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NYMBO Update Cropton Forest Thanks to Andy Parsons (and his family) for planning an excellent course. He ensured that all of the controls were on decent tracks and the optimum route was never a long muddy push. Thanks to you for turning up even though the weather was as autumnal as we have come to expect this year. Thanks again to the helpers for making the event run smoothly, especially the control collectors who got everything in before dark; and to Jens for drawing yet another excellent map. Spiers House made an excellent event centre with forest road parking, a shop, plenty of toilets and, even, showers. Most riders naturally stayed on forest roads as much as possible and there was a fairly even split in which way riders went round the forest. However, the anti-clockwise option meant a tough climb for the fitter riders when they left the Hartoft valley so most riders went round clockwise. The main skill was deciding which controls to leave out so that you could get to as many of the higher value controls as possible. Nick Harmer had to score well to overhaul Andrew Windrum in the league and his winning score of 476 meant that he only left out 3 controls – some ride although he was still 7 points short of Andrew's total for the season!! Wayne Nicholson took advantage of Andy Conn's absence to win M40 with the third highest score of the day and finish second to him in the league. John Dixon had his best ride of the year to win M50 with the fifth best total but John Galway did enough to gain the M50 title ahead of John Galway. Mandy Faint was again the highest scoring solo female rider on the day and all season. David Day had the same success in M60. The best way for mixed teams at Cropton seemed to be by tandem with Hazel & Andy Stanforth outscoring all of the other pairs. Dennis & Sheila had their least memorable ride of the season but outscored all other pairs over the season. Will & Sam Wilson won at Cropton but couldn't catch Patrick & Oliver Piggott. 2 juniors rode but unfortunately there was no Youth Champion prize as no one had competed in more that 2 events. NYMBO League 2008 As it was the final event of the year, prizes donated by WESTBROOK CYCLES and T shirts from Wicked Stitching were awarded to the leading riders after John Dixon had sorted out the final positions. Congratulations the 2008 NYMBO League Champions M21 Andrew Windrum584 M60 David Day 476 W21 Emily Brooks 223 W60 Karen Blackburn 398 M40 Andy Conn 594 Gen Patrick & Oliver Piggott 266 W40 Mandy Faint 400 X21 Steph Fountain & Bernard Cleaver 356 M50 John Galway 553 X40 Dennis Jacques & Sheila Pearce 491 W50 Mary Carrick 242 Tan Andy & Hazel Stanforth 392
Dennis Sheila Andrew John David Mandy Steph Bernard Oliver (Patrick) Mary These events wouldn't happen without the willing help of so many volunteers so I am going to name and thank them here. (I am just the co-ordinator). Apologies if I have missed anyone out. Planners 2008 8th March Norton, Yorkshire Wolds John Butler 12th April Wykeham Forest, Scarborough Steve Langron 10th May Grinton, Swaledale Steve Willis 7th June Gilling Woods, Helmsley Nick Jones 8th June Gilling, Howardian Hills Nick Harmer 12th July Duncombe Hall, Ryedale Dave Goodwin 23rd August Malham, Upper Wharfedale Chris Wildman 25th August Langdale Forest, Scarborough Dave Lloyd 20th Sept. Dalby Forest, Pickering Dave Evans & Bob McDonald 18th Oct. Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale Roz Bardon & David Day 8th November Cropton Forest, Pickering Andy Parsons Event Helpers Car parking Dave Paley, Frank, Sandra & Jess Appleton Registration Mandy Faint, Karen Blackburn, Andrew Windrum, Wayne Nicholson, Barbara Willis Entries & SI Dave & Sue Relton Start Dave Lloyd Control Collection Dave Evans, Steve Langron, John Butler, Bob MacDonald, Andy Stanforth, Chris & Ralph Defty Mapping Jens Strain Results John Dixon NYMBO Winter Lanequests 2008/2009 3 riders have volunteered to plan these events so I hope you can make it. Same format as last year so why not come for a regular 2 hour ride followed by a sociable bar meal. Saturday 13th December Planner - John Dixon The Buck, Thornton Watlass, Masham, Lower Wensleydale Saturday 17th January Planner - Nick Harmer The Commercial, Easingwold, Howardian Hills Saturday 14th February Planner - John Herring The Fleece, Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire Wolds Entries for all 3 events to me (not Sue) at nymboevents@btinternet.com
CLOK Winter Lanequests Chris Wright organises a series of 3 events on the same format as our events. The first event starts at Mulgrave Sports Centre in the Lythe/Sandsend area near Whitby on Saturday 29th November. Entries to dichris.wright@btinternet.com and full details on www.clok.org.uk
Sunday 28th December Man v Bike Event Organised by Kudu Bikes in Hawes. Full details on www.trihard.co.uk Dales Mountain Biking Centre, Grinton
NYMBO League 2009 This will be a similar format to this year with 11 events of various lengths. Please get in touch if you want to plan an event or if you want to make any suggestions about areas or anything else.
Full results and details of all our MBO events are on the 3 web pages Please let me know if there are any errors in the results, any links that don't work on the NYMBO page or you want your details removing from the mailing list. I hope to see you all at another NYMBO event soon. Cheers Steve Willis PS We are selling our caravan if anyone is interested. Everything works but 20 years old so going cheap!! PPS Our apartment in the French Alps is still available for a couple of weeks this winter if you fancy skiing. |
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