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Interview – Brian Jones
What year did you start BMX? I started BMX in 1981. How did you discover BMX? My brother Neil Jones first discovered the new craze, and my father decided to sell his RM 125 to buy our first BMX bike from Tony Christen’s shop in Manchester. First bike? My first bike was a Mongoose Supergoose. First race? Our first race was at the Southport regional. Neil and I raced there on Good Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We both won all our races and got the bug to keep racing. You became National Champion the first year of Official National Racing in the UK in 1981. What do you remember about…
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British BMX Hall of Fame Podcast – UKBMX & NBMXA Rankings
This week, we hit the back of the Pod Van and recorded a podcast with the King of British BMX Trivia, Paul Roberts, and talked about the British National rankings in the early days of UKBMX and NBMXA. We go back to 1981, the first year of National rankings in the UK, and discuss some of the riders who got the Number 1 plates in both UKBMX and later NBMXA when they kicked off their National Series and the first-ever NBMXA British Championships at Derby Greyhound in 1983. We delve deeper into the mid and late 80s and touch on some of the riders – Pros, Superclass, Girls and Cruiser,…
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Interview – Brian Jones
What year did you start BMX? I started BMX in 1981. How did you discover BMX? My brother Neil Jones first discovered the new craze, and my father decided to sell his RM 125 to buy our first BMX bike from Tony Christen’s shop in Manchester. First bike? My first bike was a Mongoose Supergoose. First race? Our first race was at the Southport regional. Neil and I raced there on Good Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We both won all our races and got the bug to keep racing. You became National Champion the first year of Official National Racing in the UK in 1981. What do you remember about…
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EBA British Championships 1993
Superclass Jamie Staff, Darren O’Neill, Darren Jennings, Richard Barrett, Tony Fleming, Alan Hill, Dale Holmes, Anthony Revell Super Cruiser Dale Holmes, Anthony Revell, Ian Sharpe, Darren O’Neill, Alan Hill, Tony Baldwin, Richard Barrett, Jamie Staff Supergirls Adele Croxon, Nicola Webb, Lea Pendleton, Nicola Sitch, Claire Edwards, Sarah Rudman, Abi Hood Sportsclass Dylan Clayton, Darren Reidy, Thomas Forman, Keith Duly, Tristan Nunn, Rob Stobart, Nick Gill, Andy Please 18+ – Jamie Boness, Chris Bone, Jason Berry 17 – Matthew Pratley, Tyler Bacon, Matt Haywood 16 – Matt Boyle, Craig Edwards, Matt Barnard 15 – Jamie Maloney, Gareth Fleming, Philip Marsh 14 – Scott Beaumont, Matthew Wilson, Chris Stanforth 13 – Scott…
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EBA National Rankings 1993
Superclass Jamie Staff, Dale Holmes, Ian Sharpe, Anthony Revell, Tony Fleming, Darren O’Neill, Tony Baldwin, Alan Hill, Chad Markland Supercruiser Jamie Staff, Dale Holmes Ian Sharpe Anthony Revell Alan Hill Richard Barrett Tony Baldwin Neal Wood Darren Jennings Clive Gosling Super Girls Nicola Webb, Adele Croxon, Lea Pendleton, Nicola Stich, Michelle Chenery, Kerri Egeworth, Claire Edwards, Abi Hood Sportsclass Dylan Clayton, Darren Reidy, Thomas Foreman, Ben Rafferty, Keith Duly, Nick Gill, Rob Stobart, Tristan Nunn, Carl Alford, Trev Stamford 18+ – Rob Denman 17 – Tyler Bacon 16 – Matt Boyle 15 – Mark Cocks 14 – Scott Beaumont 13 – Scott Burston 12 – Stephen Murray 11 – Kelvin Batey 10 – Ben Overson 9 – David Cooper 8…
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The UKs first ever International Event – Halfords International 1981 Redditch
Thank you to Mr. Steve Wilson for bringing this to our attention. After conducting more research, thanks to Brian Jones and the May 8th, 1981 issue of BMX News Newspaper, we learned about the first-ever British International BMX Meeting, which took place in Redditch on May 3rd, 1981. This event was sponsored by Halfords and organized by Alan Rushton’s Sports Plus. At the time, just under 300 riders participated, despite the vile weather conditions reported in the BMX News article. It was the largest race held in the UK at that time. On the international front, riders such as Greg Esser, Jamie Burrows, and Kerensky Bullard traveled from the United…
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Podcast – Nigel Page
After 16 years with Chain Reaction Cycles and Nukeproof Team Manager on the UK and World Cup Mountain Bike scene, Nigel Page’s job has come to an end unfortunately while he was out here in California on holiday with his family. Nigel gives us the rundown on what happened with Chain Reaction and his program, some of the riders and amazing results they’ve gotten over the years and thoughts on moving forward. Nigel gives us his thoughts on the mountain bike industry as it sits today and, like BMX, in a tough place right now with brands, jobs and racing and the state of the bicycle industry. We also talk…
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British BMX Hall of Fame 2024 UPDATE
2024 marks the third year of the British BMX Hall of Fame. Whilst we will continue to nominate and induct people into the Hall of Fame annually, and continue to document the history of British BMX racing and freestyle via this website and our social media channels, we have decided to take a year off hosting an annual award ceremony in 2024. We know this may come as a disappointment to many and is a decision we have not arrived at lightly. However, we are all too aware that the UK economy (and especially the bicycle industry) is at an all time low right now and many of our target…
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EBA National Rankings 1991
Super Girls Lisa Wright, Claire Edwards, Caroline Carey, Michaela Fordham, Andrea Holtham, Jane Lewis, Claire Morrison, Loma Harris, Emma Dobson, Sarah King Superclass Dale Holmes, Anthony Revell, Ian Sharpe, Neal Wood, Jamie Staff, Darren O’Neill, Winnie Wright, Damon Parkinson, Alan Hill, Rob Stobart Supercruiser Anthony Revell, Dale Holmes, Darren O’Neill, Ian Sharpe, Alan Hill, Neal Wood, Tom Lynch, Rob Stobart, Lee Hunt, Nick Lacey 18+ Rob Denman, 17s Conrad Wesson, 16s Dylan Clayton, 15s Andrew Please, 14s Nick Gill, 13s Mark Cocks, 12s Chris Hyde, 11s Sam Stobart, 10s Danny Worthington, 9s Kelvin Batey, 8s Marc Thompson, 7s Michael Aird, 6s Liam Batey, 5s Christopher Hogg 40+ Cruiser Pete Dymott, 25/39 Cruiser Anthony Brennan, 18/24 Cruiser Darren Jennings, 16/17 Cruiser Simon Dowson, 14/15 Cruiser Craig Edwards, 12/13 Cruiser Peter Holland, 10/11 Cruiser Marco Dellisola, 9 & Under Cruiser Gary Oliver 25+ Girls Cruiser Val Wakefield, 14/24 Girls Cruiser Kerri Edgworth, 13 & Under Girls…
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EBA British Championships 1992
Superclass Anthony Revell, Jamie Staff, Darren O’Neill Super Cruiser Jamie Staff, Anthony Revell, Alan Hill Supergirls Adele Croxon, Nicola Webb, Kerri Edgworth 18+ Nick Gwinnett, Bobby Hyde, Keith Duly 17s Dylan Clayton, Darren Reidy, Jamie Boness 16s Simon Kelman, Dave Cash, Matthew Pratley 15s Nick Gill, Steven Stobbart, Simon Lawther 14s Phillip Brooke Smith, Ross Hill, Jamie Maloney 13s Scott Beaumont, Gavin Arblaster, Damian Williams 12s Fraser Watson, Gareth Hewitt, Paul Robinson 11s Mark Huband, Allan Ward, Lewis Bacon 10s Kelvin Batey, Gary Oliver, Matt Allen 9s Marc Thompson, Simon Homans, Alex Dick 8s Michael Aird, Tom Hyde, Jacob Hammond 7s Lee Gunn, Mathew Chapman, Adam Hart 6s Chris Hogg,…