Category: International
Australian brother and sister take out Oceania BMX titles in Te Awamutu
Australian brother and sister, Saya and Kai Sakakibara claimed elite titles at the 2019 Oceania BMX Championships in Te Awamutu on Saturday.
Walker and Peel claim FIRST New Zealand BMX honours
Sarah Walker and Maynard Peel claimed the elite honours at the FIRST Windows and Doors New Zealand BMX Championships in Te Awamutu.
Bumper weekend of world-class BMX racing in Waikato
The Waikato is in bike heaven over the coming week with international BMX action at Te Awamutu, the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge and the start of the New Zealand Cycle Classic on the roads of Waipa.
Olympic dream alive for Sarah Walker
Many athletes who have been through the injuries and hard luck that Sarah Walker has during the last six years would have given the sport up years ago. But Walker is not wired that way.
Petch on home turf as Te Awamutu hosts Oceania BMX Championships
New Zealand’s leading BMX riders face an important showdown in the pathway that ultimately leads to the Tokyo Olympics when they compete in the Oceania Championships in January.
Youth Development Squad Selection
The Youth Development Squad trials were held in perfect conditions at the Central Regional Champs in Taupo on Sunday 9th December 2018 and saw some exciting and close competitive racing. The trials were to select four girls and four boys from the UCI 13 and UCI 14 age groups to make up the newly established […]
North Harbour BMX facility opens
Local riders were joined by NZ Men’s Champ Cody Hobbs to test their skills on New Zealand’s first international standard BMX track.
Walker excited about Rotorua’s new BMX track progress
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.
Sarah Walker’s labour of love protects athletes’ rights
From the gallery, Olympic BMX silver medallist Sarah Walker watched on, as the document she had spent 12 months creating was raised in front of international sports’ most prominent figures.
Walker fights back from adversity to score World Cup BMX podium
The All Blacks are not the only Kiwi sports stars making waves in Argentina this weekend, with Sarah Walker fighting back from years of injury-laden adversity to finish on the podium at the UCI BMX World Cup.
Te Awamutu to host Oceania BMX Championships for first time
Te Awamutu will host the 2019 Oceania BMX Championship in January, the only regional championships to be staged on this side of the Tasman next year.
Age group world champion cyclists to compete at Youth Olympic Games
Multi-world age group champions Jessie Smith and Cailen Calkin, both from the Waikato, are part of the five-strong New Zealand cycling team to compete at the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina.
Top-10 finishes for Walker and Smith in BMX Elite Champs
Teacher and student, Sarah Walker and Jessie Smith, secured top-10 performances in today’s elite racing at the UCI BMX World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
