After Storm Callum swept in a few weeks ago forcing the club cancel to the first round, Dragon Riders Rhyl got their long awaited winter series off to a flying start on Saturday 3rd November.
Practice took place allowing all visiting riders to adapt to the changes made to the track, which were made after the club invested over £4500 over the summer, before the racing got underway at a windy Marsh Tracks course.
Overall it was a brilliant day of racing at the new and improved Rhyl track that everyone thoroughly enjoyed. The club received lots of great feedback and we hope to welcome you all back to the track soon. The Dragon Riders Committee would like to thank all competitors who traveled and supported the first round of the winter series. The next round is being held on January 5th 2019.
First to the gate for the day's racing were three Under 6 Novices. Alfie Jones (Dragon Riders) put in a perfect display taking all 4 wins, leading all 4 races start to finish. The 2 youngest competitors (aged 4 and 5) ran together with Ellis Ward (Dragon Riders) taking four 2nds just in front of Hannah Mackie (Dragon Riders).
Next to the line were the Under 10 Novices. Visitor JayJay Watson (Blackpool) took the clean sweep just in front of Dragon Riders Alex Mackie. 3rd place went to Harri Owen (Dragon Riders) who showed good speed out of the gates against the older competitors. 4th and 5th was a battle between Thomas Roberts (Dragon Riders) and Zac Jones (Dragon Riders) with Thomas just edging out Zac for 4th overall.
Dragon Riders Ryan Jones dominated the Novice 14s, taking all 4 chequered flags. The battle for second was close between Seren Sumner Jones (Dragon Riders) and Heidi Norris (Blackpool) with Joshua McInerney (Dragon Riders) chasing them for fourth overall.
The first Expert race to the line was the Male 9-10s, Blackpool rider Caden Done stormed to 4 holeshots and wins. Close behind was the battle for second was 2 close rivals Osian Parr (Dragon Riders) and Albert Stewart (Preston Pirates), with Osian just taking 2nd overall. The battle for the remaining spots was between Alfie Woods (Knowsley), Olly Webb (Dragon Riders), Elyan Cox (Knowsley) and Joshua Blackman (Knowsley).
Bruntwoods Joshua Law led the way in all of the Expert Male 11-12s just in front of Blackpool’s Jayden Green who took 2nd place spot in all 4 races. Behind the front 2 saw some of the closet racing of the day, with all riders swapping places. Max Burgess (Bruntwood) took 3rd, Lennon Johnston (Knowsley) in 4th, Tomos Doran (Dragon Riders) 5th and Jayden Tudor (Crewe) 6th.
The Male 17+ was a mixed group of 15+, Masters (30-39) and Cruisers (24” Wheel) and the group produced some fantastic racing. Dragon Riders Ryan Evans took 4 wins to take 1st overall. Behind him a group of Dragon Riders swapped places with Martyn Parr taking 3 seconds to take 2nd overall, Si Ward battled to take 3rd with Osian Owen close behind in 4th. Luke Davies-Hayes (Crewe) took a well deserved 5th overall, racing against older competition with Karl Robinson (Bruntwood) and Simon Jones (Dragon Riders) sharing 6th Overall.
The last race of the day was the Female 13-14 race. Casey Webb (Dragon Riders) had great starts taking the holeshots, however Elin Parr pushed hard and found the passes to take 1st overall from Casey,. Paige Proctor (Dragon Riders) chased in all races and finished close behind with four 3rds while Grace Proctor (Dragon RIders) took 4th racing against much older competition.
Interested in BMX racing with Dragon Riders in Rhyl?
Bike and equipment hire is available at the track. Open sessions Monday and Wednesday night 6-8:30 PM and training sessions by British Cycling qualified Coaches on a Saturday Morning 10:45-11:45
Check out the clubs website for more information- https://www.dragonridersbmxclubrhyl.co.uk.