Club membership 2014

It’s that time of year again where membership is due for the new season.
We’ve made things easier this year. Membership can be taken out and paid for via the British Cycling website: Click here.
Prices remain at £10 for individuals. £20 for family membership.
Alternatively a paper form can be downloaded from the club website.

Christmas party at Kingpin Bowling

After the success of last years Christmas event at Suffolk Ski Centre the club have organised a similar event for 2014. Bowling at Kingpin Martlesham, Saturday January 11th at 6.30pm
Bowling & Buffet: Over 18's £16.50, first bar drink free. Under 18's £10.
Please register your place by January 2nd with John Lillingstone via the
clubs email address (click here).
 

Join us on Strava

Click here to join us on Strava & keep fit over the winter months.

Ipswich Winter Regional

Despite the appalling weather in the preceding 24hrs the club were able to keep the track puddle free & allow racing to commence bang on noon today.
A big thanks goes out to all the 86 riders competing, a number we couldn't of dreamed of before the meeting because of the weather.
The sun shone from the first moto though, & although the track was very slippery & a lot of hard work, by the finals it had dried up considerably & made for some rad racing.
The club would like to thank BMX East & it's own volunteers for helping to make the day what it was.
Round three of the series is at Norwich on November 17th... See you there!

Track prepped & ready for tomorrow's race

Tracked all prepped, ready for regional race action tomorrow. No puddles or soft bits. Hope to see you all there.
Remember registration closes at 11.30am sharp.

Robbie with shovel

IMPORTANT Club practice/coaching cancelled

Unfortunately this Sunday's (13/10/13) practice/coaching session is cancelled due to the recent/continuing heavy rain.
Track work will still continue on Saturday 19th October (from 9am) in preparation for the following days Winter Regional (Sunday 20th October - Registration closes @ 11.30am)... See you there!

Club AGM & Committee meeting. Wednseday 13th November 2013

Please come & support your club. All club members & families welcome at our Annual General Meeting. Get involved & have your say in Ipswich BMX Club.

The Rivers Social Club
Landseer Road
IPSWICH
IP3 0AZ

Wednesday 13th November 2013, from 7pm.

Winter dates

As you can see the 2013/14 winter calendar has been finalised. All dates are subject to change.
The clubs coaching sessions could be held at Clifford Road Primary School again if the weather gets too bad. The sessions will be ability based & should last around 45 minutes per group.
Keep checking back here or our facebook page for last minute information.
The weather looks good for gate practice at Landseer Park this Tuesday (24th) evening, for what will probably be the last practice session of the summer (6-7pm).

Club race shirts

We're going to be getting some club shirts made up. Information & prices soon.
What do you think of this provisional (& very rough) design?

Winter Regional

The dates for this seasons East Anglia Winter Regionals have been released.

As you can see Ipswich have Round 2 on October 20th. Registration closes at 11.30am. Racing will be over 4 motos & final.

Further information can be found at BMX East.

 

Round 1      September 29th    Milton Keynes

(to include summer trophy presentation).

Round 2     October 20th      Ipswich.

Round 3         November 17th          Norwich.

Round 4         December 15th          Peterborough.

Round 5         January 19th              Braintree.

Round 6      February 16th       Royston.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The club will be doing some pre regional track preparation on Saturday October 19th. Feel free to come over to our Landseer Park track and lend a hand from 9am. Don't forget your broom & shovels!

 

 

 

 

 

Old School photos

It never hurts to look back at where we've come from now & again.
An album has been created on our facebook page where you can find some great old school pictures like the one below.
Click here to go straight there. Hopefully this album will be added to over time.

East Anglian Club Champs @ Braintree 08.09.13

Photos from a great days racing at Braintree BMX Club. Well done to all the competing Ipswich riders, especially Abi Pike who took the win in her respective class.
The club managed to finish an impressive third in the relay race.

Relay racing: East Anglia BMX style!

#1 Abi Pike

EA Open Championships

The East Anglia Club Championships take place in Braintree this Sunday.
Help Ipswich beat the regions finest - No British Cycling Licence is required for this event.
Click here for more information.

Gate practice will continue as normal every Tuesday evening at Landseer Park whilst we still have the light.

Expect more time trials this week (3/9/13).

 

 

Ipswich Regional 11.08.13

Some great photos of the race can be found here.
Thanks to everyone who made the race such a success, a full race report can be found at BMX Hype by clicking here.

Summer Series Presentation/Parents Race

Parents race

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

The Club made its presentation of the 2013 Go Ride/Summer Series awards last night.

It was fantastic to see so many riders at the track, & thanks to British Cycling awards were given to the top 5 riders in each class. For a list of rider rankings please click here.
An end of series parents race was run too. Everyone made it round the track in one piece, & few wheels even left the ground. Mark Dorrell took the win ahead of a hard charging Brian Taylor in second. Euan Goodman couldn’t quite emulate his glory days of racing but did manage to snag third ahead of a handicapped Lee Matthews.  Paula Gladwell took a moral victory by being the first (& only) lady across the line.

Parents race

1  Mark Dorel
2  Brian Taylor
3  Euan Goodman
4  Lee Matthews
5  Aiden Milner-Moore
6  Jonathan Hambling
7  Paula Gladwell

Thanks again to all riders & parents who helped to make the series a great success, hopefully we can make 2014 even better still.

Don’t forget this Sunday’s final regional race at Ipswich. Registration closes at 11.30. Get to Landseer Park early to grab some practice & sample the atmosphere.

The club will be at the track on Saturday morning (0900-noon) to carry out final preparations. Keen volunteers will be more than welcomed as we look to roll, sweep & de-weed the surface.

Presentation

Gate practice cancelled 30.07.13

Tonight's gate practice has been cancelled & the Summer Series award presentation/parents race postponed due to todays very wet weather.
Apologies for the late notice - We wanted to give the weather & track every chance.
Hopefully we can rearrange for next Tuesday evening.

Friends of Landseer Park - Gate practice

The Friends of Landseer Park are having a summer fete tomorrow (Sat 27th July).
To show our support the club will have some gate practice (weather permitting) between 1.30 & 3.30pm. Don't forget your safety gear - No crash helmet=no gates.
To find out more about the Friends of Landseer Park click here.

British Cycling Go Ride Summer Series Final Rankings 2013

Final results of this years Go Ride Summer Series can be found below. Thanks to all riders, parents & volunteers again.
There will be a Series presentation on Tuesday 30th July at the track where there will be extra prizes & awards. We will also try to organise a parents race too, so bring plenty of extra safety equipment!
Fun Starts from 6.30pm.

Ipswich BMX Club/British Cycling Go-Ride Summer Series final rankings

Formula 3

Pos.	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total
1	Abi Pike	20	20	11 (2)	18	13	20	102
2	Luke Taylor	18	15	20	15	18	15	101
3	Jake Taylor	15	18	18	12	15	18	96
4	Hayden Gladwell	13	13	15	13	12	-	66
5	Aaron Sparrow	-	-	-	20	20	13 (2)	53
6	Oscar Everett	12	-	13	-	-	-	25
7	Lewis Rendell	-	-	-	11	-	12	23
8	Sebastian Hambling	-	-	-	-	11	11	22
9	Ed Whitman	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
10	Jack Sheppard	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
11	Samual Sheppard	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
12	Sam Hambling	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Formula  2

Pos.	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total
1	Alfie Cole	15	20	15	20	20	13 (1)	103
2	Ethan Milner-Moore	12	13	12	15	13	12	77
3	Lee Matthews	12 (1)	11 (1)	18	-	15	20	76
4	Liam Rendell	-	18	13	18	-	18	67
5	Coby Newman	13	12	-	-	-	13 (3)	38
6	Jake Sparrow	-	-	-	-	18	15	33
7	Megan Grant	11	15	-	-	-	-	26
8=	James Williams	-	-	20	-	-	-	20
8=	Kyle Gladwell	20	-	-	-	-	-	20
10	Ethan Stearn	18	-	-	-	-	-	18

Formula 1

Pos.	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total
1	Alex Pike	18	15	20	13	13	20	99
2	John Lillingstone	20	18	18	20	-	-	76
3	Jake Newman	15	12	15	-	-	15	57
4	Kyle Gladwell	-	13	13	-	15	-	41
5=	Shaun Andrews	-	-	-	18	20	-	38
5=	Matt Hillyard	-	20	-	-	-	18	38
7	James Williams	-	-	-	15	18	-	33
8	Chris Cole	13	-	12	-	-	-	25

(#) Denotes differing formula raced where points were earned.

Points: 1^{st=20 2nd=18 3rd=15 4th=13 5th=12 6th=11 7th=10 8th=9 9th=8 10th=7 11th=6 12th=5 13th=4 14th=3 15th=2 16th=1}