2018 Racing

Role: To oversee the development, improvement and structure of BMX Racing within NSW 

The 2018 BMXNSW Racing Season was very busy with 16 events at 15 different tracks including both major events, the BMXtreme Carnival and the State Championships held at the Castle Hill BMX Club.

Every event on the calendar took place as scheduled. From memory the only event affected by wet weather was the BMXtreme Carnival at Castle Hill.

There were 6400 entries in total for all events including both major events.

This represents a huge commitment from our members and parents of children to the sport of BMX.

The Open model events for 2018 had a drastic reduction in entries and this can be largely associated with the overall number of events on the calendar including the National Series. The average entries at Opens in 2018 was 285 (down 87 entries on average at each Open in 2017).

The Board of the Castle Hill BMX Club and their members are to be congratulated for putting on 2 very successful events.

Every club is to be commended on the way their tracks and surrounding areas were presented. The use of Sik Surface and other materials to attempt to weatherproof the tracks has overall been very successful and in the case of the Sik Surface has drastically reduced the labour hours required to have a track ready for racing. Since the Castle Hill Club put applied the Sik Surface in March 2018 they have not had to call for a working bee to spend time getting the actually track ready for racing.

Other clubs within NSW with Sik Surface are Casino, San Remo and Sawtell. 

For all events in 2018 we continued our working partnership with Emergency Medics Australia (EMA) for First Aid at our racing. They are to be congratulated for their effort in not only looking after the fallen and injured but also our spectators when required.

In my other role as Race Director for BMXNSW events the season has been long with the amount of events we have conducted and for the most has been thoroughly enjoyable.

Thank you to all officials and volunteers who make every event possible. We can't have racing without riders but we can't conduct safe and fair racing for the riders without the loyal and dedicated officials that represent their clubs and themselves with distinction at each event.