Event Details
Club: | SWEMBO |
Event Name: | SW League Round 5 - NorthEast Exmoor |
Date: | 11/03/12 |
Format: | MBO Score |
Mapping: | Ordnance Survey |
Time Limit: | 3hrs or 2 hrs |
National League: | - |
League: | Pedal Mad & Somerset MBO SouthWest Winter League 2011 - 2012 (Round 5 of 6) |
Electronic Punch: | No |
Event Report
With an eerie sea mist engulfing the event centre, just over 20 riders ventured out into the unknown. Within seconds of them setting off they were all devoured by the spooky fog. How many would return? Does our insurance cover acts of scariness? Who's going to venture out to look for them? These were all questions that were going through our heads!!!//
//Needless to say everyone was fine, and with most of the riders climbing the 300m ascent from the event centre (32m ASL) to the summit of Selworthy Beacon (308m ASL) they soon broke through the cloud line and were greeted with glorious sunshine. A majority of the riders had also broken into a sweat by this point too!!!//
//From the lovely hard packed tracks and glorious contouring singletracks around the North Somerset coastline most riders then dropped down to near-to sea level before the next lung bursting ascent to the peak of Wootton Woods (295m ASL) With some time spent up on the fast sweeping tracks of the woods a majority of riders then enjoyed the gentle downhill ride back to the event centre, while a few others still had time to visit the third peak of Dunkery Beacon. //
//Whichever way people went, they all returned with big grins, and tales of great adventures. One competitor was telling of how this big hairy beast with mucus dripping from its mouth and steam coming from its nose appeared out of the mist in front of them. It wasn't until they mentioned the yellow and black apparel that we realised it was only Ifor!!! //
//With all the scores in it was revealed Ifor Powell was the winner of the Solo category with an impressive 568 out of 600, clocking up just over 45km with 1700m ascent!!! 2nd place was a close fought battle with Lee Bradley just pipping Brian Pearson with impressive scores of 456 & 448 respectively.//
//In the Pairs category in another close fought battle Janet Hewlett & Simon Hogg took the prize from the inform Janet Burroughes & Matt Jepson.//
//With all the prizes issued the riders all set off on their journeys home leaving us to tackle the three peaks ourselves. By 7pm with darkness falling we finally pulled up at home at the end of another enjoyable event.//
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//A copy of the course map can be viewed here://
//http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3671306/ne-exmoor-mbo-score-competition-map-11-3-12?da=y//
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//The current League Table can be viewed here://
//http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3138257/southwest-league-table-after-5-events?da=y//
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