Mid Lancs BMX club were the hosts of the North Region Champs for 2018. Perfect weather, the steepest start hill in the North and a fast flowing newly tweaked track greeted 15 Dragons early on the Sunday morning. Of the 15, 8 were novices with many being at their first race. Racing was underway by noon, and with the motos completed all Dragons had completed 3 races unscathed.
In the Expert categories Casey Webb, Grace Proctor, Martyn Parr and Elin Parr had guaranteed a place in the A final. Osian Parr had a semi final to contend and pulled a mega performance out of the bag to qualify for the A with a 4th place finish. A finalists had a chance to contend for a North Champion title, Dragons rode well in all finals and came close to a tiltle with 2 second place finishes. Grace Proctor in her first race in the expert age group category rode a solid lap to bag her a well deserved second place and onto the podium.
Novice racing is where it all starts for budding BMX racers, after practicing for a number of months and attending Dragon Riders Saturday coaching sessions we had a number of riders representing the Dragons, aged from 4 upwards. Novice racing was stacked at Mid Lancs with many riders from all North Region Clubs making the most of the last race of the season. Stand out results came from Harri Owen with a solid performance in 7 year old boys and Hannah Mackie ripping it up for the first time in 6 and under girls. All riders demonstrated awesome skills, determination and rode a solid race to bag commendable results, and a good time was had by all.
Thanks to the North Region volunteers, BC and Mid Lancs BMX club for an awesome day out.