2012 NATIONAL RANKINGS

The 2012 official National Rankings are available HERE

Preston Field - 6&under - 8th
Emils Spungis - 11 male - 30th
Henry Burton - 11 male - 35th
Jack Critchlow - 14 male - 10th
Jake Jones - 14 male - 22nd
Chris Worrall - 14 male - 25th
Brandon Dalby - 14 male - 29th
Ashley Walker - 15 male - 25th
Josh Matthews - 16 male - 11th
Aaron Brown - 16 male - 12th
Callum Dalby - 16 male - 23rd
Declan Ashcroft-Pemberton - 16 male - 24th
Daniel Billington - 16 male - 33rd
Ashley Hatton - 16 male - 34th
Ash Davey - 17/24 male - 7th
Shaun Issitt - 17/24 male - 8th
Shane Dean - 17/24 male - 29th
Damien Groves - 17/24 male - 53rd
Warren Bancroft - 25/29 male - 5th
Kieron McAvoy - 25/29 male - 11th 
Phil Critchlow - masters - 22nd
Alistair Burton - masters - 32nd
Marco Dell'Isola - masters - 35th
Sean Field - veteran - 49th
Kieron McAvoy - elite - 14th
Isabella Burton - 9/10 female - 19th
Charlotte Burton - 9/10 female - 22nd
Seren Gommersall - 11/12 female - 25th
Shanaze Reade - championship female - 11th
Henry Burton - 9/12 cruiser - 22nd
Chris Worrall - 13/14 cruiser - 18th
Ashley Hatton - 15/16 cruiser - 11th
Kieron McAvoy - 17/29 crusier - 11th
Damien Groves - 17/29 cruiser - 8th
Alistair Burton - 35/39 cruiser - 13th
Sean Field - 40/44 cruiser - 10th
Paul Andrews - 45+ cruiser - 17th
Sarah Jones - 17/29 cruiser female - 4th

CONTINUATION OF KMC TUESDAY NIGHT TRAINING

Following last night's successful trial training session with KMC (Kieron McAvoy) it has been decided that these sessions will now continue on a weekly basis.

For those not in attendance last night the session consisted of on track bike work with gates and straights, off track bike sprints and finished with an off track fitness session. It was an intense work out but was well received by all those who took part.

The format used last night will continue with hopefully a few variations when the lower field is available, more off track skills, etc.

The sessions will be run on a monthly basis payable in advance at £15 per month which equates to a little over £3 per week for a two hour session.

Commitment is needed to arrive each week on time so that the session plans can be kept to - if you are unable to make a session or are running late then it would be appreciated if you could make contact to inform us.

We are initially looking for a maximum of 16 riders on a first come first served basis - if supervision allows then this may increase and will be communicated separately. 

For the sessions it is advisable to bring with you trainers and training clothes for the off bike part of the session. You will have a short time to get changed out of your riding gear when needed.
Also bring plenty of suitable fluids to keep yourselves hydrated during the sessions.

The first session of this new training structure will take place on Tuesday 28th August 2012 and the first monthly payment of £15 will be due then.

KMC pre-PETERBOROUGH TRAINING TUES 21st AUGUST

As a test idea Kieron McAvoy (KMC Fitness & Strength) will be doing a pre-Peterborough training session on Tuesday 21st August. All members are welcome to attend and the charge will be £3 per rider. 

The session will take place both on and off the track and will start promptly at 6:30pm. The track may be closed to normal riding at times when the session is taking place.

CGR ON ITV DAYBREAK - OFFICIAL CLUB EDIT

OLYMPIC FINALS GET TOGETHER

There will be a CGR get together for those without plans for the Olympic BMX Finals on Friday 10th August.

Venue: The Eight Farmers pub, Parkers Rd, Crewe, CW1 4PY

Time: 2:30pm onwards

Hopefully see you there..........

IMPORTANT INFO - BRITS REGISTRATION

IMPORTANT: 
North Region rider registration for the Brits will be taken online: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3575252677

Registration will remain open until 10th August 2012.

This form should be used by everyone who requires a shirt, ev

en if you are not going to the Brits. If you have not qualified yet you must still register now.

All riders who have not qualified by entering the series will be contacted with instructions saying what they have to do to attend. For more information regarding this please refer to BMX rules and Regulations.

There will be no paper based registration option.

DESSEL EURO CHAMPS TRIP 2013

CGR trip to the 2013 European BMX Championships in Dessel, Belgium.
The cost will be £200 per person inclusive of executive coach travel, ferry crossing & camping. Transportation of bikes, luggage & camping equipment is also included by separate vehicle. 
It is hoped that a commemorative race shirt will be included for those racing if we reach the required number of bookings.
Race fees are not included & will be payable to British Cycling prior to the event. We can handle your race entries as well if you wish nearer to the time.
(Under 18s must be accompanied by a parent or nominated guardian)
If you need any more information then please email: cgrbmx@hotmail.co.uk


UPDATE
BOOKING LIST IS NOW OPEN...CGR MEMBERS WILL HAVE HAD AN EMAIL.
NON MEMBERS PLEASE EMAIL cgrbmx@hotmail.co.uk SO THAT YOU CAN BE ADDED TO THE TRIP MAILING LIST.
£200 PER PERSON - £100 DEPOSIT DUE OCTOBER 2012, £100 BALANCE DUE APRIL 2013.
DEPART THURSDAY 11TH JULY 2013 (EVENING) - RETURN MONDAY 15TH JULY 2013 (LATE NIGHT).

CGR HOSTS NORTH REGION SERIES ROUND 4

On Sunday 1st July, round 4 of the North Region BMX Series comes to Crewe. Anyone can come along to watch (free), just take the advice of stewards/marshalls who will ensure that riders and spectators remain safe.

The full details and entry requirements can be found by clicking HERE

EGM - TUESDAY 5th JUNE 2012

Tonight's EGM, Tuesday 5th June 2012, will take place at the track from 6:30pm.
Thanks.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012

Practice has officially started for the World Championships in Birmingham. 

Good luck to all 27 CGR riders competing this week.

Remember there are no official Club sessions this week or weekend.

Sessions resume on Tuesday 29th May.

WORLDS RIDER INFORMATION

Outline information for all riders is listed below.  Please note that the event website will carry all information to do with ticketing and an explanation of everything you need to know.  In your rider packs that you will pick up on the day, there will be a schedule and your practice times, including a map showing the team area, parents area and the checkpoint for entering the team area.

Sign in Times (Via your TM in the Olympian Suite)

Monday               12.30pm - 4.30pm

Tuesday               9.30am – 1.30pm

Wednesday        9.30am – 2.30pm

Sign In Location

The location for GBR picking up jerseys, number plates and rider/bike bands will be the Olympian Suite.  This will be signposted.  If you are one of the people who has not purchased a jersey, jerseys will be available to purchase on Tuesday afternoon at a cost of £35.00.

Practice Times

Each group will be 1 hour long starting with group 1, commencing at 2pm on Tuesday and 3pm on Wednesday.

Group 1            2pm Tuesday & 3pm Wednesday           Boys and Girls categories for riders aged 5-11 years

Group 2            3pm Tuesday & 4pm Wednesday           Male and Female riders aged 17 and over (20” & 24”)

Group 3            4pm Tuesday & 5pm Wednesday           Boys and girls (20” & 24”) categories for riders aged 12-16 years & 12 & Under Cr

Rider Info

Go to:                   http://www.bmxworldchamps.co.uk/Rider

Now that the rider count is known, the published timetable may change, so please keep an eye on any updates next week.

Tickets

If you haven’t bought tickets for Saturday night yet, please do not leave it much longer as over ¾ of the available tickets have already been sold.  Complete sell out for Saturday is expected within the next few days.  Friday evening is over 50% full, so this is also expected to sell out.  Purchase via: www.bmxworldchamps.com.

Team Manager & Assistants

Your Team Manager for this event is Jason Stack.  Jason will be assisted by Mark & Claire Coppin, Mark & Joanne Wood & Chris Taylor.  All will be recognisable by their white event T-Shirts or red event Hoodies.

Team Area

The location is North car park – levels 7-9.  This area is only accessible through the WINGS checkpoint.  This is a computerised checkpoint where you will be required to scan your wristband and bike band in and out.  Our Country Team area will be allocated and signed posted. ONLY people with appropriate accreditation and riders wearing a rider wristband will be allowed in the Team Area. Parents will not be allowed to enter with riders.  Riders must wear their wrist band at all times (replacement wrist bands will be charged).

Parents Area

This is located on the concourse between the pit and pre-staging areas to allow parents to see their children on the way to pre-staging before they race.  There will be no access to the Team Area or Pre staging for parents, only people with the appropriate accreditation will be able to access these areas.  Riders should use this entrance to access the arena seating on all days EXCEPT Friday and Saturday Evening.

NATIONAL ROUNDS 4 & 5 RESULTS

Full results for National Rounds 4 & 5 have been released as well as the up to date season rankings after 5 rounds.
ROUND 4
ROUND 5
2012 RANKINGS
From the list it looks like there were mixed performances over the weekend for our riders with a few crashes thrown into the mix!
Over the weekend there were 27 CGR riders competing, another consistently high turnout. Well done to all those who attended.

The next races of note are the North Region round on Sunday 13th May at Goldcoast BMX Club followed two weeks later by the 2012 World Championships in Birmingham.

NATIONAL ROUND 3 REPORT

With qualifying for the Worlds completed at Round 2 & with the unusually warm weather rider numbers were down for Round 3 of the National Series. Even with lower overall numbers CGR still had 26 riders in attendance over the two days of competition, so well done to all who attended.

Results were mixed for our riders & the full results from Round 3 can be found by clicking the following links:
SATURDAY CRUISER
SUNDAY 20"

The next rounds are back to double header format in the "Great Outdoors" so no more Indoor Lung the week after the event!!
Rounds 4 & 5 are at Birmingham's Perry Park track, another C&K masterpiece, over the weekend of 21st/22nd April.....full details will be here as soon as they are released.

CGR RACE SHIRTS 2012

An order will be placed with RSD Sports on Saturday 30th March for the CGR race shirts.
As decided at the AGM the colourway for this year will be the Black/White design - this will be the only colourway ordered this year. See attached photo for the design & colourway.
There are quite a few Club members who have shirts in different sizes so if you are unsure of your size please speak to me or Dex who will be able to advise you.

If you wish to order a shirt then please email the Club or let Gav, Dex or Fliss know down at the track.
Any orders received after the 30th March will not be processed until later in the year so if you want a shirt sooner please order in this batch.

Prices are £35 adult / £30 junior for a standard shirt or £40 adult / £35 junior with name &/or number.

Please order with the following information either by return of email or at the track
Name:
Size:
Name required: Yes / No
Number required: Yes / No
Name:
Number:

NATIONAL SERIES ROUND 3 INFO - MANCHESTER INDOOR - 24th/25th MARCH 2012

Entries for round 3 of the British BMX Series open at 1pm today and will close at 8pm next Wednesday.  There’s just one small change to the registration procedure.  If you ride for a club and a team, please ensure you select both your club and team before proceeding to the next section, which is to state what your series race plate number is.

 Link to the online entry: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/78775/British-BMX-Series-Round-3

 The schedule is as it was for round 2 with just an additional warm up slot for Junior & Elite Men on Sunday morning.  Please be aware that the clocks go forward on Sunday, so it’s an early start on Sunday morning.

Full British Cycling event information can be found by clicking HERE

Team C&K will again have a trackside gazebo at the event which CGR riders may use the same as for Round 2.

MEMBERSHIPS 2012

Hi guys,

This is a quick reminder to everyone that membership fees for Cheshire Ghost Riders BMX Club are now overdue.

Memberships were due on 31st January 2012. Memberships fees are £10 for single or £15 for family membership.

If you still wish to be a member and have not yet paid your monies could you please do it this week or at the latest next Tuesday (13th March) as I will be updating the list and adding/removing names.

I will be at the track this Thursday and next Tuesday if you have any problems.

May I also remind people that there will be NO club session next Thursday (15th March).

Thanks very much and see you all soon.

Amanda

Amanda Burton
Club Secretary
Cheshire Ghost Riders BMX

WORLDS QUALIFICATION LIST (updated 22/02/12)

Below is the list of the CGR riders who have officially qualified for the World Championships 2012:

Henry Burton  U12 Cruiser
Chris Worrall  13/14 Cruiser
Ash Hatton  15/16 Cruiser
Damian Groves  17-29 Cruiser

Kieron McAvoy  17-29 Cruiser

Alistair Burton  35-39 Cruiser
Sean Field  40-44 Cruiser

Sarah Jones  Female Cruiser

Charlotte Burton  9 Female

Isabella Burton  9 Female
Preston Field  6&U Male

Nathan Marsh  13 Male

Chris Worrall  14 Male

Jack Critchlow  14 Male

Jake Jones  14 Male

Brandon Dalby  14 Male

Ash Walker  15 Male

Aaron Brown  16 Male

Declan Pemberton  16 Male

Callum Dalby  16 Male
Josh Matthews  16 Male
Jordan Taylor-Griffith  16 Male
Ash Davey  17-24 Male
Shaun Issitt  17-24 Male

Shane Dean  17-24 Male
Warren Bancroft  25-29 Male
Marco Dell'Isola  (30+ or Masters)

The link in red below is to the British Cycling information page with a link to the online registration - I assume that this will be the same online form as we've used for Nationals.

**IMPORTANT - if you do not have an official GB Cycling jersey then you must wear one at the event. You can purchase them at the time of registration. 

Registration is open NOW & closes on 2nd March. There will be NO entries processed after this date.

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/bmx/article/bmx20111111-bmx-2012-BMX-World-Championships---Qualified-Riders-0

Registration fees are £95 if purchasing a jersey or £60 if you already have one.

NATIONAL SERIES ROUND 2

A fantastic CGR turnout at the weekend with 27 riders registered from the Club, two of these racing both days on cruiser & 20" - so a total of 29 CGR entrants. Possibly our biggest single National attendance for many years. Well done all who attended. The team area on the last straight also worked well, if a little busy at times!
Results were mixed over the weekend - some have definately cemented a Worlds qualification place while others, who went out at motos, 1/4s or semis therefore missing out on vital final points, will have to sweat it out until BC list all the qualifiers....
A full list of results will be published once released by British Cycling.

WORLDS QUALIFICATION INFO

As a very rough guide everyone involved should have received an email with their estimated current standing within the Worlds qualifying procedure.
This is based on the lists sent out by BC for 2011 qualifiers against the Round 1 rankings.
It is a very loose guide as some additional riders may have been added to the list & some may not have taken the option to enter.

A definitive list will be produced by BC following National round 2, the positions you have received should only be used as a guide following the completion of round 1.
Top 12 qualify for the Worlds.

If you are involved with qualifying for the Worlds 2012 & haven't received an email please contact: cgrbmx@hotmail.co.uk & the info will be sent out.

2012 AGM MINUTES

Thank you to those that attended the AGM at the Horseshoe.
The minutes from the AGM are available at the following link:
CGR AGM MINUTES 2011/2012

NATIONAL ROUND 1 REPORT

Saturday was practice day at Round 1 of the UK BMX National at Manchester's Indoor BMX Arena.
The day closed with the Open SX which had CGR rider Ash Davey dicing with the big boys. Ash was unlucky not to make the semis but rode well in his motos.
Sunday was race day for the rest of the CGR crew including some of our new riders attending their first National, as well as some returning "old boys". Full results & current National rankings are available by clicking HERE
There were some good performances from the CGR riders, many looking for the Worlds qualification spot & quite a few made finals.
Full report soon.......

NATIONAL SERIES INFORMATION

Information on the 2012 National Series can be found by clicking HERE
Full schedule information for Round 1 plus all rules are on the link.

JANUARY UPDATE NEWSLETTER

Happy New Year to all CGR members.

Below is the latest newsletter email with any current important information that you need to know.

A few membership & licence reminders for the start of the New Year:

• CGR membership renewals are due now for 2012 so please renew at the containers if you haven't done so already.
• BC licences need to be renewed NOW if you intend on racing the early Nationals at the indoor - ring BC memberships on 0161 274 2010.
• First time members to British Cycling can obtain a free membership (children) or discounted membership (adult) including your race licence for 2012 - speak to Gav if you need more information.

National Number Plates

Anyone who raced a National in 2011 will have to use their 2011 ranking number on their plate.

Any new riders or those who didn't race a 2011 National need to use the last 3 digits of their licence number.

If you are moving into a mixed age category then you may use the last 3 digits of your licence number.

Plates must have a solid background behind the number (not contoured around the edge of the number) - if in doubt ask.

    Expert - black numbers on yellow background

    Elite - black numbers on white background

    Junior - white numbers on black background

    Cruiser - white numbers on red background

    Female - white numbers on blue background

Henry Burton - 39

Jack Critchlow - 28

Chris Worrall - 29 (986 cr)

Ash Walker - 33

Aaron Brown - 10

Josh Matthews - 15

Jordan Taylor-Griffith - 20

Shane Dean - 8X or last 3 digits of licence

Shaun Issitt - 18

Alistair Burton - 38

Phil Critchlow - 43

Ash Davey - 15 or last 3 digits of licence

Kieron McAvoy - 12X or last 3 digits of licence (1 cr)

Charlotte Burton - 12

Isabelle Burton - 14

Sarah Jones - 7

AGM

Tuesday 17th January 2011 - start 7pm prompt

Venue TBC but likely to be the Horseshoe public house on North Street, Crewe (next to North Street Post Office).

The gate is currently out of action again due to speaker issues - please bear with us while we try to rectify the situation.

Structured coaching will start again in the next week or so.....keep an eye out on the blog for updates & keep checking your emails.

& finally please feel free to email any questions or issues over to me....