Round 3 and 4 of the South West regional series took place at Decoy, Newton Abbott last Sunday with great results for the 19 Tiverton BMX club riders that took part.
In round 3, two riders featured in the 6 and under age group, Josh Coppin and Ryan O’Loughlin, both were consistent in keeping their positions with Josh in 1^st Ryan 3^rd.
Eddie Moore took 1^st in the 9’s with Ryan Allington 5^th and Elliot Norrish 6^th.
Five Tiverton riders took part in the 11/12 age group, Oliver Fay, Callum Webber, Josh Moore, Bethan Hallett and Elliot Fay. The fight was on between Oliver and Callum with Oliver having the upper hand taking 1^st, Callum 2^nd, Josh 11^th, Bethan 14^th and Elliot 22^nd.
Three riders in the 13/14 age group, Sam Hann, Liam Webber and Lee Green. Sam rode well taking 4^th overall, Liam rode an excellent race, probably his best race this year, qualifying for the A final and finishing 7^th with Lee Green in 11^th.
Jason Fay gave Ben Blake the run around by taking 1^st leaving Ben to settle for 2^nd in the 15/16 class. While Ben’s sister Shannon rode a steady race in 7-9 girls taking 4^th overall.
Peter Moore and Ian Wheeler, riding both 25+ experts and their respective cruiser classes, took part in their first event of the day, 25+ experts, Pete was on fire taking 1^st with Ian 7^th. Ian also finished 1^st in 25-29 cruiser, Pete 2^nd in 30-39 cruiser with Paula Hallett 10th.
An impromptu dog show took place in the break with many tuneful canines entertaining the crowds, before following on with round 4.
Same results for Josh Coppin and Ryan O’Loughlin in the 6 under age group, with Josh keeping hold of his 1^st place and Ryan in 3^rd.
Eddie Moore also retained his 1^st place in the 9’s with Ryan Allington 4^th and Elliot Norrish in 6^th.
The battle was still raging between Oliver Fay and Callum Webber in the 11/12 year olds but again Oliver was not going to let go of his 1^st place leaving Callum with 2^nd, Josh Moore 11^th, Bethan 12^th and Elliot Fay in 23^rd.
Sam Hann rode well again in 13/14’s finishing 4^th in the A final, Liam Webber 2^nd in the B final. Jason Fay left only a trail of dust as he stormed through in 1^st in 15/16 age group leaving Ben Blake in 7^th. Shannon Blake riding in 7-9 girls maintained a steady 4^th place.
Despite parting company with his bike and being ridden over by his fellow riders Pete Moore still managed to take 1^st overall in 25+ while Ian Wheeler took 6^th, Ian also finished in 1^st overall in 25-29 cruiser and Pete took 2^nd in 30-39 cruiser with Paula Hallett, racing the men this season, taking 10^th.

Twenty-one riders from Tiverton BMX Club travelled to Decoy last Sunday for the final two rounds in the South West Regional series.
Round 8 started with the 6 under novices, where Tiverton had two riders, Samuel Harley and Michael Pearce, Samuel had a great race finishing in 1^st with Michael 3^rd.
Ryan Allington stormed the 8-9 novices taking 1^st all the way, as did Jack Knapton in 10 – 12 novices with Joe Northan-Nowell in 2^nd. Robbi Knapton rode a steady race taking 4^th in the 13 year old novices.
Expert racing kicked off with Lady cruisers, Paula Hallett rode a steady race finishing in 2^nd overall while in the 25+ cruisers Tiverton had Peter Moore and Ian Wheeler, they finished 1^st and 4^th respectively.
Shannon Blake featured in the 7-9 girls; she raced well taking an overall 5^th.
Two Tiverton riders raced in the 8 year old class, Eddie Moore and Connor Cutler, Eddie rode well taking 3^rd overall with Connor in 8^th. Another two Tivvy riders featured in the 13-15 girls, Elly Skinner and Bethan Hallett, Elly gained 3^rd overall with Bethan in 5^th.
Josh Moore raced in the 10’s, he rode steadily through the motos taking 3^rd and again in the A final, while in the 11’s Oliver Fay gave it his all taking a well-deserved 1^st place throughout.
George Hughes featured in the 12 year old class, George raced well taking 8^th.
Connor Hallett, Tivertons only rider in the 13’s raced well he took a great 2^nd in the third moto but had to settle for 4^th overall.
Ben Blake found the going tough in the 15’s, he took 4^th through the motos and had to be content with 6^th in the A final.
Peter Moore raced again in the 25+ experts, not to his usual standard, Pete had to settle for 2^nd in this round, whilst in the 30-39 cruiser, Tiverton had Dereck Cutler and new novice rider, Chris Hibbert, Dereck raced well taking an overall 4^th, while Chris enjoyed himself and gained 1^st place as the only novice in this group.
After a short break it was straight on with the 9^th and final round in the South West Summer Series.
Samuel Harley and Michael Pearce started off round 9 in the 6 under novices; Samuel raced hard taking 1^st with Michael gaining his best result of the season in 2^nd. Ryan Allington gained his usual 1^st place in the 8-9 novices, as did Jack Knapton in the 10-12 novices with Joe Northan-Nowell in 2^nd, while Robbi Knapton gained a great 5^th place in the 12+ novices.
Paula Hallett raced in the first expert race, the Lady cruisers, she gained 2^nd place.
Peter Moore and Ian Wheeler raced in the 25+ cruisers, Pete gave everyone else a chance today by taking it easy and finishing in 3^rd with Ian in 4^th.
Dereck Cutler gained 4^th in the 30-39 cruisers while new rider, Chris Hibbert gained 1^st as 40+ cruiser novice.
Shannon Blake raced well in 7-9 girls taking 5^th overall while Eddie Moore and Connor Cutler battled it out in the 8 year old class, Eddie had the upper hand and took 3^rd with Connor close on his heels in 4^th. Josh Moore gained 2^nd throughout the motos but had a tough time in the A final taking 8^th overall.
Oliver Fay raced to victory in the final race, which also leaves him clear at the top of the table and ranked No1 in the 11-year-old age group.
Elly Skinner and Bethan Hallett raced well in the 13-15 girls, Elly gained 3^rd, Bethan 5^th, while Connor Hallett rode a very steady race in the 13’s taking 4^th place throughout.
Ben Blake had a better race in round 9, he took 1^st in the motos and a great 2^nd place in the A final.
Peter Moore didn’t let us down in the final race, he took his usual 1^st place in the 25+ experts.

Decoy winter series

Decoys winter series was a great success despite the cold, wind and rain. Our riders raced well, moving up and down the formulas. Starting in formula 4, we had Bethan Hallett, Oliver Fay and Emma Coles, later they were joined by Dolton Ashton and Rebecca Hill, Dolton rode an excellent first race so moved straight up to formula 3. Bethan and Oliver moved up to formula 3 after the first race and stayed there.

Jason Fay, Sam Coles, Connor Hallett and Sam Hann all started in formula 3, and were later joined by Ben Blake, Luke Harris and Daniel Hill. Sam Coles has shown great improvement by steadily moving up the formulas, as did Jason Fay they both moved to formula 1, against 15+ riders and managed to stay there. Ben, Daniel and Connor all got to formula 2.  Sam Hann rode well in the final race taking 1st place in all the motos and final, he had to be content with staying in formula 3.

Dean Bird, Paula Hallett and Karl Syms started in formula 1. Dean maintained pole position from the first race, against some tuff opponents. Paula kept racing, despite moving down every race, she took all the teasing but kept going. Whilst in formula 3 Paula had to race against her Son & Daughter, they beat her! After moving to formula 4 Paula made the headlines by moving back up to formula 3 for the final race. Well done Paula.

Dean Bird 1st - Formula 1

Jason Fay 1st - Formula 3

Sam Coles 2nd - Formula 3

Oliver Fay 1st - Formula 4

Bethan Hallett 2nd - Formula 4