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A General Meeting is being called on the 28/1/12 9:30 to be held at the track. I have emailed all members with an Agenda, if there is other topics members want discussed send an email to koppell@tpg.com.au and they will be added to the agenda.

The Pro Series is gaining momentum with a large number of riders expressing interest at the Victorian titles. Plates, Trophies, Sponsors are all completed. News and updates can be found on the facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003127614437

We had a number of riders in the Victorian Titles, i think all riders represented the club well with a large number coming back with Vic plates!! Full results on the results page

Dynamite Series

Our club riders have been very successful in the Dynamite series with 4 representing Victoria at next years Australian Titles

Ethan Partridge
Jesse Corbett
James Tucker
Marlee Porte

Our Open race meeting is FAST approaching, We still have a few tasks to complete and need all the help we can get this weekend coming to complete the track preparations! We will need as many volunteers on the days as we can muster, friends and relatives are allowed to be invited (dragged) to the track.

Gary and Jordy made the trip overseas to the World Titles this year. Both represented our club with great success. Jordy placing 2nd in the 17-24 20" class and Gary 5th in the 45-49 Cruiser class. Jordy missed making the top 4 on the cruiser in his semi after being forced up high in the 1st corner and a couple of riders ducking in under him.

Wyndham Jerseys

Ben has done a fabulous job with the jerseys, they have now arrived and i believe most have been collected. They look awesome!!!!! Will be great to see our riders out on the track.

Well after a lot of work this weekend, we now have an operational air-ram start gate. We had some problems on Saturday but these were quickly fixed. Gary and Jordy tested today and gave it the thumbs up! We will refine over the next few weeks but we have now joined the bmx 21st century.

Wyndham Jerseys

Ben has done a fabulous job with this and the jerseys are on order now, hopefully they will be arriving soon and be distributed to all those that purchased them.

Dynamite Series Criteria

The new criteria for the Dynamite series has been released for those with children that are eligible. Here is the link

New BMXA membership form

A new BMXA membership form was emailed to all clubs, for those that need to renew their licenses, here is the link

Wyndham Open Race Meeting

Our main open race meeting is fast approaching, We are still chasing sponsorship for the race meeting, if anyone has any ideas or leads please let me know ASAP. We will be holding some working bees really soon to finish of some of the projects at the track, eg BBQ cover, 2nd Container and the AIR-RAM. I hope that all members try their best to attend and not leave it to the usual few to do all the work.

Goldcross Ccyles in Hoppers Crossing who have been giving members discounts on all bike products have now stepped up their support of the club, they have now arranged for the donation to the club of a GT Speed Series BMX for us to raffle. I have been in discussions with Jamie in regards to this donation and we are hopefully going to get a picture in the local paper, good advertising for them and us. Once i have the bike i will be making some raffle tickets, similar to what we did for the Weerama festival, i am hoping that all members are able to sell tickets and we beat the amount we raised in February.

BIG NEWS!! We are just arranging the payment for a new Progate Air-ram. Hopefully by end of next week we should have it. We just need to arrange for a petrol engine compressor now, i am going to contact Total Tools to see if a can make a deal with them. If anyone has any contacts for a compressor, let Wayne know.

There is a race meeting in Wodonga this Sunday, it is VIC vs NSW, we have some of our members attending this race, so good luck to them all

It is now time to start planning for our September race meeting. We need to find some sponsorship for this race, if anyone has some leads let Wayne know.

After having 22 entries on the day we ended up with 68 Entries, not fantastic but better than what we had at Friday night. Those that attended today were treated to a brilliant day weather wise and a tack in great condition. Racing was good today with very few crashes.

Special mentions for helping with running the event go to Di Lacy for her help during the week with BEM, Bryan Bull for running scoring/BEM today, 13yr old Tyson Stewart for doing the commentating today (except for his races). All the club members, parents and friends for pitching in on the staging, canteen, Corner Marshals, Raffle and track maintenance. A race cannot go ahead without volunteers and we greatly appreciate all those that helped with today's race.

Highlights of the day:-

David Cleary for the fastest start even seen in BMX, the way he sling shotted (slungshot?) out, or was that around, the gate to be at the bottom of the start hill before the others had even travelled over the gate was awesome to watch!

Tom Sinmaa for winning 1 moto by sliding over the finish line after over jumping the last jump and crashing. 1st words after crash, did i still win? That is dedication! :p

With the hard work of the members and the help from the Wyndham Council we have finally got the track into a race ready state. We still need all the volunteers we can muster to help run the race meeting, eg staging, finish line, corner marshal, etc. Anyone that can help please let myself know by phoning me on 0414 678 364 or email committee@wwbmxclub.com.au

The working bee over the weekend has started to get the track back into a rideable state. After a meeting with the council today, they are going to organise a contractor next week to finish resurface during the week and also be at the track to finish of any shaping that we require under our supervision. As well as the contractor they will supply a roller for us on the Saturday to complete rolling the track. We will have another working be on Saturday 2nd April to use the roller and hopefully finish the track. Looking forward to see as many members there as possible.

Well Weerama has been done and dusted for another year. I believe we excited the crowd with our antics on the bikes, in way of jumps, manuals and monos. We had a big group this year, with a couple of ring-ins, but the more the merrier. This year we had a bike to raffle off also, i think this went down well with the crowd as we always had people buying tickets today and the members had also been selling tickets through work, family and friends. When it came time to draw the raffle we had a large crowd waiting in anticipation of taking the DK Sentry home. A very big thanks goes out the Evolution cycles who organised the bike for us and all members who sold tickets. Jackie did a fabulous job in the tent organising the money and tickets while myself, Craig and Ed did the job of attracting people over to our stand. We had a few people extremely interest in joining.

The winner of the major prize was Leanne Morgan, with Marlee Harrison and Marlee Porter winning the consolation prize of a set of grips each.

The water has resided and the track is badly damaged as you could imagine, we have organised for a bobcat this Saturday and desperately need poeple to help with repairing the track so we can ride on it. Everyone that can help are urged to do so.

I have printed the raffle tickets and have started distributing them to the members, we need to sell as many tickets as we can so we can pay for the track repairs we now desperately need. We also need volunteers to man a stand at the Werribee Plaza selling tickets this weekend. I am hoping that we can have a stand there on Saturday and Sunday from 11-3, this will help increase our profile and hopefully sell a LOT of tickets. Please contact me on 0414 678 364 if you can help.

The storm has severely flooded the wetland and the track. A working bee will be required to repair the track ready for our April17th race meeting, once it dries out and we can get to it! Here is a link to photos that i took - Flood Photos

Evolution Cycles have donated a DK Sentry 20" bike for us to raffle off at Weerama, i will be printing tickets and making booklets of 10, tickets will be $2 each. I am hoping that all members can sell some books, even just to neighbors. I will be organizing some weekend time at Werribee Plaza to have a stand and sell tickets. Volunteers will be needed to help man the stand so it does not fall on just a few people.

We have a bobcat coming to the track on Wednesday morning and will be having a working bee to improve the track, we hope to finish by 11:30 for those that have parties planned. As well as track changes we need to cut the grass on the side of the track and jumps, so those with whipper snippers are more than welcome to bring them and help. As usual the more hands we have there the better and easier the work is.

As most member will know I (Wayne) was elected as the new club president, it was a long hard battle, but eventually succumbed to everyone's begging and took on the job (ha ha!)

1 of my goals that is to increase our profile in the local community, we need to let the Werribee community know that we exist.

The Weerama Festival is a classic example of this. We are in negotiations with Evolution Cyles for the donation of a bike that we can raffle. We will be asking for members to sell raffle tickets, i am investigating having a stand at Werribee Plaza on the weekends leading up to the festival to sell tickets

A committee meeting will be held at the track Sat 08/01/11 at 9am to elect a new President and discuss up coming events, all are members are welcome to attend.

Hi all,

Whilst I have enjoyed my two years as president of the Wyndham Warriors BMX Club, the time has come for me to stand aside. My situation has changed in the last few months, and I no longer have the time to spend running the club. Added to this, my back injury has stopped me riding competitively and my kids no longer wish to compete. This does not put me in the right position to lead the club.

I would like to thank the club committee and members for their support and friendship over these two years, and I will continue to be a member of the club. Reflecting on the achievements; seeing the shelter and ground works I helped add to the club is satisfying, and the clubs performance in open meets and at state, national and world level makes me proud. Winning the Interclub and being second the following year was indeed gratifying.

I wish the next president luck in moving the club forward, and hope the Wyndham Warriors will continue to grow.

Happy new year to you all.

Kind regards

Mike Lally

This is an article in the Werribee star on the 21st regarding are track, the Victorian Titles and the upgrades to our facilities. click article to open

We had a impromptu meeting on Saturday morning to discuss next steps for improving track, our options/responses to BMXV regarding our claim for compensation for the Dynamite Series cancellation and generally how to get the club known to the Werribee community.

Well the Victorian titles have been run and completed. We had 10 riders competing in the event, with 5 members winning state plates! I will say CONGRATULATIONS to the Frankston club for putting an excellent race meeting on despite Mother Nature trying her best to put a dampener on it. The amount of rain that was dump on the track overnight on Friday was frightening!! Surprisingly the track was solid and although a tad slower then when dry on Friday's practice session was excellent to race on. Only problem that was encountered was the mesh on the gate, a few people spun their wheels and crashed out of the gate. I heard someone mention that a strip of carpet on the gate when wet would help that, hopefully that person mentioned it to someone from the club.

Saturday night another HUGE amount of rain overnight and when we arrived the PRO section was under water!!! They pumped it out and the Pro section was ridable straight away, i have no idea what they did to the track or how they did it but it worked! They must be VERY happy!

Well after mother nature was against us the week before, she certainly made up for it this weekend! It was disappointing with how BMX Victoria handled the dynamite series and therefore the drop in numbers for our major open race but everything went great on the day and there was some very close racing.

The dedicated racers that did turn up had a track in awesome condition to race on, very hard, very fast and very smooth.

Thanks goes to all the volunteers on the day, Mick, Bridey and crew in the canteen, the home made hamburgers and pasta was excellent. Di and Brian Lacy and Samantha Tucker in the scoring shed. Ed for his 1st turn officiating and then, while everyone else was riding on the track, cleaning the toilets. Karen Te Hiko for helping in staging. Paul and Craig for managing the gate all day. Gary for his ongoing track maintenance through the day. Andrew and Trent for commentating all day, Andrew racing also, awesome effort. Special mention must go to Jackie for the entertaining 3rd Turn marshalling, or should we say disappearances!!!

Reports back from all riders were good, everyone enjoyed the race and compliments were received on how smooth the race was run.

In AA pro Brock Tuckerman and Jordy put on an amazing show of riding ability with all 5 races giving the finish line judges a workout in deciding who won, they were that close!!

Highlight of the day must go to the 10yr old that jumped our 1st double out of the gate in 2 races!!!! WOW!!!!

Thanks go to all sponsors Werribee Nissan, BK Diesel, Apmlex Auto, United Equipment, Harvey Norman, MC Roofing who donated prize money or raffle prizes

With the November open race coming up very fast, we need to do a lot of maintenance to the track and organize volunteers for the day.

This Wednesday night 6^thOct there will be a working be after practice to start getting things ready, there will be a BBQ included, we need as many members as possible to turn up, remember many hands make light work.

Second straight is quite difficult probably hold back unless your on your game, they are all deep and all different, unless you can accurately jump and hit all the down slopes you have 2 choices manual the step and then 2x2 this leaves you with a odd one in the middle, or roll up the step and then manual 2x2 till the second corner.

My overall opinion would be practice there if possible or maybe give Sunbury a go for the deep manuals the Frankston track is built around the second straight for the amateurs, the rest has nothing to be afraid of, if you have done your homework

The challenge has been completed for this year. With both clubs putting in a great effort there was less than 1 point in it at the end!!! A big thanks goes to all volunteers who helped with the canteen, scoring, gates etc. Congrats to the riders who competed and made this event so enjoyable!

The result, the lowest points wins, Sunbury 23.4 points - Wyndham 23 points, for the 4th year in a row Wyndham has taken out the challenge. Each year Sunbury has gotten closer each time, so we will have to put in a solid effort next year to take the trophy home again!

 CSV will administer the Victorian School Cycling Championship BMX Championships Finals (scheduled for September 26th in Geelong)

The challenge has been thrown down and dates of the battle have now been set in stone.

The call is going out far and wide for all the warriors to be ready to rumble with those members of the Sunbury club that aren't afraid! There may be casualties on both sides but we must not show fear in the face of such adversity.

The stakes are high, with the the winning club holding bragging rights over the other for the next year!

We must dig deep and find the primal spirit that is in each of us to send these upstarts running home with their tales between there legs! Forever regretting the day they ever challenged our supremacy!

First wave of attack will be a incursion into enemy territory at the Sunbury track on the 18th of September, we need numbers to hold back the tide of their home ground advantage (and fast riders!).

For the second wave we will have to uphold our honour at are battleground on the 25th of September, we cannot let anyone beat us when we have the advantage of local track knowledge and practice time

Following last night’s discussions on the location of fences, gates and pedestrian entrance points, please see the below outcomes and advise if this is what was agreed upon;

The proposed new fence line. (As per attached aerial plan). Fence will sit inside or near swale drain and approx .5m – 1m away from gravel area. The fence line will be required distance away from the track. The fence line will also be made wider at the end of the first straight. Fence also needs to be located away from shared path near marshalling/start area.
The proposed location of the vehicle access gates. (As per attached aerial plan)
The proposed location of the pedestrian access points. (As per attached aerial plan)
Extension to start barriers – No longer required on school side due to new location of fence.
Extension to start barriers – Still required on the office/container side to prevent crossover near start area.

Gary has been able to get a sponsorship deal from his work United Equipment for our open meeting in November

BMX Victoria will be holding a BMX round in this year Victorian School Cycling Cup.

This event will take place at the Geelong BMX Track on Sunday the 26th of September.

It will be open to Novice and BMXA licenced riders.

Classes offered will be Boys and Girls 8 – 9, 10 – 11, 12 – 13, 14 – 15 and 16 Plus. 20” classes only. Participants must be currently going to school.

Entry forms will be available in the coming weeks via the BMXV website and CycleSport Victoria will be distributing entry forms to over 700 schools through out Victoria. This is an exiting event for BMXV to be participating in and is the first of what will be an exciting partnership with CycleSport Victoria.
Any further information please email – president@bmxv.com.au

Wayne Berryman
President BMX Victoria

BMX Victoria are proposing a change to the regions and race meetings from 2012. We have the documents here. Look it over and tell your opinions to Mike.

After some negotiating and a lot of calling regarding transportation. Mike, Paul, Gary, Jordy and Wayne went and collected the new container from the Greensborough RSL. Meeting the truck driver there at 7:30am. We managed to load it onto the truck and still get it under the 3.6m ramp to the upper car park (JUST!!!). The truck driver definitely had some skill and an AWESOME truck! Unloading the container at the track as close as possible. We were able to maneuver the container into position using the V8 Grunt of Paul's AWD Adventurer. We now have some real storage space. WOOHOO!!!

To all BMXV Clubs,

Please find attached the entry form for the 'Last Chance race meeting' which is at Shepparton the weekend before the National Titles.
This is going to be a showcase for Victoria, and we intend to show BMXA and the other States and Territories how a major race meeting should be run (the National Titles during the week after the 'Last Chance' will be run entirely by BMXA and the City of Greater Shepparton with very little input from BMXV).

Please make available copies of the entry form for those of your Club members who do not have internet access.

We will be asking for volunteer officials from your Clubs to work at the meeting in all the usual positions, plus we have a need both at the Last Chance and at the National Titles, to provide track maintenance crew. People who volunteer to help out here will be doing a great job of waving the flag for Victoria and showing the National body and the other States and Territories how well we can run major meetings here.

Please distribute this in your Club newsletters, notice boards and websites.

Thank you

SH

To all BMXV Clubs,
Please see attached Press Release from Wayne Berryman, BMXV President regarding the age qualification for the Victorian Dynamite Series (& in turn the National Dynamite Series).
After several changes of mind, and under pressure from the States & Territories, BMXA have finally decided that the National Dynamite Series (and therefore our Victorian Dynamite Series in which riders qualify for the National final) will be for riders who turn 11, 12 & 13 during 2011.
The first Victorian round, worth double points, will be at the 'Last Chance' race meeting at Shepparton the weekend before the National Titles.
Riders do not have to specially enter the Victorian Dynamite Series. All 10, 11 7 12 year old in 2010 (ie. riders who will be 11, 12, & 13 in 2011) entering the Last Chance meeting will be automatically scored for the Dynamite Series.

Please distribute this amongst your members, particularly those without internet access, put it in Club newsletters etc. and get the word out.

The 'Last Chance' entry form should be on the BMXV website by the time you read this.

Regards all
SH

We will be holding a coaching clinic this Saturday, starting at 9:30am. We will split into groups dependent on ability and tackle some key concepts of the sport. Come along prepared for some fun, and hone those bike skills.

We have finally been given the OK for the MTB ride as part of Weerama. We will need plenty of volunteers on the day to man the BBQ and the course, so please if you can help let mike know. Here is the flyer that we will be putting out everywhere we can. This will help raise funds for our club.

The newsletter will keep you up to date on information on events and administration.

The newsletter can also be found on the BMX Australia website and the BMX community website.

A decision was made at tonights BMXV Event Management Group that the closing date(s) for entries would be altered slightly for the Easter Vic Country Cup meeting at the Shepparton Nationals track.
Postal entries will now close at the last post on Monday 22nd March 2010.
Online entries, (which will be available at www.bmxv.com.au in the next few days) will be available until Thursday 25th March 2010
People are encouraged to use online entry rather than post.
As always with BMXV events, no late entries will be accepted

To all BMXV Clubs, etc.
Please note that the entry form for the Royal Childrens Hospital Appeal race meeting at Geelong BMX Club on the 28th February had some important information missing (such as where to send entries and whom to make cheques/money orders out to).
The address for entries is the BMXV PO Box and cheques should be made out to 'BMX Victoria'
Please find a corrected entry form attached.

Entrants are encouraged to use the online entry system available at the BMXV website.
Go to www.bmxv.com.au , click on '2010 Events' then on 'Online Entry'

Online entries have a later closing date than postal entries.

The first clubby of 2010 is only a week away; Saturday 13th Feb. Registration is at 9:30, with racing kicking off at 10am. Cost is $5 per head, and the morning will consist of 3 Motos (set by ability) and a relay with the aim of having fun. We will put on a sausage sizzle after racing, and if anyone want to help cook, we'd appreciate it.

On Wednesday we will be conducting another working bee after training, again just an hour to fix up another straight followed by a BBQ. This is a great way to get the track fixed over a few weeks, rather than everyone spending their whole weekend at the track. Again everyone's participation is appreciated.

The Wyndham Warriors have been asked to host a mountain bike event as a part of the Weerama celebrations to be held in March. The course is planned to follow the Werribee river through Presidents park, and makes a lap of the lake. Riders will be doing three laps, each of around 7km. In all we will need around 10 volunteers to marshal the course, and another 4 to run a BBQ. The BBQ will cater for both the ride and a skate park competition.

This is a great opportunity to raise funds for the club, as the proceeds from both the ride and the BBQ will go to the club. We should also be able to raise awareness for the club and drive membership.

On the Sunday we will be taking part in the display with a stall where we plan to set up some start gates and again build awareness of the club.

As a part of our clubs fund raising efforts for 2010, we have been given a number of tickets to the Comedy Club, to sell to raise funds for our club. Please find flyer attached.

If anyone would like to go, tickets will be available shortly (over 18s only). Moreover, anyone who can help sell tickets to friends and colleagues please step forward. I believe we should have 60 tickets to sell, but can request more (upto 400). It would be a great effort if we can sell 100 between us, raising well needed funds for the club.

We have finally got new BMXA membership forms, which have the new BMX logo on them, along with new terms and conditions. If you could let the respective clubs know that these are now available, I can send them out to them. I would ask if they have any of the old membership forms to use them first, then I can send them the new ones. The new membership forms is also available to download on the BMX Australia website. http://www.bmxaustralia.com.au/site/cycling/bmx/downloads/BMX%20Australia%20membership%20form%202010.pdf

Please also pass onto the clubs that riders will have the option to renew/ become a new member online in the next month or two. I am currently waiting to hear back about some information on it. Once it is up and running, this will make all of our jobs a lot easier.

After a week of heavy rain, we arrived at Eastfield BMX club for Friday afternoon practice, to find the track in near perfect condition. After setting up our tents, we headed out onto the track for test runs. With over 1100 entries, the track was busy but smooth, fast and enjoyable.

Saturday race day was split into 2 groups, Spockets and Cruisers. Sprockets is all the under 8 riders, and is a participation non competitive class. Somehow the youngsters don't see this, and even the under 5s tried hard and rode immensely well. Max Lees was the Wyndham entry in this class (7yo boys), and he rode extremely well readying himself for the competitive 8 boys class next year. Cruiser is a 24" wheel BMX (as opposed to the standard 20" bikes), and is predominately dominated by mums and dads who ride with their kids. Wyndham was well represented here with top 8 finishes from Jordan Morgan, Gary Morgan, Dave Gurkin and Wayne Danial.

Sunday was dedicated to the standard 20" wheel BMX, and with sprockets and cruisers out of the way on Saturday, there were still 700 riders set to race. The field was a very high standard, with top riders from all over the country coming in for the open event. Again Wyndham was well represented with notable rides from James Tucker, Jesse Corbett , David Gurkin, Gary Morgan and Wayne Danial. An honorable mention goes to Jordan Morgan, who for the first time raced in Elite Men, the top class in BMX racing. Jordan made quarter finals, and think it is fair to say there are greater things to come from the talented Warrior.

In such a tough field, the Wyndham Warriors are very proud of all their riders achievements, and wish them luck for the 2010 season.

37 - Aiden Tucker, 10 - James Tucker, Trophy - Max Lees, 40 - Jack Bryne,26/26 - William Lees

13 - Mike Lally, 8/16 - Wayne Danial, 2/4 - Gary Morgan, 2/3 - David Gurken, 3 - Jordan Morgan, 20 - Julian Lally, 18 - Edward Tucker

State Dynamite Series_2010 rounds

BMX Australia is introducing a National Dynamite Series for girls and boy riders who will be 11, 12 and 13 years old in 2011, and who wish to compete against the best riders in their age group in Australia.

This series is aimed at riders who will be Champbikx and Probikx competitors in future years.

There will be four rounds of the State Dynamite Series throughout the year, then a fifth and final round during the State Titles at Frankston.

The top three riders in each class, Boys and Girls, will make it through to the 2011 National Dynamite final which will be held at the National Titles

As part of this process BMXV clubs were asked to nominate to run rounds of the series during 2010. Now the nominations are in, the Victorian rounds of the Dynamite Series will be as follows:-

Round 1 Shepparton 1st & 2nd May (Double Points)
Round 2 Eastfield 18th & 19th September
Round 3 Knox 6th & 7th November
Round 4 Wyndham 13th & 14th November
Final Round State Titles Frankston 26th, 27th & 28th November

Further information will be released in the future by BMXA and BMXV. Please go to the BMXA website

Mike, Gary and Jeff have been working in the background on some fundraising ideas.

We will be running the BBQ at Bunnings on Sunday 16th May 2010, we will obviously need volunteers for the day as the stand needs to be operated from 8:00am until 4:00pm.

Mike is working on a deal with the Comedy club where they will donate 60 tickets to a show, hopefully March 10th, where we then sell those tickets for a profit, we will be asking all members to try and sell some tickets and also show a presence at the show.

Gary and Jeff are working on a MTB race course to be held during Weerama, we will hopefully have a BBQ afterwards. This will bring some more needed publicity to our club

Club memberships are due for renewal in January. We will be forwarding the new forms, if they can be filled out in full so we can update all records for members and update our mailing lists.

Congratulations to all the Warriors who raced at Eastfield in the annual
interclub event. Everyone pulled their weight and as a result the picture
below says it all.

WYNDHAM Warriors BMX club continues to punch above its weight on the state scene claiming the BMX Victoria Interclub Challenge at Eastfield BMX Club, Kilsyth last month.

To win the overall award, the small club needed to produce the most consistent results across all grades and against much larger clubs so when it came time for the announcement the final result was slightly unexpected.

“When we were first announced in the lead we stood dumbfounded,” president and competitor Mike Lally said.

“Then we cheered our hearts out.”

The BMX Victoria Interclub Challenge began in 1982, with 16 clubs from around the state competing and points awarded to each rider for their race positions added to their respective club tally.

The Wyndham Club took home the giant perpetual trophy that towers over some of the competitors who are as young as nine.

Lally noted the outstanding performance across all grades by Wyndham members left him unable to highlight a stand-out competitor.

“The points are then divided by the number of riders the club has entered, and at the end of the day, the club with the most points wins.

“In order to win, each and every rider must do well. I cannot say one rider performed outstandingly (from Wyndham), because each and every one of them did.”

It was the first time the Wyndham club has taken out the prestigious award in the club’s short history.

A highlight from the day was another first for the club, with a group of four riders making it through to the relay final which according to Lally is a “tough gig”.

“We were allowed four riders, one aged 8-12 (James Tucker), one 13-15 (Julian Lally), one 16 plus (Jordan Morgan) and one of any age (Dave Gurken).

“The larger clubs will field three pro riders and a 12-year-old who is not far off (going) pro.

“This gave our guys a tough run, with James really punching above his weight.”

The relay side finished sixth out of 14 teams, a fair effort according to the president. Club members now look towards the Open State Championships, which will be held later this month at the Eastfield track.

After meeting with the council these are the plans for the track. click here for link

Dont forget the clubby on Saturday 22nd Aug at our track against Sunbuy.
9.30 am rego and practice followed by some friendly rivalry racing at 10.00
$6.00 entry and there will be a sausage sizzle.
For more info call Mike 0431 901851.

Successfully completing a CycleSkill course enables you to coach Sprocket and Novice riders.
It is also a requirement for those looking to go on to more advanced coaching levels.
Achieving the CycleSkill qualification involves a one day course, followed by successful completion of a workbook.
The courses were devised by Cycling Australia, the National body to which we are all affiliated and are run in Victoria
by CycleSport Victoria, the State Sporting Association for road and track cycle competition.
Below is the text of an email from Luke Mason of CycleSport Victoria, their coordinator for coaching courses,
regarding the next CycleSkill course which is being run in Melbourne on August 30^th.

All interested in attending a course, or with enquiries about them, should contact Luke direct.
SH

CycleSport Victoria has recently announced the next CycleSkill coaching course to be conducted at DISC on Sunday, August 30^th and more details can be found via the attached document.

For those who were enrolled in the postponed Ballarat CycleSkill course could you please indicate if you would like to attend this course by completing the application form once again.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me via email or phone.

BMXV 2009 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
ENTRY FORM NOW AVAILABLE entry form
The BMX Victoria 2009 Open State Championships will be held on Friday 27th,
Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th November at the Eastfield BMX Club.
The event will incorporate Round 2 of the BMXA 2009/2010 Probikx/Champbikx Series.
The event is open to all holders of a BMXA Open or Sprocket licence
The entry form is available for download from www.bmxv.com.au
Entries are open now, and close (no exceptions) at the last mail on Thursday 29th October 2009.
For any further information, please email bmxv@optusnet.com.au or phone BMX Victoria on 0448 400 423
Steve Hunter
Secretary

Word Titles 2009
Results from Sundays Cruiser races
Both Morgans made the finals of their respective age classes,
congratulations all the hard work paid off.
Jordy 4W 17- 24 cruiser
Gary 8W 40-44 cruiser
Brandon made the semis and came 6th
Fraser just missed out on making the qtrs
cruiser results

Results from Friday's 20" racing at the Worlds
Gary made the semi final, came 8th
Dave made the semi final came 6th just missing out on a finals berth.
Jordy made the quarters
Brandon made the quarters I think he won all his motos but I havent heard anymore.
all results

First up, thanks to all who attended, raced, helped and officiated - your efforts are seriously appreciated and our club has come out looking very good because of it. The guys on the gates, those on the berms, and most of all the ladies in the canteen; Thank You.

From all accounts, everybody have a great day racing. The racing was very close and really good to watch; I'm sure it was more fun out there on the track.

The track itself was perfect, in large thanks to the working bees over the last two weekends, and with a little bit of help from last nights rain. I have heard a lot of praise for our track today, for it's condition and also the design. The three in particular I would like to pass on were, "This is the best presented track of the whole Northern Rivers Series", "I hope next years Aussies track is this good", and "the track is a perfect mix from flowing to technical - there's something for everybody". We should all be very proud of what we have created.

As it has been all year, Wyndham riders are all competing high in their classes - it seems there is always a black and yellow shirts somewhere near the front. Well done to you all. Honourable mentions to Billy for completing his first ever open race meeting, it may have taken a little persuasion to get him on the gate, but his smile at the end of the day was priceless. Brandon Te Hiko won every moto and his final for a clean sweep, proving yet again that he is one of the most talented 12 year olds in Victoria. Dave Gurkin won all his motos and finished a close second in the 19+ 20" Fraser rode well, also grabbing 2nd (19+cruiser). Gary had some fantastic races in Vet Pro and the Masters Cup, battling Victoria's finest 30+ riders finishing a very close second in Vet Pro to someone 8 years his Junior and winning the Master Cup for the second year running. Jordan looked great in the Pro field, particularly in the final. Really though, it's all about the kids; James, Jack, Billy, William, Max, Jesse, Brandon and Julian all rode really well. Julian pulled off a magnificent 4th 19+ 20", despite being 13.

Thanks to the efforts of the canteen ladies, we had an extremely successful day at the BBQ, not only keeping everybody fed and watered, but also having exactly the right amount of food and raising valuable funds for the club. Thank you ladies.

The raffle was also a great success. Thanks to those who sourced raffle prizes and help sell the tickets. As we were expecting a decent size crowd we decided to purchase some prizes to help boast ticket sales. Our profit was double what was spent on prizes.

Congratulations to Mike Lally (el presidente) on becoming BMX Victoria's
new Treasurer.

Wyndham Warriors club meeting, Friday 29th May at 7:00pm at
Pauls house - 94 Purchas Street, Werribee.
We will be discussing plans for our Northern Rivers race meeting on June 21st.
Just 4 weeks away.
Bring along ideas for sponsorship, fundraising, canteen and raffle prizes.
Anyone wishing to volunteer for either staging, startgate, corner marshals or canteen
please let us know.
Anyone racing make sure you get your application in as soon as we release them.
We expect online registration to be available too!

8-5-09
Aussie National Championships Perth 2009

Congratulations to Gary for his couragous effort in not only getting to the final but in coming 4th in the 40-44 cruiser.
Considering he broke his wrist on the thursday due to a bit of a tangle with me (pete) as we were having a
ride around Perth!
A big effort in itself but considering the amount of good riders who didnt even make it to the semis -well done.
Jordy made the semi final only to come 5th just missing out on a finals berth. He came 18th overall in 17-24 men in a field of 101 riders great effort in possibly the toughest field.
Fraser TE HIKO came 29th in 45 + cruiser well done to qualify for the worlds
Brandon TE HIKO came 11th in12 boys in a field of 89 another great effort.
Wayne Daniel finished 32nd to qualify him for the worlds
A bit on me (Pete) after a stupid fall -my fault , i will put the race on youtube soon so you can see how not to get over
a small double especially how not to land stiff legged. The result being a broken hip which required 3 10cm titanium
screws now holding my hip together,
Grant will be jealous of the titanium!!!!
pete's crash garys plate presentation

Track extremely tight, 3^rd straight is extremely slow after the 2^nd corner that is the tightest 180 degree corner I have ever seen. 90% of people are only pumping the jumps as very hard to get any speed. The 2^nd corner is carnage every final with riders just cutting in under each other and putting everyone over the corner.

Stadium very small, not enough seating to hold all the people we stood for 5 hrs today as there were no seats!! Very disappointing!

Brandon 6^th in the second semi, started from lane 8, just could not come from that far over and was boxed in by the other riders in the 1^st corner. He did catch up but was also blocked in the 2^nd corner, just could not recover from there with the tight track.

Jordan 5^th in his quarter, he had a descent start but made a mistake with his manual on the step up at the end of the 1^st straight, this put him mid pack exiting the 1^st corner. Again he started catching up but was also blocked in the 2^nd corner by a crash in front of him. He missed by about half a bike length of getting 4^th after putting everything into the last straight.

Wyndham Warriors held AGM at Mikes house on Friday 24 -4-09.
All positions were put up for election.
All remained as they were except for Vice President which has gone to Paul Lees,
congratulations Paul, no doubt the social aspect of the club will be more of a focus now!!!
Thanks to Ed for his efforts as the previous Vice President.
Mike Lally - President
Paul Lees -Vice President
Gaig Longmuir - Secretary
Jeff Solomano - Tresurer
Peter Ravics - Website administrator
Gary Morgan - Track co-ordinator.
co-ordinator

31-3-09
Just got some hot news about one of our senior and best riders, ex pres Gary Morgan - he kept this one quiet-
2009 Russell Mark Wyndham sports star of the year award.
Congratulations Gary on behalf of all the warriors and an award well deserved.

We would like to thank Amanda and Mario for the banner (8 meters long) which they donated to the club.

So for all your printing jobs be sure to support MD Print as you can see no job too big and no job too small.

Jordy is going to do some servicing from his garage to save up some extra cash and to help us with our bikes.

The service will take about 30 minutes, and the price includes lube, so when u think of it its a small price to pay to have your bike running and sounding nice. If you were to have that done at any bike shop it would cost anywhere over $30 plus lube.