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British MTBO Series 2019
Posted: 30/08/19
Here is a chance to try something a little bit different. MTBO is a branch of Mountain Bike Orienteering that uses orienteering style large scale maps. Riders start at timed intervals and navigate around a series of controls in a set order. The challenge is to pick the optimum route between controls and complete the course in the fastest possible time. A sprint course may take as little as 30 minutes to complete but will require fast decision making whilst a long course may last up to 2 hours. Here are the details of 4 events that will be taking place towards the end of this year. They are open to riders of all abilities despite the grand title.
22nd Sept British Sprint Champs - Hollins Head - Ripon - Planner Tim Evans.
9th November British Long Champs - Mabie Forest - Dumfries. planner Tony Brand-Barker.
10th November British Middle Champs -Drumlanrig Castle - Dumfries. Planner Bob Cherry
24th November Cannock Chase. Planner Mark Stodgell.
There may also be two late additions to the calendar by Killilan Lomas and John Houlihan .
Best 3 events will count towards the National Series 2019.
Final details of all of these events and entries will appear on the BMBO website in due course.
Please note that there have been some changes to the age class/course combinations for 2019.
A Course: Open M/W21, M40, M50, M20
B Course: W40, W50, M/W60, W20, M/W18
C Course: Juniors, Novice
D Course: (if offered) Score event
Riders riding down on a shorter class will still score series points but will have a 70% weighting.
Come along and enjoy some fast and furious fun!
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