Round 12

Tiverton BMX Club finished the National racing series with even more fantastic results. Two of our youngest riders Ryan and Josh, finished the season with impressive 2nds overall, there were two 3rds, two 4ths and one 8th place from the eleven members who raced this year. The last race was held way up north in Preston where 274 riders took part, including that of Olympic rider Shaneze Reed.
Ryan O’Loughlin rode three great motos, only to be taken out in the final to leave him with a 7th place in the under 6 boys. Josh Coppin also rode well, but it wasn’t to be either and he finished a creditable 5th place for the 7 yr boys. Eddie Moore took a terrible crash, leaving him to race in a B final, in which he took 1st place in the 9 yr boys, brother Josh had a much better day in the 10 yr boys, finishing a well deserved 2nd place. Bethan Hallett battled it out in the 13-15 girls to take 3rd. Tiverton ended the series 7th out of 45 other National clubs, yet more outstanding achievements.
Round 10 & 11
TIVERTON BMX CLUB'S 11 EXPERT LEVEL RIDERS HEADED ALL THE WAY TOO COPPULL, IN MID LANCS FOR SOME HEART IN MOUTH RACING, ON WHAT WAS A VERY TESTING TRACK.
ROUNDS 10 AND 11 OF THIS YEARS NATIONAL, GREETED US WITH SOME FINE WEATHER AND SOME HOT RACING.
RYAN O'LOUGHLIN IN THE 6 AND UNDERS HAD SOME TRYING RACES AND FINISHED WITH A 3RD AND 4TH, JOSH COPPIN IN THE 7'S HAD THEM SNAPPING AT HIS HEELS, BUT KEPT HIS COOL TO FINISH A WELL DESERVED 2ND AND 3RD. TAYLAN BALDWIN ALSO FOR 7'S GAVE SOME GOOD RIDES AND FINISHED 2ND IN THE B FINAL AND AN 8TH. BROTHERS EDDIE AND JOSH MOORE BOTH RACED REALLY WELL, WITH EDDIE TAKING A 2ND AND A 5TH AND JOSH TWO 3RDS IN THE 9 AND 10 YR BOYS, BEN BLAKE GIVING IT HIS BEST SHOT FOR THE 15-16'S FINISHED WITH A 6TH AND 3RD BOTH IN B FINALS, SISTER SHANNON BLAKE RODE WELL IN THE 10-12 YR GIRLS TO TAKE A 4TH AND A 3RD ALSO IN THE B FINALS, BETHAN HALLETT PUT IN A FINE PERFORMANCE IN THE 13-15 YEAR GIRLS TO FINISH 3RD AND 2ND, ELLY SKINNER, RACING WITH TOUGH OPPOSITION IN THE JUNIOR FEMALES, TOOK AN 8TH AND A 7TH FINISHING WITH TJ BALDWIN BOMBING HIS WAY TO 3RD AND 2ND PLACE FOR THE 30-39 YR CRUISER CLASS.
THE LAST ROUND OF THE NATIONAL SERIES WILL BE HELD IN PRESTON UP NORTH ON THE 11TH - 12TH OCT
The British BMX Championships 2008
RYAN'S 6 & UNDER BRITISH CHAMPION
TIVVY BMX CLUB RIDER RYAN O'LOUGHLIN, WHO IS ALSO SPONSORED BY T & J RACING,HAS JUST WON HIMSELF THE BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FOR THE SIX AND UNDERS AND BOY DID HE DO IT IN STYLE, WHAT A WEEKEND FOR THE POCKET ROCKET, THIS LITTLE LAD WAS ON FIRE FOR WHAT WAS BMX'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENT ON THE CALENDAR. RYAN ALONG WITH 567 OTHER RIDERS FROM ALL OVER BRITAIN CAME TOO PETERBOROUGH FOR THIS YEARS BRITISH CYCLING BMX CHAMPIONSHIPS. RYAN HAD TO COMPETE AGAINST 32 RIDERS IN HIS CATEGORY ALONE, BUT THIS DIDN'T WORRY THIS SUPER COOL KID WHEN HE LEFT THEM FOR DUST IN ALL THREE OF HIS MOTO'S, TAKING THREE AMAZING 1ST PLACES. WITH THE NUMBER OF RIDERS IN THIS GROUP BEING HIGH RYAN HAD TO RACE QUARTER FINALS TO STAND A CHANCE OF QUALIFYING TO THE SEMI'S BUT YET AGAIN HE SHOWED THEM HE MEANT BUSINESS WITH ANOTHER SUPER FAST ROUND TAKING THE 1ST PLACE. WITH TENSION RISING RYAN WAS THROUGH TO THE SEMI FINALS AND WELL THERE WAS JUST NO STOPPING HIM FROM TAKING HIS FIFTH 1ST PLACE POSITION. NEXT HE WAS FACING THE BIGGEST MOST EXCITING RACE OF THE DAY THE FINALS. LINED UP WITH EIGHT OF THE COUNTRIES FINEST, RYAN REMAINED POISED AND COMPOSED KNOWING THAT THIS WAS THE ONE, THE WHIZZ KID AGAIN FIRED UP THE BOOSTERS AND RODE THE TRACK LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR HIM BEING CHASED ALL THE WAY BUT NOT A CHANCE, RYAN CROSSED THE FINISH LINE TO TAKE THE WIN. WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT 1ST ALL DAY THEN BRITISH CHAMP WELL DONE TO RYAN.
ALSO TO ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE WERE SIXTEEN OTHER MEMBERS, NINE OF WHICH MADE IT THROUGH TO THE FINALS. JOSH COPPIN FOR THE 7 YEAR BOYS FINISHED IN 3RD PLACE ALONG WITH TAYLAN BALDWIN WHO TOOK 6TH. EDDIE MOORE IN 9 YEAR BOYS FINISHED 4TH WITH BROTHER JOSH TAKING A CREDITABLE 2ND IN THE 10 YEAR AGE GROUP. BETHAN HALLET ALSO TOOK A FANTASTIC 2ND PLACE IN THE 13-15 YEAR GIRLS AND BEN BLAKE WAS UNLUCKY WITH A MECHANICAL FAULT TO LEAVE HIM WITH 8TH, FOR THE 16 YEAR AGE GROUP. TJ BALDWIN RACING IN THE MASTERS FINISHED IN 2ND POSITION AND 3RD IN HIS 30-39 YEAR CRUISER CLASS. JUNIOR FEMALES SAW ELLY SKINNER FINISHING IN 6TH, TODD RATTUE RIDING IN THE 11 YEAR BOYS AND SAM HANN FOR THE 15'S BOTH MADE IT TO THE SEMI'S. OTHER MEMBERS TO TAKE PART WERE ELLIOT NORRISH, SHANNON BLAKE, ROBBI KNAPTON , IAN WHEELER, DARREN FLINT, AND CHRIS HIBBERT . 45 CLUBS TOOK PART IN THIS EVENT AND TIVERTON FINISHED A TRIUMPHANT 2ND PLACE
Report by Sarah Mortimer
Round 8 & 9
TIVVY BMX RACE EUROPEANS
TIVERTON BMX CLUB WERE AT BURNHAM ON SEA FOR ROUNDS 8 & 9 OF THE NATIONAL SERIES, AND THIS DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND WAS A TOUCH DIFFERENT, OPEN TO SOME OF THE TOP EUROPEANS RIDERS, MAKING THIS EVENT ACTION PACKED, WITH LOADS OF GRIPPING AND EXCITING RACING. GIRLS AND BOYS FROM GERMANY, SLOVAKIA, LATVIA AND THE NETHERLANDS CAME TO COMPETE AND TRY OUT THERE SKILLS ON THIS DEMANDING TRACK.
BETHAN HALLETT HAD TO SETTLE FOR SECOND IN BOTH ROUNDS AFTER BEING CLOSELY PIPED FOR FIRST BY A EUROPEAN RIDER FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 13-15 YEAR GIRLS A FINALS, SUPER MUM PAULA HALLETT ALSO RODE WELL TO TAKE A THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE, FOR THE 25 AND OVER LADIES. RYAN O'LOUGHLIN RIDING 6 AND UNDERS DID THE BUSINESS ON DAY ONE WITH A FANTASTIC FIRST PLACE AND A WELL DESERVED SECOND ON DAY TWO, AFTER HAVING TO RACE A RE-RUN. JOSH COPPIN ALSO UNSTOPPABLE ON DAY ONE PICKED UP A FIRST , WITH A THIRD ON DAY TWO, FOR THE 7 YEARS AGE GROUP. EDDIE MOORE PUT IN SOME GREAT RIDES AND TOOK THIRD AND SEVENTH FOR THE 9 YEARS OLD BOYS, BROTHER JOSH MOORE HAVING BETTER LUCK RODE STRONG TO BRING HOME A THIRD AND FOURTH FOR THE 10 YEARS BOYS. 10-12 GIRLS SAW SHANNON BLAKE WITH A SEVENTH AND SIXTH IN A B FINAL ALONG WITH BIG BROTHER BEN BLAKE HAVING SOME TESTING MOTO'S TO FINISH FIFTH AND FOURTH ALSO IN THE B FINALS. JAY COWLEY IN THE 19 AND OVER MALES FINISHED WITH A FOURTH IN  B FINAL IN HIS FIRST ROUND WITH A SIXTH PLACE IN AN A FINAL IN THE SECOND, WERE DID THAT COME FROM? NEXT NATIONAL WILL BE HELD AT COPPULL, NOT BEFORE WE'VE BEEN TO THE BRITS WHICH WILL BE IN PETERBORUGH 23rd & 24th AUG 
 Report by Sarah Mortimer
Round  7
A JOURNEY TO HARTLEPOOL WAS THE DESTINATION FOR THE BRAVE 6 OF TIVERTONS BMX CLUB. AND AS IF THE TRIP UP WASN'T LONG ENOUGH, THE TRACK IT'S SELF WAS JUST AS LONG.
BOASTING 6 LEG BUSTING STRAIGHTS, AROUND 20 DIFFERENT JUMPS AND MEASURING 422 METERS IN LENGTH, RYAN O'LOUGHLIN ONCE AGAIN SHOWING WHAT HE'S REALLY MADE OF, KEPT HIS RIVAL FIRMLY BEHIND HIM TO TAKE THE ALL IMPORTANT FIRST PLACE IN THE 6 AND UNDERS. WHILST JOSH COPPIN AGAIN HAD THREE FANTASTIC MOTO'S ONLY TO TAKE ON UNLUCKY FALL IN HIS FINAL TO FINISH EIGHTH IN THE 7 YEAR AGE GROUP.
PETER MOORE RODE STEADY IN THE 19 OVERS TO FINISH FOURTH IN THE B FINAL, ALONG WITH JAY COWLEY WHO FINISHED THIRD. DARREN FLINT IN THE MASTERS GROUP TOOK EIGHTH PLACE, AND OUR FEMALE RIDER FOR THAT DAY WAS BETHAN HALLETT, PUTTING IN SOME FINE RACING FINISHED WITH A WELL DESERVED THIRD PLACE IN THE 13 - 15 GIRLS.
NEXT NATIONAL ROUNDS WILL BE HELD AT BURNHAM - ON - SEA
Report by Sarah Mortimer
Round 6
ALL THE A's FOR TIVVY BMX  
ROUND 6 OF THE NATIONAL ROUNDS WAS HELD IN THE BEAUTIFUL SETTING OF RINGWOOD PARK IN CHESTERFEILD. AND THERE TO GREET US WAS THE SUNSHINE, A RARE SIGHT FOR BMX.
A FAST AND JUMPY TRACK WAS NO MATCH FOR BETHAN HALLET IN THE 13-15 GIRLS, WHO HAD SOME GREAT MOTO'S AND THEN PICKED UP A WELL EARNED SECOND PLACE IN THE A FINAL. THE OTHER RIDER TO PICK UP A SECOND WAS OUR 7 YR BOY JOSH COPPIN, HAVING TO COMPETE AGAINST 18 RIDERS, AND MAKE IT THROUGH A SEMI - FINAL. RIDING TRUE TO FORM, WITH SOME EXCELLENT RACING. RYAN O'LOUGHLIN IN THE 6 AND UNDERS HAD THREE STEADY ROUNDS AND WAS PIPED IN HIS FINAL TO TAKE THIRD. ELLIE SKINNER ALSO RODE WELL IN THE JUNIOR GIRLS TO SECURE HERSELF A SIXTH. GUNSLINGER ROCK STAR RIDER EDDIE MOORE TOOK THE ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH TO FINISH EIGHTH, AND JOSH MOORE PEDALLED HIS WAY FOR A COMFORTABLE FOURTH. NEXT NATIONAL ROUND WILL TAKE PLACE AT HARTLEPOOL EVEN FURTHER UP NORTH, ON THE 28th - 29th JUNE
Report by Sarah Mortimer
Round 4 & 5
A WIN FOR O'LOUGHLIN "
ROUNDS 4 & 5 SAW THE TIVERTON BMX CLUB TRIPPING TO MANSFIELD UP NORTH, FOR A WEEKEND OF GOOD WEATHER AND EXCITING BMX RACING.
RYAN O'LOUGHLIN DID THE BUSINESS ON DAY TWO, TO TAKE A WELL DESERVED FIRST PLACE TROPHY IN THE SIX & UNDER CLASS WITH A THIRD THE PREVIOUS DAY. JOSH COPPIN IN THE SEVEN YEAR AGE GROUP HAD SOME TACTICAL RIDERS TO COMPETE AGAINST LEAVING HIM WITH TWO THIRD PLACES. EDDIE MOORE IN THE NINE YEARS AGE GROUP HAD A GOOD ROUND ON DAY ONE TO FINISH FOURTH BUT WAS UNLUCKY TO FALL ON THE LAST STRAIGHT ON DAY TWO, SO HAD TO SETTLE FOR EIGHTH, BROTHER JOSH HOWEVER WAS CONSECUTIVE BOTH DAYS WITH FORTH PLACES FOR THE TEN YEAR AGE GROUP. BEN BLAKE WHOSE RACING REALLY WELL IN THE 15 - 16 YEAR AGE GROUP HAD A MUCH BETTER SECOND DAY WITH A WELL DESERVED FIFTH AFTER A THIRD IN THE B FINALS ON DAY ONE, SAM HANN WHO ALSO RACES IN THIS GROUP HAD SOME GOOD MOTOS, BUT JUST WAS UNLUCKY TO QUALIFY. DARREN FLINT ARE MASTER RIDER HAD A VERY RESPECTABLE SIXTH IN THE B FINAL, CRUISER RIDER. IAN WHEELER ALSO IN THE B'S TOOK A SECOND, DOING IT FOR THE GIRLS WAS BETHAN HALLETT IN THE 13 - 15 GIRLS, HAVING A GREAT RIDE TO TAKE A THIRD ON DAY TWO, AND A SIXTH THE DAY BEFORE. BENS SISTER SHANNON BLAKE WAS CONSISTENT BOTH DAYS TAKING EIGHTH IN B FINALS AFTER ONE UNLUCKY FALL, AND TO TOP OFF THIS DOUBLE-HEADER WEEKEND, ELLIE SKINNER RODE WELL AND WAS IN THE MIX TO TAKE EIGHTH ON THE DAY ONE AND A SMOOTH SIX PLACE ON DAY TWO,
ROUND 6 OF THE NEXT NATIONALS WILL BE HELD AT CHESTERFIELD 7-8TH JUNE
Report by Sarah Mortimer
Round 3
The weather held off for most of the racing, which took place at Cheddar, Somerset, much to the delight of our Tivvy riders who took part in round 3 of the national series. 385 riders were riding strong and 10 out of 12 of our riders pedalled themselves some fab results.
Ryan O'loughlin rode this fast track well in the 6 & unders with Josh Coppin in the 7's both coming second in the A finals,
The Moore brothers Eddie & Josh had a third and a fourth in the 9 & 10's a finals, in 10 - 12 girls Shannon Blake missed out in the A final but took a great win in the B final, some tough racing in the 15 - 16's saw brother Benjamin Blake pass the line for a third in a B final.
Bethan Hallett had a second in the 13 - 15 girls and junior female rider Ellie Skinner a sixth both in A finals. 
Cruiser rider, Ian Wheeler picked up a third in the B final and to finish off some excellent performances Paula Hallett had a sixth in the 25 and over ladies,
next rounds 4 & 5 take us up country to Mansfield 17 / 18 may 2008
Report by Sarah Mortimer
Rounds 1 & 2
EGGCEPTIONALLY COLD EASTER WEEKEND UP AT BURNHAM ON FREEZE !
Rounds one and two of the national series, started early this season in freezing conditions. but it didn't stop 12 of our Tivvy riders making the trip to Burnham on sea, and achieving some great results. In the 6 and unders, Ryan O'loughlin our last remaining pocket rocket, stormed through to the A final in both rounds with a fifth and a second place, also on fine form as usual was Josh Coppin, having also got through to two A finals, picking up first and second for the 7 yr group, great start for these two boys. In the 9 yr age group Eddie Moore rode well to pick up second in the A final of round one but was unlucky on his second round and finished with a well deserved seventh. His brother Josh Moore had two steady rounds in the 10 yr age group getting himself through to two A finals and finishing third in both. Sam Hann did his stuff again after picking up some great results in the 15 - 16 yr age group with a fifth in the A final on day one and fourth in the B the next. Fellow team mate Ben Blake rode well giving it his best shot making it through to the B finals of both rounds with a forth and a well deserved first. Sister Shannon Blake also giving it her all in the 10 - 12 yr girls finishing a sixth and a fifth in the B finals. Bethan Hallett also doing it for the girls put in a fine performance to take a fifth and a third in the A finals of the 13 - 15 yr girls with mum Paula Hallett coming in fouth and third of the ladies 25's and over. Cruiser rider Ian Wheeler had a third and a fifth in the B finals but the competition was a bit tough for the two of our riders Pete Moore and Darren Flint. Keep it up though boys, well done every one a great start.
Report by Sarah Mortimer