It all started on the Saturday 14^th Practice day the sun was shining and the gates were set up for the last chance saloon, the talk of the day was ” Will it or Won’t  it ” was too early to tell so it was decided the start would be delayed till 2.30 pm on Sunday that gave some of the older guys an unfair advantaged, yep that’s right they could have that extra glass of wine or that sneaky pint and still feel fine at 2.30.

So onto race day .I woke up it was cold, wet and windy so I got out of that bed, and looked out the window  the weather had stayed true to its word and it wasn’t looking good it was wet and windy there too. FB was hopping all the riders made the journey some longer than others all the racers met at the track and a decision was made to run the National. 81 competitors took the decision to race it was a low turnout lets put it down to the weather and not that they were setting up their TV and favorite armchair for next week GTA 5. The rain had stopped but the wind was strong hurting the riders on the 1^st and 3^rd straight. 

BANG and the gate was down it was the 6 & 7 Boys first away, leading the way all day was young Corey Waller followed by Callum,Charlie,James,Dylan,Cal, Tommy I cant stop smiling Campbell and Alex Waller.   

Under 8 & 9 Boys next some great racing in this group Niall Davis took the win and Ruben Smith grabbed the win in the boys 8. Under 10 Boys Morgan (1st) battled hard with Cian,Zach and Luke Kennedy from Lisburn BMX Club. Under 11 Boys 10 riders in this one Daniel Barker took the win in the A final well done to Ross Callaghan who finished 2nd a special mention to Luke Edwards (3rd) who has made a huge improvement in the last few weeks keep up the good work young man. Jack Larkin had a fall in the final hard luck dude.

Under 13 Boys great to see Adam two time Clavicle Davis back racing again great win for him today with Aaron McNally in 2nd and Leon Curley from Kings N` Leon taking the third spot. winner of the B final was Sean Carroll followed by Sean Power.

    Under 14 boys no surprises here well done Eoin all that training is paying off. The 15 Guys were mixed in with the 16 – 29 Aaron X-UP  Edwards ( U 15 ) took the win over all Patrick one foot Bradley and Go Pro Gillen finished third. Jake Campbell got second in the 15 boys.

Now for the Ladies 

Under 8 Shauna Byrne showed how skillful she is taking the win ahead of Chloe Steacy, Chloe Byrne ( DC BMX ) Skyla Nally and Ava Wyer, I reckon Ava is going to bring home her shopping in that basket one day.

Girls U 10 Abby Steacy from DC BMX took the win Aimee Smith from E.C.R was second Shauna Rowe 3rd and lade Gaffney 4th .

Adult Ladies surprise surprise Katie O Neill won again fair play madam racing twice as many races as everybody else, Alex Malone took 2nd and Kate Larkin was third.

Well done to all the Ladies lets see if we can double the numbers for the next race.

Men  30+

Rod Hughes grabbed the win with Ian Callaghan in 2nd don’t think he was to upset as he may have won the front hop competition that was on later in the day. Third was Geoff Lynch ( ECR ) Tsar was swapping bikes all day new school old school but still got the 4th spot.

Superclass, there was close racing here too nice display of riding from the young guns with Mathew and Killian taking a first place in one of their motos it was eventually clinched by Ilmars Virsis Lar Massey took second and the number one plate & Aaron Steacy from the CAAM team finished third.

The summary

It think its fair to say it was a great day had by all, a slow start but Shay and his I T skills soon got us back on track, many thanks to all the guys who dusted down and brought their old school bikes for us old guys to drool over, Fair play to Nathalie for having a go on the pink chopper, thanks to the DJ and all the volunteers who give up their valuable time, thanks to Shay for all the hard work he puts in.

So the next race is the BMX All Ireland Championship at Ratoath 29-09-13 then onto DC BMX for the last Round of the Nationals 20-10-13, Hope to see you all there.

Press Editor

Eugene Jackson