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Round 6 - Bristol 27th June 2010 |
 Tiverton Bmx club members had a
scorching day of racing at Bristols Regional event, with four riders
taking 2nds. 25+ Ladies Cruiser class Paula Hallett, Jason Nichols in
Cruiser 35-39yr, Shannon Blake in 11-12yr Girls and little Billy Cox in
the 6 & Under Novices. Danny Nichols in Boys 7's finished with a 5th, as
did Joseph Varndell in the Novice 6 & Unders. Ian Wheeler in the
Cruiser 17-29's finished his races with a 6th.
Picture: Danny Nichols smoothes himself around the berm
Report by Sarah Mortimer
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Round 5 - Burnham 20th June 2010 |
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Regional Round 5 saw Tiverton's Jason
Nicholls have a fantastic Fathers Day at Burnham-On-Sea. Pulling through
the pack, whilst others fell it was a great race to watch, then crossing
the finish line with a 1st, one Happy Daddy!. The others to race were
Tyler Westcott in the 6 & under boys, he took 7th, Molly O'loughlin doing
it for the 6 & under girls added another 1st to her list. Danny Nicholls
rode really well to finish 5th in the 7yr boys, and Ryan O'loughlin riding
9yr boys also rode some great races to take a 2nd. Male 15's saw Bethan
Hallett doing her best with the boys to take a 6th, Shannon Blake who's
riding exceptionally well this season finished 2nd in the 11-12yr girls.
Ladies Cruiser rider Paula Hallett finished her day with a 3rd. 6 & under
Novice group saw a few crashes one of them being Billy Cox, but he still
managed to ride on and take a well earned 2nd in his final, Joseph
Varndell also in this group took 6th.
Report by Sarah Mortimer
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Round 4 - Exeter 30th May 2010 |
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4th Regional Bmx event was held at Exeter track over the weekend. 11
Tiverton members rode and did the club proud with some very committed
racing. Novice 6 & Under rider Billy Cox had some great moto's finishing
with a 2nd. Girls 6 & Under saw Molly O'loughlin, yet again taking 1st
position and Tyler Westcott with a 7th in the Boys. In the 7yr Boys Danny
Nichols took 7th, Ryan O'loughlin smoothed through finishing 2nd in the
9's. Shannon Blake riding well this season had the 2nd in the Girls
11-12yrs , Bethan Hallett took a 6th in the Male 15's. Benjamin Blake
crashed out in his final which left him with a serious arm injury in the
17-24's, he was given 8th. Cruiser rider Ian Wheeler finished 2nd in the
B, Jason Nichols took a well earned 3rd and last of the Cruiser's is Paula
Hallett, also taken a 3rd. Next Regional race is being held in
Burnham-On-Sea on the 20th June.
Picture: Billy Cox, pet talk in the pens before his final race!
Report Sarah Mortimer
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Round 3 - Duchy 9th May 2010 |
Tiverton BMX clubs third Regional Race
took members down too Cornwall, at Duchy Pirates fast and challenging
track. Eleven of our riders rode there "Greenmachines" to produce yet
again some great results. Starting with young Billy Cox, who at the moment
is riding Novice 6 & Under, he was flying in his rounds leaving the
others to eat his dust finishing a well deserved 1st place. Our other
Pocket Rockets Tyler Westcott put in some great rounds to finish 6th
overall in the 6 & Under Boys. With Molly O'loughlin finishing with a
clean sweep taking 1st all round, in the 6 & Under Girls. Danny Nichols
who always gives it his all finished with a respectable 6th in the 7yr
Boys and in the 9yr Boys Ryan O'loughlin took a well earned 2nd. Shannon
Blake who was riding well, had a fantastic day putting in the pedals to
take 1st, in the Female 11-12yrs. Bethan Hallett, competing with the Male
15yr group rode some strong moto's and took the 4th position, Male 17-24's
saw Benjamin Blake finish with a 5th. 35-39yr Cruiser rider Jason Nichols
endured some elbow to elbow rounds but this was no challenge for him
storming through to finish 2nd. Paula Hallett also took a 2nd in the 25+
Female Cruisers. Finishing off a great days racing was Ian Wheeler in the
Cruiser 17-29yrs who rode well taking 5th.
Report by Sarah Mortimer
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Round 2 - Cheddar 18th April 2010 |
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NO STOPPING MOLLY!
Cheddar was the place too be for the
second round of the SW Regional BMX. Where little Molly O'loughlin who
races in the Female 6 & under flew through all her races with 1st's all
round, placing her top of the leader board in her age group. Rider Alex
Phillips racing Novice 13-15yrs also is currently 1st. Here are the other
riders rankings of where they are in the tables after two rounds. Tyler
Wescott had some good rounds leaving him 6th in the Male 6 & Under. Racing
up an age group is Ryan O'loughlin in the Male 9's, who is sitting 2nd.
Bethan Hallett who races with the boys in the 15yr age group is 7th.
Benjamin Blake has a tough age group this year in the Male 17-24yrs and is
in 10th overall. Sister Shannon Blake is producing some great results
placing her 3rd in the Female 11-12yr group. Chairman of the club is Ian
Wheeler who rides Cruiser 17-29's is in 6th, with Jason Nichols in Cruiser
35-39yr, racing some top races to earn himself 3rd spot. Paula Hallett is
laying comfortably in 4th in the 25+ Female Cruisers. Novice rider Joseph
Varndell in the 6 & Under is riding fantastically placing him 2nd.
Report by Sarah Mortimer
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Round 1 - Tiverton 4th April 2010 |
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Tiverton BMX Club was host to an
action packed Easter Sunday, where four out of fifteen Tiverton club
riders have already pedalled their way to 1st positions, in the opening
round of this seasons South West Regional racing calendar.
Around 240 riders rode this much
improved track, producing some fantastic racing for rider and spectator.
Three of our newest members, Billy Cox, Joseph Varndell and Alex Phillips
all rode in the novice races with Billy and Joseph riding in the 6 and
under class finishing 2nd and 3rd. Alex stormed through his rounds taking
the win in the 13-15 yr olds.
Our twelve Expert riders started with Tyler Westcott, who was consistent
all day finishing 6th in the 6 and under group, male 7's saw Danny Nichols
also take a 6th. Leo Ogden-Barker in the Male 8's rode well, making it
through to the B final. Ryan O'loughlin back riding for Tiverton this
year, sponsored by T&J Racing the company who built the track, raced up an
age group in the Male 9's,finishing in 1st position. Following in her
brothers footsteps is Molly O'loughlin also sponsored by T&J racing,
rode in the 6 and under girls but was mixed with the 7-8's, still taking a
well deserved 1st place. In the female 15-16yr olds Shannon Blake had a
good day coming through to take 6th place with brother Benjamin Blake
riding some great moto's to finish 8th in the Male 17-24yr olds. Mother
and daughter Paula Hallett and Bethan Hallett raced well, finishing with a
5th for Paula in the 25+ female cruisers and Bethan who's mixing it up
with the boys in the Male 15yr group to take 8th. Cruiser 17-29's rider
Sam Hann took all the other riders by storm taking 1st in all his races,
also in this group is Chairman of the club Ian Wheeler who came through
with a 6th. Last of all is dad of young Danny, Jason Nichols riding
35-39's cruiser, finished a great day taking 6th place.Report by
Sarah Mortimer
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Round 5 - Bristol 14th June 2009 |
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With over 250 race entries from around the South
West, Tiverton BMX Club were in for a busy day of racing as they travelled
to Bristol on a scorching Sunday.
In novice class, Tyler Westcott came in 4th for 6 and under after
racing in continuous moto rounds due to technical errors, I bet he was
tired!
Danny Nichols and Reece Cutler represented Tiverton in 6 and under with
Reece pedalling in at 3rd
Little TJ Baldwin flew the flag for Tiverton in the Male 8s, keeping
up with the Burnham boys coming in at 4th.
Elliot Norrish put in a good day of racing in the B final for Tiverton in
the Male 11s. Bethan Hallett competed with the boys in the Male 14s taking 7th
in the A finals, brother Connor took 4th in the Male 16s as Sam
Hann took the 2nd.
TJ Baldwin swapped his Cruiser for his 20" at Bristol racing with fellow
club member Ben Blake in the Male 17+ who made the B Final, both tallying up
the points for Tiverton. In the Male 25+, Derek Cutler came in 4th
with Ian Wheeler taking home 4th after a fall in the B Finals.
Shannon Blake rode well in the Female 10-12, finishing 5th in the
A Finals, with some tough competition from Burnham. Paula Hallett took 3rd
in the Ladies 20+, sitting at 3rd mid season.
With no TJ in cruisers, it was up to Jason Nichols to win it for Tiverton,
and he didn’t do bad coming in 6th in the A finals, leaving him
at 4th in the mid-season rankings, doing well for his comeback
year!
With work underway on the Tiverton track, the next regional will now be at
Bideford on 5th July 2009.
Rebecca Ransom
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March 2009 |
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An amazing start to the BMX race season, with 247 riders
from around the region, travelling to Exeter BMX Club, for round 1 of the
South West Regional series.
Three Tiverton riders in the 6 under age group, Reece
Cutler, who took this group by storm, out in front from the gate in every
moto and the final, joining him were Danny Nichols and Tyler Westcott, in
their first ever BMX race, taking 6th and 8th respectively. Also in his
first race was Leo Barker, in the 7 year old age group, who raced well
taking 7th overall.
In the 11 year olds, Tiverton had Connor Cutler and Elliot
Norrish, Connor raced well through the motos to qualify for the A final,
where he finished 7th, while Elliot took 2nd in the B final.
Bethan Hallett made it look easy, racing in the 14 year old
boys, taking 4th with eight other riders behind her, Brother Connor,
returning to racing after a long break, took 3rd in the 16 year olds with
Sam Hann dominating the group taking 1st place throughout.
Ben Blake featured in 17+, a very tough group to be racing
in, Ben rode well but took a hard fall and lost a few spokes in the 3rd
moto, which meant Ben had to settle for the B final where he took 7th.
Ian Wheeler rode well in 25+, while DJ'ing in between
races, he finished 1st in the B final.
Tiverton had two lady riders today, Paula Hallett and Mandy
Cutler, Mandy was involved in a crash in one of the motos, but dusted
herself down to finish 2nd overall with Paula in 4th.
Shannon Blake rode well in 10-12 girls, finishing in 7th
overall.
In 25-39 cruisers, Jason Nichols riding for Tiverton, a
comeback race for Jason, who used to ride back in the 80's, unfortunately
Jason stacked badly, thanks to fallen riders in his path although, Jason
did go on to take 7th in the B final.
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