Training

Training will be starting Sunday from 3 - 5. All members welcome. If you need additional practice with your gates, we will have gate training Monday 6-7.

BMX Day in Alberta

The Alberta Bicycle Association is excited to announce "BMX Day in Alberta" - a Province-wide initiative aimed at promoting the Olympic sport of BMX racing while encouraging new participants to give BMX a try. The event is scheduled for Sunday May 26th and will be hosted by various BMX tracks across the Province.

Come down to the track from noon to 4. We will have the BBQ hot and pop/ water cold. Bikes and helmets will be ready for the new riders to try! Just don't forget long sleeves, pants and gloves if have have some. See you Sunday

May 4 Open House

Come on down to the BMX track for our annual Open House. All the fun starts at noon with a BBQ. Get a tour of the track, register for the season, take a lap around the track (we have bikes to borrow) and enjoy a race or two. We will be answering any questions you may have about the sport. If you have questions before that, visit our contact page and get a hold of a board member or post a note on facebook. Hope to see you all at the track on Saturday!

Registration

Registration for the 2013 season is now open! New this year, pay for your Red Deer membership when you apply for your Alberta licence.

Happy Holidays. See you all in the new year.

Indoor Track Information

For those interested in continuing with BMX for the remainder of 2012, here is information on the hours, operations, fees, and other details to riding the Olds indoor track!

The Alberta Indoor Cycling Center is officially open for the 2012/2013 season. Similar to last season, the 750' BMX track will be open most weekends throughout the winter hosting Open Track sessions, District-level racing, and various coaching/learn to ride clinics.

The schedule for the remainder of the 2012 season will be as follows:

Dates & Happenings
Nov. 10
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00

pm
Nov. 11
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Nov. 17
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Nov. 18
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Nov. 24
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Nov. 25
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Dec. 1
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Dec. 2
AICC District Race #1
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Dec. 8
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Dec. 9
AICC District Race #2
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Dec. 15
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Dec. 16
AICC District Race #3
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Dec. 22
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Dec. 23
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Dec. 29
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm
Dec. 30
Open Track
11:00am - 4:00pm

Open Track Days
All open track days will be scheduled from 11:00am to 4:00pm. All riders must have at minimum a valid 2012 Alberta Bicycle Association General Membership or CCA/UCI license to ride.

AICC District Racing
All District Racing days at the AICC will follow the below schedule:
- Open track: 11:00am – 1:30pm
- Registration: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
- Racing: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Additional Programs
In addition to Open Track days and District Racing, there will also be several coaching programs offered at the AICC throughout the 2012/2013 Seasons. These programs include:

Dates & Happenings
Nov. 17
Learn to Race BMX Clinic
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Dec. 1, 2012 - Feb. 23, 2013
AICC Coaching Program
Saturdays 9:30am - 10:30am

Prices/Additional Information
All riders who are a member of an Alberta Bicycle Association affiliated BMX Club may ride the track free of charge. This includes Open Track days as well as District Races.

* All riders who are not members of an Alberta Bicycle Association affiliated BMX club will be subject to the following fees:
- $200 flat rate per family for the duration of the winter season, or;
- $125/rider for the duration of the winter season, or;
- $20/rider per weekend

Please note that any district points earned during 2012 AICC District Races will count towards a rider’s final 2012 points tally. 2013 schedule will be posted at a later date.

For all up-to-date information, follow the AICC on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/RBNq6E
For directions to the AICC, see: http://bit.ly/VOMLgx

End of season Festivities!!!

Thank you to everyone who came to Ride the Lights on Saturday..... it was a great success and we can't wait to do it again. A huge mega thanks to Canyon Technical Services for the donation of the BBQ and to Scott Shaw for the donation of the lights as to which the night wouldn't have been possible without them. 

Congrats to Taye Neish on his recent upgrade from novice to Intermediate!!!!

So the outdoor season is drawing to a close with this being our last week of regular race nights..... but wait.... we aren't going to give up that easily. Our season is due to end at the end of this week which gives us a month off until the indoor track in Olds opens up in November, but with a few requests heard I am happy to announce that for the month of October we will race on Sundays!!!!! These race days will of course be weather dependant.... so if the track is white we won't race obviously. We can deal with a little bit of a chill right? Please be advised as well that during the Sunday races if we do not have alot of interest, then those days we will just have open track instead of motos. Thanksgiving weekend we will race on the Monday instead of the Sunday. Times for October will be as follows: Registration from 2-2:30 on site (the track phone will be up and running too as always), and racing at 3pm.

This Sunday, September 30th, we will be holding a Mom's clinic for all you mom's who wanna know what it is all about. A HUGE thanks to our own Janice Sekora for planning, arranging and hosting this fabulous event. What do you need for this event? well the same rules apply for us as they do for our kids. You will need a long sleeved shirt, pants, no open toed shoes, gloves and a helmet. As for a bike, if you have one then great, if not I have been told a regular mountain bike will be fine. If you don't have a bike but still want to come check it out then come on down and I am sure that some of us can share to give all our moms a chance at this great opportunity. The clinic will start at 2 and just remember it is all for fun!!!

For those who haven't heard our year end celebration is scheduled for Saturday October 27th at 1pm at the Titans Rugby Hall (South on 2A just past the Gasoline Alley turn off). We will be BBQing and handing out some fantastic prizes. We will also be holding our AGM at the same time. We will get to talk about how the year went, what changes we want to see happen and also vote on executive positions coming up for grabs this year. So if you want a say on next season, want to run for a position and get your vote in for our new executive team then you just have to show up. Positions up for grabs this year will be sent out soon. All riders attending are encouraged to bring bikes as there is a big area to ride and last year the riders made their own ramps and jumps.

Well I think that is it for news. Check out the list of dates below to get the run down on whats left to go for the season:

Tuesday September 25- Regular race night

Thursday September 27- Open class racing only. Registration as normal but no points counted

Sunday September 30- Moms clinic at 2pm.... no registration needed....just show up

Sunday September 30- Open track at 4pm.... last regular open track of the season

Sunday October 7- Racing at 3pm

Monday October 15- Racing at 3pm

Sunday October21- Racing at 3

Saturday October 27- Year end celebration and AGM at 1pm

Sunday October 28-Racing at 3 (Last race day of the season)

Saturday November 3- INDOOR TRACK OPENS!!!!!!!!!!

2012 Provincial Grands and Provincial Championships Results

WOW What a fantastic weekend in Calgary for the 2012 Provincial Grands and Provincial Championships. The weather was fantastic, the company was great and all of the riders who participated were exceptional. Red Deer Riders walked away with ALOT of hardware and alot of new plates to show off for the next year.

Saturday September 8th race results ( These results are the ones added to your results from the past provincials this year to determine your final provincial placing)

GOLD

20"                                                   Cruiser

Justin Mainville                                  Cody Pratt

Montana Beattie                                James Sekora 

Tanika Nugent

Nicholas Cymbaluk

SILVER

20"                                                   Cruiser

Ethan Glenn                                       Chris Nugent

Ryder Graham

Halle Graham

Lindsay Hall

Sarah Stahl

William Welikoklad

Evan Stahl

Taye Neish

BRONZE

20"                                                  Cruiser

Chris Nugent                                    Todd Green

Shayne Hall

Noah Boyko

Ty Redbear

Michael Popowitch

4TH

20"

Tim Pratt

Austin McLeod

Eric Hunter

Cody Pratt

Jack Snape

Cole Malcolm

Austin Trohan

5TH

20"                                                     Cruiser

Jack Welikoklad                                  Janice Sekora

Olivia Rush

Nickolas Nugent

6TH

20"

Silas Price

Keanu Redbear

7TH

20"

Damon Wandler

Coleman Komula

Tymen Green

8TH

20"

Tate Graham

Owen Green 

James Sekora

Ryan Raymont

PLACED

20"                                             Cruiser

Grady McLeod                           Trever Malcolm

Cameron McLeod

Christopher Young

Jordan Boone

Now for the final Provincial results. These are the results from the best 4 out of 8 results from provincial races plus the grands results above. Everyone who raced at least 4 provincial races AND the Grands received a Provincial plate and a trophy or gift certificate.

#1 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"                                                   Cruiser

Justin Mainville                                  Cody Pratt

Tanika Nugent                                   James Sekora

Nicholas Cymbaluk                            Chris Nugent

Ryder Graham                                   Janice Sekora

Taye Neish                                        Tim Pratt

#2 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"                                                    Cruiser

Ethan Glenn                                       Todd Green

Lindsay Hall

Sarah Stahl

Chris Nugent

Ty Redbear

Cody Pratt

Michael Popowitch

#3 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"

Halle Graham

William Welikoklad

Evan Stahl

Shayne Hall

Tim Pratt

Austin Trohan

Jack Welikoklad

#4 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"

Austin McLeod

Eric Hunter

Cole Malcolm

Nickolas Nugent

#5 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"

Jack Snape

Tate Graham

Cameron McLeod

#6 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"

Keanu Redbear

James Sekora

#7 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"                                                    Cruiser

Ryan Raymont                                    Trever Malcolm

#8 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"

Noah Boyko

Tymen Green

Owen Green

Jordan Boone

#9 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"

Coleman Komula

Grady McLeod

#10 PROVINCIAL PLATE

20"

Christopher Young

In addition to the plates and trophy's or gift certificates above, there were also awards handed out to the top overall points leader for each age group. These riders also received a huge gear bag from Alberta BMX. The following Red Deer riders were ranked the top overall points leaders for their age groups in all of Alberta.

Top 9 year old male: Nicholas Cymbaluk

Top 10 year old female: Tanika Nugent

Top Junior Cruiser Male: Tim Pratt

Top Cruiser 13-14 Male: Cody Pratt

Top Cruiser 15-16 Male: James Sekora

Top Cruiser 30-34 Male: Chris Nugent

Top Cruiser 30-34 Female: Janice Sekora

Now for the Provincial Championship (Sunday September 9th) results. The provincial Championships were raced by age only with no qualifier needed. All riders raced with everyone their own age (novice, intermediate and expert) and it proved to be a very tiring day for some as there were quite a few age groups that had semis. Only the top 8 riders from each age group received AB plates. 

AB1 PLATE and GOLD MEDALS

20"                                                 Cruiser

Tanika Nugent                                Todd Green

                                                       Saige Beaumont

                                                       Janice Sekora

AB2 PLATE and SILVER MEDALS

20"

Ty Redbear

Cody Pratt

Sarah Stahl 

Montana Beattie

AB3 PLATE AND BRONZE MEDAL

20"

William Welikoklad

Evan Stahl

Justin Mainville

Molly Simpson

AB4 PLATE

20"

Jack Snape

Lindsay Hall

Halle Graham

AB5 PLATE

20"

Eric Hunter

Tim Pratt

Olivia Rush

AB6 PLATE

20"

Noah Boyko

AB7 PLATE

20"

Nickolas Nugent

Nicholas Cymbaluk

James Sekora

Emily Simpson

AB8 PLATE

20"

Silas Price

CONGRATS to everyone on their accomplishments this year and this past weekend. On behalf of the Red Deer BMX executives, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, grandparents, aunts, uncles ect... WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!