September 2011

This month’s newsletter includes notice of the BMBO AGM at Ingleton on Saturday

19th November. Do please make every effort to be there –we need the support of all

BMBO members. Also, as the summer comes to an end, we have roundups and event

reports from the regional and national leagues, and the National MBO Score Champs.

Fixtures

September 2011 Sat 24 Chopwell Woods, Tyne & Wear MBO BMBO

National MBO 10/11

Details

Sun 25 Driffield Airfield, E Yorks MBO L/M/S

MBOScore 40min

NYMBO Details

October 2011 Fri 7 Peak District MBO Score 2hr

Bike O Night Event

Dark & White

Taster Evening

Details

Sat 8 Fountains Abbey MBO Score 4hr NYMBO summer 9/9

National MBO Score

Final Round

Enter

Sun 9 Ae Forest, Scottish Borders MBO Score 3hr SMBO 6/6 Details

Sun 16 Bewaldeth

Northern Lake District, Cumbria

MBO Score 4hr Cross Cumbria Cyclists (XCC)

Summer 7/7 Details

Sun 16 Edale, North Derbyshire/Dark Peak MBO Score 3hr Dark & White Winter 1/7 Details

Sun 23 South Dartmoor MBO Score 3hr Pedal Mad

SW League Round 2/6

Enter

Sun 30 Autumn MBO - Isle of Man MBO Score 3hr Details

November 2011 Sun 06 Central/NE Peak District MBO Score 3hr Dark & White Winter 2/7 Details

Sat 19 Gisburn Forest MTBO long Enter

Sat 19 BMBO AGM

Ingleton Youth Hostel

Details in Newsletter BMBO

Sun 20 Dark Peak Enduro 45/61km Dark & White Details

Full calendar and lots more info on the BMBO website http://www.bmbo.org.uk

Copy date for the October Newsletter 12th October newsletter@bmbo.org.uk

BMBO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2011

The serious business of the AGM:

The BMBO Annual general Meeting will be held at Ingleton Youth Hostel, Ingleton, near

Carnforth, Lancs on the evening of Saturday 19th November at approx 8:00pm

To vote at the AGM, you do need to be over 16 and a full member of BMBO – check by

logging into the website www.bmbo.org.uk and clicking “my membership details”. Then check

the date your membership expires. And while you are there, check the rest of your details,

especially your e-mail address, are correct, and if needed print out your membership card

with your number. The membership card will note whether you are a full or associate

member.

Associate members are welcome to attend the AGM and enter the discussions, but are not

allowed to vote.

Non-members are welcome to take part in the social activities of the weekend. Members can attend the AGM even if they are not staying at the hostel overnight.

The AGM agenda will be available later, but the following proposals have been received so far.

Proposal 1: Constitution paragraph 5.4: Reduce the notice required for the AGM from 56 days to 42 days

Proposed by Karen Blackburn Supporting Statement: It is difficult to arrange the AGM in November and give 56 days

notice. Proposal 2:

Constitution paragraph 5.5: Reduce the notice required for constitutional changes from 56

days to 28 days

Proposed by Karen Blackburn Supporting Statement: To bring requirements in line with paragraph 5.4, and also allow time

for members to propose changes. Proposal 3:

Constitution paragraph 6.1: Change financial year to run from 1st November to 31st October.

Proposed by Karen Blackburn Supporting Statement: To bring constitution in line with current practice

If anyone has any matters they wish to be discussed at the AGM, or wish to nominate a

member for the committee, please let the chairman know as soon as possible:

chairman@bmbo.org.uk

The provisional minutes of the 2010 AGM were in the newsletter of Nov 2010

www.bmbo.org.uk/images/newsletter/BMBO newsletter Nov 2010.pdf

More serious BMBO business

BMBO is urgently in need of volunteers to take on some of the administration.

The more volunteers we have, the less each person has to do.

Below I list the people involved in 2010/2011, and indicate if they are retiring at the AGM

Committee members 2010/2011

John Houlihan-chair Retiring

Peter Strong

John Dixon Retiring

Karen Blackburn Retiring

Non-committee posts/jobs

Web manager/developer John Houlihan Retiring

Treasurer John Dixon Retiring

Calendar coordinator Peter Strong

Newsletter Editor Karen Blackburn Retiring

MBO co-ordinator Tony Brand -Barker

SI coordinator Bernard Moore

Membership Secretary Andrea Foster

Secretary Vacant

Publicity Vacant

Over the past few months, the newsletter has published articles from each of the postholders

detailing what the job involves. If you think you can do one of the jobs, or just take on a

small part of a job, please, please volunteer. There are actually only three of us retiring, and

as far as I know none of us is leaving the country, so we will be around to help new

volunteers become familiar with the tasks.

The event organisers, planners and regional league co-ordinators all do a terrific job, but we

do need some central administration to support them with things like insurance, the SI kit,

and the website for news, fixtures, on-line entries and results etc. Not to mention keeping

membership records, looking after the money and liasing with other organisations such as

British Orienteering.

If you want mountain bike orienteering to continue to develop and flourish, please think

seriously about how you can put something back into the sport by helping.

If you would like more information about any of the posts, without committing yourself, get in

touch with the relevant person – our contact details are on the website contacts page

www.bmbo.org.uk/contact/index.php

Offers to help can go to the current chairman John Houlihan

chairman@bmbo.org.uk

The social side of the AGM weekend

There is a MBO event at Gisburn on the Saturday, only about 15 miles from Ingleton Youth

Hostel. There are four courses, from M21 to novice. Details are available on the BMBO

website. Competitors should enter the event themselves and pay their fees to the event

organisers via the website as normal.

There’s plenty of scope for road or off-road rides locally if you do not want to compete at

Gisburn on Saturday, and for social rides on Sunday. If anyone would like to organise a low

key treasure hunt style event (no SI needed) for the Sunday, let us know, please.

BMBO will subsidise the cost of the hostel accommodation and food for the first 30 members

to book and pay. So you can compete in an event on Saturday, attend the AGM in the

evening, enjoy subsidised dinner B&B, and relax with a social ride on Sunday.

That’s a good value weekend!

Please book for the hostel dinner and B&B as soon as you can as we need to confirm the

numbers with the hostel. There is an application form below for you to print off.

BMBO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2011

Saturday 19th November.

Application form for accommodation/food at Ingleton Youth Hostel

Name(s)

BMBO no

e-mail address

Phone no

Address

Dinner B&B at £15.00 Number of Veggie.............

Number of Non veggie.......

£

Dinner only at £5 Number of Veggie.............

Number of Non veggie.......

£

B&B only at £10.50 Number of Veggie.............

Number of Non veggie.......

£

TOTAL £

These are the subsidised prices which apply to the first 30 members to apply and pay.

Make cheques payable to British Mountain Bike Orienteering please.

Return your form to Enquiries to treasurer@bmbo.org.uk

John Dixon,

Winton Lodge,

Northallerton Road,

Brompton,

N Yorks DL6 2QA

Chairmans Message

BMBO needs members to come forward and run BMBO. Its an organisation run by its members for its members. Things have really tightened up on the running of BMBO, we do more now than ever before with fewer people and for less cost. However it will not run with

out members taking on a few vital roles and somebody willing to have a vision of where they want BMBO to go in the next few years.

The current committee want an orderly transition which means working in tandem for several months with the new committee. This will ensure continuity in the first instance for our

functions. It will also allow the new committee to ask questions and get an understanding of why BMBO works the way it does currently. The new committee will have their own ideas

about how things should be done and also new enthusiasm for the task. Many things will remain as they are because they function well. Key areas that needs developing are marketing and relationship building with new organisers (mentoring).

The new committee will develop their own plans but the old committee is here to help the

transition which means " You will not be dropped in at the deep end!" John Houlihan

BMBO Chairman

BMBO membership Secretary – job description

Most members now join or re-join via the website, reducing the work of the membership

secretary. From event organisers, I receive and store for insurance purposes the hand written

lists of riders who are not already members.

I also administer the requests (automated from the website) for email address changes, but

this is often already actioned by the website manager. Also the verification of free

membership for youths and organisers.

MTBO Coordinator - Job Profile If you enjoy writing dozens of emails and getting no replies then this is the job for you! The

role involves the twisting of many arms to persuade people to put on enough MTBO events to

form a National League. Last year I was offered about twenty events in total (thanks to Emily

and Nigel Benham launching the Southern Series) so I was in the envious position of being

able to select events to form the league. Such luxury does not always exist.

Once a list is agreed it requires publishing and as the season progresses a league table

compiled. Writing an MTBO update for the newsletters throughout the season and finally

arranging trophies/prizes for the winners round off the role.

Tony Brand-Barker

MTBO league coordinator mbo@bmbo.org.uk

Do we owe you money?

The treasurer wishes to remind organisers owed money such as refunds from the on-

line entry system, to e-mail him with their bank details as soon as possible, and

definitely before the end of the BMBO accounting year, which is 31st October

treasurer@bmbo.org.uk

National MBO League Update September 2011

Change of Date. Please note that due to access difficulties the October event at Tankersley has had to be rescheduled to the 5th

November. Killian will post details on the website calendar as soon as the parking venue is confirmed.

League Update. Many thanks to the eagle eyed competitors who spotted my mistakes in the league table. As a result the M40, M50

and M60 rankings have changed. An updated copy is attached. Please contact me if you see any more errors

2012 League. It is that time of year when I start twisting arms again. The 2011 league is almost an end and I am looking towards

getting a league together for 2012. At the moment I have no events at all - that is no league in 2012! I am sure that is a situation that you are not happy with.

I need 12 people or groups of people to commit to trying to organise an event. They do not need to be events on new areas. Old areas

will do. Many of the maps already exist, saving a lot of work. New planners on old areas can often provide a new twist to familiar territory.

If you are keen but not sure how to get things going contact me and I will try to point you in the right direction. There are plenty of others who will be willing to offer advice as well. It would be really good to see a few new faces planning this year.

Remember MTBO does not happen without planners. If you enjoy competing maybe it is your turn to have a go at planning and ensure the future of our sport.

Looking forward to a rush of e mails,

Tony Brand-Barker MTBO league coordinator mbo@bmbo.org.uk

By Age Classes Events Staf Star Ware Hanc Swyn Moor Long Wharn Chop Tank Gisb Points Philip Vokes M18 2 100 100 200 Chris Brand-Barker M20 5 99 100 100 100 100 499 Alan Hartley M21 6 100 95 100 96 100 99 590 Tim Fairbrother M21 5 93 84 81 85 67 410 Angus Shedden M21 4 86 60 75 80 301 Iain Stamp M21 3 93 95 100 288 Ben Plowman M21 3 98 89 98 285

Alex Bottomley M21 3 70 88 81 238 Alistair Powell M21 3 76 80 82 238 Tim Gilbert M21 3 64 78 72 214 Daniel Mathers M21 3 81 71 53 205 Stuart Lynch M21 2 100 100 200 Mark Stodgell M21 2 100 99 199 Ifor Powell M40 5 100 100 100 100 95 495 Peter Simmonds M40 5 71 87 67 88 80 394 Andy Conn M40 4 100 85 96 100 381 Andrew Windrum M40 4 96 91 100 86 372 Warren Mason M40 4 92 79 74 67 313 Killian Lomas M40 3 82 100 100 282 David Peel M40 3 87 74 95 256 Chris McSweeny M40 3 85 80 88 253 Paul Gebbett M40 3 70 74 72 216 John Houlihan M40 2 96 92 188 Bryan Singleton M40 2 100 74 174 Stuart Norman M50 6 84 75 96 85 98.994 100 538 Tony Brand-Barker M50 5 100 99 100 100 100 499 John Rawden M50 5 93 82 60 72 99 407 Nigel Benham M50 3 94 83 100 277 Pete Couldery M50 2 98 97 195 Andy Jones M50 2 100 95 195 Colin Slade M50 3 65 69.974 60 195 Richard Steptoe M60 5 88 99 100 100 100 487 David Rose M60 3 100 76 100 276 Eric Harper M60 4 67 54 82 52 255 Paul Graetz M60 2 96 100 196 Alain Wilkes M60 3 62 60 70 192 Tony Hext M60 2 91 91 182 John Shucksmith M60 2 89 87.965 177 Jan Belza M60 2 81 83 164 Michael King M60 3 57 61.983 43 162 Trevor Bridle M60 2 94 60 154 Richard Smith M60 2 73 66 139

Peter Howlett M60 2 60 48 108 Colin Palmer M60 1 100 100 Ian Cooper M60 1 100 100 Emily Benham W21 5 100 100 100 100 100 500 Ruth Shedden W21 4 74 75 78 100 328 Karyn Burns W21 3 73 100 80 254 Helen Clayton W21 3 83 80 75 238 Steph Fountain W21 3 63 78 60 201 Caroline Gay W21 3 56 60 59 176 Liz Snell W21 2 47 100 147 Jenny Peel W40 3 100 100 100 300 Melanie Slade W40 3 100 100 95 295 Sarah Bayliss W40 3 80 77 100 257 Sarah Francis W40 3 72 89 96 257 Elizabeth Clayton W40 2 100 94 194 Jenny Lightfoot W40 2 67 73 140 Woo Allen W40 1 100 100 Tina Stratford W40 1 47 47 Charlotte Somers-Cocks W50 6 100 100 100 100 100 100 600 Angela Brand-Barker W50 3 88 95 60 243 Shirley Robinson W50 1 100 100

Denise Harper W60 6 100 100 88 89 100 100 577 Diana McClure W60 2 90 100 190 Judy Douglas W60 1 100 100 Chris Couldery Y 3 48 100 100 248 Katherine Bett Y 2 60 98 158 Theo Johns Y 2 49 75 124

Due to Cancellation of the Sunday event at Sheffield the league is now best 6 events from 11. Only those who have competed in 3 or more events are shown above. For the full table or to report any errors please contact Tony Brand-Barker

on mbo@bmbo.org.uk

BMBO National Championships - Torver in the Lake District Sunday 11 September 2011 Organiser’s report There were tough conditions with 58 people turning out to defy the weather. After a dry and windy start the forecast rain came in and all entrants were caught out in the wild weather. All

riders did return to the finish, some in worse condition than others! This did not seem to dampen spirits with most people enjoying the course, the refreshments and the banter after.

In the male category scores were very tight with 2006 Champion Bryan Singleton leading the way with 547 until the last team of Chris Hope and Bob Glaister came in with a huge score of

587. The female category was similar and very close with only a few points separating the top 3 places - Pipper Archer finished with the highest score of 430.

The BMBO National Championship Trophies were presented to the winners, Chris Hope and Bob Glaister winning the male category and Pipper Archer winning the female category. Congratulations to them and to all the category winners who are listed below.

Full results of the day can be found on the BMBO website.

M21 and overall National Champions - Chris Hope and Bob Glaister. M40 - Bryan Singleton. M50 - Graham Fielding.

M60 - Henry Syska.

W21 and overall National Champion - Pipper Archer. W40 - Jo Cleary. W50 - Angela Brand-Barker.

W60 - Karen Blackburn.

X50 - Mike Jewell and Helen Brownlie. Thanks to all for turning up and making the event another success.

Peter Strong - Event Organiser.

BMBO National Championships - Torver in the Lake District Sunday 11 September 2011 Keswick Bikes’ Chris Hope and Bob Glaister win the BMBO National Championships.

The annual British Mountain Bike Orienteering (BMBO) National championship was held at Torver (South Lakes) on Sunday 11th September. The event was 4 hours in duration and

required competitors to navigate around an area covering Coniston, Grisedale Forest, Blawith Common and Walna Scar. The day was foul with heavy squally showers and a very strong southerly wind which made the going particularly difficult.

Here is Chris Hope’s account of the event.

Bob and I had a quick look at the map at registration and were both surprised that it appeared to be a fairly condensed area, so before even seeing where the checkpoints were located we expected to plan a route which would be based on missing out very few. Aware of

the inclement conditions we decided that a clockwise circuit would be preferable so that we would be heading south, into the wind, through Grisedale Forest which would provide some

shelter. This would also enable us to descend Parkamoor - which is preferable to climbing it. With that vague plan in mind, when we picked up the marked up map, the first decision we had to make was whether to start by heading up onto the Walna Scar road for checkpoint 19.

We decided that it was a long way up for a single 30 pointer which would take a reasonable amount of time, and with plenty of much easier 30 pointers to get, we opted to leave it and

see whether there was time at the end for a last minute dash in and out for it. If not, then we would have saved ourselves a whole load of effort.

So we headed up the road with a tail wind through number 30 on the cycle track to Coniston, and then in and out for 16 at the bottom of the Walna Scar road. We then found it hard to

decide on the most efficient way to collect the next few checkpoints without dropping any. We opted for 2, then along the bridleway to 22, onto the road and through 12. We climbed

up the rough track onto the Tarn Hows road and descended through 20 cutting off left onto Hawkshead hill and collecting 4. We then dropped all the way down to the lake and collected 13 and 3 before climbing up to 14. After climbing up to 14 we decided to keep our well

earned height and continue up through Lawson Park and head back north to the mast and checkpoint 21. With hindsight I don’t think this was the most efficient way but it was good

enough. We then headed for 11 and descended the rough bridleway being careful not to puncture and then collected 23. Although we had gained some height at 23 we opted to lose the height and retrace our path back to the previous forest road junction then follow forest

roads to the top of Parkamoor. For some reason we seemed to race between 23 and 15 clocking a split of about 14 minutes which felt fast at the time. On Parkamoor the rain

started and wind picked up so it started to feel a bit fresh. We had a good descent through 5 and all the way down to 24 where if it hadn’t been for another competitor reaching the gate at the bottom and dibbing their sportident I think we both would have forgotten and ridden

past it- we were having too much fun!

The road diversion due to the bridge closure was certainly made easier by working as a pair. We passed Matt Martindale on his single speed and said bet you wish you had a bigger gear

now! To prove a point he overtook us with his legs doing about 150rpm muttering something about big gears being over rated. I think his chain started to over heat though and he had to slow down.

We then headed over Blawith through 6 and onto 7, with Bob on my wheel trusting me that I

knew the way as we followed the track which Pete had marked on the map. We left 26 for the return journey and avoided the climb, so headed south for 25. Then it was a bit of road work picking up 10 and climbing up to 17 via the disused road. The next road section felt

great with the wind behind us as we quickly arrived at 28. The legs were starting to feel a bit tired but we had an hour left. Was the clean up on?

We descended through the fields to 27 which was incredibly hard going. The wind seemed to be getting stronger and it was now raining fairly hard. The ground was soft and I have to

admit that the track was quite vague and I wasn’t entirely sure that we were on the correct route. A quick check of the map and I spotted the gate with the control on it. The descent to

the road proved to be very slippy and a bit of poor braking led to me ending up on my backside much to Bob’s amusement.

We used the allowable track to Greaves Ground and collected 26, then came back for 8 and headed for Torver. Now about 30 minutes to go. We were either getting slower or the going

was harder and it was obvious that the clean up wasn’t on but thankfully we didn’t have to go up Walna! We headed for checkpoint 18 through a track which had turned to slurry. I’m sure there were a few annoyed dog walkers on Monday morning! The next checkpoint was

29 by the tarn. Once this was collected we turned round and headed back to Torver collecting 9 on the back road.

We were just approaching the finish as we hit 4 hours. In a moment of madness I said to Bob, “I think we can get number 1 and be back to the finish in less than 7 minutes which

would gain us a point”. It could be the winning move. I was later regretting this as we were still descending after 7 minutes. That move actually took 8 mins 45 seconds so in the end

cost us 3 points. You don’t know till you try. As it happened it didn’t matter. We scored 587 points which gave us a decent margin ahead of the next highest score which was Bryan Singleton with 547.

Chris Hope

MBO SCORE EVENTS – news from the regions

NEMBOS Events

Thanks to Martin Edwards, Conrad Ellison & Jill Furphy, Neil Hymer & Barry Watson and Steve

Watson for planning the events at Blanchland, Guisborough, Hamsterley and Wark while I planned the event in Teesdale. Thanks also to everyone who helped on the day and congratulations to the League winners who received their prizes at Wark Forest.

M21 Kris Smith 251

W40 Jill Furphy 181 M40 Andy Conn 299

M50 Graham Fielding 267 W50 Angela Brand Barker 229

M60 John Dixon 251 W60 Karen Blackburn 187 Gen James & Richard Martin 217

The league will be repeated next year and all of the planners have agreed to have another go

which is brilliant. It would be great to see more riders in 2012 so please try to spread the word as all 5 areas are a pleasure to ride Steve Willis - organiser, North East Mountain Bike Orienteering Series.

Nembos League 2011 The NEMBOS League was resurrected for 2011 after a few years absence and despite excellent locations and enthusiastic planners didn't seem to attract a lot of support. The

League was based on best 3 out of 5 events with the expectation that riders must enter at least 3 to be considered.

M21: 25 riders turned out over the year but only 2 did 3 events. Kris Smith won the class. W21 was less well supported with 10 riders but only 1 completing 2 events. M40 - David Cowgill rode 5 out of 5 while Conrad Ellison planned 1, rode 4 but scored 0 in

the final. This class also included Andy Conn who almost cleaned up with 299 points out of a possible 300.

W40 - Conrad's partner, Jill Furphy, matched him - except she got points at Wark to win her class comfortably. A shame there was only 4 in that class anyway with one of them entering two and two entering just one event.

M50 was well contested, almost as many riders as M40, with Graham Fielding entering the last 3 to take the honours. That was despite John Rawden and Adrian Baskerville entering all

5 - with Adrian running the SI system as well. Tony B-B did 4 out of 5 to come 3rd while his better half, Angela, won W50 riding 3 events to win over 7 others who only did 1 or 2 each.

M60 - 13 riders turned up over the year but only John Dixon managed all 5 to beat Ray Morris who managed 4, along with Dave LLoyd. The rest only entered 3 - but still quite commendable compared to some.

W60 - Stalwart Karen Blackburn managed 4 out of the 5 to top her class - of one - but her score was better than a lot of her younger rivals. Well done Karen!

The mixtures were poorly represented: Geoff Moorhouse and Andrea Foster managing 2 events in a class of 5 while James & Richard Martin rode well in 3 events to win a generation class of 2.

What was it that failed to attract support? Travelling costs, other diversions, lack of

competition? If you know - or have an opinion - then speak up! I don't know the financial standing of NEMBO - marginal, I imagine. Will it run next year? (Yes –see above) The only way forward is to come to the AGM and talk about what you want from BMBO. It doesn't

happen by magic, we need commitment from organisers and support from membership. John Dixon, NEMBO statistician and (until the AGM) BMBO Treasurer

New XCC Event on the Calendar 16th October 2011 The Cross Cumbria Cycles (XCC) event at Bewaldeth in the Northern Lakes that had to be

cancelled in May is rescheduled for Sunday 16th October. A four hour mountain bike orienteering score event in a varied event area with lots of controls and great riding on bridleways, minor roads, forests, and fell tracks. This is very short notice, so check out the

details on the website now (there is a flyer available) and get your entries in. This is the last event in this summer’s XXC league.

NYMBO news The NYMBO site is back online but the information is 3 months old as it still can’t be updated. Steph Fountain has set up a Facebook page at

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nymbo/236697729684005 She is going to keep it up to date with information and results but it's up to you to make it work so please join in.

There is more NYMBO news and reports in the news archive and the results archive sections of the BMBO website.

NYMBO League after 8 events Men's and Mixed categories have still to be decided with just one event to go. M21 is between Rob Harrison and Rik Thompson, M40 is probably down to Conrad Ellison or Andy Conn. Only 1 point separates John Rawden and Mike Nayler in M50 and it is the same gap in M60

between Dennis Jacques and John Dixon. In X50 Steve & Andrea Foster will have to battle it out again against Chris & Ralph Defty although the Defty's will need to score 82% to overtake

Steve & Andrea. The Scores so far are on the BMBO website www.bmbo.org.uk/news/article.php?news_id=148

Last event in NYMBO Summer League This is at Fountains Abbey on Saturday 8th October and will doubtless take us on excellent bridleways and minor roads on the moors north east of Nidderdale and in the valleys of the rivers Skell and Laver before we return to Sawley Village Hall for refreshements and NYMBO

prize-giving at 3.30. NYMBO T-shirts have been donated by Muddybums while Halfords of Northallerton have supplied a range of cycling kit at reduced prices for the minor places.

Please enter online, email nymboentries@stoneriggs.plus.com or on the day as there will be 30 spare maps. All the details on the BMBO website.

This event is also the final round of the 2011 National MBO Score League. BMBO award trophies to the class winners of this league

NYMBO League 2012 There will be 9 events again starting in March but, again, no dates, venues or planners

decided yet - except for August Bank Holiday - so please let me know if you want to volunteer.

SportIdent Dave & Sue Relton have been running our SI system for the last 9 years but Fountains Abbey will be their last event. They have decided to get their bikes out of the garage and take part next year!! So a huge THANKYOU to them and if anyone has basic computer skills and would

like to volunteer to help at registration or download I would be very grateful to hear from you. Usual rate of pay - free entry to each event!!

Winter MBO Series There will be 4 events again on Saturday mornings starting in November.

No dates, venues or planners decided yet so please let me know if you want to volunteer

Steve Willis - organiser, North Yorks Moors Mountain Bike Orienteers

Last event in Scottish League

This is on Sunday 9th October in Ae Forest – one of the famous Seven Stanes mountain bike

centres in the Borders. Series prizegiving after. It could be a terrific weekend to do both Fountains and Ae Forest......

Winter Leagues Dark and White have already finished their summer league, and have their winter series registered on the BMBO calendar page. Pedal Mad are starting a new series next month in

the South West. I’ve heard that there will be winter events from NYMBO and CLOK, and usually XCC and West Coast keep active.

So no excuse to hang up your bike shoes for the winter. Some of our most memorable events have taken place in the winter, with tales of defying the elements to complete the

course and get back to the pub!