing you park in our dedicated area

Access to “our” car park is also subject to several one way loops. From the west, turn 1st Left at the top of Sutton Bank, from the east pass most of the entrances and take a Right turn (before the “no right turn” sign) and go through a car park to reach “ours”.
it’s either a short walk along the footpath shown, or a ride along the A170 to the start/finish location. You’ll get your printed map at the start, and MapRun should trigger as soon as you ‘go to start‘ at that point.

There is 10% off for NYMBO riders in the bike shop (Show your muddy map, your BMBO membership or just hope she trusts you!)

Our next event is on Saturday 11th May at the top of Sutton Bank.

You can enter online here

Adult entry fee this season is £12 – with a 25% discount for entries received by Monday 6th (so a bargain £9 entry)

Here’s the course map – note the distance between car parking and the start/finish (details to follow next week) along with any other details for this event.

It’s 3 hours, and, as is now our standard, will be using MapRUn (get in touch if any questions)

Entry for our next event at Sutton bank on 11th May is open – further event details to follow soon.

Finally, the fnal results for recent events have been uploaded:

Tholthorpe (January)

Bridge Hewick (March)

North Rigton (April)

2024 events list

You’ll be able to see the provisional results for yesterday’s event on MapRun.

There are a few adjustments to be made for a few riders etc – the final results available short. if you have any amendments that you didn’t advise Tony of at the finish, please get in touch asap.

Thanks to Tony for his planning effort, especially a top quality map (I patricularly liked the various little notes for some tracks) Here’s his  report:

Thanks to all of you for coming and for the many kind comments. Apologies for the mud. I could see no way of avoiding controls that required mud, but maybe I should just plan gravel bike events in future. My best control was 19 where the gate was about two feet deep. This control is mostly Tim’s fault as he told me I shouldn’t use the bridleway that crosses the railway line to the NW of 19 (he was right of course as it could have been dangerous), so I moved the control from that bridleway to the other side of the A61. On the day there was a rail strike so the railway crossing would have been entirely safe……

Congratulations to Andy Conn for managing 63km and 362 points. He went NE first and then clockwise, sensibly avoiding the steepest bit of the area up the Washburn valley. As usual I probably used too big an area, but had it been drier, I think the pace would have been significantly faster. Most people told me their ambition and route gradually shrunk as they went round the controls: a combination of mud and hills. And the larger area means there is no obvious single route and you continually have to make choices about road or bridleway and large scale strategy. Looking through the results there is a very wide variety of different routes.

Finally, a big thank you to Tim Evans for doing a lot behind the scenes, including resolving a last minute panic about the maps.

Next event is May 11th at Sutton Bank. Lovely weather, no mud, lots of hills.

Tony

There’s still time to enter online for the North Rigton event on Saturday – enter here

The MapRun course is now available to download at the usual location – the QR code is below. The start and finish locations are also shown on the photo.

It’s a 3 hour event with registration from 08:50 – 10:00 and starts between 09:15 – 10:15 and the course map is in the previous post

Parking – There is limited parking at the Square and Compass, LS17 0DJ, which is the start/finish. There is an additional small parking area behind the pub. PLEASE only park in the pub if you will eat or drink there – they will be busy at lunchtime. There is parking space on the road outside the pub by the primary school and the memorial hall. Please don’t obstruct entrances or get too near the road junction in the village.

Registration – outside the pub door if fine or in the pub if wet.

Toilets – there are toilets in the pub which should be open from 9.00. No muddy shoes/boots in the pub.

Food – the pub has an extensive menu. There is no need to order food in advance, but likely pre-ordering at registration

MapRun – if you’re using the MapRun app on your phone make sure it’s MapRun7, and don’t forget to download the event in advance (folder is UK:North Yorkshire:NYMBO: North Rigton) – updated FAQ here. The MapRun map is the competition map but the resolution is not as good as the printed map, although all the controls are (I hope) in the right place. They have all been checked for accuracy.

Start/Finish – You can register from 0850-1000 and start from 0915-1015. The time limit is 3 hours with the usual penalties. There are no pre-assigned start times; first come, first served. At the start you will get a printed map with all the controls and descriptions on. The start is the road junction in North Rigton, but as we have set the control range at 30m, it is likely to start you as soon as you tap ‘go to start’. So, when told to start, and not before, tap ‘Go To Start’ on MapRun and it should bleep when the GPS finds you at the start. You will be timed from that point. The finish is at the N end of the pub car park. Please then report back to registration to confirm your finish: in the pub garden or in the pub if wet. I cannot see why anyone would cycle back past the start until they want to finish, but if you do MapRun may end your run. You can restart by ‘Go To Start” and it will record this as a separate run. We will make adjustments at the end if anything goes wrong. A Strava track of your route would be good evidence!

Course map – the blank course map is here. The main map is 1:40000, adapted from the 50000 OS and 300x280mm. It is marked with the usual 30 controls with points values between 5 and 30.

Safety – this event has some very busy roads. These are clearly shown on the map in blue. We urge you to wear a bright top, use lights and take great care. An unmanned, unsignalled level crossing has been marked as out of bounds for safety reasons – do not use this bridleway.
You must report to the finish. There is an emergency contact number on the map.

Terrain – It’s hilly. The rideability of the bridleways is shown on the map – see the legend – but these are very weather and ride dependent. There is one short footpath at the E end of Danefield which you can use, but you must give way to any walkers you come across.