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British Cycling Membership
All club members are encouraged to become members of British Cycling. You need British Cycling membership if you want to get a race licence from them. You need a race licence if you want to race in Expert Class in Regional races or in National races. There are lots of other benefits and at the moment there is a special offer on British Cycling membership. Click on the link to see the membership form. Print it off, fill it in, and post it to British Cycling. The address is on the form.
Anyone wishing to race expert class must also obtain a British Cycling License. Click on this link for British Cycling membership services. Alternatively, call British Cycling on 0870 871 2000.
03.02.2012
Racing and Coaching cancelled - 4th/5th Feb
Unfortunately, the cold weather has forced us to cancel coaching and racing this weekend. Sunday may turn out to be a nice day but the track will likely be in no fit state for racing. We have to make the decision today because we have to book the toilets and buy the food.
23.01.2012
Win Tickets for BMX World Championships
The Oasis Radio is a Birmingham-based radio station broadcasting online and in-store at The Oasis Market, home to Monster BMX.
We are running a competition on our website to win a pair of tickets to the UCI BMX World Championships in May. This competition is EXCLUSIVE to The Oasis Radio, tickets cannot be won anywhere else.
The competition closes this Wednesday (25th) at midday at the end of our Breakfast Show. Terms and conditions can be found on our website along with the entry form for this competition at: http://theoasisradio.net/bmx
20.01.2012
Top Volunteers Award from British Cycling
British Cycling has given a top volunteers award to Simon Bradford for all the work he does putting on gate practice and maintaining the track and club equipment. Simon does a huge amount of work in the background and this is a well earned award. He will get to collect it at the 2012 British Cycling awards night at the Sheridan hotel in Birmingham. Well done Simon.
19.01.2012
Coaching
Coaching is back to normal this Saturday
9:30 – 11:00 level 3 (top riders)
10:00 – 11:00 Fundamentals beginners session
11:30 – 13:00 – level 1 (Nick’s group from before)
11:30 – 13:00 – level 2 (Phil’s group from before)
Please get there 15 minutes early to register before the session starts, especially if you need to borrow any equipment.
18.01.2012
Round 1 of the National Series
Lots of Nottingham club members made their way to the Manchester indoor BMX facility for round 1 of National BMX Race Series. Well done to everyone who took part. There were some great results too, with wins from Izzy Hurry and Lochlan Dudley (his first national win for over 3 years). Frazer Dudley, Blaine Bradford and new rider, Rocca Lanza did well to make it through to their A-finals
30.11.2011
New Coaching Schedule
Here is the new Saturday coaching schedule which will commence on Saturday 3rd December, 2012.
The times have changed slightly, but the groups are pretty much the same.
Please ensure that you arrive at your session 15 minutes BEFORE the start time so that we can get the sessions started on time. We have had delays in the past when the coaches are registering latecomers when they should be starting the session.
Please can ALL riders make sure that they bring a drinks bottle with them (ideally with their name on it). It is not possible to perform well for a whole session without a drink.
9:30 – 11:00 level 3 (top riders)
10:00 – 11:00 Fundamentals beginners session
11:30 – 13:00 – level 1 (Nick’s group from before)
11:30 – 13:00 – level 2 (Phil’s group from before)
The beginners session is £2
All other sessions are £3
New riders should attend the beginners session until they are invited to attend the 11:30 sessions.
The 11:30 sessions will be split, based upon age and ability, like they were before.
The level 3 session is for the top riders and as a rough gauge, the baseline is for last year’s 10 year old a-finalist or 11-year old national B-finalists. Give me a call if you are not sure (Phil - 07985 419101)
23.11.2011
Coaching this Saturday - 23rd Nov
Unfortunately Phil is unable to coach this weekend, so there will only be a beginners taster session at 9:15 – 10:30
Sorry everyone, hopefully things will be back to normal next week and a new training schedule will be posted soon.
10.11.2011
Coaching this Saturday - 12th Nov
Unfortunately Phil is unable to coach this weekend, so there will only be a beginners taster session at 9:15 – 10:30
Sorry everyone, hopefully things will be back to normal soon.
03.11.2011
Coaching this Saturday - 5th Nov
There will be a beginners taster session this Saturday 9:15 – 10:30, but no other coaching will take place this weekend.
31.10.2011
Club Race Series
The Nottingham Outlaws race series kicks off this Sunday. Registration closes at 11:00am and racing starts as soon as possible afterwards, possibly as early as 11:30.
There will be a couple of specials for the first round. There will be a Bunny Hop competition in the interval and there will also be a Payback class. Prizes donated by Bunneys Bikes. Register for payback at registration.
Gates will be open from 9:00am for people wanting to get there early and help set things up.
Pre-registration is open on the Midlands website - http://midlandsregionalbmx.co.uk/nottingham_prereg_nov2011.html
There will be 6 rounds and a riders best 5 rounds will count towards their points total. Any rider competing in 4 rounds will qualify for a trophy. If we cancel a round then we will reschedule it if we can, otherwise it becomes a 5 round series with 4 rounds for points and 3 rounds to qualify for a trophy.
Nov 6th
Dec 4th
Jan 8th
Feb 5th
Mar 4th
Apr 1st
The race classes are slightly different to last year and are as follows,
Novice 9 and under
Novice 10-12
Novice 13-15
Novice 16+
7 and under
8-9 yrs
10-12 yrs
13-15 yrs
16 – 29
30+
Cruiser 15 and over
£4 race fee, but only £3 for club members.
30.09.2011
Club Gate Practice
As we move into Winter, Tuesday night gate practice has been replaced by Sunday afternoon gate practice. It will run from 1.00pm to 3.00pm and will cost £2 for club members, £3 for others.
26.09.2011
2011 British Championships
It was a great weekend at Cheddar, apart from the rain on Sunday morning, but once it cleared away and the raincoats were ditched we had a lovely end to the day. Lots of club riders making it inti the finals but the top result came from Jordan Perry who got 2nd in junior men. Chris Wimbledon also did amazingly well in 17-24 with 6th in the A-final. I think he got the biggest cheer of the day when he won his semi-final.
05.08.2011
Brits Race Tops
Brits race tops will be ready for people to try on at both Derby Regional andHarworth Regional. Please come along to these races and place your order (there is no charge for the tops if you have qualified for the Brits, we just need to know your size).
04.08.2011
Thursday Coaching Discontinued
Thursday coaching has been discontinued because the nights are getting darker and it has been difficult to avoid clashes just lately with other commitments.
04.07.2011
Changes to coaching at Nottingham
Saturday mornings
9:30 – 10:30 – beginners taster session
9:30 – 11:00 – over 12 years advanced riders
10:30 – 12:00 – all under 12 riders and older riders below level 5 – 2 coaches to split the group
Thursday evenings
6:30 – 7:30 – all under 12 riders and older riders below level 5
Any changes will be notified in the club_news section and also via the club emails. You can get yourself onto the club email list by looking at the contacts page.
Winter Training
Details will be released in October
04.06.2011
Coaching at Nottingham
we run coaching on a Saturday morning with the following sessions
9:30 - 10:30 beginners taster session
9:30 - 11:00 - group 1
11:00 - 12:30 - group 2
11:30 - 13:00 - group 3
please get there early for your session
No coaching on a national weekend:
18th June - NO COACHING
2nd July - NO COACHING
17th July - NO COACHING
13th August- NO COACHING
3rd September - NO COACHING
24th September- NO COACHING
05.05.2011
Great Start to the National Series
What a brilliant start to the National series at Peterborough this weekend. The weather was kind to us, which always makes for a good weekend, and the turnout was huge with 670 riders taking part. The club had some brilliant results over the weekend and after 2 rounds of the series we are now in 6th place in the club rankings, only 9.5 points behind Gosport. Hopefully we will have injured riders back to full health in time for Dagenham and possibly do even better. There were some greatly improved performances from many cluib riders, with special mention to Louis Coxon who struggled to make the main last year, but got a 2nd and a 4th over the weekend. Jordan Perry raced on Saturday with a badly swolen knee and still managed to get third place in Junior men. Isabelle Hurry took a National win on the Sunday as she got better and better over the course of the weekend. Elissa Bradford also improved over the weekend, with a third place podium spot on Sunday. Dylan Hart, Bobby George and Charlie Davidson took part in their first nationals and did really well and will only improve over the course of the season. We have a great group of riders with A-finalists in many of the age groups and we will have to see who improves the most over the course of the season. Looking forward to it - the next national is at Dagenham, May 21-22.
23.03.2011
Summer Training Schedule
Here are the training dates for the next few weeks. As the nights get lighter we are moving into the summer schedule and x-biking is coming to an end.
Gates is £2 for club members and £3 for non-members
Talent team training is £2 for club members
Saturday beginners taster session is £2
Details of next Saturday 6 week training courses will be released soon, but will have to fit in around the National race schedule.
Saturday coaching is
9:15 beginners open session
9:30 level 1,2 course
11:00 level 2,3 course
11:30 – 13:00 Midlands talent team coaching
24/03/11 Thurs x-biking
26/03/11 Sat coaching
29/03/11 Tues X-bike or gate practice - 5:30pm
31/03/11 Thurs Midlands talent team coaching 6:00pm
02/04/11 Sat Coaching
03/04/11 Sun Midlands Regional – Mansfield
05/04/11 Tues gates at 5:30 – no x-biking
07/04/11 Thurs Midlands talent team coaching 6:00
09/04/11 Sat Coaching
10/04/11 Sun Club race
Then, every Tuesday is gate practice at 5:30 until dark or 8:00pm
Every Thursday is Midlands talent team coaching at 6:00 - 7:30
Every Saturday is coaching, unless it is a National weekend
10.03.2011
Coaching this Saturday, 12th March.
Only one coach this Saturday, so no beginners taster session. The coaching courses will both be run, possibly with a slight delay.
02.03.2011
No Coaching this Saturday, 5th March.
Please note that there is no club coaching this Saturday because we are away on a conference. Everything will be back to normal next week, Saturday 12th March.
26.02.2011
Club Chairman collects British Cycling award
Phil Gray-Blest travelled to the British Cycling awards night at the Birmingham metropole on Saturday evening to collect a volunteers awards for club development and event organising.
11.02.2011
Racing this Sunday
The weather forecast looks poor for Sunday, but we intend to race. A final decision will be made on Sunday morning at 8:30 and posted on bmxtalk. An email will also be sent out to everyone on the email list. If you need to be on the email list, please take a look at the contacts page.
04.02.2011
Track Work this Saturday
no coaching this saturday, 5th Feb, because it is a track work day. The track work is scheduled to start at 10:00 am - but might be later if the weather is wet - the weather forecast for a wet morning - but who knows.
Please come along and help.
13.01.2011
2011 Coaching courses
The next set of training courses are due to commence on Saturday, February 19th. There will likely be two courses, possibly three depending on interest. They will run on Saturday morning and are aimed at riders from beginner to intermediate. The 6 week course costs £25 and bikes and helmets are included for those that need them.
We will also continue to run the beginners taster sessions every Satutrday from 9:15 - 10:30
final details and times of the coaching courses will be published once we know how many riders to cater for.
PLEASE - book a place on the course asap so that we can guage numbers. Either book onto the course on a Saturday morning coaching session (beginners taster sessions are still running) or phone Phil on 07985 419101.
06.01.2011
2011 Club membership
Everyone needs to update their club membership (apart from those few who joined in November or December 2010). Please click on the link and print off the membership form and bring it with your membership fee to either coaching on Saturday or racing on Sunday. There will be a small number of forms available at the track but it would be most helpful if people could print off their own forms.
03.01.2011
Back on track - racing and coaching
After all the cold weather we finally have a decent weekend coming up.
Beginners taster session as always at 9:15 on Saturday morning.
Level 2 coaching course will be 11:00 – 12:30.
Unfortunately there will be no level 1 course because Nick is on a course himself. Sorry. Hopefully we will get the level 1 course wound up next week.
RACING – the club winter series continues on Sunday 9th January.
Registration closes at 11:15 am
Racing commences at 12:00
£3 members and £4 non-members
Hot food and drinks available
03.10.2010 - updated
Beginners Coaching
Two new coaching courses, both aimed at level 1 and level 2 beginner riders, will commence on Saturday October 23rd. One course will be aimed at younger and/or less experienced riders and the other will be aimed at slightly more experienced riders where there is always the possibility of including some level 3 work. Bookings are being taken at the Saturday morning taster sessions (9.15 - 10:30). Please ask if you are unsure which would be the best course. Below are the targets for all lebvels, 1 to 5.
The 6 week courses will commence on Saturday, Oct 23rd and the cost of a 6 week course is £25.
One Star award (all 10 required)
- Know what safety gear is required on the track
- Be able to adjust the strap on helmet
- Know why to safety check a bike
- Demonstrate riding in a straight line and a slalom course.
- Demonstrate basic pumping technique on the flat with the limbo poles
- Be able to lift the front wheel briefly off the ground
- Demonstrate riding round a berm
- Know the safety rules on the track
- Demonstrate safe entry to the track from the side
- Correct braking technique
Two star award (6 from 8 required)
- Stepping off back of bike
- Good starting position while coasting
- Accelerate from a start position on the flat
- Demonstrate good pumping technique with arms and legs on rhythm section
- Balance with front wheel against a wall, in the starting position
- Be able to lift the back wheel off the ground
- Demonstrate basic jumping on a tabletop, say or 50/50 an easy double
- Start Gate basics,Know the safety rules for the gate
- Know the checklist when getting onto the gate
- Straight line down the start hill
- Know how to safety check a bike
Three star award (6 from 8 required)
- Ride round the track in contact with a partner
- Able to bunny hop over a 2 inch obstacle.
- Be able to wheelie for 6m, feathering the brake
- Demonstrate basic gating technique
- Able to balance on the gate
- Good focus ahead
- Correct body position
- Understand good technique and timing
- Only look forwards while going down the start hill
- On the flat and the gate– demonstrate start with lunge 1-2-3
- Understand how changing the gear effects the start
- Demonstrate different racing lines around berms
- Understand basic racing rules
- Start hill
- Last straight
- Corners and contact
- Demonstrate manual technique through a double – Bulwell’s 2nd
- Easy jump on a double – Bulwell’s 2nd
Four Star award (6 from 8 required)
- Demonstrate pick-up technique on speed jump
- Good reaction to start gate timing
- Demonstrate defensive riding going into the berms
- Manual on flat ground – 4m at a steady pace
- Demonstrate block pass
- Demonstrate intermediate juming technique
- Intermediate jump – Bulwell’s 4th
- Be able to bunny hop over a 6inch obstacle using advance bunny hop technique
- Understand National point scoring system
Five Star Award (6 from 8 required)
- Understand the basic principles of training for fitness
- Start gate perfection with upward lunge and snap
- Demonstrate good swoop pass technique
- Demonstrate good speed jumping technique
- Demonstrate pick-up manual on speed jump, pedalling through it
- Demonstrate advanced jumping technique
- Big jump - Bulwell’s 3rd and
- Jump into a double – eg. Bulwell’s big triple
- Understand goal setting and set season goals in Autumn, then keep a training diary from the start of Autumn and Winter training
- Know how to resurface a double correctly and smoothly.
30.09.2010
Nottingham Winter Race Series
Nottingham Winter series starts next weekend, details below, as well as a summary of all the winter dates (so far).
Best 4 results count towards overall points total
Top 8 in each class get a trophy plus anyone who competes in 4 rounds or more.
Registration 10:00 – 11:15
Racing starts at 12:00
£3 for members, £4 for non-members
Hot food and drinks available.
Race classes as follows,
7 and under
8-9
10-12
13-15
16+
Cruiser 10-14
Cruiser 15+
30+ any bike fun category
Novice 9-12
Novice 13-16
Oct 3 Midlands Champs - Rained off
Oct 10 re-scheduled Midlands Champs Nuneaton
Oct 16 Saturday track work (9:30 training session as per normal)
Oct 17 Derby unofficial inter-region race
Oct 24 Mountain bike ride
Oct 31 Mountain bike ride or there is an ‘open’ race at Redditch
Nov 7 Mountain bike ride
Nov 14 Nottingham Winter Series round 1
Nov 21 Mountain bike ride
Nov 28 Mountain bike ride
Dec 5 Mountain bike ride
Dec 12 Nottingham Winter Series round 2
Dec 18 Annual presentation night and Christmas party
Jan 9 Nottingham Winter Series round 3
Feb 13 Nottingham Winter Series round 4
March 13 Nottingham Winter Series round 5
April 10 Nottingham Winter Series round 6
26.09.2010
British Championships 2011
congratulations to all the Nottingham riders who made their way to Cheddar for the 2011 BMX British Championships. Worthy of special mention are the following riders who made it to the A-final and won themselves a championship trophy,
Male 9yrs 4th Lochlan Dudley
Male 9yrs 5th Taylor Johnson
Male 10yrs 3rd Lewis Locker
Male 11yrs 8th Wilfred Njuguna
Male 14yrs 2nd Michael Njuguna
Male 14yrs 4th Josh Tucker
Male 15yrs 7th Braden Bradford
Male 16yrs 2nd Jordan Perry
Male 25-29yrs 3rd Lee Carrick
Female 11-12yrs 7th Nicole Edge
Cruiser 10-12yrs Ben Carnill 8th
the points accumulated by these riders ensured that we got 10th place in the club ranking. All in all a great result for the club.
Full results and report can be seen at http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/bmx/article/bmx20100919--Report--British-BMX-Championships-2010-0
Club Coaching
Sept 4th
9:15 – 10:30 – beginners coaching session
10:30 – 12:00 – level 1 and level 2 rider assessment
12:00 – 13:30 – Nottingham riders advanced coaching session (Midlands Talent Program)
Sept 11th
9:15 – 10:30 – beginners coaching session
10:30 – 12:00 – level 1 and level 2 rider assessment
12:00 – 13:30 – Nottingham riders advanced coaching session (Midlands Talent Program)
Sept 18-19th
British Championships
Sept 25th
9:15 – 10:30 – beginners coaching session
11:00 – 12:30 – Nottingham riders advanced coaching session (Midlands Talent Program)
Oct 2nd
No coaching
Oct 9th
9:15 – 10:30 – beginners coaching session
11:00 – 12:30 – Nottingham riders advanced coaching session (Midlands Talent Program)
Oct 16th
9:15 – 10:30 – beginners coaching session
11:00 – 12:30 – Nottingham riders advanced coaching session (Midlands Talent Program)
31.08.2010
2010 National Rankings
The club had it’s most successful season yet, with 20-30 riders attending most of the Nationals. The following list is of all the riders who achieved the coveted ‘top 8’ ranking.
Ewan Towle 6th in 7yrs
Taylor Johnson 6th in 9 yrs
Lewis Locker 4th in 10 yrs
Louis Gray-Blest 5th in 11 yrs
Ben Carnill 5th in 12 yrs
Harry Gray-Blest 5th in 13 yrs
Josh Tucker 3rd in 14 yrs
Michael Njuguna 6th in 14 yrs
Brad Spick 8th in 14 yrs
Jordan Perry 2nd in 16 yrs
Trinity Camm 8th in female 7-8 yrs
Nicole Edge 7th in female 11-12 yrs
Fraser Dudley 6th in cruiser 9-12 yrs
Hayden Wright 6th in cruiser 13-14 yr
The top 6 results from each round contribute to the club’s overall ranking, where we achieved 11th place. I’m sure that next year will be even better for the Nottingham Outlaws and we will make it into the top 10. We have the riders who can do it.
The club’s race team partnership with Team Bunneys has also been a big factor this year. Many of the club’s riders are supported by Team Bunneys who have created a very special and unique team structure. Unlike the small trade teams who pick and choose the best riders they can from anywhere they can, Team Bunneys is integrated with the Nottingham Outlaws. The team provides support for a large number of riders, even at Regional level. The idea is that the team helps to develop and support riders from the grass roots, putting something into the sport at the club level. This works well for everyone, the club, the team, the riders and their parents too.
13.08.2010
Outlaws Summer Series - Round 6 - cancelled
Sorry, but tonight’s club race has been cancelled. We only need a sharp shower to delay racing and we will not get finished before it gets dark. The weather forecast on bbc weather looks very poor. The race has been rescheduled for next Thursday, 19th August. Registration will close at 6:30 sharp and racing will start at 6:45. Please try and register early if you can.
On that day, there is also a Nottingham Council event taking place in the park next to the track. All riders are invited to come along and take part in promoting the club. The club gazebo will be in the park and gates will be set up early too, so that we can demonstrate BMX racing.
07.04.2010
Outlaws Summer Series - Round 1
Oh Dear - it just got too dark too quickly.
The run-off, the semi-final and the finals will be run on Sunday.
The plan for Sunday is to have registration operating as per normal. Registration closes at 11:30am and racing starts as soon as everything has been entered into the computer. We will start with Friday's remaining races, then move on to Sunday moto's etc. Hopefully the Friday races can commence at 12:00ish and will be completed in about an hour.
30.04.2010
Results from the first National
The first two National races took place at Cheddar last weekend and we had 24 Nottingham Outlaws riders joining in the fun. We had riders in sevaeral different teams, representing Redline, Intense, Urbanair and the club's main team, Team Bunneys. Team Bunneys aim to include a large number of club riders, rewarding those who show commitment with a place on the team. It's unusual, and really great, to see such an inclusive race team with such a range of abilities within the team.
The results for all the riders are detailed below and it is clear to see that we have many more riders making it into the A-finals this year. Outstanding results came from Josh Tucker(Team Bunneys) in his first ever national and riding on flat pedals, Lewis Locker (Intense), Ben Carnill (Team Bunneys) , Louis Coxon (Team Bunneys) and Ryan Spick (Team Bunneys) look to have stepped up their game this year. Fraser Dudley(Team Bunneys) and Ewan Towle (Urbanair) made it into their first ever A-finals and Nicole Edge(Urbanair) made into both A-finals. Louis Gray-Blest(Team Bunneys) had a swollen left hand after breaking a bone two weeks previously, but still managed to get into both A-finals. Jordan Perry (intense) and Harry Gray-Blest (Team Bunneys) both looked sharp but Jordan crashed in his A-final on Sunday and Harry crashed while in 2nd place in the Saturday Semi-final.
Looking forward to the next National at Derby on May 14/15/16th
Rank 17, Points 445.0, Nottingham Outlaws BMX Club
TEAM TOTALS 231.5 213.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JORDAN PERRY
Male 16 yr 48.5 31.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEWIS LOCKER
Male 10 yr 37.5 40.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BEN CARNILL
Male 12 yr 30.5 38.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JOSHUA TUCKER
Male 14 yr 34.0 31.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HARRY GRAY-BLEST
Male 13 yr 26.0 39.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BROOKE SHAYLER
Female 11 -12yr 32.5 30.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRASER DUDLEY
Cruiser 9-12 yr 31.0 29.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOUIS GRAY-BLEST
Male 11 yr 29.0 29.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NICOLE EDGE
Female 11 -12yr 29.5 28.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EWAN TOWLE
Male 7 yr 25.5 32.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JORDAN PERRY
Payback 13-16 yr. 48.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ELISSA BRADFORD
Female 9-10 yr 29.0 18.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOUIS COXON
Male 13 yr 20.5 14.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOCHLAN DUDLEY
Male 9 yr 18.5 14.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RYAN SPICK
Male 17-24 yr 16.0 15.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAMES EDGE
Male 16 yr 11.5 15.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ADRIAN JACKSON
Cruiser 35-39 yr 0 19.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRASER DUDLEY
Male 10 yr 6.5 6.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRADEN BRADFORD
Male 15 yr 6.0 5.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BLAINE BRADFORD
Male 13 yr 5.0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MARK WRAITH
Cruiser 40-44 yr 4.5 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CONNOR HURRY
Male 8 yr 3.5 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHRISTOPHER WIMBLEDON
Male 17-24 yr 5.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HAYDEN WRIGHT
Male 14 yr 3.5 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARRON PETERS
Male 16 yr 3.5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17.04.2010
New Nottingham Outlaws race tops
New club race tops are now on order and should be ready by the end of the month. They are O'Neal element race jerseys, printed with club emblems and there will be room on the jerseys to get your own name printed on the back. They will be available at a discounted price of £13 per jersey, to club members only.
17.04.2010
Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 21st April
7:00pm at Dudley's hairdressers in Bulwell town centre.
16.04.2010
No Training on Saturday 24th April
This is a National weekend (Cheddar) so there wil be no official training on Saturday. Feel free to go and practice anyway though. The track is always open.
09.04.2010
Midlands Regional Round 2 - Mansfield
This Sunday. Registration closes at 11:30
Experts - £7
Novices - £5
Trophies on the day for Novice riders.
08.04.2010
Summer Training Dates and Times
Gate practice every Tuesday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
£2 for members and £3 for non-members
Saturday Training and coaching, 10:00 - 11:30,
£2 for beginners and £10 for Kelvin's class
Please note that Saturday training will have to fit in around the race schedule and will not take place every Saturday morning. Please refer to this website's news page, or better still, get yourself onto the mailing list.
23.03.2010
All Set for Midlands Regional
Everything is ready for the Midlands Regional at Nottingham this Sunday. We are hoping for good weather and a huge turnout. In addition to the 33 BMX and cruiser classes, we are also running a mtb class and an old school class this year. Registration is meant to be 10:00 - 11:30 but as it is the first round of the series, please don't be surprised if registration takes a bit longer than normal. We have tried to prepare as much as possible and hope to be using two laptops on the day, to speed up the registration process. No doubt numbers will be up again on last year so we could easily get over 200 riders.
Trophies on the day for Novice riders.
Novice classes £5
Expert classes £7
Registration 10:00 - 11:30
Gate practice is 11:00 - 12:00
The whole track was resurfaced 3 weeks ago and is now riding very well.
Hot food including healthy options.
Raffle with some great prizes.
Toilets will be on-site.
16.03.2010
Cancelled - Beginners training
I am on a Race Officials training course on Saturday 2oth March, so there will be no beginners training. Kelvin's training will be on as usual.
19.03.2010
Race Plate Colour Changes for 2010
The colours of number plates are different this year. The rule only applies to Nationals and will not be enforced at Midlands Regionals or club races.
Male 20" - yellow plates and black numbers
Cruiser - red plates with white numbers
Girls - blue plates with white numbers
female championship - black with white numbers
juniors - black plates and white numbers
Elite - white and black numbers
14.03.2010
Race Report - Nottingham Winter Round 4
The weather was sunny and the track was dry for the 4th round of the Nottingham Outlaws Winter Series 105 riders battled it out in 7 different race classes. The ‘7 and unders’ had 11 riders and was dominated by Edward Pole who is clearly getting better with each race. He is now in danger of running away with the series. Brandon Miles took 2nd place with 5yr old Owen Scattergood there in 3rd place.
With Nathan Wood opting to ride up a class, the 8-9 year olds category has been left wide open. There were 10 riders in this class with some good results for the girls. Kaya Clay took the win, being chased hard by Bradley Miles. Ellisa Bradford and Harry Restall tied for 3rd place.
The 10-12 age group was very competitive with 23 riders, the same as last month. The racing was intense with riders exchanging honours in the motos, Bit Jonathan Eastwood was far and away the most consistent, taking the overall win, with a very impressive looking Taylor Johnson having to settle for 2nd place. Brooke Shayler was on form all day long, but had to settle for 3rd place in the final.
The 13-15 category was ripped apart by a new rider from Rotherham, Josh Steer. Harry Gray-Blest looked good in 2nd place, while the competition for 3rd was intense. After taking all the moto points into account, the fast improving Louis Coxon got 3rd.
Just like last month, the 16+ category was all about two riders. Grant Hill (British Champion) and Jordan Perry (who lives just a stones throw from the track) are both on the same team, Intense-Route55. Unfortunately, Jordan had a huge accident on the big triple, while practicing before the final. He recovered well and raced the final, still managing to get the 2nd place, with Grant Hill way ahead in 1st. Jordan Gould (Sheffield), another new rider took the 3rd spot. It was good to see Jack Bloor (Derby) back on the bike after a big fall at the British Championships back in September.
30+ open category and the 16+ cruiser categories were combined. Martin Brown continues to rack up the points while back in 2nd place, Adrian Jackson is improving fast and looks good for 2010.
The next club race is Sunday, 4th April. Registration closes at 11:30am.
There is also a Midlands Regional race on Sunday 28th March which will see all the best riders from Telford up to Sheffield, descending on the Nottingham track to battle it out for round 1 of the 2010 Midlands Summer Series.
Coaching and training takes place every Saturday morning at 9:30.New riders are very welcome.
04.03.2010
Satursday Training Time Change
This Saturday's training session will commence at 11:45. This is just for this Saturday only.
18.02.2010
Track Maintenance Weekend
This weekend, 20/21 February is a big push to get the track back up to a good standard. Saturday starts with a digger and dumper moving the dolomite around site in the earkly morning. After that we can make a strat on the resurfacing. The resurfacing work will continue on Subnday, starting at 10:00am. Please come along and help, even if you are new to it, there are plenty of others who will take the lead and help you to learn the ropes.
17.02.2010
No X-biking this Thursday
Sorry, no X-biking this Thursday. Back to normal on Tuesday 23 Feb
10.02.2010
Nottingham Outlaws Winter Series Round 3
The January race was cancelled because of the snow, so with lots of riders hungry for some racing action, The 3rd round of the Nottingham Outlaws Winter Series saw another record turnout for a Nottingham club race with 107 riders. As with round 2, there were lots of new riders having their first ever go at a BMX race. The racing was fast and furious despite the cold conditions, which didn’t seem to put anyone off. There were 12 riders in the 7 and under category, with Owen Camm (Urbanair) winning the final, getting the better of an impressive looking Edward Pole who really seems to have stepped up in class since the last club race back in December. Loys Sharp was knocked back into 3rd place but continues to lead the series.
Nathan Wood, just returned from Belgium, ripped up the 8-9 yrs category. There was no stopping him as he took maximum points on the day, with TJ Baldwin junior, who travelled all the way from the South-West for the Nottingham race, took second place.
The 10-12 age group was very competitive with 23 riders and some close racing to boot. Jonathan Eastwood took the honours in the 10-12 age group with Taylor Johnson taking second place. Brooke Shayler rode very well indeed, mixing it up with the boys and taking 3rd place.
The 13-15 category was extremely tough, with a number of top-class younger riders racing up. Ben Carnill (Bunneys Bikes) took the win from an impressive looking Lewis Locker (Intense-Route55). Braden Bradford was back in 5th, but continues to lead the series.
The 16+ category was all about two riders. Grant Hill (British Champion) and Jordan Perry (who lives just a stones throw from the track) are both on the same team, Intense-Route55. Grant is one year older than Jordan, and just got the better of him on the day. The racing was breathtaking with both riders giving it their all and jumping everything on the track including the huge triple step up on the third straight. Jordan still leads the series but this likely to go all the way to the wire. Exciting stuff.
30+ open category was dominated by Jamie Boness. We think he should take the plunge and ride in 16+, though after watching Jordan and Grant, it’s easy to understand his choice. There was some close racing behind him with Richard Camm and Michael Gough fighting it out for 2nd and 3rd.
The Cruiser category was all about the Southwest hero, TJ Baldwin. His incredible jumping antics took the crowd’s breath away as he pulled some tricks jumping the big stuff on the third straight. He always seemed to have a clear lead, though Martin Brown got close to him on a couple of occasions, and actually managed to win the A-final. TJ still had a great time though and we hope he returns for another bash.
The next race is Sunday, 7th March. Registration closes at 11:30am.
Coaching and training takes place every Saturday morning at 9:30.
New riders are very welcome.
07.02.2010
Track Maintenance weekend - Feb 20/21
The track maintenance day will be Sat and Sun 20/21 Feb. On the saturday we will have a digger and a dumper to move all the dolomite around the site. Then, in the afternoon we need as many folks as possible to come along and help resurface the track. We will work in teams of 3 or 4, spreading the dolmite and compacting it into place. We will have enough whackers for 4 teams so we should be able to get the entire track done in a weekend if we have enough people to help.
Please come along and help if you are able.
Saturday 12:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:30 - 17:00 (if we need that long)
Big thanks to Martin Seddon who has offered us the free loan of a digger.
PS - Don't forget that we have a regional race at Nottingham on March 28th so we need to get everything good and ready.
15.01.2010
Nottingham Outlaws AGM - All Welcome
DATE: Wednesday 10th February, 7:00pm
VENUE: Dudley's Hairdressers, Bulwell
AGENDA
- Committee positions for 2010
- Club funding
- Club accounts
- Club coaching update
- Summer Club race series - dates, fees, format, etc
- Summer training programme
- AOB
- Set next meeting date
08.01.2010
Track work postponed
Even if the weather picks up by next weekend, the track will be in a poor state for track work (it will be soft and mushy for a couple of days after the thaw).
Track work re-scheduled for the weekend of Sat/Sun 20th/21st February.
08.01.2010
Saturday Training Cancelled
There will be no Saturday trining because the track is covered in snow and i
