Riders hit the tracks on Canterbury’s newest BMX track last weekend when the North Canterbury BMX Club held its first event since it closed for a makeover in December.
The club’s track in Puni, near Pukekohe, needs remodelling and resurfacing that will help improve safety and enable the club to host regional, national and international BMX race meets.
A soon-to-open $1.3 million BMX track at Waipa is the latest in a number of developments coming to life in the area. The new, world-class track is being built on the corner of State Highway 5 and Waipa Mill Rd
The Tauranga BMX club have already had a busy start to the year. Nine riders from the club travelled down to Dunedin to compete the first event for the calendar year.
The Rotorua BMX Club’s new track is starting to take shape and one local woman who is pretty handy on two wheels cannot wait to see the finished product.
For a small club in Northland where budding riders learn from experienced hands, winning a number of gongs at the recent New Zealand BMX North Island titles was no small feat.
BMXNZ has pushed live the transponder purchasing process to the BMXNZ website, so anyone can now purchase the correct transponders to be used at the BMXNZ Major Meetings.