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The Club Blog...
The North Region 2012
by iancrt @ 14th May 2012
Bradford BMX Bandits Documentary
by Tom Jeffries @ 10th May 2012
As part of something I've got to do for college, I had to make a documentary on something. Obviously it was going to be on the club! Hope you enjoy



The Regional Race Squad
by iancrt @ 04th May 2012
The Regional Race Squad is made up of riders aged approximately 8 to 12 that have achieved a certain level as judged by the club coaches. The squad is dynamic and the membership will hopefully grow throughout the season.

The initial squad is made up of:
Arran Brannan
David Biancardo
Ellis Burgess
Elliot Lambert
Emily Brannan
Francis Rhodes
James Lucas
Kieran Stanley
Kirk Melhuish
Sam Avison

Well done to these riders. Keep up the hard work to maintain your place!

Want to join them? We watch you at practice and racing and will invite you if we think you are ready.

If anyone has any questions about how we select riders or the aims of the squad let me know

Coaching Cancelled 26th April 2012
by iancrt @ 26th April 2012
Tonights session cancelled due to conditions

sorry folks

Tuesday 17th April's Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 20th April 2012
Hi everyone,

Sorry it's taken me so long, but Tuesday's photos are (finally) uploaded to the Facebook page, and can be seen here; http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.353745844672832.83100.146851212028964&type=1

Thanks, Tom

Coaching Session 13-4-12 Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 16th April 2012
Hi everyone,

Just in case you haven't seen them yet, the photos from last Friday's coaching session (Friday 13th April) are all on the club's Facebook page. You can see them here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.348304885216928.82284.146851212028964&type=1

Enjoy!

Tuesday 10th April's Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 12th April 2012
Hi everyone,

Just in case you've not seen them yet, the photos have been uploaded to the club's Facebook page here; http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.346481075399309.81889.146851212028964&type=1

Enjoy!

Tuesday 3rd April's "Photos"...
by Tom Jeffries @ 03rd April 2012
I got creative with the photos again, and (tried to) do a whole race in stop-motion style. Unfortunately the weather had other ideas! I did however get about a minute's worth of footage (around 450 photos), so it's a work-in-progress at the moment. You'll have to excuse the yellow t-shirt getting in the way of some shots - it was the only thing stopping my camera from getting soaked! Anyway, here's what I'm babbling on about. Enjoy!



Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 03rd April 2012
Hi everyone,

If anyone would like a printed copy of a photo/some photos from the club without the watermark on, it's just £2 for a 7x5 print. To order you can either see me at the track, or send an email with the link to the photo in and when you'd be able to pick it up to tom@bradfordbmxbandits.org.uk. If you need any other sizes just let me know and I'll see what I can do for you.

Thanks, Tom

Race Report - Manchester National Round 3
by Tom Jeffries @ 31st March 2012
The third round of the British BMX National series fell on the weekend of the 24th and 25th of March 2012, and a respectable 8 Bradford riders made the now familiar trip over to Manchester to race.

With the first two rounds being needed for Worlds qualification, the third round saw a slightly smaller turnout than the previous two rounds, but the racing was still as spectacular.

Two Bradford riders took to competing in Male 8 years, and these two were Jed Phillips and Arran Brannan. With 29 riders in the category it was never going to be easy, and both riders did very well on the challenging track. Come the A final the pressure was on, but Arran Brannan did a fantastic job to secure 6th place in the main and some handy points for the series standings.

34 riders entered the Male 10 years category, one of these being Bradford’s Sam Avison. After battling hard in all his motos, Sam rose to 21st place to get some hard-fought-for points and some valuable racing experience.

Jordan Mullock was the lone Bradford rider in the ever-competitive Male 14 years class, and he also got some valuable experience atop his Identiti bike.

Representing Bradford in the Masters and 35-39 Cruisers categories was Martin “Oggy” Ogden. Oggy had a great weekend, picking up a 2nd in Crusiers on Saturday then going on to take a 7th in the A final in Masters on the Sunday. Nice work!

Paul Phillips entered the Veteran class this time round, and fought off some
tough competition on an unforgiving course to reach 29th place for the event.

Emily Brannan continued her so far fantastic form and got herself into the A final yet again in the Female 9-10 years age group. Although not quite as high up the tally as last time, Emily fought her way up to 5th place and some very hard-earned points for the standings.

Another Bradford rider on a bright-yellow Identiti bike was Michael Cummins, who was this time racing in Junior Men. Facing the usual incredibly tough competition, Michael worked his way up to 12th place for the event.

And with that, the final National round to be held at Manchester was done. Hopefully all the training and hard work was worth it!

Having actually managed to wrestle the weekend free, I made it out to the track to take some photos of our riders racing. As ever they can be seen on the Bradford BMX Bandits’ Facebook page here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.340193799361370.80662.146851212028964&type=3

Don’t forget that this coming Tuesday (Tuesday 3rd April) is the last race of the Racin’ in the Rain series, and where last year’s trophies will be handed out. If you think you’re due a trophy, make sure you’re down!

Until next time, see you at the track

Thursday 29th March's Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 30th March 2012
The photos of last night's training session can be found here;

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.339361309444619.80461.146851212028964&type=1

I'm finally getting around to posting the photos of the Bradford riders from the Manchester National too, so expect to see those towards the end of the week.

Don't forget that this coming Tuesday (Tuesday 3rd April) is the last race of the current "Racin' in the Rain" series, and where the trophies for last year's Summer series will be presented. Make sure you're down to get some last minute points and pick up your trophies!

See you at the track!

Tuesday 27th March's Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 27th March 2012
All the photos from tonight can be seen here;

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.337875112926572.80117.146851212028964&type=1

There'll be a report on how we did at the Manchester national this weekend coming soon, and I'll see about getting some of the photos of our riders uploaded too. I actually made it to a national!

Thanks, Tom

Tuesday 20th March's Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 22nd March 2012
Tuesday's photos have just finished uploading to Facebook, and you can see them here;

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.334555759925174.79506.146851212028964&type=3

See you at the track!

Tuesday 13th March's Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 15th March 2012
Hi everyone,

I got some actual photos on Tuesday too, and I've just uploaded them to Facebook. They're viewable here;

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.330455590335191.78638.146851212028964&type=3

Sorry it's taken me a while!

See you at the track!

Timelapse Video of Tuesday 13th March's Practice
by Tom Jeffries @ 14th March 2012
Hi everyone,

As part of the same college project I talked about before, I decided to get a bit creative with the photos and do a timelapse of last night's practice. You can see it here;



It's pretty easy to do, so if you like it then just let me know and I'll do more!

I did get some more photos of last night, and they'll be going up on the club's Facebook page today or tomorrow. I'll post the link when they're all on.

Hope you enjoy the video!

Notice to All Members
by iancrt @ 12th March 2012

As many of you are aware due to the ground conditions on the football pitch the council have blocked access to cars. Unfortunately as many of you simply went and parked on the other pitch last week - access to this has now been blocked. This severely limits the amount of carparking we have until we can get the old container moved and open up the area between the pitches.
Until this is resolved, the area at the top by the container can only hold a few cars so this is reserved for the committee members that facilitate the opening and closing of the track - especially the trailer that brings bikes on site.
Park in the car park where there is space. If at all possible can I ask many of you to park on Cliff Road and access the track on foot.
Do not under any circumstances park blocking the access road - even on the wide turn as this is a passing area. Remember if at any point this road is blocked we will have to close the track until it is re-opened.


Tuesday 21st's Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 10th March 2012
I know some of you were having trouble getting into Tuesday 21st February's photos, so I've uploaded them to the Bradford page so there should be no problems. Sorry it's taken me a while!

Here's the link; http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.327581153955968.77953.146851212028964&type=3

Thanks, Tom

Race Report - Tuesday 6th March
by Tom Jeffries @ 07th March 2012
The penultimate race of the Bradford BMX Bandits’ current “Ridin’ in the Rain” series was held on March 6th (the date it was actually originally set for – something of a rarity for the series thanks to the weather) and a very impressive 56 riders made the trip down to the incredibly cold track to get some points before the final race of the series on April 3rd.

Despite the cold weather there was some very fast riding from packed gates - five of the seven classes had at least a full gate of riders – which is always very encouraging to see. I know I spoke about it in the yearly report, but seeing just how much the club and its riders continue to grow and expand really is incredible to watch.

Onto racing, and in the TROHMS category it was Rob Carr who continued to dominate the races; taking three wins out of three. Paul Phillips found some extra energy from somewhere to finish 2nd, with Benjamin Stretch finishing 3rd and Iain Johnson in 4th.

Formula five, and with 10 riders competing you knew it was going to be tough. After battling in the motos Hayley Kristovic had two first place finishes, and Declan Biancardo had two second place finishes right behind her. By the time the final rolled round it was anybody’s race, and thanks to some swift moves in the berms it was Declan who just took the win, narrowly beating Hayley into 2nd. Bradley Harrison finished a very respectable 3rd place, with Tristan Stanley fighting his way up to a well-deserved 4th.

A full gate of 8 made it out for Formula 4 last night, however the night belonged to just one rider - Alexander Grice. Finishing in 1st place in all of his races (and earning a valuable 106 points for the evening), he’ll move up to Formula 3 next time round. Alfie Ainge came back from the motos to take a very good 2nd place, with Max Sheard and Bobby Kristovic fighting it out for 3rd and 4th respectively.

Another full gate of riders entered Formula 3, and in the motos an increasingly fast-looking Arran Brannan beat them all. Everything was looking good for the final as Arran led the first two straights, but unfortunately he crashed hard in the second berm. This crash also took down Elliot Lambert, as he couldn’t avoid Arran’s bike. After a little attention from the medics both riders were up and lived to ride another day. However this isn’t to take anything away from Zak Dalby – he was just behind Arran and managed to avoid his bike and ride the rest of the way to 1st place and a spot in Formula 2 next round. David Biancardo took advantage of the chaos and took 2nd place, making it a very good night for the family. Sophia Thewlis rounded out the top three.

An impressive 9 riders raced in Formula 2, providing some great racing and constant battling. At the front of those battles were Emily Brannan and Sam Avison. Having both won at least one of their motos, the stage was set for an exciting final. Neck and neck for the entire race, it came down to the final straight for the winner to be decided and thanks to some solid pumping skills, it was Emily that emerged as the winner – with Sam a close second. Ellis Burgess took 3rd, with Reece White in 4th. Both Emily and Sam will move up to Formula 1 in the final round of the season.

Only 5 riders were in Formula 1, making it the least-populated race of the night. However the racing was fierce, with tons of swapping and changing throughout. One person that didn’t swap places though was Will Greaves, as he continued to show the competition how it’s done. This time on clips, he took 1st place. After fighting it out in the motos it was George Fox who took 2nd place, narrowly beating Jordan Mullock to the line. Tariq Davis finished a well-earned 4th, with Amira Mellor in 5th.

Last but by no means least was the highest class of the night – Superclass. With an encouraging 9 riders, the fastest category certainly lived up to its reputation. With two wins each, it was Martin “Oggy” Ogden and Michael “Flip” Cummins who looked to be the two favourites for the final win, both riding for Identiti. To the first berm Oggy and Flip were bar-end to bar-end, until a slippery move by Josh Thewlis in the first berm split the pair. Martin took this opportunity to get a slight lead – something which proved to be successful, as he took the win. By the end of the race Michael had got back past Josh, finishing 2nd with Josh 3rd. Liam Snazel fought his way through to 4th place, with Ben Ungar in 5th. Special mentions go to Jon Rhodes (6th), Andrew Parks (7th) and Thomas Lee (9th) – all racing in Superclass for the first time. Jon even made the A-final – not bad for his first time!

And with that, the evening came to a close. Trophies, medals and money were awarded to the winners, the track was cleared and everything was put away, ready to be used again next week. Overall a very good night!

The next and final race of the current winter series is on April 3rd, so make sure you’re down to secure some last minute points and hold onto/improve your current place on the standings!

Also don’t forget that Thursdays are back on again for those of you with your own equipment, and that Ian’s planning to do some coaching camps in Easter. Information is available on either the Bradford website or the Bradford BMX Bandits’ Facebook page.

So until next time, see you at the track!

Tuesday 6th March's Photos
by Tom Jeffries @ 06th March 2012
Hi everyone, hope you've all thawed out from being at the bitterly cold track all night.

I've just posted the photos to the Bradford BMX Bandits' Facebook page for you all here; http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.325603650820385.77480.146851212028964&type=1

Now due to something I'm doing for college, I spent a lot of tonight filming and not taking that many photos. There's still around 125, but it was mainly videoing that I did tonight. I might see about sorting something out with them a la the edit I did a couple of months back (viewable here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PXgwW792LKo) if there's demand or I have some time free in the next couple of days. I'll also need to interview some people on what the track means to them, what they think the club does for the community etc. so if you think you'd be interested in that, send us an email at tom@bradfordbmxbandits.org.uk. It'd be doing me a big favour!

Don't forget that Thursday sessions are back on, and that Ian is trying to set up some Easter coaching camps for riders of all abilities. Information is available in the container.

Until next time, see you at the track

Solar Panels update
by iancrt @ 02nd March 2012

Summary of the Solar Panels project Hot off the press at British Gas

http://bradfordbmxbandits.org.uk/uploads/pdf/1330687812BGB054SustainabilityCSBradfordBandits.pdf