Tuesday 17th July
2007
Website
Forum Problems & Big Race News
Hi everyone,
I thought I should mention here the problem we have been having with our
forum. It seems our web hosting supplier has been having problems. (It’s to do
with logical drive sizes being very different to physical drive sizes.)
Basically what it means is that a few files have been going missing, leaving
members not being able to log onto the site any more.
I fixed this problem yesterday (16th July) but it happened
again overnight, leaving 7 members unable to log in again.
I truly apologise for this, and have written to my web host to restore
the files, and also to guarantee that this does not happen again. Hopefully it
should all be done by the time you get to read this anyway.
Now for some great news!
We will be holding the BADBMX summer regional this Sunday (22nd
July) We hope it will be our biggest event ever! The
track has been re-surface, and is riding really quick – so be prepared for some
excellent racing! There is also going to be one of the Old School Sumer Series
(OSSS 07) taking place along with the regional, and I
am expecting up to 20 riders just in this group alone! They will be bringing
along their “old school” bikes to race one – it would be worth coming along for
the day just to see the classic BMX race bikes. These are all from the early to
mid 80’s and some are worth thousands of pounds! However that won’t put the old
school riders off at all! The series is very close at the moment, and there is
everything to gain for the riders as 1st place overall can still be
won by loads of riders in the series. Also expect to see some of the riders who
have been out due to injuries coming back for this one – they might have a
point to prove! ;o)
Registration for the regional opens at 09:30am and will close promptly
at 11:30. Racing should start at 12:30PM.
Whether or not you are racing – you should come along to the track for
this race – and see what BADBMX and racing are all about!
See you there!
Paul
Wednesday 4th July
2007
Sorry
for not updating the news! But here’s a little for you.
I would like to apologise for not updating the news section for
absolutely ages, but would like to tell you about our training sessions which run
every Saturday, and also the evening races which we are now running every
Thursday.
The Saturday sessions are run in conjunction with British Cycling, and
Olympic coach CK Flash. They run most Saturdays – but please check our forum
for any updates.
Also we are now running our weekly evening racing session. Get to the
track on Thursday evening around 6pm, racing to start by 7pm. Only £2.00 for
non members or £1.00 for members!
Below is the race report from Thursday 28th June written by
Steve Blackman:
Oakley
Doakley
Another ace evening with more new faces in all age groups.
All results are in a grand prix basis.
plus no fewer than 5 "rider of the day" trophies presented in the 8 to 10,s
Hayden McMahon #30x,
in the 11 to 14 class Alex Talbot #33,
three in the 15+ group Chris Dwyer #22(awarded last week, presented this week
oops lol) ,Antroy Ford #94 and Lewis Brown #30,
I’d like to say a humongous well done to all the riders above, the effort is
worth while, KEEP IT UP!
last night was also the return of the SE region OSWS
#1 to competitive riding, and saw them get the A final 6th,more of this down
the page.
onto the results
8 to 10,s final
We saw yet again a high class of riding from our BADBMX young un's, with very
consistent results for all riders ,thru the motos to the final.
Manny Mbu in moto 2 was that far ahead of the pack in 3rd place he even had
time to look over his shoulder, must have learnt that off his mum lol. The
youngest of the 796 clan Mark rode with pure class, much improvement over the
last few months, well done Mark.
Owen
Baxter #10 1st
Joshua Mbu
#01 2nd
Manny
Mbu #52
3rd
Jack Brown
#9 4th
Hayden
McMahon #30x 5th Rider
of the Day
Marc Riley #1 6th
Harrison Mills
#14 7th
11 to 14,s final
this I have to say is my favourite group, these guys have it all in front of
them, I’m so proud of them, they never fail to impress me week in week out,
what makes this an exiting group is there skills/capabilities are so similar it
makes for ace watching, anyone of these fellas can get the holeshot and hold
it, but for a fellow competitor to take it in some very intelligent corner
passes. Well done lads
Joel Smith
#69 1st
Tommy Parker
#318 2nd
Warren Oster
#187 2nd
Jodie Bowden
#10 3rd
Dan
Riley #123 4th
Tommy Johnson #97
5th
Alex
Talbot #33
6th Rider of the Day
15+ A final
Martin Parker raced this group and gave all the other 7 riders a hare to chase,
bwoy that Martins fast, Billy Purcell raced again this week, now Billy is more
used to tearing up ROM skatepark than racing BMX, he came a very respectable
3rd overall and made up ground fast where his gate is a tad slower, in one moto
Billy came out in 6th, took 3 places in the 1st corner, over the camel and back
straight step up he took another rider and finished 2nd, well done
Billy!
Excellent riding from all the guys in this group, take MP out the equation and
this group are closer than close.
Martin
Parker
#544 1st
David
Maxwell #40 2nd
Billy
Purcell #99 3rd
Grant
Turner #20 4th
Todd Smith #55 5th
Chris
Dwyer #22
6th Rider of the Day (from last
week)
Lewis
Brown #30
7th Rider of the Day
Mark
Rodger
#11 8th
15+ B final
2 riders in this group well done to both ,all Antroy needs is a better bike and
he’ll be mustard.
Dominic Burnett #825
1st
Antroy
Ford #94
2nd Rider of
the Day
Old School B final
also 2 riders in this group, I’m sure neither have raced at B-A-D before, so a
huge hearty welcome fellas.
Jason got the gate but John "flaz" made up lost metres and caught J
by the 1st corner
flaz lead to the table top into the last corner and got swooped by J who then
took flaz all the way to the rollers for flaz to get all out of shape and go
OTB, no damage only dirty.
Jason
TeHarve
#5 1st
John
Flaherty
#96 2nd
Old School A final
as said above the return to competitive racing of ME lol, after finally getting
the AOK from the Dr, I'm back lol.
after blazing in the OSSS in round 6 Mark Leetham #7
was on fire again, someone call the fire brigade lol
there was some very interesting battles going on in this class from wire to
wire, all the lads trying out moves for round 7 OSSS which will be held 22nd
July, same day as our regional.
Mark Leetham #7
1st
Gary
Porter
#72 2nd
Paul
Coleman
#3x 3rd
Lee Allen #52
4th
Tony
Waye
#27 5th
Steve
Blackman #1 6th
Tony
Riley #796
7th
Shane Leetham
#82 8th
see y'all Saturday for more training if not see y'all next Thursday club night
5/7/07
C,YA
Sunday 10th
September 2006
Full
Sponsorship for BADBMX Rider
BADBMX is proud to announce that one of its riders, Grant Turner has been
offered a full racing sponsorship! He has been given a brand new PK Ripper race
bike, as well as a full race kit. He intends to race in the expert class from
the start of the winter season. His sponsors are www.cult-bmx.com. On behalf of the BADBMX
club we’d like to congratulate him, and wish him all the luck for next season.
Friday 8th
September 2007
BADBMX
Winter Regional Series
BADBMX are happy to announce the start of its very own Winter series. Racing will be held on every 3rd
Saturday in the month, and registration opens at 1pm, and racing will start at
2pm. Entry feeds are £1.00 for members and £2.00 for non members.
Please see the forum for more
details.
Monday 26th
July 2006
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BADBMX Southern Regional 25th
June 2006 Regional racing came to the BMX track at
Old Dagenham Park on Sunday as 116 of the riders from the South Region and
some visitors did battle for race honours. This was Round 5 of the
Summer Series and the Barking & Dagenham BMX Club were hosts on a day
when many probably stayed at home to watch the football. The well
supported Novice rider groups saw thirteen riders representing BADBMX with
the Jones girls, Billie, Leah and Armani, consistently placing 5th,
6th & 7th all afternoon in the Novice Girls
group. In Novice 7 and Under the group was split into two sets of
riders and local boy Harrison Porter won a moto and placed 2nd in
the other two and came 3rd in the A Final behind Miles Wade who
had earlier had two moto wins and a second. William Wilson best placed
second with an A Final 5th ahead of Aaron Bennett. Novice
11-14 saw a set of wins for Grant Turner who romped home ahead of the
opposition. In Novice 15+ there were six riders representing the Club
with Gary Porter proving almost unassailable with two moto wins, a second and
first place in the A Final. Justin Wade from Wade’s
Cycles at Buckhurst Hill who supported the meeting won two motos too but had
to settle for second in the A Final. Dale Steggles, who had earlier won
a moto, finished the A Final in 3rd ahead of Gary Glock.
Steve Blackman was 8th in the A Final whilst Harrison Slater won
the B Final. In the Expert 7-8 group we saw Max
Waghorn finish 2nd in the B Final whilst Max Waghorn was 3rd
overall in the 9-10 years group. James Humphrey had a fairly good day
in the 13-14 group with 2nd in the final
netting him 4th place overall. In the hotly contested Male
17+ Paul Coleman was 3rd in the B Final whilst top Club and
National rider Paul Bennett could only manage 6th in the B Final
despite a promising second place in an earlier moto. David Glendower
found the opposition a bit too strong for him and best placed 5th
with a C Final victory. The Cruiser group saw 25 riders in all
with age groups mixed together so that the younger Humphrey brothers found
themselves against older and more experienced riders. Despite this Matt
Humphrey took a moto second and finished 6th in the B Final.
Brother James was 3rd in the C Final. Darren Boughton rode
well with a couple of moto seconds and 2nd in the B Final whilst
‘80s pro-rider Tony Slater had a first and two seconds in the motos but
forsook his B Final place to get home for the football. The speed with which the meeting was
concluded was testament to the organisation ability of the Regional personnel
and the BADBMX helpers. BADBMX will be holding another Regional meeting
on 16th July and continue to hold Club nights on a Thursday.
Details can be found on their website at www.badbmx.com |