Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas & a Happy New year from all at Ipswich BMX Club. Hope you've all had a rad 2015 & here's to an even radder 2016!

Winter coaching/practice

Dates have been set for our winter coaching/practice sessions. The track seems to be holding up quite well at the moment despite the recent wet weather, so hopefully we will be able to utilise it for these sessions. If not we'll just get creative!

The dates are...

Sat 5th December

Sat 9th January

Sat 13th February

Sat 5th March

Sessions start at 10am sharp & will be done by 11:30am.

So get down to Landseer park this winter to keep your skills up & spirits high! 

 

 

Club AGM 2015

2015 AGM. Wednesday 11th November 2015, Rivers Social Club, Landseer Road, IP3 OAZ @ 7pm.
All club members & parents welcome.
Have your say on the direction of our club.

Ipswich Winter Regional 25.10.15

A big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed/raced/volunteered to help make our Winter Regional race such a success.

Ipswich hosted the first round of BMX East’s 2015/16 Winter Regional Series & Summer Series presentation – Halloween style!

Despite some heavy overnight rain the track held up well & made for some great racing, helped in no small part by some fantastic October weather.

Special thanks goes out to Ipswich Mayor, Glen Chisholm who opened the meeting & even assisted with gate practice!

Every Ipswich rider competing did their club proud, none more so than Aldis Salavejs who stormed to victory in only his second full race here in the 14-16 boys. There was also a great win for Andy Ashford in the Masters class.

Round 2 of the series is on November 22^nd at Milton Keynes – In the meantime enjoy some photos from round one.

Track work & Ipswich Winter Regional

Three important dates for your diaries.
The club requires enthusiastic volunteers to prep our Landseer Park track for our forthcoming Winter Regional race.
We hope to put in a few hours shovel work on the Saturdays of October 11th & 24th from 9am. If you can help in any way large or small please pop by. Shovels, rakes & barrows would be especially handy on the day.
Our 2015/16 BMX East Winter Regional is scheduled for Sunday October 25th. Registration closes at 11.30am on the day with classes for all. Pre registration will also be available online on the British Cycling website.
Racing should start around 12.15pm & we hope to have a spooky theme for the meeting as it's so close to Halloween!
The race will also incorporate the EA Summer Series 2015 trophy presentation, giving you even more reason to attend what we hope will be a great days racing.

2015 British Champs round up & EA Regional Champs to come

Well done to the Ipswich riders who competed in this years Brits last weekend. No 01 plates to bring back to Ipswich this year, but some close calls from John Lillingstone & Shaun Andrews who both made the podium in their respective classes.
Congratulations to John also for taking the National Champion title in 30-39 cruiser, not losing a single lap along the way!

Although the summer BMX season is almost at an end there’s still some great racing opportunities to be had.

On Sunday September 13^th Braintree BMX Club hosts the East Anglian Championships where regional titles are awarded to both individual riders & clubs.
It would be fantastic to see as many Ipswich riders as possible attend this event. A direct link with event details & pre-registration can be found here: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/136871/BMX-East-Open-Championships-2015
Dates & venues for the EA winter series will also be announced soon.
Tuesday evening practice sessions will continue at Landseer Park whilst the light & weather allows.
See you on the gate soon!


John Lillingstone

Brits Riders Parade East Anglia style!



Open day cancelled

Due to varying reasons, including the Ipswich Sky ride the club have regrettably decided to cancel our open day this Sunday 23^rd August.

This has given our members & their families the opportunity to take part in the Sky ride which runs from 11am-3pm in the town centre. http://www.goskyride.com/ipswichskyride?DCMP=knc-Google-nc-BrandLocation-ipswich-sky-ride
Elite British Cycling BMX rider Kyle Evans will be attending this year’s ride. http://www.goskyride.com/News/ShowArticle/Meet-Kyle-Evans-at-Sky-Ride-Ipswich?retURL=/News/Index/3006&omnitureSubSection=editors-picks
There will be an opportunity for club riders to meet Kyle & attend & Q&A session with him.
The route is traffic free & available for anyone to ride between 11am-3pm. 
It would be nice if we could have a presence as a club at the ride. Those club riders wishing to ride together should meet at the University Campus Suffolk building on the waterfront at 10.45am for the start of the ride. Don’t forget your race shirts!