Sunday 19th October 2008


The Midlands regional finals were held at the track. This is the first major event to be held there since the £85,000.00 revamped. Mark and Lauren Smith who organised the event hailed it as a great success. It was estimated that there were approximateley 1000 people at the event.

The day started with the track race being opened by Olympic finalist and world champion Shanaze Reade.

Derby BMX had a staggering 25 riders of which 15 made the final.

Derby BMX Results
Name Position Group
Oliver Scott 8th 17+ male
Josh Sutto 4th 16 male
Jack Bloor 3rd 14 male
Ryan Ruane 4th 12 male
Luke Gorse 6th 12 male
Warren Dun-Elks 7th 12 male
Josh Dixon 8th 12 male
Lauren Smith 1st 13+ female
Rose Taylor 5th 10-12 female
Niall Barry 5th 12-15 novice
Dillon Bell 2nd 9-11 novice
Jay Wardell 3rd 9-11 novice
Jack Smith 5th 9-11 novice
Aaron Wardell 7th 9-11 novice
Jake Greene 2nd 8+ under novice
Harry Sloman 3rd 8+ novice

The event was the first that Derby BMX Club had held at the new track. There was a record number of riders competing (238). this is the most that the Midlands BMX Champioships has ever seen. The race ran smoothly thanks toall the club volunteers.

Derby BMX now hope to run a national event sometime next summer.

Champ 1 Champ 2 Champ 3 Champ 6 Champ 5 Champ 4