Jimmy Brown takes top Canadian award.

Yes I know it is only a little over a month overdue.  I was waiting for some good pics to drop by since I could not make the race myself.  As it is I had to go and steal one.

Back in October at the Canadian ABA Grands in Chilliwack BC, Airdrie BMX's Jim Brown and Kaila Sweeney won the top Canadian Male Pro and top female pro awards.  Again folks this is quite a feat when you consider there is not one ABA track in Alberta. 

Congratulations Jim, Kaila and Supercross.   > Better late than never right?

Alberta BMX Casino

Hey Everyone

Well the dates have finally arrived. Our Casino dates are scheduled and they are June 24 and 25,2010. If you look on our racing calendar, that is the Thurs. and Fri. before Edmontons Provincial race. That being the case, it is understandable if volunteers from the Edmonton track are going to be really busy. I am asking all the other clubs in the province to please encourage some of your people to come out and give us a hand. If you have been to any of the board meeting lately, you know that we are in need of this casino money. I am taking names of anyone who is willing to come out and lend a hand. Look at it as an extended weekend, we go up work the casino race some BMX and go home Sunday having killed two birds with one stone. If you can work this casino, please email me at fduhaime@telusplanet.net letting me know your availability and what position you would prefer. I really need some countroom people for sure. If you signed up with me at the AGM but know that the dates are not going to work, could you also let me know so that I can pull your name off the list. I hope alot of you can get back to me.

Thanks everyone.

See you next year.

Fran

New UCI Race Classifications

Jr and Elite riders need to be aware of the new race classifications for the UCI races. See the rule book revisions at www.uci.ch. Basically the classes are as follows, this is important to know when planning schedules and races to go to.

• National Championships class 6 - eg: Abby May 24, for 2010 / Airdrie August 28, for 2011 UCI calendar years.
• Continental Series (|International race) class 5 - eg Red Deer July 10 & Guthrie, OK Jan24th.
• International Classic Class 4 - eg Guthrie, OK Jan23
• Continental Championship Race Class 3 - eg: North American Championships July 3, Salt Lake City.
• Supercross Series Class 2 - eg: Madrid Spain March 26 / 27, 2010.
• Supercross Time Trials Class 2TT - supercross race time trials are now worth points.
• World Championships Class 1 - eg South Africa July 29 - Aug 1, 2010
• Olympics - Class 0.

No challenge class awards for national rankings will be handed out in Abby may 2010. Nation points will be awarded/collected from the reults for the top three riders in a nation.

The nations ranking will be calculated throughout the periods:
- Points for UCI BMX world championships (class 1) and UCI BMX supercross
world cup (class 2) will count for the period of three (ranking calendar)
years (total qualification period from 01.08.2009 to 31.05.2012);
- Points for other ranking events will count for a period of two years (during
the qualification period from 01.08.2010 to 31.05.2012).

New Indoor Cycling Group

AICC - Alberta Indoor  Cycling Center has been formed.  With the intention of providing Albertan's with a rented short term facility for indoor BMX.  In the long term purchase of a multi-discipline, mutli-sport facility to include training and riding facilities for as many of the Olympic disciplines of cycling as possible is slated.  Check out their temporary web presence and fill out their survey.

Track Work

Work on the new start hill will continue this friday and through the weekend of Nov 6, 7, 8.  More cement blocks will be arriving and being moved and placed.  All help would be appreciated.  Bring steel toes, gloves and hard hats.  See pictures of the progress so far...

***Help Needed***

We have an urgent call for help at the Airdrie BMX track for this coming Saturday Oct 31at 8am.  We are in the process of making track changes including a re-built and enlarged start hill.  We need anyone who can help to come out this Saturday at 8am >> bring work gloves and coveralls. 

Track Changes

Update:  The track build committee met and decided that with weather, money and scheduling issues mounting it would be best to not re-build the entire track this fall.  It WAS decided to attempt to re-build the start hill this fall.  We are currently awaiting approval from the city to use concrete lock blocks (which are made with waste concrete, thus not considered engineered structure grade concrete) as retaining walls for the start hill.  Once administrative hurtles are cleared there is still plans to get dirt and re-build the hill this fall in prep for a total track re-build next year.

Congratulations - sorry for being so late..

Congratulations have to go out to Airdrie BMX Rider Chase Kelln for winning the "All-Canadian Award".  It has not been won by an Airdrie Rider (or any other Alberta rider, I believe) for several years.  This award is presented to a rider who wins: The Canadian Championships, the Provincial Championships, the Alberta Cup Series AND the West National Series titles for for their age group.  Essentially they have won EVERYTHING that they possibly can.  Way to go Chaser!!!!!!

Open Track

Tonight: 6pm til dark

BMX Racing Video Game??

UCI and ILM sign a deal To Produce BMX Supercross Video Game!


The International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to a deal with Interactive Licensing Management Ltd (ILM) to allow it to exclusively represent the rights linked to interactive entertainment for UCI BMX events (in particular the World Championships and BMX Supercross World Cup).

The deal concerns all interactive platforms (notably video games) which will feature a large number of the best BMX riders in the world, existing tracks and images – approved – of UCI events.

David Colley, Managing Director of ILM is very pleased with the deal: “We are delighted to be working with the UCI,” he said. “The growing TV coverage of BMX and its recognition by the IOC as an Olympic event shows that it is developing rapidly. This is thanks to the grass roots development and commitment of the UCI. Now is the perfect time for the sport to make its official entry into the interactive arena.”

Johan Lindström, the UCI’s BMX Sports Coordinator added, “The UCI is very excited about the idea of having an official UCI BMX video game. I believe BMX racing, especially the BMX Supercross World Cup format, will adapt well to a video game format.”

The deal has also been welcomed by BMX riders, including New Zealander Sarah Walker, the 2009 UCI BMX Elite Women World Champion. “Technology is now part of everyday life, whether that is in the business world, professional life or sport. Having a video game for BMX will lift the profile of our sport and hopefully increase the number of riders and spectators," says Walker.

American Mike Day, silver medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games, is similarly enthusiastic. “I’m super pumped of the idea of seeing myself in a video game. I play a lot of video games and BMX Supercross will most definitely be great as a video game,” he says.

UCI Press Services

Photos from Chula Vista SX Race

This is the race that Jim B and Pat L from Aridrie BMX attended last weekend.

Chula Am Track

I love the speed limit sign and the direction arrows - just in case a rider gets lost between the gate and finish line.

Chaser and Brettksky Shreddin in LA

I don't know about you but I always think of Brett S as Patrick Lebel's "Mini Me".

Webmaster Note

In case you have not noticed there has not been much change or updates on the rest of the Airdrie BMX website.  The portion of the site that is served by our contract hosting company has run into technical difficulties.  Actually the software that was previously used for the web editing over there has been damaged on my end and as such I am currently not able to update it.  So for those of you who have been sending in ads for the "Classifieds Page" my apologies for not getting them updated - this is why.  I will be working on getting it fixed shortly.

Sincerely,

Webmaster

Kids Party and AGM

Per the email that just went out a few minutes ago (again) please respond to Krista Bennett ((403)980-7767)regarding your plans for the AGM.  We need to buy food etc in accordance #'s attending.