The Waitakere BMX Club

Waitakere's Weekend Warriors

Wednesday, 10 October 2007

With the new season underway and the weekend circuit gaining momentum a number of Waitakere Club riders are enjoying early success. Turnout at these events has been very good with 300 competitors showing on occasion.

Waitakere’s #1 nine yr old boy LOGAN ATKINSON has started the season off well with a 5^th at the Pre-North Island champs. This has been followed up with an impressive 3^rd at the Waikato Tri-series held at Cambridge, Te Awamutu, and Hamilton. Both events saw Logan placing 1^st on occasion thru the early rounds.

Not to be left out our #1 junior girl EMMA GATES has started her season with an impressive 1^st at the Waikato Tri-series. Emma can now add some regional scalps to the collection of young male scalps she regularly collects on Club night.

Last but not least Waitakere’s “2007 rider of the year” REN MILLER has made the NZ test team which will compete against the Australian team October 20-21^st. No mean feat in itself Ren also battled a bad cold to place 4^th at the Waikato Tri-series.

For those interested there are a number of upcoming events worth watching out for. October the 13^th there is an event at Sunset coast Waiuku, October the 14^th has the East city Hoody meet and October 20th-21st has the North Island champs at Hamilton, followed by the Holloween meet on the 28^th of October.

Hamilton Fun Day (16th Sept)

Wednesday, 19 September 2007

A great Fun day of Hamilton racing was unfortunately cancelled by mother nature and constant overnight rain. For the fool hardy who didn't check the web-site at 7:30 it was a long drive to be confronted by morning drizzle and a wet track. So what to do. Cry, sulk, tantrum and chuck the toys..... Not the waitakere crew.... Out with the bikes and onto the track... Surprise, surprise the surface although wet was hard as concrete, well prepared and very rideable.

For a first time at this track the boys found it very challenging and had a great day testing their skills on many new jumps. For those in the area or who want to try something different I'd recommend this track.

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Weekend Crew at work & Play

Sunday, 09 September 2007

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Club Awards 2007

Wednesday, 29 August 2007

At the recent AGM held at the Henderson Squash Club the following awards were presented.

Award	Season 2006/07
5 & under boys	Zeb Wade-Simpkins
6 year boys	Isaac Munro
7 year boys	Caleb McGee
8 year boys	Rylee Brown-Kauhou
9 year boys	Logan Atkinson
10 year boys	Jack Denton
11 year boys	Brayden Reed
13 year boys	Bradley Gates
14 year boys	Aidan Ormond
15 & over	Ben White
Male Cruiser	Eric Smith
Ladies Cruiser	Nancy James
Junior Girls	Emma Gates
Intermediate Girls	Toni James
Ladies open	Katie Harbisher
Highest Points Scorer	Logan Atkinson
Highest Female Points	Emma Gates
Novice of the year	Wayde Anderson
Most Consistent Rider	Bradley Gates
Most Improved	Emma Gates
Most Promising Junior	Rylee Brown-Kauhou
Most Promising Senior	Oliver Harding-Sheath
Best New Rider	Teina Noble
Outstanding Senior	James Sheffield
Hard Luck	Greg (the Hammer) Hughes
Mighty 11's (new award)	Toni James
Coach of the Year	Oliver Harding-Sheath
Rider of the Year	Ren Miller

Club National Results

Saturday, 21 April 2007

Here are our club riders results from the 2007 Nationals held at North Harbour BMX.
The results are great and all riders should be very proud of the results.

Junior Women
	Paige Hickling	NZ 5
Junior Men
	OLIVER HARDING-SHEATH	NZ 8
ELITE WOMEN
	THERESA BATES	NZ 4
	KATIE HARBISHER	NZ 6
15-16 Cruiser - Male
	LEE MURPHY	NZ 5
Junior Cruiser
	OLIVER HARDING-SHEATH	NZ 4
8 Boys
	RYLEE BROWN-KAUHOU	NZ 8
	JEREMY KING	NZ 16
	ZANE BETSCHART	NZ 27
	JADE REED	NZ 29
9 Boys
	LOGAN ATKINSON	NZ 10
	JAKE BETSCHART	NZ 29
10 Girls
	EMMA GATES	NZ 2
	SHANNON LARSEN	NZ 8
	TEINA NOBLE	NZ 9
	CHARLOTTE KING	NZ 15
10 Boys
	JACK DENTON	NZ 39
11 Boys
	BRAYDEN REED	NZ 18
12 Girls
	JESSIE WHITE	NZ 9
13 Boys
	JAMES COOPER	NZ 3
	BRADLEY GATES	NZ 5
14 Boys
	REN MILLER	NZ 4
	DANIEL LARSEN	NZ 15
	AIDAN ORMOND	NZ 16
	RORY BETSCHART	NZ 25
13 Girls
	TONI JAMES	NZ 7
15 Boys
	DANIEL JAMES	NZ 20
16 Boys
	JASHER SIMMONS	NZ 7
	LEE MURPHY	NZ 10
	BEN WHITE	NZ 16
30-39 Male 20"
	ROBIN ATKINSON	NZ 6
17-29 Cruiser - Male
	ERIC SMITH	NZ 4
30-34 Cruiser - Male
	JAMES SHEFFIELD	NZ 8
35-39 Cruiser - Male
	BRENDAN FORD	NZ 16
	CRAIG SULLIVAN	NZ 26
30-39 Cruiser - Female
	NANCY JAMES	NZ 2
40+ Cruiser - Female
	SARAH KING	NZ 6

Officiating Newsletter

Saturday, 24 March 2007
Below is a newsletter from BMXNZ regarding riders safety and officiating at the 2007 Nationals.
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BMXNZ Team Selection 2007

Wednesday, 14 February 2007
This year will offer opportunity like no other year in BMX NZ history. This year we, as a sport, will select a number of groups to represent New Zealand at BMX in a Trans Tasman competition for both away and home events. Last year at the North Island titles event in New Plymouth we saw the last senior test team event (16+) between NZ and Australia. Discussions have been in play between New Zealand and Australia with a view to replace the old senior group with a new age of 14-15 years. Progress has been positive and we are pleased to announce that this year we will field a male test team across ages 14-15 years. We will also take two females riders between 13-15 years on the away trip in June this year. Our aim for the North Islands at Gisborne 2007 will be to have a female test team selected and compete against Australia in the same format as 14-15 Male.
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