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BMX on the rise in North Wales

Dragon Riders BMX • Sep 11, 2018

North Region Club Championships Report

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.

by Rhys Proffitt 13 May, 2020
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by Jonathan Doran 12 May, 2020
Marsh Tracks BMX track and all Dragon Riders BMX activities are currently suspended due to COVID-19. Dragons will adhere to guidance from Welsh Cycling when activities can restart. https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/article/20200313-welsh-cycling-news-Welsh-Cycling-Coronavirus---Covid-19-Guidance-0
by Jonathan Doran 30 Jan, 2020
The race video for round 3 is now out! Thanks to our resident media expert Andy for putting it together.
by Johnny Doran, photos by Eirian Parr Photography 15 Oct, 2019
On the 15th September a batch of Dragons made their way to Preston BMX track to represent their club at the end of season north region club championships. 11 riders plus parents made the journey from north wales to celebrate their club.
by Jonathan Doran 19 Sept, 2019
As part of Dragon Riders BMX development plan our goal each year is to re-design and re-develop part of our BMX race track here at Marsh Tracks in Rhyl. This year it is the turn of the 4th straight. At the start of September 2019 we handed the keys over to JB Extreme Landscapes to completely re-design our last straight into a rhythm section and resurface our first straight. The transformation is fantastic and completes the next stage of our program of improvements. That's over £10,000 invested by the club and by sport wales into the BMX facility at Marsh Tracks continuing our vision of BMX racing in North Wales. A huge thank you to Sport Wales for funding 80% of the works this year with the remaining 20% coming from Dragon Riders BMX. Next year we hope to redesign the 3rd straight into a technical straight. Watch this space!
by Johnny Doran, photos by Eirian Parr Photography 14 Sept, 2019
On the weekend of the 15th and 16th of August the largest batch of Dragons yet represented the North Region at the British BMX Championships 2019 hosted by Derby BMX club. 13 riders in total made the journey from North Wales to represent the North Region, a massive achievement for a small club from Wales.
by Martyn Parr (Pictures courtesy of Eirian Parr Photography) 09 May, 2019
Round 4 of the North Region BMX series was hosted by North East BMX club. After an extremely windy practice session on Saturday, it was almost perfect conditions for racing on Sunday.
by Martyn Parr (Pictures courtesy of Eirian Parr Photography) 09 May, 2019
Mid Lancs BMX club hosted the 3rd round of the North Region BMX series, and it was a hot one. A number of Dragons made a weekend of it and rode Saturday practice then camped at the venue to make the most of the weather.
by Jonathan Doran 01 Apr, 2019
A big thank you to all our volunteers, our committee, club riders and other regional club riders and parents for supporting our winter series in North Wales. We have fulfilled our goal of 2018 to get BMX racing back in Wales at Marsh Tracks. We would not have been able to do this without your help and support. You can find the results here: https://www.dragonridersbmxclubrhyl.co.uk/winter2018results For some photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.871551439854566&type=3 Youtube highlight video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDf1jQLLaX0 I hope you have enjoyed the series and we look forward to having you back again later in the year for our 2019/20 winter series. Good luck every one with their National, Regional and club races this year. See you on the track....
by Martyn Parr 01 Apr, 2019
Bus loads of Dragons made the trip making the most of warm and sunny Spring conditions ideal for some bar to bar BMX race action at Knowsley on the Sunday 24th of March. One notable absence was the Ward family after an injury to Mr Ward racing on Saturday put him out of action and facing 6 months of the bike.
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