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Dragon Riders Winter Series Round 2

Andrew Mackie • Nov 07, 2018

Race Report - Round 2

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.


For results of round 2 click here.
For series standings click here.

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.

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by Jonathan Doran 12 May, 2020
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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
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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 Jonathan Doran 01 Apr, 2019
See our highlight video of round 5 below!
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