NYMBO Update – Hackness weekend

I am writing these comments as the rain is lashing against the window and the bottom of the garden has disappeared into the fog – just a slight change from last weekend. Hackness made a superb event centre for these 2 events and those people who stayed on Saturday evening could appreciate the atmosphere, views and climate of England at its best!!

Mandy Faint made us think as we rode around Broxa and Langdale on Saturday. Some of the single tracks were remarkably fast, the LangdaleQuest vehicles have really opened up some of the tracks as long as you avoided the worst of the mud hollows. However there are a few extra tracks as a result which can cause problems. Sorry about the path marked between #3 and #23. The forest has been felled so it should have been removed and will be on the next edition of the map.

Nick Harmer nearly cleared up which is even more impressive when you realise that he then put out the controls in Wykeham for Sunday’ event. Steph Fountain won her first solo event so Bernard has obviously holding her back. She repeated her success on Sunday making her the only rider to win her category on both days. Wayne Nicholson had a disaster both days so will be hoping that Andrew Windrum’s success in the World MTBO Champs (37^th) will inspire them both back to winning ways in the Wolds.

Nick and Danny Chan had planned a very different event in Wykeham but equally as challenging. If there was an obvious route on Saturday it was harder to find on Sunday. Most successful riders went anti-clockwise into Bickley and then stayed high before finishing off in Wykeham. I went the other way!! Mandy Faint’s efforts putting out all of the Langdale controls obviously paid off as she was the first solo female rider. Richard Harrison provided a new name at the top of the Senior Men’s category but it was up the Simon Coiley in the Veteran class to record the highest score on the day.

2 apologies from Sunday. #39 was in the wrong place so if you couldn’t find it you should already have been given the points. Some riders did find it and passed the word around but it had been placed on a different junction about 200m south of where it was marked.

There was an extra track leaving the main track south of #41 which caused some confusion. However, as the control was in the right place and only 50m from the major junction which was correctly mapped I am not intending to credit the points to anyone who couldn’t find it. Jens has already altered his database so that the next edition of the map will be correct. All of our planners are volunteers and do an excellent job planning the courses and checking the tracks but I think it would be unreasonable to expect them to ride every track in such huge forests.

Thanks to all of the helpers who volunteered to make this event run smoothly. Thanks to Hackness for making us welcome and providing an excellent hall and camping field. We will be back.

Thanks to the Forestry Commission and Wykeham Estate for allowing us to use these forests without too many restrictions; and final thanks to LangdaleQuest for scaling down their operation on Saturday and asking their drivers to give way.

Finally, good luck to Frank Appleton who is recovering from major knee surgery and should be back in the car park, if not the saddle, next month!!

We had a different event at Bullamoor on Wednesday with 15 riders in the pouring rain. Still enjoyable, once you got going and an excellent excuse for a welcoming pint of beer and delicious meal afterwards. Thanks to John Dixon for planning this event. Results below. Please email your entry to me if you want to ride at Hovingham on July 11^th.

Future events

Saturday June 30^th and Sunday July 1^st       Polaris weekend  

7&5 hours for Polaris prizes                     Full details on www.polarischallenge.com

4&3 hours for the NYMBO League            Entries as usual to nymboentries@stoneriggs.plus.com

Same map, same controls, same points, different time limits. Full details now on the web pages.

You can enter either event but must pre-enter and pay for both days if you want to compete in the Polaris.

You can enter the NYMBO events by email or on the day as usual and can just ride on one day.

Both events will count in the NYMBO league but I assume that most regular riders will go for the shorter option. Please note (especially JG and SG) that our start times will be 10-11 both days

There is an excellent event centre at Sledmere House open from Friday afternoon until Sunday.

It is suitable for tents, caravans and caravanettes and there will be a bar, Wilfs, a live band plus the Planetfear shop.

Saturday August 25^th      Malham Trailquest           4 hours in the Yorkshire Dales

Full details at http://www.malhamdale.com/showtrailquest.htm

Monday August 27^th         Newtondale MBO            2 hour MBO

Part of the Eborienteers White Rose weekend. Event centre at Seavy Slack Farm, Stape.

Saturday 15^th September  Boltby & Silton Forests   2 hour MBO

Saturday 13^th October     Dalby Forest                  2 hour MBO      

Camping available at High Rigg Farm

Check out the new singletrack Blue route on Saturday morning

50 mile fixed route Mountain Bike Marathon on Sunday

The split times and details of all our MBO events are already on the Ebor web page

www.trailquest.co.uk        www.nymbo.org.uk            www.eborienteers.org.uk                

Please let me know if there are any errors in the results or if you want your details removing from this mailing list.

Hopefully see you all at another NYMBO event soon.

Cheers

Steve