Event Details
Club: | NYMBO |
Event Name: | Wykeham & Broxa Forest |
Date: | 25/08/14 |
Format: | MBO Score |
Mapping: | Ordnance Survey |
Time Limit: | 3 |
National League: | - |
League: | NYMBO League 2014 (Round 9 of 11) |
Electronic Punch: | No |
Event Report
Basic results here and splits available at www.nymbo.org.uk
Wykeham & Broxa MBO Organiser’s Comments
Thanks to Dave Evans for an excellent course which tested our navigation as well as our fitness. It is very different terrain to Malham but the weather stayed dry for both events – unlike the rest of the country. Thanks to Wykeham Estate and Hackness Village Hall for an excellent event centre.
I was disappointed to overhear a few experienced riders moaning about 'hunt the thimble' and '******* ridiculous' without thinking about the effort that goes into planning and organising these events or considering that they might actually have made a mistake. If you have got some constructive criticism, please think about it and have a quiet word with me after the event. If you have only got negative comments, then keep them to yourself or ride somewhere else. I had difficulty heading up the right track out of Wrench Green, finding 53 due to a fallen tree, 58 as I read the wrong description and 45 which was further down than I expected but they were all my fault.
All of the controls were exactly as marked on the map and as described on the description list except for #58 which caused a problem because it just read '100m north of …..' with the word 'junction' missing. I have credited 3 riders with this control so please let me know if you couldn't find it and I will adjust your score. Unfortunately, Dave forgot to put out any tape which would have helped some riders find some controls more quickly so I will remind all future planners!
I thoroughly enjoyed my ride, despite those 4 mistakes, having decided to head clockwise into Wykeham then across the valley through Broxa onto the northern escarpment so that I finished down Whisperdale. Everything went according to plan and some of the views were fantastic. These are working forests so there have been a few changes which Dave hadn't spotted such as the new track between #47 and #42 and the new forest road between #45 and #51. Jens will add these and others to the map before next time – but thanks for another excellent map. Thanks also to the helpers especially Geoff Moorhouse who stepped in at the last minute so that I could have a ride.
Rik Thompson (M21) took advantage of Andy & Andrew's absence to record the highest score of the day for the first time this year with 463. Graham Fielding (M50) came 2nd with 435 and Martin & Max Vesty tied for 3rd place with John Galway on 400 (2nd M50) who was riding for the first time this year and used his local knowledge to good effect. Conrad Ellison won M40 with 395 and Geoff Moorhouse won M60 with 376 - - funny how the person in charge of download always seems to do well!!!!
In the Women's section, Jill Ellison won W40 with 280 followed by Karen Blackburn W60-260, Ceri Williams W50-240 then Brittany Scowcroft W21-235. Andrea & Steve Foster won X50 with 358 well ahead of Ralph & Chris Defty (293), X21 Simon Walker & Katy Cawthorn (310) and X60 Karen Clark & Steve Roberts (275). Finally, Brendan & Evan Smurthwaite won the Generation class with 205 points thanks to Max & Martin riding M21.
John Dixon will add these (and Malham) results to the league which will be posted in the next couple of days. We have decided to ignore Kevin Smith's brilliant score at Malham for the NYMBO League so your percentage will be based on Graham Fielding's score of 697.
I am planning the Westmorland OMM Bike event from Orton (near Tebay) on Saturday & Sunday 6/7th September and Jens has drawn the map. It's a great area that is rarely visited but online entries for the main courses have now closed. However, there is a Non-Competitive 3 hour course available each day and you can still enter online at www.bmbo.org.uk.
If you don't want to compete but fancy riding in this area I still need a couple of volunteers to help me put out or collect controls from Friday to Monday. Please email me at stevewillis3@btinternet.com if you would like to help. OMM will pay your travel expenses and provide a free evening meal each evening!!
Our next league event is at Dalby Forest on Saturday 20th September
You can make it a full weekend if you ride in the Moors Marathon on Sunday and camping is available at the event centre at the Fox & Rabbit.
Hope to see you at another event soon..
Steve