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British BMX Hall of Fame’s David Maw Lifetime Achievement Award Category
Even today, David Maw’s BMX career and accolades would be tough to match. He won every British title multiple times in both UKBMX and NBMXA during the 80s. David also won European titles and was a three-time World Champion, with wins in Japan (1984), Canada (1985), and Slough, England (1986). Tragically, we lost David in a car accident at just 19 years old, but his legacy will never be forgotten. In our first year (2022), we inducted David into the British BMX Hall of Fame. Along with his family, who continue to support us, we wanted to honor David’s name and legacy, so we created the David Maw Lifetime Achievement…
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RIP Harry Leary
One of the most iconic names in BMX History, Harry Leary, has passed away. Social Media is already exploding with tributes, memories, and some of the most legendary photos of Harry from the magazines are being shared including this one when Harry graced the cover of BMX Weekly during his time in the UK racing the Anglo American Cup at Redditch. We have done a couple of interviews with Harry over the years on both our YouTube Channel and Apple Podcasts. Interviews we will treasure now. RIP Harry Leary.
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Nominees 2024 British BMX Hall of Fame
Nominees for all categories for the 2024 British BMX Hall of Fame have been determined. It’s now over to our voting panels to make final decisions before we roll out our inductees for ‘24; stay tuned to our social media channels for updates.
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Geth Shooter makes British BMX History
Plenty of Kellogg’s photos and videos have been reposted repeatedly since the rise of social media and YouTube, so we’re always looking for something new that might not have been seen or posted before. (Not an easy task!) I think this could be one such photo (there are a few from different angles), but I’m wondering if Geth might not have even seen this one. This is from Round 1 of the 1985 Kellogg’s event, when British BMX history was made, and it was shot by Bob Hadley.
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RIP Jeff Dovey Sr.
As magazines waned in popularity during the late 80s and into the 90s, one of the few alternative sources for obtaining information or documentation of races in the UK, alongside race programs, zines, and occasional magazines featuring racing, were actually videos filmed at the races by BMX dads. These dads would often stand out in the middle of the track all weekend, sometimes enduring atrocious weather, to capture the racing action. One such dedicated dad was Mr. Jeff Dovey Sr., father of Sam and Jeff. Jeff spent well over a decade in the thick of the action from the mid-80s onwards, recording Regionals, Nationals, European events in the UK, and…
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Interview – 50+ Grand Vet British Champion Lee Hunt
Year you started BMX? 1983. Hometown local track? Poole Panthers. How was the Bournemouth/Poole race scene in the 80s? It was certainly really big in the South back in the early eighties with three tracks in Dorset at Poole, Bournemouth and Mannington. There were also some other good local places for dirt jumping like the Sections at Upton Heath and the Chestnuts in Wareham. It certainly helped me having regular gate practice evenings with the likes of Tim March, Anthony Revell and Paul and Martin Upshall. Got to say that the Poole UKBMX National in 1984 was probably the best atmosphere I’ve ever experienced at a race meeting. We were…
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Sarah-Jane Nichols places 2nd at the 2024 UCI BMX World Championships
Huge congratulations to our British BMX Hall of Fame class of 2022 inductee Sarah-Jane Nichols, who continues to make British BMX history taking 2nd place at the UCI World Championships in Rock Hill over in the US this past weekend. Let’s look a little deeper at her World Championships history. Sarah placed 4th at the Jag World Championships in Burbank, California in 1983. Three years later, we all know what happened at the IBMXF 1986 Slough World Championships with Sarah’s legendary race coming from last to first in the final to become World Champion in front of an amazing home crowd. And now 38 years after getting back into racing less than…
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Podcast – Martin Murray
It’s been a long time coming, this podcast featuring my good friend Martin Murray, who had spent a few weeks in the US for DIRTYFEST and the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey. We recorded this episode at Robbie Miranda’s house in Huntington Beach while Robbie was hosting a BBQ, so expect a few guests chiming in with questions for Martin during the podcast. We delved into Martin’s early days in the UK, including his 4th place finish at the Brighton World Championships in 1996 in the Junior category, which kickstarted his pro career alongside his brother Stephen. Martin shared insights from his time in the US, including his battle with…
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Podcast – Matt Barnard
It was great to catch up with Matt Barnard while he was visiting Huntington Beach for a family holiday. We met at his beachside hotel along with Paul Roberts to record a podcast. Matt has been deeply involved in BMX in the UK for 40 years, starting his racing journey back in 1984. Matt shares his insights into the various teams he has ridden for over the years, right up to his current involvement with Stay Strong. He also discuss some of the riders on the UK team alongside helping with team manager duties at the Nationals. We talk about the UK Nationals scene over the years, talk about the…
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1988 Champion of Champions (Slough)
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