Event Details
Club: | Lakes MBO (LMBO) |
Event Name: | Lakes MBO - Mansergh, nr Kirkby Lonsdale |
Date: | 22/05/22 |
Format: | MBO Score |
Mapping: | Ordnance Survey |
Time Limit: | 3 hours |
National League: | - |
League: | Lakes MBO league 2022 (Round 3 of 7) |
Electronic Punch: | SportIdent |
Event Report
Event report
This is a lovely time of year to be out and about in the countryside as nature swings into full blown Spring action. Hawthorn and bluebells are in their prime, hares and rabbits dart through the fields, and what better way to savour these delights than uphill and down dale on two wheels? Judging by the post-race comments, you the competitors, shared this assertion, and enthusiastically enjoyed this new MBO area.
40 riders lined up for the start at Mansergh Community Hall to search for and visit as many of the 30 controls as possible within the 3 hour time limit. Although point tallies are important, success is often measured against one's own expectations, but with 600 points on offer, the scores varied between 'nul points' and a high of 555, inevitably casually knocked off by MBO champion, Tom Gibbs.
Back at Mansergh base, participants were able to share their course excitement, pain, insights, and howlers around the community table with tea, coffee and Wilfs cakes. Legibility of the 1:25k OS map was a valid criticism, but the planner had deemed the 1:50K had insufficient detail. As participants dispersed, the rain which had been falling steadily beforehand, and had eased off during the event, returned with a vengeance to soak the control collectors.
Tim Goffe