MTBO National League Events for this Year

BMBO organises a National MTBO League and MTBO Championship events at Long, Middle and Sprint distances each year. 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.

MTBO National League Guidelines Download: BMBOLeagueGuidelines.pdf

Qualifying Criteria for League and Results

The qualifying criteria:

• Ride a minimum number of events Z
• X results count from Y Events
• If a National Event is cancelled, X and Y may be amended by the committee.
• Register at the event using a current BMBO number

The XYZ criteria will be published each year under Rider Information - You need to know each year.

Points System for League

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

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

Winners Time / Your time x 100%

For short courses ( ie M21S) :   Winners Time / Your time x 60%

A competitor may enter a higher class but will not score league points. If a competitor wishes to count in a higher age class throughout the season instead of their normal age class this must be declared to the league coordinator. For example an M50 rider may wish to compete on the A course. 

Age Classes and Courses

To score points in the 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 (Open men), M40,  M50, M20, W21 (Open Women)
• B Course – W40, W50, M/W60, M70, M/W 18 & W20,M20S, M21S, M40S
• C Course –Youth, W70, M18S, M50S, M60S, W18S, W20S, W21S, W40S, W50S
• D Course - Score (Non-competitive)

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

Winners and Awards.

The winner of each age category will be recognized.

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. 

Awards will only be made where the competitor has completed the minimum number (Z) of qualifying events.

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 will be 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 MTBO 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 on the accompanying extract from the IOF rules. These can only be guidelines as the nature of the terrain will influence the style of event.