Rounds 1 and 2: HSBC UK National Cycling Centre, Manchester – March 16-17
Rounds 3 and 4: Cyclopark, Kent – April 13-14
Rounds 5 and 6: Birmingham – May 18-19
Rounds 7 and 8: Peckham – June 15-16
Rounds 9 and 10: Glasgow – July 6-7
Rounds 11 and 12: Bournemouth – August 10-11
The rules that govern BMX are quite extensive and if you take a look in the British Cycling regulations document you’ll soon discover it’s a mine field of information. Luckily someone has created this handy summary of rules and regulations so you don’t need to have a PHD to find out the main parts that apply to you.
If you have any specific questions be sure to find someone from the club committee who will do their best to help
Attention all riders wishing to ride in the National Series this season.
Britsh Cycling have changed the criteria for those wishing to ride in the HSBC UK BMX National Series this year.
To gain access to a National Series event, a rider is required to compete in a minimum of five summer regional events at an expert level. It is the responsibility of the rider or parent to ensure that this regulation is adhered to and any rider found to have not met the criteria will not be permitted to start.
If your child rode at novice level in the South West Summer Series last year and you would like them to ride in Nationals this season, they will need to compete in 5 rounds of this seasons SW Summer Series before they can compete at National level.
If they rode the first five rounds of the SW Summer Series at expert level they would become eligible to ride Nationally in Rounds 5/6 at Cyclopark, Kent on the weekend of 26/27 May.
Our regional race is 5 weeks away! We’re planning on having a meeting on Thursday 7th May during gate practise to discuss & plan how we are going to make our race even better than last year! There will be an opportunity for you to volunteer (or not) to help shape how the event is planned and delivered.
Main areas are going to be:
Even if you are unable to get to the track on Thursday but would like to help out please get in touch via Facebook. See you all there.
PS – Fingers crossed the gate will also be back in action (cable is being repaired as I type!)
These are provisional at the moment, but looks likely to remain as is
Could be worth a shout seeing CycloPark is gonna a venue for the National BMX Series – Looks like from this post on Facebook that the dates will be Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th April 2015.
Based on the UCI allowing Great Britain 16 places per category, the following qualification criteria stands. This is subject to change if the UCI alter the allowance each nation can send.
Elite men, women and junior categories will be selection only.
The championships take place in Zolder, Belgium from 21-25 July 2015.
To secure a place, a qualified rider must register by 31 January 2015.
All remaining places will be made available in the 2015 season. The criteria for the second phase of qualification will take the best three of five ranking events in the 2015 season.
The cut-off date will be announced once the British BMX series dates have been confirmed. As a provisional date, April 30 will be the cut off.
For any remaining places, a weighting will be given to those with a national series standing.
Wildcard entries are open to those who have sustained injury and have been unable to compete for a period of eight weeks in the 2014 season. Please apply for dispensation to bmx@britishcycling.org.uk.
| Category | Places qualified from 2014 rankings |
| 5-6 boys | 12 |
| 6 boys | 12 |
| 7 boys | 12 |
| 8 boys | 12 |
| 9 boys | 12 |
| 10 boys | 12 |
| 11 boys | 12 |
| 12 boys | 12 |
| 13 boys | 12 |
| 14 boys | 12 |
| 15 boys | 12 |
| 16 boys | 6 |
| 17-24 men | 6 |
| 25-29 men | 10 |
| Master 30+ elite | 10 |
| 30+ | 8 |
| Veteran | 2 |
| 5-7 girls | 10 |
| 8 girls | 12 |
| 9 girls | 12 |
| 10 girls | 12 |
| 11 girls | 12 |
| 12 girls | 12 |
| 13 girls | 12 |
| 14 girls | 12 |
| 15 girls | 12 |
| 16 girls | 6 |
| 17+ | 6 |
| 16+ under – 14 girls 20” | 6 |
| Female cruiser – 15 girls 20” | 6 |
| 30+ female cruiser | Top 10 combined points scorers in each category |
| 30 – 34 | |
| 35 – 39 | |
| 40 – 44 | |
| 45+ | |
| All other cruiser categories | 10 from each |
Just found a link for pre registering for next week’s first south region winter series at Andover on Sunday 2nd November. See here for details. Looks like it should be a good race and Andover Track looks like a lot of fun.
Information for the day.
Strider will start straight after practise with 15min practice and racing from 11.30. Racing for all 20” and 24” classes starts at 12.30. Please make sure you have a number and a plate before the event.
Registration fee:
Pre-registration closes midnight Wednesday 29th Oct. We will be running with 2015 age groups* (between 1/01/2015 – 31/12/2015). You only need a BC licence if you want to receive National ranking points. This year we are running Strider races – these will be in 2 classes. Half and full lap races with the results based on a Grand Prix system. Price for Striders is £6.00 To achieve an overall result you will need to compete in 4 rounds in the same category. Where there are less than 4 riders categories may be combined however your points will revert to the registered class.
Bristol Bmx Club is delighted to announce:
WINTER SERIES RACING IS ON
Dates for your diary-:
Sunday 12th October 2014
Sunday 16th November 2014
Sunday 28th December 2014
Sunday 25th January 2015
Sunday 22nd February 2015
Registration 10.30 – 11.30am
Racing will start at 12pm.
Members £4. Non-Members £6.
Bristol members will qualify for a trophy.
Best 4 out of 5 races will count towards a trophy.
Hoping you will join us for more fun, but perhaps not quite in the sun.
