Braintree Club Press Releases

BMX National Rounds 11 & 12 – Bournemouth

Rounds 11 and 12 of the 2010 National BMX series were held in Bournemouth over the August Bank Holiday weekend and 21 riders from Braintree made the trip to finalise their rankings for the year. The weather was untraditionally clement for the August Bank Holiday and that made for some superb on track action. 

In the 7 year old boys Luke Shriever had some fantastic moto results, but 5th place in the semi finals both days saw him in the B final where he finished 1st on Saturday and 2nd on Sunday. Luke ended the season 9th overall in the UK. Tyler Carter competed in the class in his first year of racing and raced in the B final to a 6th on Saturday, but had to pull out on Sunday due to wrecked wheel from a crash. He managed 25th in the rankings. 

The 8 year olds class saw Tom Stokes riding fantastically and went easily into the semi final both days. Regrettably he could only manage 5th place finishes which sent him into the B final both days where he finished 2nd on Saturday but breezed to the win on Sunday. Tom repeated his ranking from last year by finishing 9th overall. Sydney Allen also missed out on the final on Saturday with a 5th in the semis, in the B final he finished a fantastic 5th on Saturday, but was not so lucky on Sunday when a first straight crash saw him limp home in 6th. Sydney wound up 17th in his first full year of national racing.  Joe Read-Millard raced hard through the qualifying rounds to a B final finish on day 1, a lucky swerve after the first straight carnage on Sunday saw him 4th in the B final and a superb 11th overall for 2010. 

The home club were represented by Charlie Ogrady and Ollie Rowe in the 9 year olds. They fought hard in the semi finals and then the B finals where they crossed the line in 5th and 7th respectively on Day 1 and then they swapped round on Day 2 with Rowe in an impressive 2nd and Ogrady in 5th. They were also close in their end of season rankings with Rowe in 13th and Ogrady 14th. Joseph Carter also made the trip to the south coast and finished the season 30th.  Josh Peters from Codham Park had 2 strong final finishes and wound his season up with an awesome 3rd in the national rankings. 

The 11 year olds saw fantastic results for George Moret and who went into the A final both days as favourite. Things weren’t meant to be though and he settled for a 2nd and 3rd over the weekend and had a personal best season finish in 6th. Josh Legrove also made the A final on Saturday where he followed George home in 3rd. On Sunday Legrove took 3rd again, but this time in the B final. Josh finished 9th overall. Shane Redgewell made the B final where he fought to 4th both days, and 12th overall. 

The male 12’s saw Lee Golder and Shane Pavitt battling it out all weekend. They both went into the A final on Saturday where Lee finished 2nd and Shane in 6th. Golder also made the A final on Sunday where he finished 4th and brought his season to a close in 6th. Pavitt was in the B final on Sunday which he won and took himself to 9th overall.

Taylor Andrews represented Codham Park in the 14 year olds, he had some really consistent laps and made the A final both days where he finished 5th on Saturday and 7th on Sunday. Andrews managed 9th overall for the season. 

The 16 year olds saw Christopher Potter representing Braintree. Potter won the B final on Saturday, but stepped it up a notch on Sunday with a fantastic 5th in the A final. Chris took 12th overall. 

The 17 – 24 class saw Ollie Cutmore finish 5th in the B final on Saturday and 15th overall for 2010. Brad Watts had an eventful weekend where carnage brought his race to an end on Saturday. On Sunday; Watts had more carnage and struggled through the motos to the semis finals where he finished 2nd. In the A final he showed real grit to take 7th. Watts managed 21st overall. 

The masters class saw Braintree’s Julian Allen riding hard through motos into the B final where he finished 3rd on Saturday, but he got caught up in a first corner crash on Sunday finishing 5th. Allen reached his season’s goal by finishing 15th overall. Jason Jessop ended his season with a flourish by making the A final both days. He finished 7th and 5th over the weekend and 11th overall.  

The ladies saw Anja Moret in the 9-10 year old girls B final finishing 7th and 6th over the weekend and a fantastic 14th in her first year of national racing. Bethany Shriever continued her battles in the 11-12 year old girls. Shriever fought her way into the A finals and finished 7th and 6th, with an end of year ranking of number 9. The 13-14 year old girls saw Kelsey Dixon in the B finals with 3rd and 5th place finishes. Dixon took 11th overall for 2010. 

Ollie Cutmore was on track again in the 17-29 year old cruiser class. Cutmore shines on the bigger wheeled bike and had 2 A final finishes of 3rd and 5th respectively. Cutmore finished his season with an impressive 6th place national ranking. Julian Allen also raced the bigger wheeled bikes in the 35-39 year old class for the final round of the season. After strong moto finishes Allen found himself in a run-off for the A final where he narrowly missed out on the main event. He went through to win the B final and managed an incredible ranking of 28th after competing in only one event. 

Once the dust had settled and the points were tallied for the club rankings, Braintree Bullets found themselves in 20th place out of 50 competing clubs. A fantastic year was had by all of the club riders and they look forward to the big end of season finale with the British Championships in Cheddar over the weekend of  September 18th-19th. 

The final round of Braintree BMX Club summer series will take place on Wednesday evening, with racing from 7pm. For more information go to www.braintreebmx.co.uk.

EA Regional Round 8 - 15.08.2010.

Ipswich BMX Club hosted round 8 of the East Anglian BMX Championships 2010 at Braintree track due to vandalism at their own venue. 118 riders descended onto Braintree BMX Track to pick up points for their regional ranking at the penultimate round of the season.

Dee Williams set the pace for the home club with a terrific 3^rd place finish in the 25 and over ladies cruiser class. The super competitive 35-39 year old cruiser class saw Andy Carter match Dees finish by also finishing 3^rd. The final cruiser class was the 40-44 year olds and Tony Williams finished off an impressive day in 6th. Last year’s British Champion; Lee Alexander from Royston also competed in the class and is looking good for the British Championships in Cheddar, Somerset next month.

The racing moved onto the expert classes and the 6 year old “pocket rockets” saw Lewis Cooper in 3^rd in his first regional standard event. The 7 year old class was won by Luke Shriever who went unbeaten all day.  Tyler Carter finished a fantastic day in 5^th with club mates Richie Cooper and Harrison Boulter not far behind in 7^th and 8^th respectively.

The 8 year old boy’s class saw the racing slip up a gear. Club mates Sydney Allen and Joe Read-Millard are used to each other’s company on the track and battled fiercely in every race. Sydney was the stronger of the two boys on the day though and went home the winner and also rider of the day.

Charlie O’Grady was the 3 third Braintree rider who was unbeaten all day. He won the 9 year old boys class and was joined in the A final by Tom Stokes in 4^th, Cade Moore in 5^th and Jake Newton in 6^th. Joseph Carter finished with an impressive 2^nd in the B final. Anja Moret took 2^nd in the 9-10 year old girls and is currently leading the East Anglian rankings for the class.

Luke Mayes finished 2^nd in the 10 year old boys class, with fellow Braintree riders Noah Shriever in 4^th and Brandan Boulter in 5^th.

Josh Legrove was on fire all day in the 11 year old boy’s class. Some fantastic skills saw him unbeaten all day. Shane Redgewell returned from his holidays to take 3^rd and Evan Sorrell was 5^th. The equivalent girls’ class was won by Braintrees Bethany Shriever.

The 12 year old boys class saw George Moret take a stranglehold on the racing and was yet another Braintree rider to finish the day unbeaten. Matt Prior dusted himself off from a crash in the 2^nd heat to take 4^th overall.

Kelsey Dixon found some very impressive form and finished 2nd in the 13-14 year old girls. Daragh Ward battled some far more experienced opposition in the 13 year old boys to finish 2^nd and Grant Edwards was 6^th on the day.

Lee Golder showed why he rides for one of the country’s top teams by winning the 14 year old boys in a fine style. Shane Pavitt followed him home in each race for 2^nd overall and Daniel Killingback was 4^th. Taylor Andrews made up for a slipped pedal in his first race by winning all of the others and taking the top spot in the 15 year olds.

 In the 16 year olds; Chris Potter celebrated his 16^th birthday in winning style, Dexter Addington swapped places with Potter in the heats but had to settle for 2^nd and Hugh Mizen was 4^th. Natalie Miller won the 16 year old girls class.

The 17-24 year old class had a very deep pool of talent. Top national riders battled for the win in the A final. Bradley Watts returned to racing and jumped his way to 3^rd, with Olly Cutmore in 5th and Julian Allen in 6^th.

The 30+ Masters Class was won by Gav Stokes in and the Veterans class saw Jason Bridge and Mark Read-Millard in 3^rd and 4^th respectively.

The club have two more rounds of their summer series at their Deanery Hill track on Wednesday evenings from 6pm and will be represented by around 50 riders at the British Championships in Cheddar, Somerset in September.

National BMX racing in Braintree Rounds 7 & 8

Seventeen riders from Braintree Bullets BMX Club made the trip to Platt Fields BMX Track in Manchester last weekend for rounds 7 and 8 of the 2010 British Cycling National BMX Championships. After hosting the last 2 rounds of the series, the Bullets riders were looking to grab more points towards there end of season national rankings.  Most of the riders travelled up to Manchester on Friday, some taking up to 8 hours in the gridlocked motorway traffic. However, when the riders hit the track, the action was far from stationary.

Round 7 kicked off on Saturday and the 8 year old boys’ class saw the first of Braintree’s riders take to the track. Tom Stokes had fantastic moto results and eased into the semi finals where he grabbed the all important 4^th place to go through to the A final. He had his work cut out and finished 8^th. Also in the semi finals were Sydney Allen and Joe Read-Millard but luck wasn’t on their side and they narrowly missed out on the main race. In the consolation final Read-Millard powered his way to 5^th with Allen styling his way to 7^th.

In the 9 year old boys Charlie O’Grady eased through his motos into the semi final with club mate Olly Rowe not far behind. Rowe fought hard in the semi and narrowly missed out on the main event qualification spot. In the B final O’Grady finished off a good day in 5^th with Rowe hot on his tail in 6^th. They had similar finishes in round 8 on Sunday but swapped places in the B final with Rowe in 5^th and O’Grady in 6^th.

George Moret looked set for an A final spot in the 11 year old boys, but a fully stacked semi saw him just miss out on the main event. Moret blitzed the pack in the B final though and took the win just ahead of club mate Shane Redgewell who looked to be returning to form in 3^rd.

The sole representative for the Bullets in the 12 year old boys was Lee Golder who rode strongly all day long and breezed into the A final. He was up with the pack from the start, but as the riders bunched on the second straight, Golder got caught up with another rider and went down; he remounted to finish the lap in 8^th place.

The 16 year olds saw Dexter Addington representing Blake End bike shop; Missing Link Cycles qualifying for the semi finals. He battled hard but missed out on the A final by 1 place. In the B final he showed his smooth style to the fore finishing 3rd. He went one better in Sundays round 8 where his finished 2^nd in the B final.

The competitive 17-24 year old class saw Olly Cutmore taking an early bath after missing out on the qualifying races. Cutmore fared better though in the 17-29 year old cruiser class where he rounded off his day with a 2^nd in the B final.

Three Braintree riders took to the track in the Masters class. Stu Dixon and Julian Allen made too many mistakes in their motos and missed out on the qualifiers. Jason Jessop made it one stage further and went into a run off for the last qualifying spot, but a huge crash put a stop to him transferring any further.

The girls were represented by Anja Moret in the 9-10 girls who finished 6^th in the B final and Kelsey Dixon rode in the 13-14 year old girls to finish 7^th in the B final.

The action in Round 8 started on Sunday morning with Luke Shriever in the 7 year old boys. Shriever won his run off but was unlucky in the semi and went through to the B final finishing in 5^th place.

Sydney Allen, Joe Read-Millard and Tom Stokes once again represented the Bullets in the 8 year old boys. All of them rode fantastically to qualify for the semi finals but they all missed out on the top qualifying positions. Stokes chased the leader for the whole race in the B final to take a well deserved 2^nd place followed by Read-Millard in 5^th and Allen in 7^th.

In the 9 year old boys; Josh Peters from Codham Park club returned to form taking a hugely impressive 2^nd place in the A final. Other riders also riding high into the A final were Shane Redgewell, George Moret and Lee Golder. Moret got an uncharacteristic slow start in the 11 year old boys and finished 6th with Redgewell just off the pace in 8^th. Golder had a much better day in the 12 year old boys finishing in 5^th place for the Bullets.

Olly Cutmore improved on his first days performance in the 17-24 year olds class. Cutmore narrowly missed out on an A final place, and went through to the B final finishing 5^th. He also rode in the 17-29 cruiser class where once again he narrowly missed out on the main event; he redeemed himself by winning the B final in fine style.

Julian Allen improved massively on his performance in round 7 by finishing 5^th in the B final to maintain his top sixteen position in the national rankings. Just two points separated Stu Dixon from the qualifying stage. Dixon also rode in the 35-39 year old cruiser class where he had his seasons best performance finishing 3^rd in the B final.

Bethany Shriever joined Anja Moret and Kelsey Dixon in the girls’ classes for round 8. Moret finished 6^th in the 9-10 year olds B final. Shriever missed the 11-12 year olds A final by one spot and rode in the B final finishing 4^th. Dixon improved on her first days showing in the 13-14 year olds finishing 3^rd in the B final.

Olypians Liam Philips and Shanaze Reade also rode in the Elite class of the event. Phillips showed his impressive form by winning on day 1 but a crash took his chances on day 2. Reade who also rode against the Elite Men had a nasty crash in the moto stage on day 2 and returned to the event later in the day wearing a cast on her arm.

Many of Braintrees riders will be heading to Rounds 9 and 10 of the national championships in Gosport on 7^th and 8^th Augaust hoping to gain some late season points towards their final national rankings. Braintree Bullets continue their club series every Wednesday night at their home track where racing starts at 7pm and new riders are always welcome. Please go to www.braintreebmx.co.uk for more details.

 For more information go to www.braintreebmx.co.uk.