Event Details
Club: | Pendle Forest Orienteers |
Event Name: | Gisburn East Lancashire MTBO |
Date: | 06/10/18 |
Format: | MTBO |
Mapping: | Orienteering |
Time Limit: | |
National League: | - |
League: | - |
Electronic Punch: | SportIdent |
Event Report
.. is that planning a course is somewhat tricky if you want to make it fun and challenging, but not a ride around the red trail itself! I hope that's what came off at yesterdays event and that all the competitors enjoyed the course.//
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//Please accept our apologies for the last minute change of Control 14, its location wasn't ideal for other trail users moving at speed so we felt it safer to move it slightly.//
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//We also decided on having a joint A/B Course, the idea behind this is that there's some value for money and a decent length for those travelling from afar (including Ukraine!). Thankfully the choice of Gisburn allowed for some riding after the event or even some great riding home over Bowland Knotts (Alex Pilkington!) with stunning views on what turned out be a fantastic day weather wise. That said it rained for 24 hours prior to the event, so there were a fair amount of puddles and slippy roots about, which may have given some riders a test of their abilities on the singletrack, however it soon dried out later in the day.//
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//Hopefully there were enough new areas to the forest that riders didn't know about and can incorporate into a ride in the future as there's so much more than "The 8" (hopefully no-one felt the need to do the drop-offs and gap jumps on the downhill trails to get between checkpoints)//
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//Of course the other problem with holding events like this at trail centres (See Dalby and Cannock events) are the other users from families with kids and beginners to experienced riders. It would appear that everyone remained courteous throughout and there were no issues and we'll be allowed back in the future!//
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//Congratulations to Graham Tibbot with a winning time of 54:55 (Who only managed to get half of the ride on Strava - so only half of it happened!) closely followed by Ian Nixon, only 7 seconds behind!//
//In the ladies, Charlotte Somers Cocks was the leader with a time of 76:48.//
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//It's also great to see a good turnout of the M21 class in an MTBO event, World Champs anyone?//
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//Overall, I hope everyone enjoyed the event and I may even been convinced to do a few more, cheers! //
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//Times and splits can be found here://
//https://www.bmbo.org.uk/images/event/f204ef3e9dec540eae6a046580fca901.html//
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