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Reminder!!!

The next race will be SUNDAY MAY 20 registration will be 9-9:45 with racing to start asap.  This will allow those who wish to attend the GANBMX open house on Sat May 19.Perhaps we will see some more riders from other BMX Canada tracks in attendance.  We will go back to our normal schedule the following week.

2012 Schedule & Registration Form Available Now!

The registration form for the 2012 race season is now available, you can locate the download on the right column under “Forms and Resources”.  The fee structure for the 2012 race season are as follows:

Early Bird Special:  $250.00
(To qualify, envelopes must be postmarked prior to March 31, 2012.)

First Family Member: 275.00
Second Family Member: $270.00
Additional Family Member: $265.00

*Note: All prices above include the $60 ABA Fee

Pay As You Go:
$10.00/single point race + $60 ABA Fee
$20.00/double point race + $60 ABA Fee
$30.00/triple point race + $60 ABA Fee

 

The 2012 race schedule is as follows (Dates will be added to the official schedule page shortly):

Opening Race Day: April 28th

Regular Race Dates:
May 5, 12, 26
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 26
Jul 3, 5, 10, 17, 19, 24, 31
Aug 2, 7, 9, 14, 21, 23, 28, 30
Sep 15, 22, 23, 29
Oct 6, 13 (Halloween Race)

Multi-point Races:
Jul 13 Race For Life
Jul 14 Provincial Qualifier
Jul 15 Earned Double

Provincial Schedule (Tentative)

We are sure you have seen this floating around. A tentative schedule has been released for the 2012 Provincial Qualifier and Final.

Kingston & Gananoque Race Weekend
June 29 – Single Points TBA
June 30, 2012 – KBMX PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER
June 30, 2012 – REDLINE CUP in Gananoque
July 1, 2012 – GANANOQUE PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER

OTTAWA PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER
July 14, 2012 – OTTAWA PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER

CHATHAM PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER
July 21, 2012 – CHATHAM PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER

MILTON PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER
July 28, 2012 – MILTON PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER

PORT ELGIN PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER
August 11, 2012 – PORT ELGIN PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER

LIMESTONE CITY Canadian Nationals Race Weekend Kingston
August 17, 2012 – Pre-Race – 2x points
August 18, 2010 – National Race – 4x points
August 19, 2012 – National Race – 4x points

PROVINCIAL FINALS – Milton
Sept. 7, 2012 – Pre-race
Sept. 8, 2012 – PROVINCIAL FINALS

Another Great Year in the Books!

Our Halloween Race on Oct 29 was the final race of our 2011 season which proved to be an outstanding year of racing.  We would like to thank all of our volunteers for their countless hours and efforts in helping to make this season a great success.

Stay tuned for further details for our Annual General Meeting, and remember to visit over the winter months for details on the upcoming 2012 Race Season.

Also remember we have an End of Season Banquet on November 18, 2011 at 7:00pm at Lone Star on St. Laurent.

Halloween Race

Saturday October 29th, will be the Ottawa BMX Halloween Race and unfortunately will also be our last racing event for the season.
Everyone is more than welcome to dress up for this event, but please make sure that costumes are safe for racing.
It would be greatly appreciated if members can bring a small donation of candy which we would like to distribute to all the kids in our traditional on the track style.  The kids love it and we hope to make this another memorable end of season event.
We wish to thank all our riders and volunteers for making this season such a great success.  Hope to see you there.

Race Cancelled – Oct 27

Tonight’s race is cancelled, we will see everybody on Saturday.

End of Season Banquet

Hello Members and Riders,

An end of season Ottawa BMX banquet is being planned for mid to end of November. This will be an informal gathering where we can share our best moments of the 2011 season and dream of the upcoming 2012 season.

Time and dates will be determined shortly.

If you are interested in attending, please rRSVP by email to ottawabmx@gmail.com by Oct. 30th so that we can make the necessary reservations.

Also, if you wish to help in organizing this event, please let us know.

Update: Gananoque & Kingston

We have been informed that Gananoque will be deciding if they will be running the race at noon.  Kingston will be racing for sure!

Race Cancelled – Oct 22

Our Saturday morning race to kick off the Iron Man is cancelled due to poor track conditions and rain this evening.  Please check with Gananoque and Kingston for their race status.

Race Cancelled – Oct 20

Tonight’s race is cancelled.  Our next race will be Saturday morning to kick off the Iron Man series with Gananoque and Kingston.