Event Details
Club: | NYMBO |
Event Name: | Swinsty Woods MTBO Sprint Event |
Date: | 16/05/15 |
Format: | MTBO |
Mapping: | Orienteering |
Time Limit: | |
National League: | - |
League: | - |
Electronic Punch: | No |
Event Report
Swinsty Woods is a small plantation adjacent to Swinsty Reservoir to the west of Harrogate with a network of tracks augmented by some tracks formed by dog walkers. The Foot-O map from 2012 was used as a base but additional dog walker tracks had been made since then as well as some tracks becoming so overgrown that I found it hard to walk down them let alone cycle them.
I enjoyed planning the course and cycling the routes although on one day it was so wet I walked the bits I needed to check and I was worried about the track speeds. However, the tracks dried out well on the day and despite the small area the riders returned with a smile on their faces.
A course was won by a clearly recovered Killian Lomas in a time of 24m 54s some distance ahead of Andrew Windrum in second at 26m 48s Local Rider Edwyn Oliver-Evans was 3rd 11 seconds further back. He claims he was saving himself for the next days race but it could have been the early start.
The B course which was the same as the A course was won by Tony Brand-Barker in 32m 2 s with Charlotte Somers-Cocks first lady in 35m 50s.
Winners on the C Course were Outi Kamarainen in 24m 15s who did the short course so she could go and run a 10K race ! and first Young Rider was Jake Powell in 27m 15 s
Thanks must go to Yorkshire Water for the permission to use the plantation, Steve Willis for his help and assistance, Outi Kamarainen for helping set the controls out and Claro Orienteers for the use of their SI Kit and the original map.