Nottingham Outlaws - BMX in Nottingham

What we get up to

The best wat to get started is to come along to our weekly Saturday morning training sessions. The Nottingham club host lots of club racing at the race track in Bulwell, more than just about any other club in the country. We believe that club racing forms the foundations of the club, keeping our younger riders interested and motivated. Club races are the best place for new riders to learn the ropes because they are friendly and relaxed events and are less intimidating than regional and national events. Check out the events diary for all the dates.

We usually run club races with the formula system. This is a league based system where riders get promoted or demoted, depending on their performance, resulting in racing that is performance based, rather than aged based. The resultant racing is close and exciting and different from one event to another. Having said that, this years Winter Series is being run using standard age based classes. We have trophies and prizes for every race series and we celebrate the success of our riders at presentation events where we present all the trophies and prizes.

We also travel to Regional races around the Midlands area and we try and provide assistance to riders who find it difficult to get to these races under their own steam. We also travel to National races, but these are usually weekends away. The riders who are keen to improve their skills, strength and fitness can attend regular weekend training sessions that are run at the Nottingham club by British Cycling qualified coaches. They are run over the winter with different sessions for beginners and intermediate riders with advanced riders taking advantage of the British Cycling Midlands Talent Team Coaching Sessions. The beginners sessions are run by club coach, Phil Gray-Blest and the intermediate sessions are run by Kelvin Batey, see www.route55.com.

There is something for everyone, no matter what your age or skill level. See the club news and the events sections of this website for all the latest info.

An exciting development this year was the formation of the Bunney's Bikes Race Team. The team consists mainly of Nottingham Outlaws club members. It is unusual for a trade team to be so closely linked with one club because trade teams tend to pick and choose the best riders from around the country. 2010 will see further developments to this system....