Erik Goetzinger BMX

Ok everyone, below are the age classes and points for riders who have raced in at least 3 VIC qualifying events.  Remember, in order to be crowned as a Vancouver Island Challenge Champion you must race the final too.

If there is any questions about the points please email Gerald Trees at gtrees@shaw.ca

OK, there is one change that needs to be made, Adicus Bird is now 8 years old so is not in the 7 year-old age group.

Welcome to the Summer of 2010!  Hopefully we get some true Summer weather over the next few weeks.  Anyway, here is some important information regarding the Race For Life and a couple of other items.

1.  We will be holding our annual Race For Life tomorrow night, with sign-up from 6:00 to 6:30 PM.  It is a double points race and we will be running the ABA transfer system for he event.  The cost of this race is normally $20.00 per rider but thanks to the generosity of IRIS, The Visual Group we will be charging $10.00 and they will cover the other $10.00 per rider.  There is no family discount for this race.

Remember to have your Race For Life donations turned in as well.

2.  Round 6 & 7 of the ABA Canadian National Series will take place at Nanaimo BMX July 16 through 18.  Plan to race this event, or at the very least come out and watch BMX racing at it's best.

3.  Pro 1 BMX Supercamp will take place at Nanaimo BMX beginning on Monday, July 12th and running through Wednesday, July 14th.  For more information contact Randy Little at randy@nanaimobmx.com.

4.  Finally, for those of you who have an iphone, ipod touch or the new ipad, the ABA has an app where you can access information on points, schedules and track locations.  It's free from the App Store.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the track.

Racing begins next week!

The 2010 racing season at Erik Goetzinger BMX starts next week.  We will start things off with our annual clinic and registration on Monday, April 26th.  Registration will from 6:00 to 6:30 PM and the clinic will begin at 6:30 PM.  Check your licenses and if it's expired then you can register on Monday as well.  The cost of the clinic will be $10.00 and that includes the race fee for the Tuesday night race.

Racing begins Tuesday, April 27th with registration taking place from 6:00 to 6:30 PM.  Racing will begin ASAP.  As this is our first race of the season it may take a little longer to get things going as there will be new people signing up so please be patient.  We now have a track phone (see the contact information on your right) where you can pre-register for the evenings race.  Leave your racers full name, license number, class (novice, intermediate, expert, girls, cruiser) and age.  Pre-registration by phone will end at 6:00 PM.

Finally, there will be a work party on Saturday, April 24th beginning at 9:00 AM.  There are a few areas of the track and facility that need some attention with a shovel and rake.  If you can spare some time, even an hour, it would be greatly appreciated.  Robert and Trisha Grecht have been living at the track the past couple of weeks (Robert actually did live at the track over the Easter weekend to watch over the machines that were used to make changes to the area) to get the track ready to race.  There have been many others who have come out to help during that time as well and we will be recognizing everyone who has put time in very shortly.  Thank you to everyone who has put time in and thank you in advance for coming out on Saturday.

A BIG Thank You to Robert and his crew of volunteers who spent all day, today, preparing the track for cement work tomorrow.  

There is still much work to be done and tomorrow, Saturday, April 3rd, will be very busy.  Any help that you can give, even if it's for an hour, would be appreciated.  Work will start about 8:00 AM.

Pictures of the changes and improvements will be posted by the end of the weekend so stay tuned.

This Saturday and Sunday, February 27th and 28th we will be holding a work party to get the track ready to race in April.  We will be starting at 10:00 am each day and if you can make it at least one of the days it would be greatly appreciated.

If you have any questions please send an email to gtrees@shaw.ca or rgrecht@shaw.ca

Just a reminder that that our AGM will be held on Tuesday, February 16th at the Arrowsmith Hall.  It will start at 6:30 PM and our 2010 season planning meeting will take place right after.

The hall and fair grounds are located on Ford Rd. in Coombs.  Turn at the Coombs Country Store.   

If you have any questions or have anything that you would like to have brought up please let us know.

The 2009 District Points have been finalized by the ABA and a riders finishing position is the District Plate number they will run in 2010.  Below are the final points for each category on Vancouver Island (BC District 1).

If a rider raced in 2009 they have the choice of running their earned National number, National Age Group (NAG) number, Redline Cup number or District number for 2010.

If there are any questions please ask.

You need to click on the "ABA 2009 Final Points" title to get to the links.

Wow!  It's hard to believe that 2009 is in the history books and we are already a few days into 2010.  

While the 2010 BMX racing season at Erik Goetzinger BMX is still a few months away, the time will go quickly.  2009 was a great year for racing at Erik Goetzinger BMX and 2010 will be even better.  Our AGM and Season Planning Meeting will take place in February and a date and location will be set in the next few days.  Even if you don't wish to sit on the executive of the club please come out to the meeting as this is when we start getting ready for racing at the end of April any help you can give is needed and greatly appreciated.

Best wishes for 2010 and we look forward to seeing everyone at the track!