1986 was a big year for Tom Lynch coming into Superclass at only 16, signing for Tony Hoffman’s Robinson Team and quickly becoming the main man to beat in the class. Halford’s Darrin Stock challenged but by mid-summer, Tom was lighting up the comp in true Lynch fashion coming from behind. His performance at the 86 Euros in Germany beating the Dutch Amev Superclass Team in the final was impressive and still talked about today. At the Slough Worlds again Lynch was looking like the guy to beat finishing 3rd in the Final which was a huge result even though we know Tom wanted more. The Dutch Amev were not…

Pictured 1984 NBMXA National Nottingham – no. 15 Aaron Valente (National 2 for the year), no. 4 Matt James who went on to win the British Championships that year at Derby Greyhound Stadium and no. 154 new kid on the block Paul Ray from Cornwall. By the looks of this shot Paul just got picked up by Redline and goes on to win the NBMXA National Series that year and a late run in UKBMX, with a handful of National wins but not enough to steal the number 1 plate from Hutch’s Danny Stabielli who takes the title for the 2nd year running. 1984 NBMXA British Championships 17+ Simon Bailey, 16s Geth…

1983 things get interesting after NBMXA rolls out its first year of National & Regional racing alongside the NBMXA British Championships at Derby Greyhound Stadium. Meanwhile, UKBMX has a full National Series alongside the UK Open Championships at Knebworth House. If anyone has the Knebworth results please let us know so we can add them to the site. It looks like it was not covered in any magazines. Andy Ruffell becomes the only rider to win 3 UKBMX Title years in a row in 83 Craig Schofield & Tim March win their 2nd. With the start of NBMXA, a whole host of new names became National and British Champions. Pictured:…

Today we’re touching on perhaps the most successful and if we’re talking 1986 most dominating and maybe under the radar BMXers to come out of Scotland/England, Mr. Andy Welsh. By 1984 Andy was already making waves getting on GT and battling with the UK and European Number 1, Wayne Llewellyn in one of the toughest age groups with the likes of Wayne, Simon Hayes, Dean Iddiols who also became European Champions – then add in from the NBMXA side; Nick Dalton, Sean Field, Paul Clarkson the list of names in that age group alone during the 80s was a tall order just to make a National Final. Still, 1986 was…

This shot of Chris Young on Torker and Craig Schofield on Mongoose has floated around online a few times over the years but is still one of my favorites today coming originally from BMX Action Bike No 2 June/July Issue. Taken at Redditch, National number 1 and 2 at the time, both Chris and Craig with that Factory look but also a UK vibe to it if you really analyze it. Love it!

HometownBlackpool Racing1983 – 2020 SponsorsJoyda, Torker, Thruster, MCS, Hyper, Ruption, SE Racing, GT Bicycles, CHASE, GT Bicycles. Titles4 X National Champion, 2 X British Champion, 4 Time Worlds Finalist, USA Grands National Finalist. CompetitionIan Harrison, Anthony Brennan, Richard Hunt, Corey Tennant, Dylan Clayton, Mark Gleed, CJ Butler, Dale Holmes, Anthony Revell, Jamie Staff, Ian Sharpe, Flemdog, Alan Hill, Sean Field, Darren O’Neill. Riders looked up toTim March, Greg Hill, Nelson Chanady, Geth Shooter, Tom Lynch, Andy Patterson 2020Racing and Team Manager for GT UK. Photo CreditNeill Phillips.

Pete Dawson was involved in BMX in the UK right from the start. You may have known him as Dave Dawson’s dad or the team manager of the successful Redline and Patterson Hotshot teams that sponsored the likes of a Geth Shooter, Sarah-Jane Nichols, Tom Lynch and many others to great success. Before that Pete was heavily involved behind-the-scenes. Of all of the projects Pete was involved in, the building of the Redditch track, one of UK’s first, was one of the most notable. Pete was a great engineer and fabricator and made the first start gate for Redditch. He was a part time journalist who often wrote reports and…

With all of the pandemic, it is pretty cool to see so many people sharing their old images on social media, which really got me thinking more about how many great riders there were in the UK that really were undercover talents and perhaps under the radar not just at racing but riding as well. Here’s an example, John Oakins from Hounslow. John rode for Boogie Racing in the mid 80s and along with his buddy, Rob Jiggins another Hounslow local both had mad skills and could podium and win Nationals. I’ve seen lots of cool shots of John over the years but this one stands out. I seem to…

Year started racing? February 1988. First race was at Nottingham Outlaws and still have the trophy from that race. Do you actually know how many National and British Championships titles you have won? And, yes we’re including Cruiser and both Federations? When it comes to BMX and its trivia I’m pretty good with stuff so I always kept a check on any titles I won. They always seem to mean more when you retire as you can’t win anymore, so each one of them are really important now. 10 Amateur British Championships (3 on Cruiser) 11 Elite British Championship (3 on Cruiser) 11 Amateur National Titles (4 on Cruiser) 8…