MTBO National League Events

BMBO organises a National MTBO League and MTBO Championship events at Long, Middle and Sprint distances each year. All events will be equally valuable in contributing to the national league. The events for this year can be found here:

• Calendar Listing

 

MTBO National League Guidelines

In order to have a fair and consistent National League the following guidelines must be followed by organisers.

Points system for league

Points will be awarded in each age class / eMTB class according to the following formulae: 

Winners time in your age category/ Your time x 100%

 

For the purposes National MTBO League competitors must enter the course appropriate to their age class. Age classes will correspond to the courses at events as follows:

• A Course – M21, M40, M50, 
• B Course – W18 W21 W40, W50, M/W60, M/W 18 & M/W20, EMTB (any age)
• C Course –Youth M70 W70, any M / W over 70
• D Course - Score (Non-competitive)

For the purposes of the league, competitors will only be ranked against those in the same age class / eMTB class.

Qualifying criteria for league results

The qualifying criteria:

• 2025 - ride a minimum of 4 events.
• If a league event is cancelled this may be amended by the BMBO committee.
• Register at the event using a current BMBO number.
• The best 5 scores at any length of event will be combined to give an individuals overall league score.

 

MTBO National championships

For The British championships a competitor may compete on a course longer than the course appropriate to their age class and be eligible to win a trophy. The best man on course A and the best woman on course B will be recognised as the national champion. However, no points will be counted for the MTBO league if they ride a course other than their age-appropriate class.

Winners and awards.

The overall winner of each age category at an event / weekend of events, will be recognised and certificates awarded as long as there are 3 competitors in an age group. Organisers can combine classes where appropriate.

Separate leagues will be compiled to determine the overall Men’s Champion on the A course and the Overall Women’s Champion on the B course.  League awards will be presented at the final event of the series.

Course length

A course estimated Winning times:

• Sprint - 20 to 30 minutes
• Middle - 50 to 60 minutes
• Long - 90 to 110 minutes
• Ultra Long - 120 to 140 minutes

 

B & C courses will be of a shorter length but of similar standard of difficulty. The estimated winning times may be close to but not exceed the winning times of the A course when the age, gender or experience of the competitor is taken into account

D courses Can be a novice course or a score format using all of the controls from the other courses to provide a suitable challenge for novices to MTBO. A novice may be new to orienteering, mountain biking or both. It will also provide an introduction to Orienteering style maps for riders more used to MBO Score (formerly Trail Quests) events. The format could have a time limit or be a Spanish Score (collect all) format.

Expected winning times will vary depending on the area, but will be displayed at the event.

Further information regarding the character of the different distances can be found in the the IOF rules.

These can only be guidelines as the nature of the terrain will influence the style of event.